'Like Tatis right now': High school students play baseball series at Petco Park

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SAN DIEGO -- While the Padres took to Mexico City, several local high school baseball teams got the chance to play a game in Petco Park Saturday afternoon.

As part of the annual CIF High School Baseball series in Petco Park, Carlsbad High School took on La Costa Canyon in the last of seven student games that took place this weekend.

"I've been in this park many times, but I've never seen a high school team play here," one LCC student, Emerson Ostanik, told FOX 5. "It's kind of cool."

The series kicked off Friday with three match-ups: Valhalla vs. West Hills, Mater Dei Catholic vs. San Ysidro, and Imperial vs. Brawley.

Two schools, La Jolla Country Day and Maranatha Christian, took to the field the day prior, however, that game as not part of the Padres-sponsored series.

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Saturday marked the final day of the High School Baseball Series at San Diego's downtown stadium. Before CHS and LCC, Kearny and Foothills Christian took on Mountain Empire and Classical Academy, respectively.

For many of the students that took to the diamon...

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