BASEBALL REPORT : DAILY UPDATE : ANGELS : Pain in Right Hamstring Forces Winfield to Take Himself Out

By HELENE ELLIOTT

April 17, 1991 12 AM PT

Dave Winfield took himself out of Tuesday’s lineup after feeling tightness in his right hamstring.

Winfield said he first experienced a twinge on Saturday, the night he hit a career-best three home runs at Minnesota. He sat out Sunday but played Monday and was 0 for 4.

Max Venable replaced Winfield in right field Tuesday. Dave Parker, who was hitting fifth in the original lineup, moved up to the cleanup spot.

“I feel it when I run and running is a big part of my game,” said Winfield, who incurred the injury while running out a ground ball in the eighth inning Saturday. “I don’t like to do this or even talk about it. This is a big series. But I don’t want this to get any worse.”

Winfield, who is hitting .346 with a team-leading three homers and 12 RBIs, said his status is day-to-day.

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

BASEBALL REPORT : DAILY UPDATE : ANGELS : Pain in Right Hamstring Forces Winfield to Take Himself Out

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