Overview
- Facing Angels starter Yusei Kikuchi in the fifth inning at Angel Stadium, Jake Cronenworth took a 96 mph fastball to the jaw and stayed in after a trainer check.
- The Padres closed out a 4-1 victory, with Cronenworth reaching base all three times and finishing 1-for-1 with two walks and a run.
- Manager Craig Stammen said the infielder did not lose any teeth and praised how he toughed it out, according to comments relayed by MLB.com.
- Cronenworth, the Padres’ all-time leader in hit-by-pitches, said it was his first time being hit in the face since his hockey days.
- In a separate development reported by the Wall Street Journal, the Seidler family is close to selling the Padres to investor Jose E. Feliciano with Kwanza Jones for about $3.9 billion, which would be a record for MLB, and the deal is not final.