Machado homers as the Padres beat the Giants 6-4 for 7th straight victory

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Manny Machado hit a two-run homer and the San Diego Padres ran their winning streak to seven games with a 6-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday night.

The Padres lead the Arizona Diamondbacks by 2 1/2 games for the National League’s final wild-card spot.

Jackson Merrill’s two-run, opposite-field double off Logan Webb (8-9) put San Diego ahead to stay in the first inning.

The Padres got three more in the second, two when Machado took Webb's pitch deep to left. Machado’s 27th homer of the season gave the Padres a 5-0 edge.

In the bottom of the second, Andrew Knizner drilled a two-run shot to left off Nick Pivetta to cut the Giants’ deficit to 5-2.

Fernando Tatis Jr. had three hits, scored twice and drove in two runs. His single in the fourth inning knocked in Ethan Salas, who had tripled for his first hit in the majors in his 16th at-bat. That made it 6-2.

Webb allowed six runs on eight hits in five innings. He struck out seven and walked one.

The Giants got a run in the fifth and another in the sixth. Scott Bandura, who was making his big-league debut, opened the sixth with an infield single and scored on a base hit by Christian Koss to trim San Diego’s lead to 6-4.

Wandy Peralta (3-2) worked 1 1/3 scoreless innings of relief to pick up the win. Yuki Matsui struck out Jonah Cox swinging on a 10-pitch at-bat to end the game. Matsui earned his first save of the season and the second of his three-season career.

The Padres were scheduled to take on Rockies RHP Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9, 5.30 ERA) in Denver on Monday night. Giants RHP Landen Roupp (9-13, 4.00) was set to face Cardinals LHP Quinn Mathews (1-3, 4.11) in St. Louis on Monday night.

San Diego Padres' Jackson Merrill, front right, watches his two-run double in front of San Francisco Giants catcher Andrew Knizner, second from front left, during the first inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)

San Diego Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr., right, hits a single in front of San Francisco Giants catcher Andrew Knizner, left, during the first inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)

San Diego Padres' Ethan Salas gestures to teammates after hitting a triple against the San Francisco Giants during the fourth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)

San Francisco Giants' Andrew Knizner, right, celebrates with Shay Whitcomb (13) after hitting a home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres in San Francisco, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado, right, hits a two-run home run in front of San Francisco Giants catcher Andrew Knizner, left, during the second inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has agreed to a significant portion of a stringent ethics proposal that is part of broader cryptocurrency legislation headed for a key vote this week, according to three of the bill's main Republican authors.

The sweeping bill initially had just a provision included that would bar all federally elected officials and their spouses, as well as federal judges, from issuing digital assets.

A core group of Democrats, as well as Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said that didn’t go far enough to address conflict-of-interest issues they had with Trump’s crypto wealth. Their votes would be needed to advance the bill in a key vote this Tuesday.

Tillis and Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., along with several other Democrats, had demanded language that would allow state attorneys general to step in and enforce the law in addition to the Justice Department.

In announcing Trump’s agreement, Republican Sens. Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, Tim Scott of South Carolina and John Boozman of Arkansas said it includes a “meaningful role” for state attorneys general to play in enforcing the crypto measure should it become law.

“At every step of the way during the Clarity Act negotiations, the White House and Senate Republicans have been responsive to Democrats’ stated policy objectives,” White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt said on X Sunday night. “After more than a year’s worth of negotiations, it’s time to pass this bipartisan bill.”

In private, White House officials had raised concerns about giving state attorneys general the power to enforce the law, arguing that Democratic state lawyers could use it as a political weapon against the president and other GOP officials — and that it could be used by Republican attorneys general against elected Democrats, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions.

But a senior GOP aide, who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity on Sunday night, said the president had agreed to “about 80%” of the proposal from Tillis and Gallego, pointing mainly to the state attorneys general provision. An updated version of the bill being released later Sunday will include a requirement to either divest or place in a blind trust any “significant” financial interest in an entity that issues cryptocurrencies, the senior GOP aide said.

Trump also agreed to language that would allow state attorneys general to sue a crypto exchange if they list a digital asset that would be barred in the overall bill, according to the aide.

Aides to Gallego and Tillis did not immediately return a request for comment on Sunday night.

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while in flight on Air Force One from Shannon, Ireland to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)