Fernando Tatís Jr., Manny Machado and Donovan Solano gifted the San Diego Padres with plenty of insurance against the Houston Astros on Wednesday.

There’s a lot of baseball still to be played before the World Series comes our way in late October, but the three-game series between the Astros and Padres this week at Petco Park left both teams thinking of a possible Fall Classic matchup.

Astros starter Framber Valdez made one mistake in seven innings, and it ended up handing him a tough-luck loss as he was outdueled by the Padres' Dylan Cease.

Jose Altuve was ejected after disputing an umpire's call and removing his sock to show a supposed foul off his foot during an Astros game.

After Grae Kessinger made a diving stop on a ground ball and flipped it to Jeremy Peña to secure the final out in the Houston Astros' 4-3 win over the Padres on Tuesday night, Geoff Blum didn’t hold back with his thoughts on the umpiring he’d just witnessed.

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