Homers by All-Stars Machado, Tatis power Padres to 4-3 win, split of series with Arizona

const iframe document getElementById newspack-iframe-Lg fjRWgPoE const timerId setInterval function iframe src iframe src iframe onload function clearInterval timerId Padre All-Stars Fernando Tatis Jr and Manny Machado each hit solo home runs as the club beat the Diamondbacks - at Petco Park Thursday The homers by Machado and Tatis Jr an All-Star starter and reserve respectively were the th by each sportsman so far this season Machado however has been hot it was his third home run in the past seven games but Tatis had been on a dry spell It was his first homer in games After two scoreless innings to begin the match Arizona managed to collect two runs in the third The first came via a Jose Herrera a sacrifice fly to right that drove in Jake McCarthy from third base Then Alek Thomas scored from third following a Corbin Carroll sacrifice fly to center Go ahead and tell everybody he's the man he's the man he's the man pic twitter com Ap jRQbzzo San Diego Padres Padres July But later in the inning Tatis cut the lead in the half with one swing of the bat a solo homer to right field San Diego then tied the total - in the fourth when Jackson Merrill scored from third following a Jake Cronenworth ground out to first Tatis nearly scored a second run in the eighth but his deep shot to center was caught by Jake McCarthy who leaped stretched and contorted himself to nab the ball before it could get over the wall No doubter pic twitter com ZdJJhWT Iq San Diego Padres Padres July Padres starter Randy V squez who allowed four walks was yanked in the fifth inning with two men on base Adrian Morejon came in got out of the jam and was credited with the win That s because in the bottom of the inning Machado led off and with his first swing a solo homer to left gave the Padres a - lead After a mound visit Arizona made a pitching change with Juan Morillo reliving Eduardo Rodriguez The move didn t pay off as San Diego s widened its lead Xander Bogaert doubled on a ground ball to left that drove in Gavin Sheets from first In the seventh Arizona s Corbin Carroll scored from second following a Geraldo Perdomo double on a ground ball to right That tightened the sum to - but the Friars held on for the win managing a split of the four-game series against Arizona - The Padres record now stands at - with a marked advantage for theem at home where they ve won games and dropped just Up next the Padres face the Philadelphia Phillies at p m Friday in the opening of a three-game series that will lead to the All-Star break Notes Right handed pitcher Ryan Bergert - who was struck by a line drive on June and has been on the injured list since with a right forearm contusion is scheduled to pitch against the Phillies the upcoming day He threw pitches in a Triple-A rehab start on Sunday