Yu Darvish pitched seven impressive innings as the Padres completed a sweep of the NL East-leading Mets with a 5-0 win.

Yu Darvish pitched seven impressive innings for his first victory of the season and Gavin Sheets hit a two-run home run for the San Diego Padres, who beat the NL East-leading New York Mets 5-0 for ...

Yu Darvish pitched seven impressive innings for his first victory of the season and Gavin Sheets hit a two-run home run for the San Diego Padres, who beat the NL East-leading New York Mets 5-0 for ...

The Padres boast two ace problem-solvers in Yu Darvish, 38, and Manny Machado, 33. I’ll write only about Darvish here, delving into his breakthrough last week.

The Padres' lineup provided more run support than Darvish needed. Manny Machado stayed hot, sending a two-out single to left that scored the game's first two runs.

Yu Darvish pitched seven impressive innings for his first win of the season, Gavin Sheets hit a two-run homer and the Padres beat the NL East-leading Mets 5-0 on Wednesday for a three-game sweep.