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Associated Press
Jul 7, 2025, 11:24 PM ET
SAN DIEGO -- Manny Machado of the San Diego Padres got his 2,000th vocation deed Monday nighttime against the Arizona Diamondbacks with a crisp azygous disconnected the mitt of diving shortstop Geraldo Perdomo.
The milestone deed came disconnected Arizona starter Zac Gallen starring disconnected the 4th inning. Machado received a lasting ovation from the assemblage astatine Petco Park, wherever he's been a instrumentality favourite since helium joined the Padres arsenic a escaped cause successful 2019.
The All-Star slugger singled to near tract successful the archetypal for his 1,999th hit.
Machado became the 5th progressive subordinate and 297th all-time to scope the milestone. He is the 12th subordinate to person 350 homers and 2,000 hits by his age-32 play oregon younger.
Machado made his debut with Baltimore successful 2012 and got 977 hits with the Orioles earlier being traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers connected July 18, 2018. He had 73 hits with the Dodgers earlier signing arsenic a escaped cause with the Padres connected Feb. 21, 2019.
He has 950 hits with the Padres, which ranks 5th connected the franchise list. Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn had 3,141 successful his 20-season career.
Machado was voted the starting 3rd baseman for the National League All-Star squad this year.
