SAN DIEGO — Padres leadoff hitter Luis Arraez’s streak of plate appearances with out a strikeout ended at 141 when he went down swinging towards Houston Astros rookie right-hander Spencer Arrighetti in San Diego’s 3-1 win on Monday evening.
Arraez’s strikeout to finish the second inning was his first since Aug. 10.
The streak tied Corridor of Famer Tony Gwynn for the fifth longest within the final 40 seasons. Gwynn, who performed his whole profession with the Padres, additionally went 141 plate appearances with out placing out spanning the 1995 and 1996 seasons. The longest streak is Gwynn’s 170 plate appearances in 1995.
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Arraez, the DH, later left the sport with a knee harm. He was shaken up on a slide as he was tagged out at dwelling plate within the fifth. Arraez initially stayed within the recreation and doubled within the seventh, however walked off the sector gingerly after being changed by pinch-runner Tyler Wade.
“He jammed his knee within the plate,” supervisor Mike Shildt mentioned. “Stories are secure, sore. You could possibly inform after he legged out the double.”
“What a gamer,” mentioned Shildt, who added that Arraez instructed him earlier than his at-bat within the seventh, “`I can hit.'”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
