Manny Machado returns after 10 days down with a sprained ankle; utility man Matthew Batten set for debut
Instead, he was driven to Phoenix from San Diego and, after the Padres’ two games against the Diamondbacks, got in a car and made the six-hour trip to Los Angeles.
“I don’t see him playing all four games this series,” manager Bob Melvin said. “But getting him in the first one and waiting to this point to get him in there, I think the timing has been pretty good. You never really know until . You can simulate all you want hitting in the cage, running bases, doing angles. But it’s hitting that first ball and having to get down the line. The swings are a little bit different in the game, certainly defensively, and so forth.
Machado’s initially injury appeared worse than it ended up being, and the Padres braced themselves for potentially having to play without him for as much as a month. The question, it seemed, was whether he would return before Fernando Tatis Jr., who is expected back perhaps as soon the final week of July following his recovery from March wrist surgery.
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