This Date In Padre Baseball - April 30

THIS DATE IN PADRE BASEBALL

1998 SEASON

PADRES WIN!
Padres 4 Marlins 1

Pete Smith (2-2) survived a lead off home run by Cliff Floyd, allowing only one other hit over 6 1/3 innings to claim the victory. Trevor Hoffman was brought in to get 4 outs to secure the victory and his 7th save.

The Padres punched back in the 2nd thanks to a single by Chris Gomez, scoring Wally Joyner and Greg Myers. Pete Smith helped himself in the 4th, driving home Greg Myers to make the game 3-1 Padres. 

In the top of the 9th, Greg Vaughn tripled to score Ken Caminiti for an insurance run, giving Hoffman some breathing room.

News and Notes - Padres win on the last day of April, sets a new franchise record for Wins for the month of April.

Standings:

SDP	19	7	.731	--
LAD	14	12	.538	5.0
SFG	14	13	.519	5.5
COL	12	16	.429	8.0
ARI	7	20	.259	12.5

HOT FRIAR:  Tony Gwynn, 2 for 5, average at .362
COLD FRIAR: Steve Finley, still scuffling, now 7 for 46 in last 10 games after an 0 for 5

Notable games of April 30

PADRES FRANCHISE RECORD ON THIS DATE = 19-28 .404

Game 19 1978 - @Phillies 11 Padres 4 - Set the 1978 season high for most runs allowed
Game 21 1988 - Pirates 5 Padres 1 - 6 game losing streak starts, longest of the 1988 season 
Game 26 2013 - Padres 13 @Cubs 7 - Set the 2013 season high for most runs scored
Game 27 2017 - Padres 5 @Giants 2 (12 innings) - longest game of 2017 season (tied 2 other times) 


GAME OF THE DATE
Game 24 2006 - Padres 6 Dodgers 5 (10 innings)

Down 5-0 in the 9th, the 9-14 Padres rallied for 5 runs on 3 hits and 3 walks to send the game to extra innings. In the 10th, Mark Bellhorn singled home Brian Giles to win 6-5.

This big comeback win started a 9 game winning streak, the longest of the 2006 season, and took the Padres into division contention.

Padres Making MLB Debuts on April 30

2013
Robbie Erlin
Age - 22
Position - P 
Stat Line -  1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HR (Cody Ransom)  in a 13-7 win over the Cubs in Chicago.

Traded by the Texas Rangers with Joe Wieland to the San Diego Padres for Mike Adams.(July 31, 2011)
Granted free agency on October 31, 2019

Padre Career: 13-20 with a 4.57 ERA in 106 games, with 38 starts (6 seasons)

Transactions of April 30

2003
Released Mark Quinn

• OF Quinn signed as a minor league free agent in March, 2003, was at AAA Portland when released.

Selected Jermaine Clark off waivers from the Texas Rangers.

• LF Clark played in 1 game in 2003, going 0 for 2 with an RBI (May 29th) before being returned to Texas.

This Date In Padres Baseball - April 29

THIS DATE IN PADRE BASEBALL

1998 SEASON

Padres Off Day

Padres off today, beginning a 11 game road trip, starting in Florida against the defending champion Marlins.

News and Notes - Wally Joyner will travel with the team, and is expected to start on Thursday.

Standings:

SDP	18	7	.720	--
SFG	14	12	.538	4.5
LAD	13	12	.520	5.0
COL	11	16	.407	8.0
ARI	7	20	.259	12.0

HOT FRIAR:  Carlos Hernandez 2 for 4, now hitting .281
COLD FRIAR: Steve Finley, still scuffling, 7 for 41 in last 9 games

Notable games of April 29

PADRES FRANCHISE RECORD ON THIS DATE = 16-29 .356

Game 18 1982 - Padres 6 Mets 0 - Tim Lollar tosses the Padres 200th shutout in franchise history

Game 25 2007 - Dodgers 5 Padres 4 (17 innings) - Padres lose in the longest game of the 2007 season.

Game 26 2017 - Padres 12 @Giants 4 - Padres set a 2017 season high for runs scored, to be tied twice more that season.
GAME OF THE DATE
Game 23 2005 - Padres 5 Diamondbacks 4 (15 innings) 

Padres win in walk-off fashion in the longest game of the 2005 season. Phil Nevin's single, the Padres' 20th hit of the night, drives in Xavier Nady to win the game for the hometown Friars.

Padres Making MLB Debuts on April 29

2000
Rodrigo Lopez
Age - 24
Position - SP
Stat Line -  7 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K in a 7-4 loss to the Braves in 12 innings.

Purchased by the San Diego Padres from Veracruz (Mexican) (March 17, 1995)
Granted free agency on October 15, 2001

Padre Career: 0-3 with a 8.76 ERA in 6 starts (1 season)

2009
Arturo Lopez
Age - 26
Position - P 
Stat Line -   0 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K in a 7-5 loss at Colorado.

