San Diego Padres open with three consecutive home runs to down Yankees

The San Diego Padres powered their way past the New York Yankees 4-3 with a big first inning at Petco Park on Sunday, Sept. 6. Fernando Tatís Jr., Jake Cronenworth and Manny Machado hit back-to-back-to-back home runs to produce an early lead against pitcher Gerrit Cole and the Yankees. All three hom

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The San Diego Padres powered their way past the New York Yankees 4-3 with a big first inning at Petco Park on Sunday, Sept. 6.

Fernando Tatís Jr., Jake Cronenworth and Manny Machado hit back-to-back-to-back home runs to produce an early lead against pitcher Gerrit Cole and the Yankees. All three homers came before the Yankees recorded an out.

Cole managed to weather the storm and stay in the game for seven innings. He allowed six hits and four earned runs, while striking out three.

San Diego's Luis Campusano hit a home run in the bottom of the seventh inning that proved to be the difference. The Yankees attempted to rally in the top of the eighth inning, scoring three runs.

Padres-Yankees highlights

It's just a swing of beauty 😍 pic.twitter.com/2vy2VwtHGr
— San Diego Padres (@Padres) September 6, 2026

Jake the Rake.

pic.twitter.com/XA21eF0OYy
— San Diego Padres (@Padres) September 6, 2026

Manny Machado makes it back-to-back-to-back home runs for San Diego pic.twitter.com/w3L6htZ081
— Dillard Barnhart (@BarnHasSpoken2) September 6, 2026

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