The Padres built a comfortable lead, 7-3, adding two insurance runs in the top of the ninth, and were seemingly on the way to ...

They protected them. They shook hands on the way off the field. There were no bullpen meltdowns, no ninth-inning comebacks, no histrionics. Which, of course, meant they were long overdue ...

The Padres' biggest loss Saturday involved All-Star center fielder Jackson Merrill, who sustained a head injury on an ...