San Diego Padres at Washington Nationals

· Major League Baseball

San Diego Padres

53-44, 22-26 Away

Final
7 - 2

Washington Nationals

38-59, 18-29 Home

Machado's slam caps 5-run 9th as Padres top Nationals 7-2

Manny Machado's grand slam seals Padres' victory

Jake Cronenworth singled leading off the ninth against Kyle Finnegan (1-4) and went to third on a single by Jose Iglesias. Elias Díaz executed his second safety squeeze of the game, scoring Cronenworth to give San Diego a 3-2 lead.

A single by Fernando Tatis Jr. and a walk to Luis Arraez loaded the bases for Machado, who homered into the Padres bullpen in left-center.

CJ Abrams tied it 2-all with a two-run homer off San Diego reliever Jason Adams with one out in the eighth.

Xander Bogaerts had two hits and scored a run for the Padres, who have won four of five.

Wandy Peralta (4-1) pitched 1 1/3 innings for the win.

Jacob Young had two hits for the Nationals, who have lost five straight and nine of 10.

The Padres took a 1-0 lead in the second when Jackson Merrill singled and scored on Cronenworth’s sacrifice fly.

In the San Diego sixth, Bogaerts led off with a bloop double, went to third on a bunt single by Cronenworth and scored on a squeeze bunt by Díaz to make it 2-0.

Dylan Cease, who pitched a no-hitter in Washington last July, went 5 1/3 innings for the Padres. He gave up four singles and struck out 10 without a walk.

Washington starter Michael Soroka allowed a run and three hits over five innings.

Key moment With Cronenworth running on the pitch, Iglesias singled to the spot vacated by second baseman Luis García Jr. in the ninth.

Key stat Finnegan has allowed eight runs in two-thirds of an inning over his last two appearances.

Up next Padres RHP Yu Darvish (0-1, 6.48 ERA) makes his third start Saturday since returning from the injured list. He will be opposed by Nationals LHP Mitchell Parker (5-10, 5.12).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Lile grounded into double play, shortstop to first, Lowe out at second.
	9th Inning	House flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Lowe reached on infield single to second.
	9th Inning	Bogaerts flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Merrill flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Johnson doubled to right.

Statistics

SD		WSH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
14	Ground Balls	9
6	Strikeouts	13
7	Runs Batted In	2
2	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	9
2	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	1
1	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
17	Fly Balls	10
1	Caught Stealing	2
175	Pitches	147
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
16	Total Bases	12
42	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	1
6.9	Runs Created	3.0
.324	Batting Average	.281
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.471	Slugging Percentage	.375
.294	Secondary Average	.094
.400	On Base Percentage	.324
.871	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.699
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
6.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.1
48.0	Batter Rating	21.0
34.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
0.67	Stolen Base Percentage	0.33
4.17	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.32
.147	Isolated Power	.094
0.67	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.08
.095	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
-.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.188
14.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.4
95.0	MLB Rating	75.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0