April 18, 2021 (San Diego) - In a night of controversial strike calls, the Padres ended it with their first shutout loss and series loss of the season. Today’s rubber game was a freebie to see if they could get one from the Dodgers. Trevor Bauer started for LA against Blake Snell.
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April 17, 2021 (San Diego) - Last night was a long night. We even got into weird baseball past midnight. It had a benches-clearing brawl, extra innings and double digit scoring and it was only the first game of the series, but the Dodgers came out on top and took game one. The Padres tried to rebound in game two tonight against Clayton Kershaw for the Dodgers against Yu Darvish.
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April 16, 2021 (San Diego) - After successfully completing the sweep against the Pirates, the Padres returned home for their first series against the Dodgers. Walker Buehler started for the Dodgers against Ryan Weathers in his first major league start.
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April 15, 2021 (Pittsburgh) - The Pirates have now won two games in this series, but the Padres still had a chance to split today on Jackie Robinson Day with Chris Paddack on the mound against Mitch Keller for the Buccos.
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Photo: Grossmont High alum Joe Musgrove gave up his first hit in 32 innings tonight in his return to Pittsburgh. He went four innings and threw 81 pitches, walked two and struck out six. Via @padres on Twitter
April 14, 2021 (Pittsburgh) - The Pirates were able to take game two from the Friars last night, but the Padres still had the opportunity to split as they went into today’s game three with ex-Bucco, Grossmont High alum and Padres sole no-hitter owner Joe Musgrove on the mound against Tyler Anderson for the Bucs.
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April 13, 2021 (Pittsburgh) - The Padres started their vacation in the steel city off right with a win yesterday. It was time for game two today with a great pitching matchup: Blake Snell against Chad Kuhl for the Bucs.
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Photo: Wil Myers had a career day with three hits and five RBI. Photo via @padres on Twitter
April 12, 2021 (Pittsburgh) - After a great series in Texas where the Padres secured a no-hitter from a Grossmont High alum, a lot of firsts and a sweep, it was time to continue on to the northeast to face the Pirates. Yu Darvish started today’s game one against Vista High alum (the Buccos sure like San Diego kids) Trevor Cahill for Pittsburgh.
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April 11, 2021 (Arlington, Texas) - The Padres have gotten two big wins over the past few days, one of them historical. They looked to complete the sweep against the Rangers today with Adrian Morejon on the mound against Mike Foltynewicz for the Rangers. Craig Stammen replaced Morejon after Morejon suffered a left elbow/forearm strain in the first inning.
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April 10, 2021 (Arlington, Texas) - After the high of the monumental night the Padres had last night wore off, it was time to get back to work tonight in game two against the Rangers with Chris Paddack on the mound against Jordan Lyles for the Rangers.
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April 9, 2021 (Arlington, Texas) - The Padres were back in action tonight in their first road trip of the season against the Rangers. Grossmont High alum Joe Musgrove started against Kohei Arihara for Texas.
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April 7, 2021 (San Diego) - After splitting with the Giants last night, the Padres had the opportunity to take the series today in the finale. Kevin Gausman started for San Francisco against Blake Snell.
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April 6, 2021 (San Diego) - The Padres dropped game one to the Giants last night, so they looked to rebound tonight against Aaron Sanchez for San Francisco. He faced Yu Darvish.
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April 5, 2021 (San Diego) - The Diamondbacks are finally gone and the Padres nearly swept them. Now it was time to host the Giants for three games. Anthony DeSclafani started tonight’s game one against Adrian Morejon.
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April 4, 2021 (San Diego) - The Padres wrapped up their series against the Diamondbacks on Easter Sunday today. Taylor Widener started for Arizona against Chris Paddack.
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Photo: Grossmont High School alumnus Joe Musgrove went for six innings and struck out eight. Photo via @padres on Twitter
April 3, 2021 (San Diego) - First Saturday game of the season! And today was a very special day as Grossmont High School alum Joe Musgrove took the mound for his very first start in a Padres uniform. He faced Caleb Smith for the Dbacks.
