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Major League Baseball franchise in San Diego, California
The San Diego Padres are an American professional baseball team based in San Diego. The Padres compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West Division. The team plays its home games at Petco Park in downtown San Diego. Founded in 1969 as an expansion franchise, the Padres adopted their name from the Pacific Coast League (PCL) team that arrived in San Diego in 1936. The name, Spanish for "fathers", honors the friars of the Franciscan order who founded Mission San Diego de Alcalá in 1769.
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The San Diego Padres have suffered a major setback as they face a do-or-die situation, having lost two consecutive games in the series and facing elimination with just one more loss. The team's key closer, who had been firmly guarding the back end of the lineup, has left the team ahead of the decisi