SAN DIEGO -- Luis Arraez’s remarkable streak is over.

The Padres’ contact king struck out for the first time since Aug. 10 in the second inning of the Padres’ 3-1 victory over the Astros on Monday night at Petco Park. Houston right-hander Spencer Arrighetti won a nine-pitch battle by getting Arraez to swing and miss at a 3-2 curveball.

Arraez had gone 141 plate appearances without a strikeout. According to Elias, it was the longest streak in the past 20 years -- since Juan Pierre reached 147 during the 2004 season.

With his first-inning groundout, Arraez tied Tony Gwynn for the second-longest such streak in Padres history. Only Gwynn’s run of 170 straight plate appearances in 1995 was longer.

It has been a remarkable run for Arraez, who has punched out only three times since the All-Star break. He’s barely even swung and missed. During that streak, Arraez had swung and missed only eight times -- though Arrighetti induced three whiffs from Arraez in his first two plate appearances.

Arraez’s second-inning strikeout lowered his 2024 batting average to .321. He’s still comfortably atop the race for a third consecutive batting title. Atlanta’s Marcell Ozuna is second in the National League with a .302 mark.