Aug 30, 2024; St. Petersburg, Florida, USA; San Diego Padres designated hitter Manny Machado (13)celebrates after hitting a 3 run house run towards the Tampa Bay Rays within the second inning at Tropicana Subject. Necessary Credit score: Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports activities Manny Machado is heating up as August involves an in depth.
The San Diego slugger will goal to remain sizzling on Saturday because the Padres chase a collection victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Machado had three hits, together with a homer, and drove in 4 runs because the Padres posted a 13-5 win within the opener of the three-game collection on Friday.
The six-time All-Star has belted 161 homers with San Diego, tying him with Adrian Gonzalez for second in franchise historical past and placing him two in again of Nate Colbert for the all-time lead.
“That is enormous,” Machado stated. “… To be on that listing in such a brief time period is superior. To be on that very same degree is an honor for positive.”
Machado is batting .382 (13-for-34) with three homers, 10 RBIs and 6 runs in his previous eight video games. The Padres have received 5 of these contests to stay within the combine for the Nationwide League’s prime wild-card spot.
Rookie Jackson Merrill continues to return by whereas batting sixth within the San Diego lineup. He had two hits, together with an RBI single, on Friday, giving him a .333 common (19-for-57) over his previous 15 video games.
“One cause it really works is as a result of we have now 5 good hitters forward of him,” Padres supervisor Mike Shildt stated. “… These guys have been on this league and accomplished this for a number of seasons. (Merrill) is in a great place. He is producing. So simple as that.”
San Diego’s Randy Vasquez (4-6, 4.52 ERA) will get the beginning on Saturday towards Tampa Bay’s Shane Baz (1-2, 3.48) in a battle of right-handers.
Vasquez recorded his first win in over a month on Monday after permitting two runs on six hits in six innings of a 7-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. This will probably be Vasquez’s first profession outing towards the Rays.
Baz will return to the mound after being scratched from his beforehand scheduled begin on Sunday as a result of flu. He reportedly was unable to depart his resort room in Los Angeles however recovered sufficient to return house on Monday.
After one bullpen session, Baz stated he is “one hundred pc good to go” for the Saturday sport.
Baz pitched properly in his final outing on Aug. 20, scattering three hits over 7 2/3 innings in a 1-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics. Baz has but to face the Padres in his profession.
Tampa Bay misplaced for the sixth time in eight video games on Friday and in addition noticed Yandy Diaz depart within the fourth inning as a consequence of left patellar tendinitis.
Rays supervisor Kevin Money stated that Diaz “tweaked his knee a bit of bit” whereas making an attempt to race from first to 3rd base on an error within the first inning. Money added that Diaz is day-to-day and is unlikely to play on Saturday.
Diaz was changed by Jonathan Aranda, who had been recalled from Triple-A Durham previous to the sport. Aranda went 0-for-2 with an RBI.
“We want to see (Aranda) do some good issues, as a result of we have been so excessive on him coming in,” Money stated. “After which between the finger harm, the indirect harm, simply quite a lot of inconsistencies. However good to have him again.”
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