Dylan Cease pitched brilliantly into the ninth inning and Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr. and Donovan Solano hit consecutive homers in the eighth for the San Diego Padres, who beat the AL West-leading Houston Astros 4-0.

A Petco Park clinch remains on the table for the Padres this weekend. Fernando Tatis Jr. made sure of it. Tatis smacked his second walk-off hit of the month -- a single to the right-center-field gap -

When he approached the umpires to explain that, they confirmed that the ball was fair. Astros manager Joe Espada came out of the dugout to argue the call as Altuve took off his shoe and sock to show where the ball had hit his foot. Both were subsequently ejected from the game.

Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve has faith that the club will come to contractual agreement with third baseman Alex Bregman.