The San Diego Padres have one of the best closers in baseball this season in Robert Suarez, but he could walk away in free agency at the end of the year.

The San Diego Padres went to extra innings against the Toronto Blue Jays in their final game of the three game series looking for a win to snap a five game losing streak. A hit with a runner in scoring position would be required to give the Padres a chance to do that.

Nathan Lukes hit a game-winning single in the 11th inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Padres 7-6 to complete a three-game sweep, extending San Diego’s season-worst losing streak to six.

Pirates general manager Ben Cherington has addressed the trade rumors surrounding his superstar pitcher Paul Skenes.

Releasing Chris Taylor last week, the Dodgers could see him play for a new team in the near future. It remains uncertain what Taylor plans to do for the rest of his career, but the 34-year-old looks like he still has something left in the tank despite some of his quiet numbers in recent years.

The good thing about facing Luis Arraez is that the game plan is very simple. “Throw it down the middle and hope he hits it at someone,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. There’s no point in trying much else right now.

Toronto Blue Jays vs. San Diego Padres game with ticket info, first pitch time, stats and how to view information.

The San Diego Padres have a strong duo at the top of the rotation, and one former general manager believes one of them could opt out from his contract.

This will likely be remembered as the Gavin Sheets game. Sheets entered Thursday afternoon as one of the Padres’ most unlikely but productive complementary hitters, and he continued that trend -- albeit in a losing effort,