The San Diego Padres Jurickson Profar raises a fist acknowledging the crowd after colliding with teammate CJ Abrams in the top of the fifth inning at Petco Park in San Diego on Thu Jul 7, 2022 (AP News photo)

On the SF Giants podcast with Marko:

#1 San Diego Padres left fielder Jurickson Profar collided with rookie shortstop CJ Abrams left a lot of people concerned at Petco Park on Thursday night in the opening game of the four game series when Profar and Abrams went chasing after a San Francisco Giant Tommy La Stella shallow pop to left apparently neither made a call for the ball and Abrams knee ended up hitting Profar in the left jaw as both players fell down on the field.

#2 The scary part of it was that Profar had to be carted off the field after getting help from the training staff but collapsed when he reach the infield portion of the diamond and the trainers called for a cart and stretcher to assist Profar off the field.

#3 While Jurickson was carted off he had to have his neck and head braced and he received a nice applause from the Padre fans and Profar raised a fist in appreciation. Abrams who was laid out as well was able to continue and was deemed alright. Padres manager Bob Melvin said that Profar will be getting tests in the hospital and will have an update on Friday.

#4 The Padres got good starting pitching from starter Joe Musgrove who went seven innings, gave up only one hit, four walks and six strikeouts. He looked like he could have completed the game if it weren’t for the pitch count.

#5 The Giants and Padres play game two of the series tonight at Petco starting for the Giants Sammy Long (0-1, 1.78) for the Padres Blake Snell (0-5, 5.13) a 6:40 pm PDT first pitch at Petco.

Marko filled in for Daniel Dullum for the Giants podcast heard Fridays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com