Machado, Myers, Tatis homer in Padres' 10-2 win vs. Astros

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Manny Machado, Wil Myers and Fernando Tatis Jr. each hit an impressive two-run home run and Joe Musgrove had a solid outing against one of his former teams as the San Diego Padres beat the AL West-leading Houston Astros 10-2 Saturday night.

Tatis, who slugged his NL-leading 37th homer, also hit a go-ahead, two-run single during the four-run second inning for the Padres, who remain a half-game behind the Cincinnati Reds in the race for the NL's second wild-card spot.

After taking a 4-2 lead during Framber Valdez's meltdown in the second, the Padres' big bats came alive late in the game.

Machado and Myers each hit a no-doubter in the seventh off Cristian Javier, and Tatis then hit a long drive off Josh James in the eighth.

Machado drove a ball an estimated 453 feet into the far corner of the second deck in left field. It was his 24th. Myers hit a ball into the middle balcony on the brick warehouse in the left-field corner, his 17th. Tatis, who was aboard for Machado's homer, also reached the second deck in left.

Musgrove (10-8) held the Astros to two runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings while striking out four and walking one.

The big right-hander from suburban El Cajon fell behind 2-0 after just seven batters. After retiring his first two batters, Musgrove allowed three straight singles, including an RBI base hit by Yuli Gurriel. Kyle Tucker then opened the second with a homer to right-center. Tucker hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in Houston's 6-3 win Friday night.

Musgrove then held the Astros in check, including making two nice defensive plays in the fourth. He fielded Martin Maldonado's comebacker and caught Tucker in a rundown between second and third for the second out, and then fielded Valdez's comebacker to get the third out.

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