Padres third baseman Manny Machado has five of his 18 homers since the All-Star break
The Padres’ Manny Machado follows through on his home run swing in the firts inning of Thursday’s victory over the Pirates. He’s far from the only Padre lifting his game during this second-half surge.
The Padres’ .811 OPS since the All-Star break is fourth in baseball heading into Saturday’s 1:10 p.m. start in Miami.Padres notes: Reliever Jhony Brito replaces Randy Vásquez; Jurickson Profar talks HBPswith a .913 OPS. Machado has hit five of his 18 home runs over his last 18 games, driving in 15 runs —one fewer than Merrill, who has four homers since the break.
Bogaerts has just one home run in that stretch, but he’s hitting .378 and slugging .500 on the steam of four doubles and a triple. All of the above are in Saturday’s lineup in their accustomed spots as the Padres look to clinch a seventh straight series.The Padres are a season-high 13 games over .500, just 2½ games behind the Dodgers in the NL West and lead the Diamondbacks by a game as the NL’s top wild-card team.He beat the Marlins in late May in San Diego with eight strikeouts over seven shutout innings. Waldron has a 3.11 ERA over 12 road starts this season.
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