Padres Morning Dump

The defending World Series champion San Francisco Giants are planning on doing that Sunday afternoon in the finale of a four-game series against the San Diego Padres from Petco Park. The Giants were trounced, 11-3, in Saturday’s affair and starter Barry Zito suffered his first loss (3-1) since coming off of the disabled list with a foot injury.

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Austin —- picked 58th overall in June’s amateur baseball draft —- was at Petco Park with fellow draftee Michael Kelly (the 48th pick). After catching Kelly’s bullpen session, Austin got a heavy dose of Hudson’s playful jawing.

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Jason Hagerty, who was hitting .311 with eight homers and 47 RBIs at Single-A Lake Elsinore when he was recently promoted to Double-A San Antonio, is considered a prospect.

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The seat in front of the locker stall bearing Chase Headley’s name was empty, the third baseman’s playing status way up in the air the day after he left a game Friday night with pain in his right calf. One of the Padres’ veritable ironmen, Headley missed Saturday’s blowout win while undergoing an MRI that showed no major injury, according to manager Bud Black.

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