The Union-Tribune talks to Cortes about his road to the big leagues, love of fishing and becoming a first-time father ...

Nestor Cortes gave up three homers in the first inning while pitching for the Padres on Aug. 18, and ... that sounds familiar ...

The Dodgers are favored (-142 on the moneyline to win) when they visit the Padres (+119). The starting pitchers are Tyler ...

The Dodgers (73-56) mustered only three hits on the night (two of those were in the ninth inning) to waste a solid start from ...

Yu Darvish combined with three relievers on a three-hitter, and the San Diego Padres pulled even with the Los Angeles Dodgers ...

BOTTOM LINE: The San Diego Padres will try to keep their four-game home win streak intact when they take on the Los Angeles Dodgers. San Diego has a 42-21 record at home and a 73-56 record overall.

Done in by early homers ...

The Padres beat the Dodgers 2-1 to open a 3-game series at Petco Park, pulling back into a 1st place tie atop the National ...

Los Angeles has won eight of 10 so far this season, but Padres trail by just a game heading into final matchups of the season ...

Heliot Ramos, Rafael Devers and Wilmer Flores homered off Nestor Cortes in the first inning and the San Francisco Giants beat ...

A second straight weekend three-pack with the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres? Of course we are down.