<p>SAN DIEGO -- While Kyle Blanks was sitting at his locker earlier this week, he was joined by former Padres outfielder Dave Winfield.</p><p>The Hall of Famer and Padres executive vice president and senior advisor, Winfield talked to Blanks for about 15 minutes, just one day after Blanks capped off one of the best games of his career with a walk-off single in Monday's victory over the Phillies.</p><p>Blanks had the first four-hit game of his career and three RBIs to continue his hot month at the plate. Blanks enters Friday's game against the Marlins hitting .301 with five homers and 18 RBIs this month -- the most for a Padres player in June since Adrian Gonzalez had 23 in 2010.</p><p>"There are tools that obviously can equate to a very solid Major League starting player," Padres manager Bud Black said. "He proved that he can hit for average in the Minor Leagues. He's showing Major League power already."</p><p><a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130627&content_id=51965462&vkey=news_sd&c_id=sd">Keep reading...</a></p>