This weekend, the Padres began a stretch of 26 games in 27 days -- perhaps the most daunting portion of their 2025 schedule. The teeth of that stretch? The 2 1/2 weeks beginning Monday in San Francisco.

— San Diego closer Robert Suarez got a huge called third strike with the bases loaded to end the eighth inning and the Padres beat Pittsburgh 3-2 on Friday night for their 10th straight victory ...

Andrew McCutchen homered into the second deck in left field off Dylan Cease, Bailey Falter combined with three relievers on a two-hitter and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat San Diego 5-0 to snap a 10-game losing streak to the Padres.

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It's a phrase San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt has used from his first minor league game, when he stood in a dugout in Johnson City, Tenn., to the game his team won in the bottom of the 11th inning Monday night on a sprint-off wild pitch.

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This weekend, the Padres began a stretch of 26 games in 27 days -- perhaps the most daunting portion of their 2025 calendar. The teeth of that stretch? The 2 1/2 weeks beginning Monday in San Francisco.