Padres split double bill in Philly with new All-Star starter Machado pacing them in win

Padres Manny Machado in File photo by Gregory Bull AP Padre Manny Machado will start at third base for the National League at the All-Star Meeting in Atlanta in two weeks He won the fan vote over Dodger Max Muncy and will make the All-Star starting lineup for the fourth time in his career and the second time as a Friar Obviously I think the best part about it is the fans voted thanks to all those people who put their time into it and recognized what we ve been doing Machado communicated MLB com Machado finished Wednesday s doubleheader the Padres won the first match - and dropped the second - in Philadelphia hitting with home runs He also leads the clubs in hits and doubles Manny s an anchor of our organization not just our organization manager Mike Shildt reported MLB com MLB will announce pitchers and reserves on Sunday and Machado is unlikely to be the only Friar in Atlanta Outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr and starter Nick Pivetta have shots too const iframe document getElementById newspack-iframe-G osHaHokMzl const timerId setInterval function iframe src iframe src iframe onload function clearInterval timerId Back on the field by winning Wednesday s nightcap the Phillies won the series The two NL playoff hopefuls will meet again in San Diego in the final series before the All-Star break next weekend The Padres scored on an RBI single by Jackson Merrill in the fourth inning in the loss In the first contest the standouts were Machado with a bases-clearing double in the Friars five-run second and Pivetta who allowed one run and struck out six in seven innings Randy Vasquez - ERA is set to pitch for the Padres when after an off day Thursday they return home to open a three-game series against Texas It s an early start p m on Independence Day The Rangers have yet to announce a starter