Ex-Chihuahua Cody Decker gets first major league start

The lineup card submitted by San Diego Padres manager Pat Murphy shows former El Paso Chihuahua Cody Decker in the starting lineup for the first time in his young major league career.

Decker is slated to bat seventh and play first base against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He is 0 for 6 so far as a pinch hitter since being called up at the end of the Chihuahuas’ season.