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Hall of Famer Dave Winfield made his major league debut on this date 40 years ago, two weeks to the day after he was selected fourth overall by the Padres in the 1973 amateur draft. He reached the bigs without spending a day in the minors, one of only 21 players since the draft began in 1965 who can make that claim. Unlike the majority of the others, Winfield was never demoted or even as much as played a rehab stint in the minor leagues. Placed in the seventh spot in the lineup by manager Don Zimmer, Winfield made his first start in left field as opposed to the position he would come known to man, right field. His first opponent was the Houston Astros and their young lefty Jerry Reuss, who happened to be celebrating his twenty-fourth birthday. Winfield came to bat for the first time with runners on the corners and two outs in the bottom of the first inning, his Padres trailing 3-2. He grounded out to Houston shortstop Roger Metzger to end the threat. He grounded out to Metzger once again his second time up, stranding two more runners and ending the third inning. His third time up was no more successful, although he did switch it up by grounding out to second baseman Tommy Helms for the second out of the sixth inning. Although hitless in his first three at bats, Winfield didn't let it get in his head and affect his defense. Helms led off the top of the eighth with a base hit to left. Winfield played the ball perfectly and cut Helms down trying to stretch it into a double. This was the first of 166 outfield assists he would record in his career. With his first defensive highlight in the books, Winfield would get one more chance to show the home crowd of just 5,338 what he could do with a bat in his hands. Facing Reuss for a fourth time, Winfield led off the top of the ninth with a base hit. It would prove to be one of 3,110 he accrued in his 22-year career. He advanced to second on a single by Rich Morales, and then to third on a walk by pinch hitter Dwain Anderson. Houston manager Leo Durocher then summoned Jim York to relieve Reuss. York promptly surrendered a walk to Leron Lee to score Winfield for the first of 1,669 times. Unfortunately, one milestone that evaded Winfield that day was his first win. San Diego fell 7-3 to Houston for their tenth loss in a row to fall to 20-46 on their way to a 102-loss season. Winfield was part of several losing teams in San Diego and then with the Yankees and Angels before earning a ring with the 1992 Blue Jays, who happened to be managed by Cito Gaston- the very same Cito Gaston who started in right field for Padres the day Winfield made his debut.

After two days of taking a wait and see approach with Everth Cabrera and his hamstring, the Padres have decided that the best course of action is to place him on the disabled list. Sounds like #Padres SS Everth Cabrera (mild strain, left hamstring) will go on the DL tomorrow. Move will be official then. — Corey Brock (@FollowThePadres) June 19, 2013 Cabrera strained the offending hammy in the eighth inning of Sunday's win over the D-backs attempting to add to his league-leading total of 31 stolen bases. Prior to being replaced for the ninth inning by newcomer Pedro Ciriaco, Everth had played in every inning of every game this season. In addition to his slew of steals, Cabrera has put up a .305/ .382/ .418 slash line- all career highs by far. His four homers are twice his previous career high, set in his rookie season of 2009 and matched again last year. Ciriaco started in Cabrera's stead in Monday's win over San Francisco and Alexi Amarista got the nod on Tuesday. Amarista was less than impressive, making a few miscues and getting away with an error he made being ruled a hit. Since the move is not yet official, it's unclear who the team will be calling up to take his spot on the roster. I'm not going to speculate because that never ends well for me, but you can feel free to do so in the comments. San Diego Padres Injuries 15-Day Player Injury Type Injury Date Yonder Alonso hand 06/01/2013 Jedd Gyorko groin 06/10/2013 Cameron Maybin other-excused 06/10/2013 Everth Cabrera hamstring 06/17/2013 60 Day DL / Out for the season Player Injury Type Injury Date Cory Luebke elbow 03/22/2013 Joe Wieland elbow 02/28/2013

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1st inning:Logan Forsythe singled to start the game and moved to second on his first steal of the season after last night's hero Will Venable struck out. Forsythe was stranded after Chase Headley struck out and Kyle Blanks grounded out.Andrew Cashner got off to a sketchy start, walking San Francisco leadoff man Gregor Blanco, who then picked up a steal of his own, moved to third on a Marco Scutaro groundout, and scored on a single by Buster Posey. Cashner then got down to business, striking out derp-face Hunter Pence and Brandon Belt to end the inning . Padres 0, Giants 12nd inning:Mark Kotsay, Chris Denorfia, and Alexi Amarista went down in order in the top of the inning. In the bottom of the inning, Brandon Crawford led off with a single and was promptly gunned down by Nick Hundley while trying to steal second. Cashner then struck out Joaquin Arias and induced a ground out by Juan Perez to hold the deficit to one.Padres 0, Giants 13rd inning:Another 1-2-3 top half, this one featuring strikeouts by Cashner and Forsythe. Blanco got back on base in the bottom of the inning with a double and Scutaro followed up with a "single" to Alexi. Both runners advanced on a Posey groundout but Cashner stranded them in scoring position. Padres 0, Giants 14th inning:Our guys went down 1-2-3 yet again. Venable struck out yet again. In the Giants' half, Brandon Belt led off with a single and third baseman Nick Noonan- who replaced Brandon Crawford in the lineup in the top of the inning with Joaquin Arias shifting to short- added another before Arias grounded into a double play that scored Belt. Cashner got another ground ball to end the inning.Padres 0, Giants 25th inning:Yep. Again. The Giants got one baserunner in their half on a blown call but it was for naught.Padres 0, Giants 26th inning:No 1-2-3 this time! Nick Hundley led off the inning with a homer to end Matt Cain's string of 15 straight outs. Logan Forsythe thought that looked like fun so he hit one of his own to tie it up. Will Venable then doubled his way on but was stranded after Chase struck out again and Kyle Blanks flew out to left. Brandon Belt singled in the bottom of the inning but Hundley recorded his second caught stealing of the night to ensure a three up, three down frame of sorts.Padres 2, Giants 27th inning:Mark Kotsay doubled to start the seventh but got thrown out trying to score on a Denorfia single with no outs for some reason. Joaquin Arias singled to begin the bottom half, moved to second on a bunt, and scored on a Blanco single. That would be the last batter Cashner faced as he was relieved by Tim Stauffer. Pedro Ciriaco entered the game at shortstop as part of the double switch.Padres 2, Giants 38th inning:Logan Forsythe battled for a walk after Ciriaco grounded out and then pinch hitter Jesus Guzman was summoned to replace Venable. Guzman didn't do anything special, unless you consider hitting a two run homer to give the Padres the lead something special. Oh, wait, that is pretty special. Chase Headley followed up with a double and Kyle Blanks was intentionally walked before Mark Kotsay grounded into a fielder's choice that put runners on the corners. Denorfia grounded into a force to end the threat but it was hard to get upset about it with the lead in hand. Bud Black shuffled around his defense as he is wont to do, putting Guzman at first base, moving Blanks from first to left, and Denorfia from left to center, with Dale Thayer coming in to pitch. Thayer promptly allowed a single to Buster Posey, who was then replaced by pinch runner Andres Torres. After Hunter Pence struck out, Torres came around to tie the game on a double by Belt. Nick Noonan was intentionally walked to set up a force, and Arias lined out to center for the second out before Juan Perez singled in Belt. Nick Vincent was summoned and got the third out but the damage was done.Padres 4, Giants 59th inning:Pedro Ciriaco singled with two outs but was stranded to end the game. The streak e

Jim Callis is Executive Editor of Baseball America, regarded by nearly everyone in baseball as the last word on the minor leagues, amateur baseball and one of the best available sources for the draft. We caught up with Jim again this year to get his views on the Padres’ 2013 draft.

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