Davey Martinez said before last night’s game he and his club were focused on not letting Juan Soto beat them, but he noted that the No. 2 spot in San Diego’s lineup wasn’t the only dangerous one.
“We got to go out there, and like I said, we got to make our pitches, be careful with Soto, but the guy behind him is actually a pretty good hitter as well,” Martinez said, pointing to Padres’ third baseman Manny Machado as another player not to let beat you.
“So, we got to make our pitches. I thought we did a pretty good job of handling [Soto] the other day, and hopefully we do it again today.