MLB’s Reaction to Manny Machado’s Actions Catches Attention originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Manny Machado is heating up with the summer sun. In a scoreless game on Sunday, the San Diego Padres third baseman broke through with a towering solo home run.

Manny Machado homered leading off the seventh inning to lift the Padres past the Brewers, 1-0, on Sunday afternoon in the rubber match of the three-game series at American Family Field. Machado hit a late-inning home run for the second time in the series,

The third baseman has gone deep four times already in June, smacking three homers in his last four games alone. Machado left the ballpark on Sunday with a solo bomb against the Milwaukee Brewers. The Padres now begin a crucial series with the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight, and he’ll like the matchup.

A veteran MLB manager compared Manny Machado to a first-ballot Hall of Famer as he closes the gap on 2,000 career hits.

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One night in April, after another line drive moved him closer to an uncommon milestone, Manny Machado heard a fellow member of the San Diego Padres raise a theory. Machado, the team’s franchise third baseman,

Manny Machado sacudió un jonrón y Ryan Bergert se combinó con cinco relevistas para permitir solo cuatro hits, con lo que los Padres de San Diego superaron el

The San Diego Padres are about to face the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers for the first time since their memorable NL Division Series matchup.