C Austin Hedges, after catching the opener, didn't play in the second game of the doubleheader on Saturday. He will likely return to the lineup on Sunday, especially with the left-handed Alex Wood on the mound. Although Hedges has struggled against the Dodgers this year, going 1-for-33.

C Austin Hedges should return to the starting lineup on Tuesday after getting Monday's series-opener against the Giants off. His rest day was more about Hector Sanchez's success this year against the Giants.

C Austin Hedges was activated Sunday from the seven-day concussion disabled list, and he went 0-for-4 against the Pirates. Hedges hadn't played since July 10 due to a head injury that at first was described as "sub-concussive" then relabeled a concussion. Hedges was officially placed on the disabled list until July 16. He caught five innings in the rookie-level Arizona League on Friday night.

C Austin Hedges (concussion) caught five innings in the Arizona Rookie League on Friday night, was feeling good on Saturday, and is expected to be activated and in the starting lineup on Sunday. Hedges has been out since July 18.

C Austin Hedges (concussion) is making strides and unless he suffers a setback he should start on Sunday and catch LHP Clayton Richard.

C Austin Hedges, who has been on the concussion disabled list since July 12, caught a bullpen Thursday and is scheduled to catch five to seven innings in the Arizona Rookie League on Friday. "We'll give him one quick game down there to make sure he feels good," manager Andy Green said. "If he checks that box, we'll probably have him back up here with us on Saturday to take batting practice and activate him on Sunday. If anything gives us pause, we'll probably wait to the Twins series (next Tuesday and Wednesday) to activate him."

C Austin Hedges is still at least a couple days away from being activated from the concussion disabled list. Hedges has been out since July 14 with was originally described as a "sub-concussive" injury. "Hedges is going to take batting practice today," Padres manager Andy Green said Wednesday. "He will do some catching on flat ground because no one is throwing a bullpen. We definitely want to get him catching the ball in a bullpen before we talk about activating him. We want to make sure he's seeing the ball and everything is going right. It's probably a few days off from activating him. At this point in time, we're not looking at a rehab assignment for him. If it carries on much further, we might look at it a different way. He hit in cage yesterday. He's a few days out."

C Austin Hedges (concussion) is with the team in San Francisco and taking batting practice. He indicated to reporters that he felt good enough after batting practice Thursday to rejoin the club. He's not eligible to do so until Tuesday.

C Austin Hedges was placed on the seven-day concussion list disabled list and sent back to San Diego to be examined by Dr. Kenneth Taylor, one of the Padres' team physicians. Hedges took a hard foul ball off his mask in the seventh inning Friday. He didn't play the past three days, although he was in the lineup Monday but was scratched after not feeling right while ramping up his activity before batting practice. Manager Andy Green said the team doctors advised getting Hedges out of Denver with its mile-high altitude and back to sea level in San Diego. "He feels better," Green said. "He might be able to pass an objective test, but he can't pass the test where you're like ready to play a game. We're hoping it's not much longer. At this point in time, though, his health is top of the list of priorities."

C Austin Hedges was scratched from the lineup. He didn't play Saturday or Sunday after getting hit hard in the mask with a foul ball in the seventh inning Friday. Manager Andy Green said Hedges was "optimistic" he was going to be able to play Monday but as he increased his activity before batting practice discovered "he's still not quite right, and it's just still not worth challenging kind of the way he feels out on the field right now." Green has described Hedges as feeling "hazy," and when asked whether going on the seven-day concussion disabled list is a possiblity, Green said, "I don't know. We're three days in at this point in time, so we'll see how that all plays out. I don't know how that works -- if he's passing the (concussion protocol) tests, so to speak, but still can't get over the hump and play. As of right now, we don't have any anticipation of putting him on that at this moment."

C Austin Hedges is expected to return to the Padres lineup Monday night in Colorado. Hedges missed a second straight start Sunday after taking a foul tip on the face of his mask Friday night. Padres manager Andy Green said team doctors described the injury as "sub-concussive" but said Hedges had been in a "haze."

C Austin Hedges, who wasn't in the starting lineup Saturday, could be down again Sunday. Hedges is still groggy from taking a foul tip off his mask in the series opener Friday.

C Austin Hedges singled home the winning run in a 2-1 Padres victory in Philadelphia on Sunday. The RBI was his 40th, good for second in the National League among catchers. While his average (.220) hasn't been great, he's been a pleasant surprise to a struggling offense.

C Austin Hedges returned from two missed games due to neck stiffness on Friday night against the Phillies and looked plenty healthy, knocking two solo home runs and driving in the game-winning run with a sacrifice fly in the 4-3 victory. It's the first career multi-homer game for Hedges, who entered the weekend with 11 home runs on the season and just 14 in his MLB career. The former 2nd-round selection back in 2011 flashed some power with Triple-A El Paso last year, knocking 21 homers in 82 games, including a string of five games in a row with one leaving the ballpark. "It was good to see him swing the bat well," Green said. "He's been working hard in the cage, he's been kind of scuffling a bit lately. I'm sure the two days [off] helped him reboot the system, too."

C Austin Hedges was unable to play Wednesday night due to a stiff neck. He was replaced in the starting lineup by C Luis Torrens.

C Austin Hedges had the day off after starting all three previous games against the Tigers. After having two days off -- the Padres were off Monday -- Hedges is expected to start Wednesday.

C Austin Hedges was 1-for-2 Friday night with the game's only RBI in his first at-bat since being run over by the Cubs' Anthony Rizzo Monday night. Hedges is 7-for-21 over his last six games with three doubles and four RBIs.

C Austin Hedges is feeling better and could return to action as soon as Wednesday's series finale against the Cubs in the wake of a thigh bruise suffered in a home plate collision with Cubs 1B Anthony Rizzo on Monday. Hedges left that game and he sat out Tuesday's middle contest. "Very hopeful for tomorrow, as the time progresses he feels better and better," said Padres manager Andy Green. "He had like a deep thigh bruise, charley horse, basically when the knee went into his quad."

C Austin Hedges' status for Tuesday is unknown after he left the game following a home plate collision with 1B Anthony Rizzo in the sixth inning of Monday's 3-2 loss to the Cubs. Rizzo tripled, bolted home on 3B Kris Bryant's sacrifice liner to center and barreled into Hedges after he caught a throw from CF Matt Szczur and defended the plate. "It's a cheap shot," Padres manager Andy Green said. "I'm not saying he's a dirty player, nobody's saying that (but) he clearly deviated from his path to hit our catcher. He took our catcher out." Green said he wasn't sure how long Hedges will be out.

C Austin Hedges singled in a run in the first inning Friday. His 11 homers and 31 RBIs this season rank second in the majors to Kansas City's Salvador Perez (12 homers, 34 RBIs).