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The San Diego Union-Tribune
The San Diego Union-Tribune
SAN DIEGO — The Padres found relief Wednesday. And they swept a three-game series for the first time this season. Manny Machado drove in three runs, including one with a long homer that set a Petco Park record, and a back-and-forth night ended with the Padres holding on for a 5-3 victory over the Angels. The Padres’ bullpen allowed a run that lost a lead, but after the Padres went up for a third time, Tom Cosgrove pitched a perfect eighth inning and Josh Hader worked a scoreless ninth for his 20th save. It was Hader’s first time working three days in a row since 2021. The three consecutive vic…