It’s now 2,000 hits and counting for Manny Machado, as he sets a course that seems destined for Cooperstown. The Padres’ star third baseman became the fifth active player to reach 2,000 hits with his

Manny Machado of the San Diego Padres got his 2,000th career hit Monday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks with a sharp single off the glove of diving shortstop Geraldo Perdomo.

Machado singled Monday against the Arizona Diamondbacks for his 2,000th hit, becoming the 298th member of that club. He is up to 950 career hits with the Padres, to go with 977 on the Baltimore Orioles and 36 in a brief stint with the Los Angeles Dodgers.