Heliot Ramos, Rafael Devers and Wilmer Flores homered off Nestor Cortes in the first inning and the San Francisco Giants beat San Diego 4-3 to hand the Padres their fourth straight loss.

The San Diego Padres had seemingly all of the momentum heading into this past weekend's series at Dodger Stadium against their arch-rivals, the Los Angeles Dodg

After returning from Tommy John surgery earlier in the season, the right-hander had been on the injured list since June before he was granted his release.

The San Diego Padres have a chance to end the season strong, but Mike Shildt needs to make small adjustments to make it happen.

The San Diego Padres took a different route at the trade deadline, trading top prospects in their quest to catch the Dodgers.

That included the acquisition of All-Star closer Mason Miller, who headlined the flurry of San Diego’s deadline moves. While this season is still ongoing, MLB.com ’s Thomas Harrigan explains that Miller—and his future utilization—could be key to the Padres’ offseason approach.

After taking down the Padres and winning the season series on Saturday night, the Dodgers retake possession of first place in the NL West.

Since the trade, the A's have had all of one save situation on their schedule, which came last Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles. Trailing 2-1 entering the top of the ninth, the A's scored twice to take a 3-2 lead, and decided to leave right-hander Elvis Alvarado in the game since manager Mark Kotsay liked how he was throwing the ball.

One of their most impressive wins during that franchise-record 14-game win streak came on Friday night. The Brewers faced an 8-1 deficit after two innings against the Reds and clawed their way back on the strength of two homers and five RBI from Christian Yelich — doing so while using his customized Bob Uecker bat for player’s weekend.