Chris Sale is close to being back to his old self. Backed by Emmanuel Valdez’s three-run homer, Sale allowed just three hits — two of them home runs — in seven innings for the Boston Red Sox, who beat San Diego 4-2 Saturday night to send the Padres plummeting to their fourth straight loss and […]
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Coronado girls’ lacrosse season ends with CIF nailbiter
Coronado’s girls lacrosse team loses in the CIF Open Division semifinals, but the squad is loaded with freshman talent for next year.
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Pasquantino hits 2-run homer, Royals beat struggling Padres 4-3
SAN DIEGO (AP) — What was left of the crowd of 32,416 at Petco Park on a gloomy afternoon loudly booed the San Diego Padres after Ha-Seong Kim made the last out of a dismal 4-3 loss to the lowly Kansas City Royals. It wasn’t the first time Wednesday frustrated fans let the high-priced Padres […]
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Padres slugger Machado has fracture in left hand, status uncertain
SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres slugger Manny Machado has a small fracture in his left hand and the team isn’t sure if he will require a stint on the injured list. Machado was hurt when he was hit by a pitch in Monday night’s 4-0 win against the Kansas City Royals. Padres manager […]
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Marlene Hagge-Vossler, last surviving LPGA founder, dies at 89
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Marlene Hagge-Vossler, a Hall of Fame player and the last surviving founder of the LPGA Tour, died Tuesday morning, her family said. She was 89. Hagge-Vossler won 26 times on the LPGA Tour, including the 1952 LPGA Championship, and she was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in […]
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Wacha takes no-hitter into 8th, fans 11 in Padres’ 4-0 win over Royals
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Michael Wacha has been closer to pitching a no-hitter than he came Monday night, when he didn’t allow a hit until Michael Massey singled leading off the eighth inning. It was still a thrill for the 31-year-old Wacha, whose strong effort in his eighth start with his new team helped the […]
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Islanders sending 10 athletes to CIF track and field finals
The Islanders’ track and field team has advanced one girl and nine boys to the CIF San Diego Section Finals at Mt. Carmel High School on May 20. The 10 Coronado athletes are double the number who qualified last year, according to Coach Cameron Gary. This year’s qualifiers include four individual event athletes plus two […]
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Cal-bound Quarles finishes second in state 100- and 200-yard free
Cal-bound Samuel Quarles ends his high school swim career with a pair of second place finishes in the state championships.
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Streaking Dodgers shut out Padres 4-0 for 3-game sweep, 5th win in a row
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts slammed a two-run homer, blew a kiss to his mother in the stands, and helped the Los Angeles Dodgers complete a three-game sweep of the San Diego Padres. Even on Mother’s Day, the All-Star slugger won’t be changing diapers when he gets home. “No, I don’t do that. That’s rough,” said […]
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Coronado takes down La Jolla in first round of CIF girls lacrosse
Under the lights of Niedermeyer Field at Coronado High School, the girls’ lacrosse team took down the La Jolla Vikings 11-9, in the first round of the CIF San Diego Section Lacrosse Championship on May 11. Entering the match, the Islanders sat at the fourth seed, and squeaked out a gritty win against the fifth-seeded […]
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Martinez’s 3-run shot lifts Dodgers over Padres 4-2, win 4th in row
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Just off the injured list, J.D. Martinez made his presence felt with a big blast. He hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the first inning, Julio Urías tossed seven strong innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 4-2 on Saturday for their fourth straight victory. The NL West leaders earned their […]
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Carlos Correa hits 2-run double as Minnesota Twins top San Diego Padres 5-3
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Carlos Correa hit a two-run double in the seventh inning, and the Minnesota Twins beat the San Diego Padres 5-3 on Thursday. Kyle Farmer homered as Minnesota earned its second straight victory after a stretch of five losses in seven games. Emilio Pagán (3-0) got three outs for the win, and Jorge […]
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Kirilloff’s single scores automatic runner in 11th, Twins beat Padres 4-3
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Alex Kirilloff’s single in the 11th inning scored automatic runner Max Kepler and the Minnesota Twins pulled out a 4-3 win against the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night. With Kepler on second, Carlos Correa was intentionally walked. Kirilloff then pulled a pitch from Domingo Tapia (0-1) down the right-field line to help Minnesota […]
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Padres top Twins 6-1 with spark from 3-error 7th inning
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The San Diego Padres started small and had a big finish. Somewhere in there, they found a spark. The Padres used three Minnesota errors and savvy baserunning by Ha-Seong Kim and Fernando Tatis Jr. to score twice in the seventh inning on Tuesday, before Manny Machado broke the game open with a […]
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Coronado track and field sends 15 athletes to CIF prelims
Coronado High School’s track and field program has qualified 15 athletes for the San Diego Section CIF preliminaries on May 13 at Canyon Hills High School. It’s the qualifying event for the CIF Finals on May 20 at Mt. Carmel High School. Meanwhile, the Islanders this past week competed in the City League Varsity Championships, […]
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Samuel Quarles sets CIF swim records – then breaks them again
After setting San Diego Section CIF Division II swimming championship records in the preliminary rounds, what could Coronado High School senior Samuel Quarles do for an encore? How about break them again. The Cal-bound Quarles set new records in El Cajon on May 6, winning the 100 freestyle at 43:65, and taking first in the […]