San Diego will have a chance to close the gap and go for a sweep of their own when the Dodgers visit Petco Park this weekend. It also marks the final regular-season meeting between the two teams in 2025, unless they clash again in the postseason as they did last year.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/padres as Former Padres Star Now With Dodgers Named Biggest X-Factor in NL West Race. The San Diego Padres were swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers over the weekend, but have a chance to redeem themselves beginning Friday as the NL West rivals face off at Petco Park.

Manny Machado knows the energy at Petco Park is often incredible. The San Diego Padres star gave the fans a shoutout following the team's 8-1 win over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday.

With their three-game sweep of the San Diego Padres, the Dodgers proved they are deeper and more focused than their budding NL West rivals.

Betts’ eighth-inning home run breaks a 4-4 tie and completes the sweep with a 5-4 victory over the Padres. It also extends a hot streak born of a different approach.

The Los Angeles Dodgders are looking to split their series against the Colorado Rockies on Thursday after having dropped two of the first three games of the set

LOS ANGELES — It was touted as the biggest series of the month. It was billed as a potential passing of the torch, with the San Diego Padres threatening to win the National League West for the first time in 19 years. Instead, Sunday’s finale ended in a three-game sweep — and a relatively convincing one, at that.

Teoscar Hernandez hit a solo home run 411 feet to center field to increase the Dodgers' lead to 6-0 against the Padres in the fifth inning. Hernandez has hit a solo home run on back-to-back nights against San Diego.

A funny thing happened to the Los Angeles Dodgers this weekend: They trotted out starting pitchers Clayton Kershaw, Blake Snell and Tyler Glasnow for a three-game series against the American League's best team. The results looked a lot like what the ...

The Padres president of baseball operations was talking about the good Dylan Cease, the man capable of shutting down teams and throwing no-hitters. That is not who climbed the mound in the first inning Saturday at Dodger Stadium.