Machado, Myers, Tatis homer in Padres’ 10-2 win vs. Astros
SAN DIEGO ( AP) — Manny Machado, Wil Myers and Fernando Tatis Jr. each hit an impressive two- run home run and Joe Musgrove had a solid outing against one of his former teams as the San Diego Padres beat the AL West-leading Houston Astros 10-2 Saturday night.
Tatis, who slugged his NL-leading 37th homer, also hit a go-ahead, tworun single during the fourrun second inning for the Padres, who remain a halfgame behind the Cincinnati Reds in the race for the NL’s second wild-card spot.
After taking a 4-2 lead during Framber Valdez’s meltdown in the second, the Padres’ big bats came alive late in the game.
Machado and Myers each hit a no-doubter in the seventh off Cristian Javier, and Tatis then hit a long drive off Josh James in the eighth.
Machado drove a ball an estimated 453 feet into the far corner of the second deck in left field. It was his 24th. Myers hit a ball into the middle balcony on the brick warehouse in the left-field corner, his 17th. Tatis, who was aboard for Machado’s homer, also reached the second deck in left.
Musgrove ( 10- 8) held the Astros to two runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings while striking out four and walking one.
The big right- hander from suburban El Cajon fell behind 2-0 after just seven batters. After retiring his first two batters, Musgrove allowed three straight singles, including an RBI base hit by Yuli Gurriel. Kyle Tucker then opened the second with a homer to right- center. Tucker hit a go- ahead, two-run homer in Hous
ton’s 6-3 win Friday night.
Musgrove then held the Astros in check, including making two nice defensive plays in the fourth. He fielded Martin Maldonado’s comebacker and caught Tucker in a rundown between second and third for the second out, and then fielded Valdez’s comebacker to get the third out.