Machado Mashes Padres to 8th Straight Win

One of the very strange things about the Padres putting together their best winning streak of the year in the last two weeks of the season is they're nowhere near being at full strength.

And yet, there they were taking a 7-game winning streak into their final home series of the season against St. Louis. Oh, and Machado? Apparently he doesn't need two working elbows to hit baseballs very, very hard. Manny launched a pair of home runs, both giving the Padres the lead, in a 4-2 win over the Cardinals that kept San Diego's miniscule postseason chance alive for another day.

So did Machado. His first homer came in the bottom half, a solo blast off Dakota Hudson that gave the Friars a 2-1 lead. St. Louis tied it in the 8th inning thanks to a Jordan Walker RBI triple off Luis Garcia. Once again the Padres did what they've finally figured out how to do: answer immediately and decisively.

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