San Diego Padres right-handed pitcher Dylan Cease sees the dominant 11-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers as a sign of hope. A common killer for the Padres recently has been their reliance on the bullpen.

The Dodgers and Padres squared off this week in their first of four 2025 regular-season series and the first rematch since the Southern California foes faced off in last year’s NLDS. With the Dodgers holding a one-game lead on both the Padres and Giants atop the NL West entering the series, the stakes were readily apparent.

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As noted in this week's Soapbox on how the schedule isn't up to par this season -- nor has it been for years -- the Padres and the Dodgers just played each other for the first tim

It's Wednesday, June 11 and the Dodgers (40-28) are in San Diego to take on the Padres (38-28). Ben Casparius is slated to take the mound for Los Angeles against Randy Vásquez for San Diego. The Padres leveled the series last night with an 11-1 win.

The Los Angeles Dodgers play against the San Diego Padres in an MLB game today. Fans can watch this game for free online.

Not wanting to further tax their overworked bullpen, the Dodgers bring Kiké Hernández in to pitch the final 2 1/3 innings of blowout loss to Padres.

Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts before a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. San Francisco Giants fans are certainly doing their part to maintain the intensity of the team’s NL West rivalries.