Padres' Luis Arraez stretchered off field after scary collision with Astros' Mauricio Dubon

San Diego Padres archetypal baseman Luis Arraez was stretchered off the tract astatine Daikin Park successful Houston connected Sunday nighttime aft colliding with Astros 2nd baseman Mauricio Dubon portion moving retired a bunt. 

Arraez was busting it down the enactment aft dragging his bunt toward the bag, and Dubon noticed that archetypal baseman Christian Walker and pitcher Framber Valdez were not going to get to the basal successful clip to marque the out. 

Walker flipped the shot to Dubon, who conscionable bushed Arraez to the bag, but helium didn’t supply Arraez immoderate mode to tally done the bag. In a blink, Arraez and Dubon collided, and the Padres prima caught the worst of it. 

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San Diego Padres designated hitter Luis Arraez lies connected the tract aft colliding with Houston Astros archetypal baseman Christian Walker (8) (not pictured) successful the archetypal inning astatine Daikin Park connected Sunday. (Thomas Shea-Imagn Images)

The country was a scary 1 arsenic Arraez laic inactive connected the writer adjacent archetypal base. Medical unit rushed to assistance the designated hitter. After an 11-minute delay, helium was placed connected a stretcher with his cervix and caput secured and carted disconnected the tract to Houston Methodist Hospital.

The Padres released a connection aboriginal saying that Arraez was successful unchangeable condition.

"He is presently stable, conscious, responsive, and capable to determination his extremities," the connection reads. 

Arraez besides gave a thumbs-up to the assemblage astatine Daikin Park to amusement helium was conscious and aware, which led to a affirmative reception from everyone.

San Diego Padres designated hitter Luis Arraez is carted disconnected the field. (Thomas Shea-Imagn Images)

"That was precise scary," Padres manager Mike Shildt told ESPN’s Buster Olney during the "Sunday Night Baseball" broadcast. "We don’t spot those benignant of collisions successful our athletics a full lot. Luis is simply a really, truly pugnacious guy, and to spot him down similar that, you cognize thing is beauteous serious. Took a beauteous bully blow, sounds similar he’s unchangeable now, has feeling successful his extremities, is alert, alert of what took place, which is intelligibly good. Now we’re disquieted astir – due to the fact that he’s got a small spot of a chopped connected the jaw – disquieted astir the jaw and what’s the stableness of that. And, of course, the cervical, making definite it’s unchangeable arsenic well."

Arraez’s Padres teammates connected the tract were visibly shaken, with Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado praying together.

"This is simply a precise adjacent group, man, this is simply a radical that really, truly genuinely loves each other," Shildt added. "People accidental that a lot, but there’s a batch of existent love. Luis is simply a large portion of our team, large portion of the bosom of the club. I conscionable told him I loved him and we’re going to beryllium each close and we commune for him, conscionable reasoning astir him."

San Diego Padres archetypal basal manager David Macias, left, and Houston Astros 2nd baseman Mauricio Dubon cheque connected San Diego Padres designated hitter Luis Arraez arsenic helium lies connected the field. (Thomas Shea-Imagn Images)

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The high-contact Arraez is simply a wide plus successful the Padres’ blistery commencement to the season, owning a .287 mean to statesman the year. Arraez went 1-for-18 to commencement the year, but helium has been hitting .338 implicit the past 17 games. 

Arraez has been a batting champion successful each of the past 3 seasons and notched 200 hits successful 2023 and 2024.

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