PADRES UPDATE : NOTEBOOK / SCOTT MILLER : Earthquake With a Water Bed: Hey, Larry Andersen, Surf’s Up

SAN DIEGO —  Your average day at the ballpark?

They played Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On” over the public address system between the first and second innings at San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium.

And the Padres had a stadium evacuation plan ready to go.

The worst United States earthquake in 40 years shook things up at the stadium on Sunday before the Padres’ 7-3 victory over San Francisco.

“It shook me,” Padre pitcher Bruce Hurst said.

Gary Sheffield, was up most of the night Saturday anyway with a virus. Larry Andersen has a cold and didn’t get to sleep until 3. Of course, he woke up two hours later when the earthquake hit.

“My heart came out of my chest,” he said. “For us old guys, that’s what you’ve got to be concerned with.”

Andersen said he has a water bed, so he may have been shaking a bit more than everybody else.

“I don’t know if that made a difference,” he said. “I was ready to jump up and grab my boogie board and slide down the water mattress.”

Several Giants--particularly those who aren’t native to California--were shaken up as well. Shortstop Jose Uribe, from the Dominican Republic, took no chances. After the 5 a.m. quake, he left the team hotel and arrived at the stadium at 7:30 a.m.

“I saw him downstairs (in the hotel) while I was getting coffee before 7:30 a.m.,” pitcher Gil Heredia said. “He said, ‘I’m out of here.’ ”

Pitcher Mike Jackson, from Texas, had one of the more interesting experiences.

“I was using the rest room,” he said. “I was walking back when it hit. I was like, hey. I thought I was dreaming. I crawled back to bed. I couldn’t stand up.”

That was enough for Jackson.

“That’s why I don’t like California,” he said. “If I didn’t have to play here, I would not come here.”

With the Padres batting in the fourth, three men paraded around the stadium wearing paper bags over their heads. Scrawled across the front and back of the bags: “Randy Myers Fan Club.”

Sheffield left the game in the fourth after suffering a mildly sprained left thumb on a play during which Willie McGee was thrown out stealing third. He was getting precautionary X-rays Sunday, but Padre trainer Bob Day said he should be in the lineup tonight. . . . Right fielder Tony Gwynn, after getting no action in the first six innings, had five putouts in the final three. “That’s good, I like the action,” Gwynn said. “Normally, I’m fighting cramps in my legs out there at that time because I haven’t done nothing. I can take as many fly balls as they want to hit my way.”