A shaky Dylan Cease issued six walks over the first two innings, giving up five runs on just one hit in the Padres loss.

Dylan Cease had a terrible outing, walking 6 in a loss to the Dodgers that dropped the Padres out of 1st place in the National League West.

The San Diego Padres have taken sole possession of the NL West heading into their showdown with the Los Angeles Dodgers this weekend. Mookie Betts joins the show. The Good, The Bad and The Uggla has burgers, bets and a Bob. Jake and Jordan discuss all of this and more to close out your week on Baseball Bar-B-Cast.

A solid effort by Blake Snell coupled by several Padres mistakes allow the Dodgers to take a 6-0 win and sole possession of first place in the NL West.

Darvish hasn't needed his bat since the National League adopted the designated hitter rule permanently in 2022. But he still warms up left-handed on occasion, as evidenced by this video posted to Twitter/X on Tuesday by Padres pitching coach Ruben Niebla:

The Padres dropped the first game of their weekend series in LA 3-2, falling into a 1st place tie with the Dodgers in the NL West.

The Union-Tribune speaks to David Morgan about his baseball journey, connection to San Diego and the unlikely path that led him to the mound.

Padres minors: Tirso Ornelas homers twice, JP Sears wins first El Paso start (Jeff Sanders – U-T) The most expensive roster in MLB history has been an oft-injured, underperforming husk of itself. Panic feels premature, but concern feels warranted.

Dylan Cease was impressive for six innings before San Diego's All-Star-laden bullpen got into and out of trouble in the seventh and the Padres beat the Boston Red Sox 6-2 on Sunday.

After Clayton Kershaw led the Dodgers to a huge win over the Padres on Friday night, Alexis Diaz came in to shut the door.