Machado homers as the Padres beat the Giants 6-4 for 7th straight victory
Manny Machado hit a two-run homer and the San Diego Padres ran their winning streak to seven games with a 6-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday night. The Padres swept the three-game series. They lead the Arizona Diamondbacks by 2 1/2 games for the National League’s final wild-card spot. Jackson Merrill’s two-run, opposite-field double off Logan Webb (8-9) put San Diego ahead to stay in the first inning.
The Padres got three more in the second, two when Machado took Webb’s pitch deep to left. Machado’s 27th homer of the season gave the Padres a 5-0 edge.
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