LOS ANGELES — Jackson Merrill acknowledged he’d rolled his left ankle trying to get out of the box on what could have been a leadoff double in the ninth inning Friday night.

He’d spent a good amount of time on the training table after Saturday’s game and nodded that he was indeed OK.

Toward that point, Merrill — who hasn’t had a game off since July 20 — is again in the lineup for Sunday’s 1:10 p.m. first pitch (Padres.TV), but he did have his left ankle taped as he went to hit in the cage before the series finale.

Merrill will hit clean-up in the first lineup against a right-handed starter this weekend.

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That means Ryan O’Hearn is getting his first start since Wednesday. He’ll bat sixth and pl

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