San Diego is 69-53 overall and 31-33 on the road. The Padres have the fifth-ranked team batting average in the NL at .251. The teams meet Saturday for the ninth time this season. The Dodgers lead the season series 6-2.

The San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers play each other six times in 10 days starting with Friday night, and Fernando Tatis Jr. is pumped up for it.

The Dodgers defeated the San Diego Padres 3-2 in their series opener on Friday to tie their opponent atop the NL West. The win broke a four-game losing streak for Los Angeles, with three of those losses featuring leads blown in the eighth or ninth inning.

The San Diego Padres kick off a three-game set against the Los Angeles Dodgers Friday night at Dodger Stadium. More news: Dodgers All-Star Says Padres Rivalry

The workers, who unionized last year, are ramping up the pressure during contract negotiations that have stalled over wages and benefits.

Words like “new” and “build” are catnip for a coach in search of a fresh start. Still, Jonas Eidevall needed to see for himself just how blank the slate was with San Diego Wave FC. The beginnings of an answer took shape when Eidevall pulled up in January to the cluster of blue shipping containers that constitute the administrative side of the NWSL team’s training facility in the sun-baked hills of Del Mar,

The next generation of baseball talent took the field at Petco Park this weekend for the Perfect Game All-American Classic.

Clayton Kershaw gave up one run over six innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers moved back into a tie for first place in the National League West with San Diego by defeating the visiting Padres 3-2 on Friday.

The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres will begin a three-game series at Dodger Stadium on Friday. The series has massive implications, with the defending champion Dodgers suddenly one game behind the Padres in the National League West.