SAN DIEGO (AP) — Padres left fielder Milton Bradley tore a ligament in his right knee when he was pulled away by his manager Sunday from a confrontation with an umpire and will miss the rest of the Major League Baseball season.

The diagnosis came from an MRI exam, according to a person with knowledge of the situation, who spoke yesterday on condition of anonymity because a formal announcement had yet to be made.

Bradley, who helped spark the Padres during the season's second half, was ejected by umpire Mike Winters. He then hurt his knee during a bizarre scene when manager Bud Black spun him to the ground to keep him from going after the first base umpire in the eighth inning of Sunday's 7-3 loss to Colorado.