Manny Machado hit a tiebreaking homer off Raisel Iglesias in the ninth inning and the San Diego Padres overcame a dramatic homer by Ronald Acuña Jr. to beat the Atlanta Braves 2-1 and end their six-game losing streak.

When a team is struggling it looks to its leaders to set things right. On Friday night the Padres captain lived up to his responsibility. Manny Machado launched a 9th inning missile into the left field seats at Truist Park in Atlanta to give the Padres a 2-1 win over the Braves,

San Diego Padres superstar Manny Machado had a brief response for why his team has been struggling amid a four-game losing streak.

The Padres stole 23 bases over their first 15 games, tied for the second most in the majors in that span. It helped, of course, when players were getting on base far more consistently early in the season. Still, San Diego’s base-stealing game has largely ground to a halt.

Perhaps a trip to Atlanta was just what the doctor ordered for Manny Machado and the recently struggling Padres.

San Diego Padres designated hitter Gavin Sheets was hitting below league average on a historically bad White Sox team who had the most losses in Mode

Nathan Lukes hit a game-winning single in the 11th inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Padres 7-6 to complete a three-game sweep, extending San Diego’s season-worst losing streak to six.

Padres second baseman in a 1-for-19 rut, better against lefties this year but has no success against Braves ace Chris Sale

The San Diego Padres fell from fifth to ninth in the eight edition of Newsweek Sports' MLB Power Rankings after a disastrous six-game stretch. The Padres fell f