{"id":117384,"date":"2026-04-27T04:56:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/machado-shines-with-2-hrs-but-padres-lose-dominicans-excel-in-mlb\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T04:56:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:56:22","slug":"machado-shines-with-2-hrs-but-padres-lose-dominicans-excel-in-mlb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/machado-shines-with-2-hrs-but-padres-lose-dominicans-excel-in-mlb\/","title":{"rendered":"Machado Shines with 2 HRs, But Padres Lose; Dominicans Excel in MLB"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Machado Shines with Two Home Runs, But Padres Fall in Mexico<\/h2>\n\n\nSanto Domingo \u2013 Manny Machado demonstrated his offensive power with two home runs and five RBIs, despite the San Diego Padres&#8217; loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks in an exciting game in Mexico City.\n\nThe game, held at the Alfredo Harp Hel\u00fa Stadium, was marked by an explosive offense, in part due to the altitude of the Mexican capital. The key play came in the seventh inning, when Tim Tawa hit a grand slam that drove in a six-run rally, securing the victory for the Diamondbacks and splitting the two-game series.\n\nMachado finished the game with a 5-2 performance, totaling four home runs and 16 RBIs for 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 on Different Fronts<\/h2>\n\n\nIn Toronto, outfielder Jes\u00fas S\u00e1nchez stood out with a two-run home run that proved decisive in the Toronto Blue Jays&#8217; victory over the Cleveland Guardians, with a score of 4-2. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. also had an outstanding performance with three hits.\n\nIn Chicago, Jos\u00e9 Tena became the hero by hitting a solo home run in extra innings, securing the Washington Nationals&#8217; victory over the Chicago White Sox with a score of 2-1.\n\nIn Baltimore, the Boston Red Sox achieved a 5-3 victory over the Orioles, reacting positively after the departure of their manager Alex Cora. Dominican Samuel Basallo hit his fourth home run of the season in this game.\n\nIn New York, the Colorado Rockies completed a sweep in a doubleheader against the New York Mets, with victories of 3-1 and 3-0. Juan Soto and Ronny Mauricio had offensive participation, although without a significant impact on the result.\n\nThe day was full of action in the Major Leagues, with outstanding Dominican moments both in batting and in key plays.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Machado Shines with Two Home Runs, But Padres Fall in Mexico Santo Domingo \u2013 Manny Machado demonstrated his offensive power with two home runs and five RBIs, despite the San Diego Padres&#8217; loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks in an exciting game in Mexico City. The game, held at the Alfredo Harp Hel\u00fa Stadium, was marked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[1384,1117,3068,3516],"class_list":{"0":"post-117384","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\/117384","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=117384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}