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.