Machado gets 2,000th career hit in front of home crowd at Petco Park

const iframe document getElementById newspack-iframe-HLMwfPk QaWx const timerId setInterval function iframe src iframe src iframe onload function clearInterval timerId Manny Machado knocked his th career hit Monday night against the Diamondbacks with a sharp single off the glove of diving shortstop Geraldo Perdomo The milestone hit came against starter Zac Gallen leading off the fourth inning Machado received a standing ovation from the crowd at Petco Park where he s been a fan favorite since joining the Padres six years ago Doing it in front of the home crowd definitely is a lot better and hopefully there s more Machado revealed after San Diego s - loss The All-Star slugger he won the vote to be the NL starter at third singled to left field in the first for his th hit Machado s third hit of the night was a homer against Kyle Backhus leading off the eighth his th of the season and th of his career Machado became the fifth operational participant and th all-time to reach the milestone He is the th athlete to have homers and hits by his age- season El Capit n pic twitter com TdiSEf krQ San Diego Padres Padres July It s special and an honor to be a part of that list Machado revealed Definitely would have required the win but stepping away from that it s pretty cool He tipped his batting helmet to the crowd while standing on first base Wow literally hats off What an accomplishment manager Mike Shildt announced We re happy for it He earned it Machado debuted with Baltimore in and had hits with the Orioles before being traded to the Dodgers on July He had hits with the Dodgers before signing as a free agent with the Padres on Feb He has hits with San Diego which ranks fifth on the franchise list Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn had in his -season career Two more things about the milestone Machado s hit came a day after his rd birthday and he s the th-youngest athlete with career hits and at least homers Yu Darvish - made his season debut for the Padres after being sidelined with right elbow inflammation since spring training He allowed two runs and three hits in innings struck out five and walked two He got a nice ovation when he was lifted Josh Naylor homered to center field off Yuki Matsui with one out in the fifth and Lourdes Gurriel Jr aboard on a single It was his th Naylor made his big league debut with the Padres in and was traded to Cleveland on Aug in the nine-player deal that brought Mike Clevinger to San Diego Nick Pivetta - takes on Merrill Kelly - ERA at p m Tuesday in the second meeting of the four-game series against the Diamondbacks