Manny Machado had a three-run double and one of his team’s nine walks as the Padres topped the Phillies 6-4 in the first game of Wednesday’s doubleheader.
The Padres scored on four occasions today: once on Machado’s bases-loaded double in the second and the other three times on bases-loaded walks. Two of those immediately preceded Machado’s double, resulting in an early exit for Mick Abel. Machado, who has slumped some the last couple of weeks, had gone six straight games without an extra-base hit or an RBI coming. He was 9-for-52 with two RBI, both on solo homers, in his previous 13 games.