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San Diego Padres\u2019 Ty France, watches his two-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo\/Gregory Bull)\nVive la France<\/p>\n
A day later, Casey Mize still had a slight limp as he walked across the clubhouse Sunday morning from the training room to his locker. Postgame imaging had ruled out a serious injury in his sprained right ankle, and the 29-year-old was at least feeling optimistic a day after he was forced to exit his start after slipping down the dugout stairs.<\/p>\n
That said, Mize is the definition of day-to-day as he moves toward his next expected start.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s sore,\u201d Mize said. \u201cIt\u2019s a little swollen, tender, but (I) woke up pretty encouraged with how I\u2019m feeling. We\u2019re just going to treat it a ton, do a lot of exercises and then reevaluate \u2014 I think probably daily. But a little bit encouraged on how I\u2019m waking up feeling today.\u201d<\/p>\n
The calendar should help the Padres manage Mize\u2019s ankle without needing to accelerate Joe Musgrove\u2019s progression as he prepares to return to the rotation.<\/p>\n
The Padres are off Thursday, giving Mize an extra day of rest should the team simply decide to push everyone in the rotation back a day.<\/p>\n
The Padres could also decide to skip Mize\u2019s next scheduled start, have everyone pitch on regular rest. The team doesn\u2019t need a fifth starter until Sept. 1 in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n
Musgrove is scheduled to throw a minor league rehab start at a to-be-determined affiliate on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Mize slipped down the dugout steps between Saturday\u2019s\u00a0second and third innings. He convinced Padres manager Craig Stammen and head athletic trainer Mark Rogow to attempt to pitch through the rolled ankle, but his fastball dipped from as high as 94 mph in the first inning to 90 to 91 mph after the injury.<\/p>\n
Mize recorded two outs in the third inning, then gave up a double and was lifted after 47 pitches in his fourth post-trade start for the Padres.<\/p>\n
The good news is X-rays did not reveal any fractures in the right ankle.<\/p>\n
Time will tell if he\u2019s able to make his next start, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll be a little bit limited today in what I can do,\u201d Mize said of beginning his between-starts work. \u201cBut we\u2019re going to make sure I\u2019m doing as much as I can to continue to make sure the rest of my body is in the best shape and prepared to go out there and make the start.\u201d<\/p>\n
More chaos theory<\/p>\n
Stammen didn\u2019t mince words late Saturday night: Griffin Canning was his player of the game.<\/p>\n
Canning threw 10 pitches on Aug. 15 and hadn\u2019t seen any action since.<\/p>\n
But Mize\u2019s early exit forced the Padres into familiar territory: pitching chaos.<\/p>\n
Kyle Hart was the first up. Then when he needed help, it was Canning\u2019s turn to hold the line.<\/p>\n
Which he did.<\/p>\n
Canning got Byron Buxton to line out with a runner on second to end the fourth inning with the Twins leading 5-1. He stranded two singles in the fifth inning, fetched two outs without giving up a run with the bases loaded in the sixth and turned in a one-two-three seventh inning ahead of the go-ahead rally.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, it was fun,\u201d Canning said Sunday morning. \u201cWorked out well. I think my job there is just kind of come in and try and get some momentum back on our side, have some quick innings and throw up some zeros. So I was able to do that and then offense did their thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Canning threw 46 pitches over 3\u2153 scoreless innings, scattering three hits, a walk and a hit batter.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just my role now,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I just want to be the best I can be at my role.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
San Diego Padres\u2019 Ty France, watches his two-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo\/Gregory Bull)
\nVive la France<\/p>\n
The custom bats that hitters wield during Players\u2019 Weekend can be a bit hit-and-miss as far as the feel goes. So Ty France was doubly excited to hit a home run on Friday night while swinging a France-themed \u201cbaguette\u201d bat.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt felt really good,\u201d he said late Friday night. \u201cEspecially with theme bats, you never know how they\u2019re going to feel. I felt like every year it\u2019s felt different, but this one feels solid.\u201d<\/p>\n
So it was a heavy heart that France retired that bat on Saturday night after it shattered on a second-inning groundout. His normal lumber was in his hands for the go-ahead hit in the seventh inning; there was no backup baguette.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat one hurt,\u201d France said of his broken baguette.<\/p>\n
Notable<\/p>\n
RHP Nick Pivetta (flexor) will throw a bullpen session on Monday, which the team expects will put him in line to resume a minor league rehab assignment as soon as the middle of the week.<\/p>\n
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