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DETROIT — The Tigers played host to the San Diego Padres Monday for the first time since 2005 and treated them just as rudely as they did back then.

NEW YORK — One swing of Pete Alonso’s super-charged bat on Sunday night may end up as a turning point of the Mets’ season.

Lorenzo Cain’s legacy with the Kansas City Royals might best be remembered by the phrase “scored from first.”

The Padres’ third baseman is better than ever and done playing the villain.

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Padres were reminded again Tuesday what is possible.

SAN DIEGO — San Diego's MLB team has dumped Robinson Cano, who had three hits in 33 at-bats during his senior moment wearing the brown.

In manager Oliver Marmol’s perfect world, left-hander Packy Naughton and Andre Pallante, the relievers who were the first two hurlers for the Cardinals in Monday afternoon’s “bullpen game,” would have pitched the first six innings. The final three would belong to late-inning stalwarts Giovanny Gallegos, Genesis Cabrera and Ryan Helsley.

SAN DIEGO — The soft-hitting San Diego Padres finally got a big hit. Then they scored the old-fashioned way.

SAN FRANCISCO — The Padres spent three weeks playing teams that had losing records.