Heliot Ramos, Rafael Devers and Wilmer Flores homered off Nestor Cortes in the first inning and the San Francisco Giants beat San Diego 4-3 to hand the Padres their fourth straight loss.

He started Aug. 6 in Arizona and hit a game-tying home run when he was left in to face left-hander Kyle Backhus in the ninth inning. He was left in Sunday to face left-handed reliever Anthony Banda and hit an RBI double in the sixth inning.

Heliot Ramos found himself in the middle of the action in Monday night’s series opener at Petco Park. Ramos led off the game with a booming shot off left-hander Nestor Cortes, kicking off a three-home

On Tuesday night, the Yankees became the fourth team to hit at least nine home runs in a single game, and they're now the first team to have ever done it twice in one season.

There have been only four times in MLB history in which a team has hit at least nine homers in a game. The 2025 Yankees have half of them.

The Padres are coming off being swept by the Dodgers after having a chance to take the NL West lead. After winning five straight, including a three-game sweep over the Giants, the three losses to Los Angeles is a small setback for San Diego.

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

Done in by early homers

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Nestor Cortes may not be fully out of the woods just yet from the rotator cuff strains that derailed his season last year, but he is feeling good in the first week of spring training thanks to a ...

Nestor Cortes, the pitcher, will spend part of Father’s Day’s in the Yankees dugout at Rogers Centre watching Sunday’s series finale against the Toronto Blue Jays.

LOS ANGELES — Jackson Merrill walked gingerly through the clubhouse Sunday afternoon, clearly favoring the left ankle that he rolled on Friday night. He wrapped it and played on it Saturday and got through two at-bats Sunday — both strikeouts — before the coaching staff pulled the plug on their 22-year-old center fielder.