Manny Machado went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts as the San Diego Padres were shut out 3-0 by the Philadelphia Phillies at Petco Park. With the club leaving 10 runners on base, the day’s biggest storyline landed where it has too often—Machado’s season-long skid,
Monday night felt like the kind of game a team can point to later and say. “We had chances.” It also felt like the kind that can slip away so quietly you don’t notice the gap growing until the scoreboard tells the truth. At Petco Park. the San Diego Padres fell 3-0 to the Philadelphia Phillies. and Manny Machado’s difficult 2026 start sank deeper into view.
San Diego’s captain delivered another quiet performance in the middle of a lineup still searching for answers. Machado finished 0-for-4 with two strikeouts. The struggles have become inseparable from the broader picture of the Padres’ offense—especially after the team left 10 runners on base. For a franchise accustomed to star power shaping outcomes, this was a frustrating kind of silence.
The missed opportunities didn’t wait. In the first inning, Fernando Tatis Jr. and Miguel Andujar opened with singles before a Trea Turner error loaded the bases with no outs. Jesus Luzardo responded by striking out Machado and Jackson Merrill, and Nick Castellanos ended the inning with a groundout.
San Diego tried to push again in the third. Tatis singled, Andujar walked, and Machado got another chance to swing momentum. Instead, Machado grounded into a shortstop-to-second-to-first double play—one more prime opportunity erased, one more path for Philadelphia to keep the score tight.
The Phillies didn’t need a flood of offense to take control. Kyle Schwarber opened the scoring with his MLB-leading 21st home run. and Brandon Marsh added a two-run shot in the seventh inning. Luzardo held the Padres scoreless over six innings, keeping San Diego chasing missed chances for most of the night.
Machado’s batting average is now carrying more weight than any single at-bat. After the game. Padres Data Daily posted on X. formerly Twitter. that “Manny Machado has the lowest batting average in the NL among qualified hitters.” The figure sits at .170. and after a performance like Monday night’s—another 0-for-4—his slump is no longer something opponents can shrug off as a rough patch.
The math of the standings offers little comfort. The Padres dropped to 31-22 and remain second in the NL West, but the way this game played out sharpened the urgency: a team built around marquee production can’t keep needing Manny Machado’s bat to wake up later.
If Machado cannot reset soon. the questions around San Diego’s lineup will keep growing louder—because the problems are no longer just in one inning. or one matchup. or one night. They’re showing up every time a runner is left stranded. and every time his at-bat ends before the ball finds a way to matter.
San Diego Padres Manny Machado Philadelphia Phillies Kyle Schwarber Brandon Marsh Jesus Luzardo Petco Park Tatis Jr Miguel Andujar Jackson Merrill Nick Castellanos Trea Turner error