{"id":117375,"date":"2026-04-26T22:10:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T02:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/machado-shines-with-2-hrs-but-padres-lose-dominicans-dominate-mlb\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T22:10:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T02:10:19","slug":"machado-shines-with-2-hrs-but-padres-lose-dominicans-dominate-mlb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/machado-shines-with-2-hrs-but-padres-lose-dominicans-dominate-mlb\/","title":{"rendered":"Machado Shines with 2 HRs, but Padres Lose; Dominicans Dominate MLB"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Machado Shines with Two Home Runs, But the Padres Fall in Mexico<\/h2>\n\nSanto Domingo \u2013 Manny Machado had an impressive offensive performance, hitting two home runs and driving in five runs, although his efforts were not enough to prevent the San Diego Padres&#8217; defeat against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the game held in Mexico City.\n\nThe game, which took place at the Alfredo Harp Hel\u00fa Stadium, was an offensive festival, in part due to the altitude of the Mexican capital. The key moment came in the seventh inning, when Tim Tawa hit a grand slam that drove a six-run rally to secure the victory for the Arizona team and split the two-game series.\n\nMachado finished the game with a 5-2 mark, raising his total to four home runs and 16 RBIs on the season. Fernando Tatis Jr. and Ram\u00f3n Laureano also contributed to the offense with one hit each.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dominicans Shine with the Bat<\/h2>\n\n\nIn Toronto, outfielder Jes\u00fas S\u00e1nchez hit a two-run home run that proved decisive in the Toronto Blue Jays&#8217; 4-2 victory over the Cleveland Guardians. His compatriot Vladimir Guerrero Jr. also had an outstanding performance with three hits.\n\nIn Chicago, Dominican Jos\u00e9 Tena became the hero by hitting a solo home run in extra innings, giving the Washington Nationals a 2-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox.\n\nIn Baltimore, the Boston Red Sox reacted positively after the departure of their manager Alex Cora by defeating the Orioles 5-3. For the losing team, Dominican Samuel Basallo hit his fourth home run of the season.\n\nIn New York, the Colorado Rockies completed the sweep in a doubleheader against the New York Mets, with victories of 3-1 and 3-0. In these games, Juan Soto and Ronny Mauricio had offensive participation.\n\nThe day highlighted Dominican dominance in batting, with crucial moments and intense activity in the Major Leagues.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Machado Shines with Two Home Runs, But the Padres Fall in Mexico Santo Domingo \u2013 Manny Machado had an impressive offensive performance, hitting two home runs and driving in five runs, although his efforts were not enough to prevent the San Diego Padres&#8217; defeat against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the game held in Mexico City. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[1384,1117,3068,3516],"class_list":{"0":"post-117375","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-dominicans","9":"tag-home-runs","10":"tag-major-leagues","11":"tag-manny-machado"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}