The visiting clubhouse at Nationals Park was filled with music early Sunday morning. It started with Flo Rida’s “Low” (feat. T-Pain), then moved on to Kendrick Lamar’s “hey now,” which was followed by the likes of Ice Spice and more.

Against left-hander MacKenzie Gore, Bogaerts is in the clean-up spot for the 20th time. Bogaerts was 0-for-4 with a strikeout on Friday but is hitting .361/.435/.492 over his last 17 games and is a .300/.363/.391 hitter against lefties this year.

The San Diego Padres wasted no time in providing run support to starter Nick Pivetta. The San Diego offense staked Pivetta to a five-run lead before he threw a single pitch and the Padres cruised to an 8-1 win over the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park, Sunday.

Miguel Vargas and Mike Tauchman hit back-to-back home runs to spark a four-run first inning, which propelled the Chicago White Sox to a 7-2 victory over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday afternoon.

Xander Bogaerts’ grand slam gets Padres on way to 8-1 victory; Nick Pivetta allows one run over six innings for his 10th victory

San Diego Padres shortstop Xander Bogaerts said he hopes the Padres will make some additions at the 2025 trade deadline, much like they have in recent seasons.