Fountain-Fort Carson graduate makes debut with Padres

Fountain-Fort Carson graduate Chase Headley made his major league debut Friday in one of the more storied venues in sports.

Headley was called up by the San Diego Padres and started at third base in a 4-1 loss to the Cubs at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

Batting in the seventh spot in the order, Headley flew out to center field in the second inning, lined out to right field to lead off the fifth and grounded into a double play in the seventh. He was on deck when shortstop Khalil Greene struck out to end the game.

Headley, who graduated high school in 2002 and attended the University of Tennessee, was batting .357 with 13 home runs and 42 RBIs for Double-A San Antonio.

“Things have been going great,” Headley told mlb.com. “I had a great start to the season. I really wasn’t surprised. I won’t say I was expecting to do it. Things started rolling right off the bat. When you’re hot ... you ride it out as long as you can.”

Headley also told mlb.com that he didn’t know how long his stint in the majors would last.

“They told me it could be three days or three months,” he said.