SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado left Saturday's 1-0 victory against the Atlanta Braves with a cramp in his right calf following an at-bat in the fourth inning.
Machado cramped up while swinging at a pitch from Spencer Schwellenbach. He then fouled off a pitch and hobbled out of the batter's box. Machado was checked by an athletic trainer and finished the at-bat, flying out to right field.
He was replaced by Jose Iglesias in the top of the fifth.
Machado said he expects to be able to play in Sunday's series finale.
“I think Shildty did the right thing there, kind of just taking me out and precautionary stuff and not letting it maybe be something worse," Machado said, referring to manager Mike Shildt. "It was just a little cramp. I’ve felt stuff like that before. It’s not a big deal. It’s nothing too concerning, for sure.”
Said Shildt: “He cramped up and the cramp stayed with him. It got to the point where it didn't make any sense to stay with him. I saw him in the congratulatory line and he had a big smile.”
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San Diego Padres' Manny Machado holds his leg after an injury while batting during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves Saturday, March 29, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
ROME (AP) — Italy’s main trade union confederation on Tuesday said it was joining the prosecution of a farm owner charged with the murder of an Indian migrant worker who bled to death after his arm was cut off by a piece of equipment.
Antonello Lovato, 39, has been accused of abandoning the injured and bleeding Satnam Singh, 31, and failing to call an ambulance following the incident in Latina, a largely agricultural province south of Rome, on June 17, 2024. Prosecutors originally considered charging Lovato with manslaughter, but raised it to murder with malice after the fact since he was aware the actions could cause death.
At the opening of his murder trial on Tuesday, Lovato said that “he lost his head,'' when he saw Singh, who was working in the country illegally, bleeding. ”I wasn't myself. I didn't want him to die,'' he was cited by the news agency ANSA as saying.
Outside the court, dozens of union members, including Sikh workers wearing turbans, demonstrated against the system of exploitative, underpaid migrant labor in Italy's agricultural sector, called, “caporalato.''
“I believe that what happened was apparent to everyone,'' Maurizio Landini, the secretary-general of the powerful CGIL trade union federation, told the crowd. "As is the logic of exploitation known as ‘ caporalato,’ which allows for people to be treated like merchandise, like parts of a machine that can be easily bought and sold for the lowest price. And I insist that it is this culture that needs to be changed.”
The CGIL is joining the prosecution as civil complainants, Landini was cited by the LaPresse news agency as saying. Under Italian law, parties recognized by the court as injured in the commission of crime can join the prosecution, question witnesses and possibly win damage awards in the case of conviction.
“We think it is important to seek justice, above all to put in motion everything necessary to change the way of doing business so episodes like this can never be repeated,’’ Landini said. “We don’t think this is an isolated case. It is a mistake to think this problem can be resolved with this trial. We are worried because the season is starting again.’’
The trial continues May 27.
Antonello Lovato, center, arrives for his trial at the Latina court, south of Rome, Italy, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)
A protest organized by CGIL trade union in front of Latina court, south of Rome, Italy, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)
