SAN DIEGO (AP) — Colorado Rockies designated hitter Charlie Blackmon left Friday night's game at San Diego with a bruised left eye after he was hit on the left wrist and face on an errant throw by Padres second baseman Xander Bogaerts.
Blackmon was running to first on a grounder when he was hit, with the ball bouncing off his arm and into his eye. He flipped off his helmet and grabbed at his face as he went down in pain. He was tended to for several minutes as his eye began to swell. He finally walked off the field and was replaced by Hunter Goodman.
“It’s better,” Blackmon said afterward. “I feel better. It felt like my eye exploded. I think I got lucky to be honest. It could have hit me with a little more force. I don’t think it really hit me that hard.”
Said manager Bud Black: "I don't want to say he went the distance with Floyd Patterson, but he got hit in the eye. He got clocked. It started swelling immediately when we were on the field but after the game it looked like the swelling was down from where it was earlier.
“He's fine. He's one of the toughest guys I've ever had. He'll probably want to play tomorrow. But we'll see how it is.”
He was hitting .255 with seven homers.
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An unidentified trainer, left, looks at Colorado Rockies' Charlie Blackmon, right, after Blackmon was hit with a throw during the third inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
DURBAN, South Africa (AP) — Matt Renshaw dug deep to score a second test hundred and help Australia reach 277-8 at lunch on Day 2 of the first cricket test against South Africa on Saturday.
Renshaw was 102 not out off 218 balls, including 10 fours, with Nathan Lyon (7 not out) for company, after 96 overs.
Day 1 had finished 24.4 overs early due to bad light with Australia struggling at 187-6. Renshaw was unbeaten on 46 overnight and completed his half-century Saturday morning, coming off 117 balls.
Pat Cummins was 33 not out overnight and he could only add 10 runs before he was caught at slip off Wiaan Mulder. The duo added 86 runs for the seventh wicket to rescue Australia’s floundering innings.
Mulder picked another two wickets in the morning session for figures of 4-51. Marco Jansen (2-49) and Anrich Nortje (2-71) shared the other four wickets.
Mulder then bowled Mitchell Starc for 6.
Renshaw added 47 off 87 balls for the ninth wicket with Lyon, who only contributed seven runs until lunch.
He hit another six fours, while holding one end together, en route to his second test hundred off 204 balls.
Renshaw's previous test hundred was in 2017 against Pakistan — 184 in Sydney.
On Friday, Australia had won the toss and opted to bat before crashing to 84-4 and 124-6 on either side of lunch.
South Africa is the reigning world test champion, having beaten Australia in the 2025 final. It is Australia’s first trip to the country since the 2018 ball-tampering scandal.
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Australia's Matt Renshaw celebrates his century with his teammate Nathan Lyon on day two of the first cricket test match between South Africa and Australia, in Durban, South Africa, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Australia's Matt Renshaw, left, runs between the wickets with his teammate Nathan Lyon on day two of the first cricket test match between South Africa and Australia, in Durban, South Africa, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Australia's Matt Renshaw celebrates his century with his teammate Nathan Lyon on day two of the first cricket test match between South Africa and Australia, in Durban, South Africa, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
