San Diego Padres star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. exited Saturday night's game against the Cincinnati Reds early with an injury to his left shoulder, the same one that gave him trouble in spring training and landed him on the injured list at the start of the regular season.
Tatis, the National League leader in home runs, hurt the shoulder while diving to his right on an eventual base hit to left field in the fifth inning. Tatis immediately grabbed the shoulder, then exited alongside one of the Padres' trainers.
After the game -- a 7-5 win over the Reds on the strength of an eighth-inning home run from Ha-Seong Kim, Tatis' replacement if he misses extended time -- Padres manager Jayce Tingler said Tatis "tweaked" the shoulder on the diving play but was petitioning to remain in the game.