The San Diego Padres had plenty to be happy about thanks to Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado’s epic night versus the Houston Astros. Starting pitcher Dylan Cease cruised into the ninth inning with some outstanding work. Machado, Tatis Jr., and Donovan Solano hit back-to-back-to-back consecutive homers in the eighth inning for the Padres to tough out a 4-0 win over the Houston Astros.
Machado actually hit two round-trip dingers for the Padres, who won two of three against the Astros. San Diego needed the wins to stay 2.5 games ahead of the Arizona Diamondbacks and New York Mets for the most favorable National League Wild Card spot. Tatis Jr. had the most concise anwser for why things worked out so well.
“That’s Manny Machado, that’s what he does.”…