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Manny Machado shared a message during the team’s win streak<\/p>\n
After a disappointing start to the season, the San Diego Padres<\/a> have made their way back to .500 fresh off a three-game winning streak. Aside from the three straight wins, perhaps the most encouraging factor has been the manner in which the Padres have won the three games.\u00a0<\/p>\n In their first seven games, the Padres scored five or more runs only once. San Diego has now scored five or more runs in their past two games. The Padres\u2019 fan base has been anxiously anticipating the superstar-heavy San Diego offense surging, and these past two games have shown positive signs.<\/p>\n Following the Padres\u2019 5-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> in the season opener, Manny Machado sent a clear message regarding the team\u2019s offense.<\/p>\n San Diego Padres Manny Machado\u2019s Clear Message<\/p>\n Manny Machado told The San Diego Union-Tribune\u2019s Kevin Acee<\/a> about their offensive approach, \u201cWe\u2019re taking really, really good at-bats, quality at-bats. Whenever you can take consistently quality at-bats \u2026 and we can put that stress on those pitchers, even though we line out \u2026 as much as we can try to wear those guys out and have quality at-bats, throughout the season we\u2019ll come up on top\u201d<\/p>\n That statement has proven to be true for Machado, who despite a .226 batting average, which is well below his career average, he has a career-high .415 on-base percentage. Machado currently leads the league with 10 walks, as he is walking on 24.4% of his plate appearances, which is well above his 8.2% career average.<\/p>\n Additionally, Machado had his first home run of the season in Sunday\u2019s win over the Red Sox<\/a>. In the series opener, Machado had a walk and a singlethat would have likely been an extra-base hit had it not bounced directly off the wall towards the right fielder Ryan O\u2019Hearn.<\/p>\n San Diego Padres\u2019 Offense<\/p>\n Machado was not the only member of the Padres to share that sentiment. Shortstop Xander Bogaerts spoke to reporters about the team\u2019s approach in the series opener against Pittsburgh. Bogaerts said, \u201cToday, we wanted to get the starter out of the game early. I feel like he was cruising a little bit in the beginning. I mean, the guy has got good stuff. He throws hard, he\u2019s got really good pitches. But that was the approach \u2014 try to get him out as early as possible. And we did that, got into the bullpen. It\u2019s exactly what we wanted to do, and it\u2019s nice to see that it worked.\u201d<\/p>\n Hard-throwing Bubba Chandler did not get out of the fifth inning as the Padres scored three earned runs in that stretch. The team totaled five hits off Chandler while adding four walks.\u00a0<\/p>\n After a slow start, Bogaerts also had his second consecutive strong game as he had two hits and a walk during the team\u2019s win over Pittsburgh. San Diego\u2019s shortstop has totaled five hits over the past two games, after a previous four-game hit drought.\u00a0<\/p>\n Next up for San Diego is a difficult challenge. The team will face off against 2025 National League Cy Young winner Paul Skenes. It will mark the first time San Diego face off against Skenes, as they had previously managed to avoid the star pitcher.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tJose Esquer<\/a> Jose Esquer is a Mexican-American sportswriter and communications student based in San Diego, CA. His work spans football, basketball, baseball, and soccer. He has written for platforms like RotoWire and DolphinsTalk. You can find him on Twitter\/X @JEsquer8, usually talking Dolphins, world football, or both. 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