PITTSBURGH, Pa.PITTSBURGH, Pa.—The Padres have lost Chase Headley for an undetermined amount of time with a fractured little finger on his left hand.
Headley suffered the injury Saturday night sliding into second on a first-inning steal. He stayed in the game, but the finger grew more painful during the night and X-rays and a CT scan showed a non-displaced fracture.
The finger had also possibly dislocated.
“We’ll see how it plays out the next couple of days,” said Padres manager Bud Black.
Headley was waiting for doctors to review the X-rays before talking about what’s next.
“If I can play, I’ll play,” said the third baseman. “It doesn’t feel bad right now. You never know about these things.”
Black said the Padres aren’t planning to immediately add a player until the severity of Headley’s injury is determined. Right now, both Logan Forsythe and Alberto Gonzalez can play third and Jesus Guzman has played third in the past although his defense is not the best.
Forsythe starts at third Sunday with Cameron Maybin moving into Headley’s No. 3 slot in the order and Will Venable leading off.
Headley is hitting .292 with four homers, 43 RBI and a .380 on-base percentage. He was 3-for-9 during the first two games in Pittsburgh with a grand slam homer, six RBI and three runs scored as the Padres set a franchise record for the most runs in back-to-back games (28) while the Pirates were suffering back-to-back, double-digit losses at home for the first time since 1887.
The Padres go for a series sweep Sunday against a Pirates team that has suffered nine straight losses to go from five games above .500 to four games below. They will be facing former teammate Kevin Correia.
PADRES (50-64) at PIRATES (54-58)
Time: 10:35 p.m. / Game 3 of 3
TV: 4 San Diego.
Radio: 1090-AM, 1700-AM, 860-AM (Spanish)
PITCHING MATCHUP
Padres RHP Mat Latos (5-11, 3.94 ERA in 21 starts)
Latos vs. the Pirates: 1-0 career, 3.00 ERA in two starts (0-0 this season, 3.00 ERA in one start).
Latos at PNC Park: 1-0, 3.00 ERA in one start.
Latos is 2-5 with a 4.50 ERA in nine road starts this season. He is 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA in two career starts against the Pirates. In both starts, one each at PNC Park in Pittsburgh and the other at Petco Park in San Diego, Latos gave up two runs in six innings. He is 1-3 with a 3.43 ERA over his last seven starts.
Pirates vs. Latos
Pedro Alvarez: .250 (1-for-4, BB, SO)
Ronny Cedeno: .500 (2-for-4, BB)
Matt Diaz: .250 (2-for-8, BB)
Garrett Jones: .333 (2-for-6, 2 SO)
Derrek Lee: .333 (1-for-3, 2B, SO)
Ryan Ludwick: .000 (0-for-2)
Andrew McCutchen: .000 (0-for-1, 2 BB)
Xavier Paul: .400 (2-for-5, SO)
Chris Snyder: .000 (0-for-2)
Neil Walker: .167 (1-for-6, 2B, 2 SO)
Pirates RHP Kevin Correia (12-9, 4.71 ERA in 24 games, 23 starts)
Correia vs. the Padres: 3-1 career, 4.70 ERA in 20 games, six starts (1-0 this season, 3.00 ERA in one start)
Correia at PNC Park: 2-7 this season, 7.71 ERA in 11 starts.
San Diego native Correia was 10-10 with a 5.40 ERA with the Padres last season. He beat the Padres when the Pirates visited Petco Park earlier this season, allowing two runs over six innings on May 4. Correia gave up eight runs on 10 hits, including four home runs, in two-plus innings in his most recent start. He is 2-7 at PNC Park this season and 10-2 on the road.
Padres vs. Correia
Jason Bartlett: .000 (0-for-5, SO)
Logan Forsythe: .000 (0-for-1)
Alberto Gonzalez: .000 (0-for-3)
Chase Headley: .250 (2-for-8, 2 BB, SO)
Orlando Hudson: .071 (1-for-14, BB, 4 SO)
Cameron Maybin: .333 (2-for-6, 2 SO)
Will Venable: .333 (1-for-3, 3B, BB)
Starting Lineups
San Diego Padres
1.Will Venable (L), RF — .253-3-20
2.Jason Bartlett, SS — .251-2-26
3.Cameron Maybin, CF — .277-5-26
4.Jesus Guzman, 1B — .343-5-26
5.Orlando Hudson (S), 2B — .242-3-26
6.Kyle Blanks, LF — .167-2-6
7.Logan Forsythe, 3B — .192-0-3
8.Luis Martinez, C — .250-1-7
9.Mat Latos, RHP — .091-1-1
Pittsburgh Pirates
1.Xavier Paul (L), CF — .262-1-16
2.Matt Diaz, RF — .267-0-16
3.Neil Walker (S), 2B — .280-9-66
4.Ryan Ludwick, LF — .240-11-66
5.Garrett Jones (L), 1B — .243-13-44
6.Ryan Doumit (S), C — .282-5-16
7.Pedro Alvarez, 3B — .205-3-14
8.Brandon Wood, SS — .229-6-21
9.Kevin Correia, RHP — .095-0-3
Looking Ahead
Sunday
Away: 10:35 a.m. TV: 4 San Diego
Padres RHP Mat Latos (5-11, 3.94 ERA) at Pirates RHP Kevin Correia (12-9, 4.71 ERA)
Monday
Away: 4:10 p.m. TV: 4 San Diego
Padres RHP Tim Stauffer (7-8, 2.96 ERA) at Mets RHP Mike Pelfrey (6-9, 4.48 ERA).
Tuesday
Away: 4:10 p.m. TV: 4 San Diego
Padres TBA at Mets LHP Chris Capuano (9-10, 4.44 ERA). Wednesday
Away: 4:10 p.m. TV: 4 San Diego
Padres RHP Aaron Harang (10-3, 3.91 ERA) vs. Mets RHP R.A. Dickey (5-10, 3.72 ERA).
