On Monday, San Diego Padres slugger Luis Arraez reached a major milestone after registering his 1,000th career hit during the game against the Baltimore Orioles. In the seventh inning, Arraez squared up the breaking ball, dissecting the middle infield for a base hit to kickstart the offense as the team trailed 4-3.
This was Arraez’s third hit in the game as he also capitalized on the previous two plate appearances. while driving in a run. Arraez’s hit prompted the Orioles to replace Dietrich Enns with Rico Garcia. The Padres couldn’t capitalize on Arraez’s one-out single as Manny Machado lined out to left field while Ryan O’Hearn struck out swinging to end the inning.
Luis Arraez drives this ball for his 1000th career hit 🔥
Congrats Luis!
pic.twitter.com/14jRgE7P5y— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) September 2, 2025
Arraez hit a sacrifice bunt to Enns in the fifth inning to advance Freddy Fermin to second. The Padres catcher would come around to score on Roman Laureano’s RBI single to tie the game. Earlier in the game, Arraez drove in Jake Cronenworth with an RBI single in the second inning. He started the ball game with a hit as well.
Luis Arraez on challenging August
While Luis Arraez may have achieved a major milestone, he’s in a slump. He had a challenging August, hitting just .233 with a .577 OPS. This has led to questions being raised regarding his spot in the lineup.
“I’m a human,” Arraez said prior to Wednesday’s game. “Every player has a bad year, bad weeks, bad months. I just try to work hard every day, do the little things to help the team win. The good thing is we’re winning.”
Padres manager Mike Shildt gave Arraez a much-needed day off last week after he nearly played every inning of August despite his slump. During his absence, trade-deadline acquisition RamĂłn Laureano logged time in the No. 2 spot.
