The Latest Breaking News from Jurickson Profar

SAN FRANCISCO — A pair of home runs from Darin Ruf and a ninth-inning rally that forced extra innings wasn’t enough for the Giants to start their home stand on a positive note.

PHILADELPHIA — The Padres practically flaunted their abundance of starting pitching in everyone’s face Tuesday night.

ATLANTA — The Padres have been riding the back end of their bullpen, living on the edge at times and going over a cliff at others.

ATLANTA — The homer (and some insurance runs) did it this time.

SAN DIEGO — After 20 innings without a run and with Jurickson Profar having improbably run into an out and down to their final chance, no one watching could have had much confidence the Padres would win Sunday.

CINCINNATI — The Padres offense continued to fatten up on mediocre major league pitching, stringing together hits for another big inning and holding off the Cincinnati Reds for an 8-5 victory Wednesday night at Great American Ball Park. (Box score.)

SAN DIEGO — Clayton Kershaw quietly continued his march toward club history.

SAN DIEGO — Bob Melvin shifted in his seat on the bench, clenched his fungo a bit tighter and gave it two knocks with his knuckles. The Padres manager would have preferred the team’s errorless streak to start the 2022 season gone unaddressed in his pregame get-together with reporters. As…

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SAN FRANCISCO — The Padres beat the Giants 4-2 thanks to one big hit and some little ones, as well as a sliding catch by Jurickson Profar that took away another big hit.

PHOENIX — The Padres have allowed themselves to think ahead to how good their starting rotation could be and what that could mean for their success as a team. But not too far.