In one of their worst performances of the season, the Padres beat themselves in a shutout to the Dodgers, which reclaimed first place.

World Series champion Jon Gray was placed on the injured list by the Rangers after being diagnosed with Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. The Rays signed notable Shadow Met Cooper Hummel to a minor-league deal, becoming his fourth organization of the year. Happy birthday to three iconic Mets: Justin Wilson, Terry Blocker, and Pat Misch.

At the outset of play on July 4, the San Diego Padres were coming off a 2-4 trip through Cincinnati and Philadelphia and trailed the Los Angeles Dodgers by nine games in the National League West. On Friday night,

Before Friday night, Little League teams from Hawaii had only lost one game in the Little League World Series and the Honolulu program that Fairfield National would be playing had won two

Sunday's game will be played in front of Little League World Series players at Journey Bank Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field

The headliner of the week in the National League West was the Dodgers sweeping the Padres at Dodger Stadium in the first of two straight weekend meetings between the division’s top two teams. But also of note were the Rockies having the best record in the division for the last seven days,

The only team with an easier strength of schedule than the San Diego Padres is the one team that could steal the division from them.

Shohei Ohtani pitched for the first time as an opponent at Angel Stadium but saw the Dodgers lose their fourth straight -- and their grip on the top of the NL West.