Pads stars Machado, Tatis say all's well after dugout dustup

SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres All-Stars Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr. stood next to each other and said it's all good between them after their weekend shouting match in the dugout during a season that's been spiraling out of control.

Machado shouted and cursed at Tatis during the face-to-face confrontation in St. Louis on Saturday night. The 29-year-old Machado and 22-year-old Tatis were separated by teammates before taking their defensive positions.

The dustup came after Tatis struck out looking and then argued the call by umpire Phil Cuzzi. Padres manager Jayce Tingler was ejected when he came out to argue on Tatis’ behalf.

Machado could be heard saying “It’s not about you. It’s not ... about you,” as teammate Adam Frazier and a Padres coach ushered Tatis away from the angry third baseman.

The Padres blew a 2-0 lead Saturday night and were swept in the three-game series, going 2-8 on a trip that has seriously damaged their hopes of a repeat trip to the postseason.

Before Tuesday night's home game against NL West leader San Francisco, Machado called Tatis “my little brother” and added that "we're always going to be together no matter what. We've got a lot of years here together moving forward. That's done and said. He's got to go. We've got to go as a team as well. That's what we're going to try to reach in the next 13 days.''

The Padres had a one-game lead for the second wild-card spot on Sept. 9. They were then swept in three games at the Los Angeles Dodgers, split a four-game series at San Francisco and lost three straight in St. Louis.

San Diego went into Tuesday night's action four games behind St. Louis for the second wild card, with the Cincinnati Reds one game ahead of them.

Asked his take on what happened Saturday night, Tatis said: "It happened,...

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