Bill Center, longtime sportswriter for U-T San Diego, is an employee of the Padres.

The re-emergence of Manuel Margot as the Padres' center fielder has turned Wil Myers into, at least temporarily, a reserve.

Since getting a pinch-hit double on June 22, Margot has started 17 of the Padres' past 21 games in center field.

Margot has hit .317 (20-for-63) during the run with seven doubles, a triple, four home runs, 12 walks, nine RBIs and 20 runs scored during the run for a .427 on-base percentage, a .651 slugging percentage and a 1.078 OPS. He has also stolen three bases.

More recently, Margot is 10-for-20 with four doubles, a triple and a home run in an active five-game hitting streak. And Friday, he was moved up to the second spot in the batting order -- all the while playing solid center field.

Meanwhile, Myers is 5-for-28 with a double, a homer, five walks, three RBIs and three runs scored against 14 strikeouts since June 22. Myers has not started a game since July 4 in Los Angeles. Five of his nine most recent appearances have come as a pinch-hitter.

Notes

• Right-hander Andres Munoz made his Major League debut on July 12 at 20 years and 177 days old, making him the sixth-youngest player in Padres history. No. 5 on that list, of course, is Fernando Tatis Jr. (20 years, 85 days). The youngest Padre was Brian Greer, who debuted at 18 years and 122 days in 1977. In his first three Major League outings, Munoz -- in addition to regularly touching 100 mph with his fastball -- has allowed no runs on one hit and a walk in 4 1/3 innings. Rival hitters are 1-for-15 against Munoz.

• Tatis, before hitting a 468-foot homer Saturday, is going through the toughest stretch of his rookie season. He has committed six errors in the Padres’ eight games since the All-Star break, and he is 3-for-22 with two homers and 11 strikeouts in five games since he had the first four-hit game of his career last Sunday afternoon against the Braves at Petco Park.

• Third baseman Manny Machado Saturday became the second-youngest third baseman in Major League history (Eddie Matthews was the youngest) to reach the 200-home run plateau. Machado has hit five homers in the eight games since the All-Star break. He is 11-for-35 with a double, two walks, eight RBIs and six runs scored for a .314/.351/.771/1.122 slash line in that span.

• Machado’s 25th homer of the season marks only the second time in Padres history that the club has had three 25 home run hitters in the same season. Hunter Renfroe has 28, Franmil Reyes has 26 and Machado has 25. In 2001, Phil Nevin hit 41 homers, Ryan Klesko hit 30 and Bubba Trammell had 25.

• First baseman Eric Hosmer is 9-for-27 in a six-game hitting streak following a 4-for-38 drought. He has two doubles and two walks during the six-game streak, which is the longest active streak by a Padre.

• Rookie outfielder Josh Naylor hit the first pinch-hit homer of his Major League career Friday.