Third baseman Manny Machado gets ready to connect during batting practice at Petco Park.
Third baseman Manny Machado gets ready to connect during batting practice at Petco Park. Photo by Chris Stone

Manny Machado, following his monster August, received his second National League Player of the Week honor in a row.

He was even hotter this week, hitting .538, with three homers.

Those home runs all happened to come on the same day, against the Seattle Mariners. During the doubleheader that followed the postponement for the Jacob Blake protest, Machado drove out two in the first game and one in the next.

Last week he hit .393, also with three homers, one of them a walk-off grand slam against the Texas Rangers. That homer came during the Friars’ record-breaking week of slams – a Padre hit one in five consecutive games.

For the season, the Padres’ third baseman is hitting .303 with 11 homers and 30 RBIs.

Machado has scored six Player of the Week awards. His previous four came with the Baltimore Orioles.

The American League’s Player of the Week was Lucas Giolito, who threw a no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Aug. 25.

After an off day, the Padres return to action Wednesday against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim. Dinelson Lamet will face the Angels’ Julio Teheran.

– Staff reports