Tommy Pham homers in return to Petco Park, but Manny Machado's blast quickly erases it in Padres' 4-1 win over the Reds
As in the Padres have won all six games in which they’ve scratched across at least three runs.
The Padres were 1-for-4 with runners in scoring position in that 5-2 loss, didn’t have an opportunity in Saturday’s 5-2 loss, went 0-for-9 in that situation in Sunday’s 2-1 win and were 1-for-6 on Monday. On Monday, the Padres were already up 2-1 after the first inning when Machado followed Austin Nola’s leadoff single with a 112-mph homer to left, his second of the season.Loud because Pham, in a 1-for-26 run to start his Reds tenure, was booed as he stepped into the batter’s box in the first inning, because he drilled Manaea’s second pitch over the wall in left, because the boos seemed to increase in intensity with each plate appearance.After a 104.5 mph homer, Pham rocketed a 104.