San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado led off the fourth inning of Monday night's game against the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks with a single for his 2,000th career hit. Machado slashed an 0-1 knuckle-curve from Zac Gallen into the hole between third and short.

Very few play as often as Manny Machado, who is about to join a small group of players to have 2,000 hits and 350 home runs at such a young age

The San Diego Padres have finished up what turned out to be an extremely tense, seven-game stretch in 11 days against the Los Angeles Dodgers. In a series in S