Fernando Tatis absolutely crushed the longest home run of the MLB season Tuesday night, a 474-foot bomb that landed deep in the center-field concourse. The Padres unleashed a home run barrage on Braves pitching, ending the night with a massive 8-3 victory over Atlanta.
Padres Went Off Early, Machado Started the Party
San Diego was locked in from the jump against Braves starter Reynaldo López. Jackson Merrill got the home run party started with a solo shot in the fourth, tying things up at 2-2. Then Manny Machado stepped up. He blasted his own solo homer to kick off the fifth, pushing the Padres to a 5-2 lead. López was done after that, getting yanked after only 4 1/3 innings and giving up five earned runs. But Machado wasn’t done yet!
Manny Machado’s Two Homers, But Tatis Still Stole the Show
Yeah, Manny Machado added another solo dinger in the sixth for his 22nd of the season. Two dingers in one night? Insane! But then Fernando Tatis stepped to the plate in the eighth with one man on, facing Braves reliever JR Ritchie. Full count, curve ball hanging right over the heart of the plate. You know what happened next. Tatis absolutely tattooed it. That ball flew 474 feet, deep into the center field bleachers, bouncing into the concourse. He knew it was gone the second it left the bat, and everyone else did too. That moonshot gave the Padres an 8-3 lead and officially claimed the top spot for longest MLB home run of 2026, beating out Drake Baldwin’s 473-foot blast from June 16.
What a night for the offense. Tatis went 3 for 5 with 3 RBI and 2 runs scored, while Machado was 2 for 5 with his two solo homers accounting for 2 runs and 2 RBI. This win pushes the Padres to 50-51, putting them just two games back from that final NL wild-card spot. The NL East leading Braves dropped to 58-42 after this one. For San Diego, every game is huge right now, and nights like this show they’re ready to fight for that spot. Let’s see if they can keep this momentum rolling!
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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