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(CNN) - San Diego Padres pitcher Jacob Nix was kicked and received an electric shock after he was caught crawling through the door of a house in Arizona this weekend, according to court documents.
A woman in Peoria, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix, called police after her husband surprised a man who entered his residence early Sunday, according to a police report.
The husband told Peoria police that he woke up around 3:30 am when he heard the sound coming from the dog's door in his room, according to the police report. He said he saw a flashlight shining through the door that leads to the backyard and then noticed that a man was trying to crawl. Police identified the man as Nix, 23, in his report, and said his employer is the San Diego Padres.
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The husband yelled at his wife to call 911 and give him his gun, according to the police report. His wife told police she couldn't find her husband's gun, so she grabbed the electric shock gun.
The husband told police he kicked Nix in the face, then noticed that another man's arm reached out and tried to pull it out. Nix and the other man, whom the police identified as Thomas Cosgrove, 23, began to flee. Armed with his electric gun, the husband leaned through the dog's door, aimed and hit Nix on the back, according to the police report.
The husband told police that Nix fell, according to the report, and both men ran from the house on foot. Peoria police say they found the two men several kilometers away and arrested them without incident.
Nix and Cosgrove, who is a minor league pitcher, told police they were left at the house for a shared travel service, and Nix said he believed it was his residence, according to the report. Nix said he usually enters his house from the front, and that none of his doors have a dog door.
Both men told police they had gone out to drink that night.
"This is my fault, I can't blame alcohol, but I was drunk," Nix said. He said he did not remember entering the backyard.
Nix dropped his phone inside the house and confirmed to the police that it was his when they were imprisoning him, the police report said.
On October 6, according to court documents from Maricopa County obtained by KPHO / KTVK, a CNN affiliate, both men were charged with criminal trespassing for entering the owner's backyard and Nix was charged with an additional criminal raid charge for Enter the residence. According to the records, they both left that afternoon, Nix paid a bail of $ 100 and Cosgrove paid a bail of $ 50 to the court.
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Nix and Cosgrove did not immediately answer calls for comment Thursday night.
On the official website of the Maricopa County Court, as of October 10, Nix is listed as charged with a criminal search warrant for entering the residence. There is no lawyer at the moment for Nix.
Nix is currently on the official MLB site as a Peoria Javelinas player during the Arizona Fall League. He played for the last time when he was the starting pitcher during the October 4 game against the Salt River Rafters. Cosgrove plays for Lake Elsinore Storm, an affiliate of the San Diego Padres, according to the official Minor League Baseball site.
"We are aware of the alleged incident that involved Jacob Nix last Sunday in Arizona," the San Diego Padres said in a statement Thursday. “We take this matter seriously and have been in contact with the Commissioner's office and local authorities. Due to ongoing legal procedures, we will not have any further comments at this time. ”
Nix has a state hearing on October 14. Cosgrove had a charge reading hearing on Tuesday.
Laura James of CNN contributed to this report.
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