PHILADELPHIA — Manny Machado’s first-inning, two-run homer was not nearly enough for the San Diego Padres on Saturday.
So he swatted another one Sunday, followed it up with a three-run shot in the third and might have added another if the Philadelphia Phillies wanted anything more to do with him.
Wisely, they did not.
Machado drove in the first five runs of an 11-1 win at Citizens Bank Park, Blake Snell returned from the injured list with a wild but workmanlike effort and the Padres piled on late to snap a three-game skid and salvage a 3-3 road trip.
Machado’s two-homer game — his first of the season and 28th of his career — pushed his season total to 15, second on the team behind Fernando Tatis Jr.’s NL-leading 26.
Tatis, of course, was on the bases for both of Machado’s homers, doubling ahead of the two-run blast, which ended a nine-pitch battle that began with Machado down two strikes to right-hander Vince Velasquez.
In the third, Tatis and Jake Cronenworth worked two-out walks before Machado homered again after being down two strikes.
Machado was walked intentionally with first base open in his next two plate appearances and was essentially pitched around in the ninth for his third walk of the game after a wild pitch again opened up first base in the ninth.
Still, Machado’s homers picked up an offense that grounded into three double plays Sunday and five all weekend to move into the NL lead with 72 on the season.
The Padres turned the game into a blowout in the ninth, starting with Eric Hosmer’s bases-loaded double as rain again began to pour on a road trip in which the Padres endured 6 hours and 39 minutes of delays.
This one was not officially delayed but time was called for the grounds crew to work on the soggy mound after Jurickson Profar added his fourth hit of the game.
Didn’t help much.
Webster Rivas hammered a 2-0 fastball out to left for his second homer of the year, opening up an 11-1 lead.
Coming off the injured list after a bout with food poisoning, Snell would have been in line to earn the win had he been more efficient in the strike zone.
He allowed only two hits over four shutout innings, but walked four batters, hit one and threw only 39 of his 81 pitches for strikes.
The bullpen followed with five innings of one-run ball with Emilio Pagán fetching five outs in a four-run game, Drew Pomeranz getting Bryce Harper to ground out to end the eighth and Nick Ramirez finishing the ninth after the Padres’ six-run ninth. Austin Adams (3-2), the first of the relievers, was credited with the win.
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