San Francisco Giants outfielder Heliot Ramos broke his bat in frustration against the Padres, and he has now spoken about the incident.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are the opponent San Diego Padres fans focus on, and for very good reason. Finishing ahead of Los Angeles would allow the Padres to skip the first round of the playoffs — that is,

Jose Iglesias hit a two-run homer in the second inning, Jackson Merrill connected in the eighth for insurance, and the San Diego Padres beat the struggling San Francisco Giants 5-1.

After being decimated by their in-state rivals 11-1, on Wednesday, are Bob Melvin and the Giants ready to start looking toward 2026?

Nick Pivetta allowed one run in 6 2/3 innings and Ramón Laureano had three of the Padres' 14 hits as San Diego completed a three-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants with an 11-1 rout.

Mired in a three-game losing skid and trailing by a trio of runs, the Giants just needed one hit, one player ,to create a spark against the Padres. Instead, as they have often done during a miserable post-All Star break stretch, the bats came up empty when it counted. Patrick Bailey and Heliot Ramos each popped up to end the threat.

SAN FRANCISCO — As the season started to collapse on the last homestand, the Giants at least could lean on one fact. They had seven games left against a San Diego Padres team they were hoping to chase down.

Jake Croneworth hit a go-ahead RBI single in the seventh and Freddy Fermin followed with a two-run homer off Logan Webb as the San Diego Padres backed Yu Darvish in a 4-1 win over the San Francisco Giants.