Padres outfielder Alex Dickerson singles to center field against the Chicago Cubs. / U-T
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MILWAUKEE — The Padres placed outfielder Will Venable on paternity leave Thursday and recalled Poway native Alex Dickerson from Triple-A El Paso.
Venable and his wife, Kathryn, are expecting their first child, a daughter.
Dickerson, 25, was scheduled to arrive shortly before the start of Thursday afternoon game's at Miller Park.