Manny Machado didn’t wish to wait round to make San Diego Padres historical past.
On Friday, the Padres hosted the San Francisco Giants for the primary of a three-game collection at Petco Park in San Diego, California.
Machado entered the competition with 161 profession dwelling runs in a Padres uniform, simply two shy of tying Nate Colbert for the franchise report.
The six-time All-Star set to work shortly. He despatched an 83-mph sweeper into the left-field seats for a house run in his very first at-bat. The house run gave the Padres an early 3-0 lead and acquired Machado one dinger nearer to creating Padres historical past.