Manny Machado didn’t want to wait around to make San Diego Padres history.
On Friday, the Padres hosted the San Francisco Giants for the first of a three-game series at Petco Park in San Diego, California.
Machado entered the contest with 161 career home runs in a Padres uniform, just two shy of tying Nate Colbert for the franchise record.
The six-time All-Star got to work quickly. He sent an 83-mph sweeper into the left-field seats for a home run in his very first at-bat. The home run gave the Padres an early 3-0 lead and got Machado one dinger closer to making Padres history.
