Padres Place Campusano on IL, Recall Duran

San Diego Padres catcher Luis Campusano landed on the 10-day injured list Wednesday with a fractured left big toe after fouling a ball off his foot during Tuesday's game against the Chicago Cubs, prompting the team to recall 28-year-old Rodolfo Durán from Triple-A El Paso for his major league debut Thursday night.

Durán, a Dominican catcher who began his professional career in 2015 with the Philadelphia Phillies organization, joined the Padres this past January after stints in the minors with the New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals. Batting ninth and catching right-hander Michael King in the Padres' homestand opener against the St. Louis Cardinals, Durán enters with a .238 average and .785 OPS over 23 games this season at El Paso. Padres manager Craig Stammen praised the call-up. "This is a pretty cool callup for him and all of us," Stammen said. "We really loved what we saw from him in spring training this year and what he did last year in Triple-A. I expected him to be a great catcher. He's got a great arm, but his bat has come alive the last two years. We definitely see him as a big league catcher."

Campusano, the veteran backup working in tandem with Freddy Fermin, had...