Padres’ Yu Darvish on foreign substance checks: ‘Touch my wherever’

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San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish will start Game 2 of the National League Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers Wednesday night hoping to even the series at a game apiece.

The former Dodgers pitcher will return to L.A. and is prepared for anything, even a check for foreign substances similar to what teammate and All-Star Joe Musgrove experienced in Game 3 of the wild-card series against the New York Mets.

Yu Darvish of the San Diego Padres pitches against the New York Mets during Game 1 of the NL wild-card series at Citi Field on Oct. 7, 2022, in New York. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

"Anybody can come up and touch my ears, touch my nose, touch my wherever," Darvish said through an interpreter on Tuesday, according to the Los Angeles Times. "I’m sure they had their reasons for doing what they did to Joe. I really don’t think too much about it."

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Mets manager Buck Showalter called for a foreign substance check in the fifth inning with New York down four runs. The umpires came out and thoroughly checked Musgrove’s ears for a foreign substance, ultimately finding nothing.

"I get it, dude. They’re on their last leg. They’re desperate," Musgrove told ESPN after the game.

Umpire Alfonso Marquez, left, checks for illegal substances on San Diego Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove during Game 3 of the wild-card series at Citi Field in New York on Oct. 9, 2022. (Wendell Cruz-USA Today Sports)

The Padres will not be on their last leg Wednesday night, but they desperately need a win in Los Angeles after losing Game 1 of the NLDS, 5-3, Tuesday night.

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