The San Diego Padres (87-66), led by Jurickson Profar, host Andrew Vaughn and the Chicago White Sox (36-117) at 9:40 PM ET on Friday in a series opener. Prior to Sunday, when the upcoming three-game set between the Padres and White Sox concludes,

The San Diego Padres beat the Houston Astros on Thursday behind another dominant performance on the mound from Dylan Cease, who was acquired this past offseason.

Astros starter Framber Valdez made one mistake in seven innings, and it ended up handing him a tough-luck loss as he was outdueled by the Padres' Dylan Cease.

There’s a lot of baseball still to be played before the World Series comes our way in late October, but the three-game series between the Astros and Padres this week at Petco Park left both teams thinking of a possible Fall Classic matchup.

Dylan Cease pitched brilliantly into the ninth inning and Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr. and Donovan Solano hit consecutive homers in the eighth for the San Diego Padres, who beat the AL West-leadi