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First Posted: 9/3/2014 SAN DIEGO &#8212; Of course Cory Spangenberg dreamed as a kid of playing major league baseball.
&#8220;I never got into detail about hitting the walk-off home run. Just incredible,&#8221; the Abington Heights grad said after getting another big league milestone out of the way.
Spangenberg&#8217;s first big league home run came on the first pitch he saw as a pinch hitter with one out in the ninth inning and gave the San Diego Padres a 2-1 victory against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night.
Two days into his big league career, Spangenberg, hitting for Cameron Maybin, connected against Brad Ziegler (5-3), sending a drive to the home run porch down the right-field line at Petco Park.
&#8220;Unbelievable. I mean, just to pinch-hit for your team in the ninth when you have other great players on the bench and to come through and get the walk-off &#8216;W&#8217; for the team is an unbelievable feeling,&#8221; the 23-year-old said.
Spangenberg made his big league debut on Monday, hitting a two-run single and making two nice plays at third base.
&#8220;This guy comes as a hitter. He showed up tonight. That was great,&#8221; manager Bud Black said.
Black said hitting coach Phil Plantier &#8220;felt good about the at-bat with Spangy. Cam didn&#8217;t have great numbers against Ziegler. Phil through Ziegler&#8217;s type of pitching was pretty good for Spangy. Spangy&#8217;s sort of a slasher, likes the ball a little bit out, a little bit down and it worked out.&#8221;
Spangenberg said Plantier &#8220;trusts me. &#8220;I mean, he went up to me and said, &#8216;I&#8217;m going to tell Buddy you&#8217;re the man.&#8217; I told him, &#8216;I&#8217;m ready to go.&#8217;&#8221;
Spangenberg hasn&#8217;t stopped smiling since he got to San Diego.
&#8220;This unbelievable so far. I&#8217;m just trying to soak everything in and enjoy the moment and hopefully it lasts for a long time.&#8221;
Ziegler said he tried to throw down and away &#8220;and I threw it mid-thigh on the inner third and it was an easy pitch for him to spin on.&#8221;
HOMER BALL
Spangenberg said he got his home run ball from a couple of season ticket holders in exchange for a couple of autographed balls.
&#8220;That&#8217;s great that they could do that. I really appreciate them doing that. If they need anything else I can get something,&#8221; Spangenberg said.

D2 grad making most of debut