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Photo: Eric Hosmer continued his fiery start to the season with three RBIs on the night. Via @padres on Twitter
April 2, 2021 (San Diego) - After a wild back and forth Opening Day yesterday that the Padres eventually won 8-7, both teams were back in action tonight for game two. Merrill Kelly started for Arizona against Blake Snell.
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Photo: Eric Hosmer had three RBIs on the day to help the Padres to victory. Photo via @padres on Twitter
April 1, 2021 (San Diego) - Opening Day is here! And that’s not an April Fool’s joke. The Padres finally opened their season against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Madison Bumgarner started for Arizona against Yu Darvish.
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March 27, 2021 (Tempe) - The Padres faced the Angels today in Tempe in spring training. Blake Snell started against Jaime Barria for LA.
Jorge Mateo finally broke the ice in the fifth with a two-RBI double on a line drive to left to give the Padres the lead after five. They’d carry that to the end and take the 2-0 victory.
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March 21, 2021 (Peoria, Ariz.) - Today, the Padres welcomed the Angels to Peoria for some interleague spring training play. Shohei Ohtani started for the Angels against Blake Snell.
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March 21, 2021 (Peoria, Ariz.) - The Padres took on the Dodgers today in spring training. Dustin May started for the Dodgers against Ryan Weathers.
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March 15, 2021 (Phoenix) - The Padres traveled to Phoenix to face the Brewers today in spring training action. Brett Anderson started for the Brewers against Blake Snell.
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March 7, 2021 (Peoria, Ariz.) - The Padres came back to Peoria today to face the Royals. Jakob Junis started for the Royals against new Padre Yu Darvish.
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March 6, 2021 (Glendale, Ariz.) - Today in spring training, the Padres traveled to Phoenix to take on the Dodgers. New Dodger Trevor Bauer started against Chris Paddack.
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March 3, 2021 (Peoria, Ariz.) - The smell of freshly cut grass. The sound of bats hitting balls. Spring training is in the air and the Padres have kicked it off in Peoria, Arizona, hoping for a better result than last season when they were eliminated in the NLDS by the Dodgers. Today they played a game against the Brewers. Drew Rasmussen started for the Brewers against new Padre Blake Snell.
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January 18, 2021 (San Diego) - Grossmont High alum Joe Musgrove has been with the Astros, the Pirates and now he's finally coming home to play for his Padres, NBC 7 reports.
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December 28, 2020 (San Diego) - In probably one of the biggest offseason moves the Padres have ever made, the Friars signed top starting pitchers Blake Snell from the Tampa Bay Rays and Yu Darvish from the Chicago Cubs, ESPN reports.
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October 13, 2020 (San Diego) - Padres' outfielder Tommy Pham was stabbed outside of a strip club on Sunday night.
Pham was outside of Pacers Showgirls International on Midway Drive around 10:35 p.m. on Sunday when an argument broke out near his car. Pham claims he did not know anyone in the altercation and was stabbed when he asked them to get away from his car.
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October 8, 2020 (Arlington, Texas) - The Padres are in danger of their season ending tonight, but they gave it their best in game three with Dustin May on the mound for the Dodgers against Adrian Morejon.
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October 7, 2020 (Arlington, Texas) - The Padres dropped game one of the NLDS to the Dodgers last night. They looked to rebound tonight with Zach Davies on the mound against Clayton Kershaw for the Dodgers.
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Photo: Ryan Weathers is the second pitcher ever and fifth player and youngest player in MLB history to make his debut in the postseason. Via @Padres on Twitter
October 6, 2020 (Arlington, Texas) - The Padres were ready for game one of the National League Division Series tonight against who else but the Dodgers. The Padres got Mike Clevinger back to start game one against Walker Buehler for the Dodgers.
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