Manny Machado homered for a second straight game and five San Diego pitchers combined on a four-hit shutout as the Padres defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 2-0 on Friday night. Machado’s eighth-inning homer off Grant Anderson was his ninth of the season.

A veteran MLB manager compared Manny Machado to a first-ballot Hall of Famer as he closes the gap on 2,000 career hits.

Padres Make Manny Machado Announcement on Thursday originally appeared on Athlon Sports. After winning the first two outings of their four-game series against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park in San Francisco, the San Diego Padres failed to sustain their form, as they lost the final two contests.