The Union-Tribune talks to Cortes about his road to the big leagues, love of fishing and becoming a first-time father ...

Our expert MLB predictions expect the Los Angeles Dodgers' bats to get the best of San Diego Padres starter Nestor Cortes ...

Nestor Cortes gave up three homers in the first inning while pitching for the Padres on Aug. 18, and ... that sounds familiar ...

Possessing an identical record, the Dodgers and Padres meet in San Diego for the second-to-last time this season, with the ...

Merrill has not played since he exited Sunday after two strikeouts at Dodger Stadium. He rolled his ankle on Aug. 15 and ...

Shohei Ohtani should continue to feature in the Dodgers' lineup despite being named on the injury report, while Jackson ...

By winning the series opener against the San Diego Padres, the NL West is now all tied up. Both the Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers sit at 73-56 ahead of ton ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres have matching 73-56 records after the Padres beat the Dodgers 2-1 on Friday ...

Under-pressure Dodgers will look to level the series when they face Padres in Game 2 on Saturday at Petco Park.

At PETCO Park on Saturday, the San Diego Padres (four consecutive victories) meet the Los Angeles Dodgers at 8:40 p.m. ET.

Done in by early homers ...

Heliot Ramos, Rafael Devers and Wilmer Flores homered off Nestor Cortes in the first inning and the San Francisco Giants beat ...