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DENVER — The fireworks started long before the sun set behind Coors Field on Saturday night.

DENVER — Two batters into Friday’s series opener against the Diamondbacks, it was clear Antonio Senzatela wasn’t sharp.

The Padres followed a painful rarity with something they do fairly often.

PHOENIX — Back at the scene of their opening-day meltdown, the Padres one-upped themselves.

When I first moved to Denver, back in 2007, numerous media members told me about this young ballplayer in town, a preordained prodigy with a professional pedigree.

PHOENIX — The Tigers were in position to get out of the desert with a sweep Sunday. A two-run triple by Willi Castro, a clutch, two-out RBI knock by Robbie Grossman and a three-run home run by Eric Haase had the Tigers up 6-5 going into the bottom of the…

PHOENIX – A hefty segment of the 22,064 people who came to Chase Field Friday night to welcome Spencer Torkelson back to Arizona where he starred at Arizona State, but Javier Baez gave them a bonus treat.

SAN DIEGO — The Padres played backward to complete a sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The Padres’ everyday shortstop still has not been cleared to swing a bat. Their third baseman spent Monday on the training table hoping his sprained left ankle would not send him to the injured list. The guys left in the lineup spent a good chunk of the afternoon explaining how…

PHILADELPHIA — On Saturday, Phillies interim manager Rob Thomson said that when a team is winning, things just seem to go right. Nick Castellanos will drive in a run with a check-swing double. First-time second baseman Matt Vierling will have six ground balls hit to him, and will field them…

PHILADELPHIA — Matt Vierling hadn’t played second base in a game before. Not in high school. Not in Little League. Never. But there he was, playing second base for nine innings of a major league game Saturday.