The San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers clashed for a crucial National League West series with the series opener hosted at Petco Park on Friday.

San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado spoke about the support that the Friar faithful have for the team.

The advice from Darvish worked, based on Machado's solo shot to make it 3-0, and notch his first home run since July 29th. He went 18 games without a home run, and slugged just .293 during that stretch with a .603 OPS.

The post Manny Machado gives Padres fans ‘unbelievable’ shoutout amid playoff push appeared first on ClutchPoints. Manny Machado knows the energy at Petco Park is often incredible. The San Diego Padres star gave the fans a shoutout following the team’s 8-1 win over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday.

The Dodgers had just one hit in six innings against Yu Darvish and had a ninth-inning rally come up short in a 2-1 loss. The Padres and Dodgers are tied atop the NL West again.

First home run ball, priceless? Nope. Not by a long shot. Eric Saldana and Alex Espinoza were sitting in Section 125 of the field level Friday night at Petco Park, just inside the right-field foul

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With their three-game sweep of the San Diego Padres, the Dodgers proved they are deeper and more focused than their budding NL West rivals.