Manny Machado homers twice vs the Giants to tie Nate Colbert atop the Padres’ all-time list with 163
Source: Mymotherlode
Manny Machado homered twice to tie Nate Colbert for San Diego’s all-time record with 163 and lead the Padres to a 5-1 win against the San Francisco Giants. Machado had a solo shot in the first and then matched Colbert with an impressive drive into the second deck in left field leading off the eighth. Machado tied Colbert with 20 games to go in his sixth season in San Diego. Colbert hit 163 in six seasons with the Padres, from their expansion season of 1969 through 1974. He played for four other teams and finished with 173 total homers.