Luis

Rengifo

Rengifo will miss the remainder of the season after being diagnosed with a torn ACL in his right knee. The versatile 29-year-old suffered the injury while making a relay throw over the weekend. He’s set to undergo surgery to address the complete ACL tear and an MCL sprain in the near future.

Rengifo is facing a lengthy absence after an MRI revealed a complete ACL tear in addition to an MCL sprain. The 29-year-old infielder suffered the injury over the weekend while making a throw from the outfield. It’s unfortunate timing since he was emerging as an impactful midseason addition for San Diego. He’ll undergo surgery at some point in the near future and is facing a roughly 9-12 month recovery timeline.

Rengifo suffered the injury on Saturday as his knee buckled while making a throw from the outfield. While no clear timeline has been given for his return, it’s possible that he’ll miss the remainder of the season. Sung-Mun Song was recalled from Triple-A El Paso in a corresponding move on Sunday.

The versatile 29-year-old will fly back to San Diego for further evaluation. Padres’ skipper Craig Stammen told reporters after the game that it “didn’t look good” so the expectation is that Rengifo will wind up on the injured list prior to Sunday’s ballgame.

The Padres got four homers today from players who had combined for 22 previously this season (15 from Gavin Sheets, three from Rengifo and Jake Cronenworth and one from Jase Bowen). Rengifo is hitting .323/.411/.473 in 27 games for the Padres. All four of his homers have come with his new team; he went without one in 57 games with the Brewers.

The Padres are giving Luis Campusano a very rare start at DH with Freddy Fermin catching tonight, so there’s no room for Rengifo against a lefty. The switch-hitting Rengifo is hitting just .213/.283/.278 versus southpaws this season, though he’s at .344/.417/.469 in 37 plate appearances against them since joining the Padres and he’s been better versus lefties over the course of his career.

Showing off against the club that signed him last winter, Rengifo improved to .321/.415/.457 with three homers in 24 games for the Padres. He hit .205/.280/.254 in 57 games with the Brewers, but they’re surely not bitter at all.

Sheets already sat versus lefties on Thursday and Friday, but now he’s sitting in favor Luis Rengifo versus a righty, too. Sheets is currently in a 5-for-50 slump. He hasn’t had an extra-base hit since July 2.

Sheets will get a breather in this one with a left-hander toeing the slab for the Giants. Luis Rengifo will function as the club’s designated hitter in his place and will bat second for the Padres on Thursday night in San Diego.

Rengifo was the hero here. He was called upon to pinch-hit for catcher Luis Campusano and he launched a back-door sweeper from Marlins’ reliever Tyler Zuber out over the right field fence. He’s now appeared in seven games since being picked up by the Padres after the Brewers released him and has gone 10-for-23 with two home runs.