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Padres’ Jacob Nix throwing again in AFL

Jacob Nix is back to making up for lost time.

Slowed by injury all year, the 23-year-old right-hander threw 2 2/3 innings Friday in his Arizona Fall League debut.

Nix struck out three and allowed two runs – one earned – on five hits and a walk in the start, his first game action since allowing nine runs in 1 2/3 innings in his lone start in the Texas League Championship Series while rehabbing with Double-A Amarillo.

Nix experienced shoulder discomfort following that start but tests came back normal.

He’d allowed two runs in five innings in a previous playoff start for Amarillo and paired a 1.