S.D.’s Bradley tears ACL during blowup

San Diego's Milton Bradley, on ground, is pulled away by manager Bud Black as he argues with first-base umpire Mike Winters. Bradley tore his ACL during the struggle with Black on Sunday in San Diego.

Milton Bradley is done for the season, Mike Cameron might not be in much better shape, and the livid San Diego Padres tried to regroup Monday from a bizarre chain of events that left their outfield depleted with a week to go in the season.

Bradley will miss the rest of the year with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. He was injured when his own manager, Bud Black, spun him to the ground while trying to keep him from going after umpire Mike Winters during an eighth-inning confrontation in Sunday’s 7-3 loss to Colorado at Petco Park.

The commissioner’s office said Monday it was investigating whether Bradley was baited by Winters. The Padres said Winters directed profanities at Bradley before the blowup.

“I know there will be a thorough investigation of the dialogue between Milton and Mike Winters,” Padres general manager Kevin Towers said before San Diego opened a three-game series in San Francisco. “I have a lot of confidence there will be due process, and it will be handled well. For Milton’s sake, he certainly has the support of our ballclub.”