ON DECK

* Opponent--San Diego Padres, three games.

* Site--Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego.

* Tonight--7.

* TV--Channel 9 tonight and Sunday, Channel 11 Saturday.

* Radio--KRLA (1110), XPRS (1090), KIK-FM (94.3).

* Records--Angels 47-30, Padres 51-28.

* 1997 record vs. Padres--2-2.

TONIGHT’S GAME

ANGELS JASON DICKSON (8-4, 5.48 ERA) vs. PADRES’ KEVIN BROWN (8-3, 2.71 ERA)

* Update--Tim Salmon has not responded favorably to a cortisone shot in his sore left foot, and Terry Collins is hesitant to even use him as a pinch-hitter.

* Saturday, 1 p.m.--Omar Olivares (5-2, 2.76) vs. Sterling Hitchcock (3-1, 3.63).

* Sunday, 1 p.m.--Jarrod Washburn (3-0, 3.55) vs. Joey Hamilton (5-8, 5.30).