SAN DIEGO — Manny Machado homered and tied his career high with five hits to help the San Diego Padres beat the World Series champion Atlanta Braves 12-1 on Thursday.
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Joe Musgrove turned in a brilliant 6 2/3 innings for the hometown Padres. Rookie CJ Abrams hit his first home run for San Diego.
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The 44,844 fans at Petco Park rose to their feet to cheer Musgrove, who left the game with two outs in the seventh.
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The crowd got even more excited in the bottom of the inning when Machado hit a two-out, two-run homer. The Dominican had not hit home runs this season.
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He ended up going 5-for-6 with four runs scored, two RBIs and a pair of steals. Eric Hosmer had four hits, while new designated hitter Luke Voit drove in three runs.
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Ozzie Albies homered leading off the ninth inning, his second, to barely cover Atlanta’s loss.
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For the Braves, the Dominican Marcell Ozuna 4-1. Puerto Rican Eddie Rosario 3-0.
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For the Padres, the Dominican Machado 6-5 with four runs scored and two RBIs.
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