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Manny Machado smashing his 2000th hit, putting him 2/3 of the way to the 3000 Hit Club
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Manny Machado Is Well on His Way to the 3000 Hit Club. So Are a Few Others.

Manny Machado, a Few Others on Pace for 3000 Hits With San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado joining the 2000 Hit Club Monday night, speculation as to whether he’ll join the more exclusive 3000 Hit Club is natural. There are 33 members of this club, and when it comes to Hall of Fame voting, […]

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Manny Machado Records 2000th Career Hits
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Manny Machado Records 2,000th Career Hit

On the day after his 33rd birthday and a week after he was selected for his seventh All-Star appearance, Manny Machado hit his 2,000th career hit. Machado began the 2025 season with the San Diego Padres with 1,900 career hits and ended his game with 2001, going 3-for-5 against the Arizona Diamondbacks on July 7. […]

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Clayton Kershaw Joins 3,000 Strikeout Club
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Clayton Kershaw Joins Exclusive 3,000 Strikeout Club

After White Sox third baseman Vinny Capra struck out looking to end the top of the sixth, longtime Los Angeles Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw became the 20th pitcher in Major League Baseball history to fan 3,000 or more batters in his career Wednesday night, a feat known as joining the 3,000 strikeout club. To achieve […]

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Tensions Rise in Game Four of Padres At Dodgers
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Tensions Rise in Game Four of Padres-Dodgers Series

It’s been a rollercoaster of a week for the division rivals as the San Diego Padres played the final game of a four-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Drama is nothing new for the Friars and Dodgers. However, this series in particular came with its fair share of unique instances that have considerably increased […]

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The Padres Toughest Week So Far
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The Padres Toughest Week So Far

Out of the last 13 games the Padres have played, 10 were against division rivals. From June 9-15, all games were against teams in the NL West. With the NL West being the only division to have four teams above .500, it’s safe to say this was one of the toughest weeks for the Padres’ […]

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Fernando Tatis Jr. is in a Slump, What Gives?
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Fernando Tatis Jr’s Struggles at the Plate

Fernando Tatis Jr., in all six years he’s been in the majors, has never performed as poorly as he did in May. With a batting average below the Mendoza line and a .626 OPS, his slump followed a career-best March/April. During this period, his slash line fell from .345/.409/.602 to .269/.338/.491, that’s an over fifteen […]

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Two Giants celebrating a win over the Athletics
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Athletics Drop Heartbreaker to Giants for Fifth Straight Loss

Giants 3, Athletics 2 SAN FRANCISCO (May 18) — The Athletics saw a 2–1 lead vanish in the eighth, as a two-run inning gave the San Francisco Giants a come-from-behind 3–2 win over their former cross-bay rivals. The late-inning hiccup squandered a dominant performance from Athletics starter Jeffrey Springs. Springs gave up a home run […]

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Wilmer Flores of the Giants celebrating after drawing the winning walk against the Athletics
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Giants Nip Athletics in Extras after Walk-off Walk in Pitchers’ Duel

Giants 1, Athletics 0 (10 innings) SAN FRANCISCO (May 17) — The Athletics must be tired of Wilmer Flores. A 10th-inning bases-loaded walk by Flores, after fouling off several Mason Miller pitches, gave the San Francisco Giants a 1–0 win over the Athletics. This came one night after Flores drove in eight of his team’s […]

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