Drafted by the San Diego Padres from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2004 minor league draft
Selected off waivers by the New York Mets from the San Diego Padres (June 19, 2009)

Padre Career: 0-0 with a 19.29 ERA in 4 games (1 season)

Transactions of April 29

1976
Signed Tom Dettore as a free agent.

• P Dettore would spend all of 1976 at AAA Hawaii. Released after the season

2000
Released Chris Jones.

• OF Jones would spend part of 2000 at AAA Las Vegas before his release. He was a member of the 1997 Padres, hitting .243 with 7 HR and 25 RBI in 92 games.

2003
Signed Luke Carlin as a free agent.

• C Carlin would spend 5 years slowly working his way through the minors until finally breaking through to his MLB debut for the Padres in 2008. He would play 36 games, hitting .149 with 1 HR and 6 RBI.

2008
Oscar Robles selected by the Philadelphia Phillies off waivers.

• SS/3B Robles appeared in 24 games, hitting .231 with 0 HR and 2 RBI during the 2007 season.

This Date In Padres Baseball - April 28

THIS DATE IN PADRE BASEBALL

1998 SEASON

PADRES SNAP 2 GAME SLIDE

PADRES 7 CUBS 3

Behind a solid outing from Andy Ashby (4-1) and a big night at the plate for Tony Gwynn, the Padres were able to snap the little 2 game slide and defeat the Cubs 7-3. 

Ashby picked 7 innings, giving up 7 hits and 3 runs, before handing the ball to Sterling Hitchcock, who pitched 2 scoreless innings for his first save of the season, and only the 3rd of his career.

 After giving up a run in the top of the first, the Padres responded with 2 of their own. Singles by Quilvio Veras and Gwynn, followed up by a walk to Ken Caminiti left the bases loaded for Greg Vaughn who singled home Veras. Mark Sweeney would then single home Gwynn to make it 2-1 Padres.

Gwynn would get his second hit in as many innings, driving Veras in to extend the score to 3-1, but Ashby had a shaky 3rd, giving up 2 runs to tie the game. But that would be the last hiccup by Ashby, who would allow only one more hit the rest of the night.

In the bottom of the 5th, Gwynn would get his third consecutive single, sending Steve Finley from first to third. Finley would score on a sac fly by Caminiti to break the tie. Carlos Hernandez would double home Gwynn to make the score 5-3.

After singling again in the 6th, Gwynn would come up in the 8th for his chance at his 9th career 5 hit game. He would not disappoint, driving a ball into the RF stands to bring the final score to 7-3.

News and Notes - Wally Joyner missed another game, and now the training staff is thinking it might be a few more days until he is back in the lineup.

Standings:

SDP	18	7	.720	--
SFG	14	12	.538	4.5
LAD	13	12	.520	5.0
COL	11	16	.407	8.0
ARI	7	20	.259	12.5

HOT FRIAR:  Mr. Padre 5 for 5 , 3 RS, 2 RBI, HR average up to .360
COLD FRIAR: Caminiti with another 0 for 2, dragging his average to .244

Notable games of April 28

PADRES FRANCHISE RECORD ON THIS DATE = 18-28 .391

Game 18 1981 - @Reds 11 Padres 2 - Padres loss to Tom Seaver and the Reds set the season high for most runs allowed (tied twice more, 5/8 & 6/6)



GAME OF THE DATE

April 28, 1985 — Tony Gwynn homers in the ninth and four pitchers combine on a nine-hit, two-walk shutout as the Padres defeat the Dodgers 1–0 in Los Angeles to tie Dodgers atop the NL West standings.

Padres Making MLB Debuts on April 28

1974
Larry Hardy
Age - 26
Position - P
Stat Line -  W, 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K in a comeback 5-4 Padres win over the Phillies.

Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 23rd round of the 1970 amateur draft.
Traded by the San Diego Padres with Joe McIntosh to the Houston Astros for Doug Rader. (December 11,1975)

Padre Career: 9-4 with a 4.92 ERA in 79 games with 2 saves (2 seasons)

1997
Derrek Lee
Age - 21
Position - 1B
Stat Line -  1 for 3, 2 R, in 12-9 loss to the Marlins in Miami.

Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1993 amateur draft.
Traded by the San Diego Padres with Steve Hoff (minors) and Rafael Medina to the Florida Marlins for Kevin Brown. (December 15, 1997)

Padre Career:  .259 with 1 HR and 4 RBI in 22 games(1 season)

2002
Ben Howard
Age - 23
Position - SP
Stat Line -  5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 4 K in a 13-1 Padres win over the Astros.

Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 2nd round of the 1997 amateur draft
Traded by the San Diego Padres to the Florida Marlins for Blaine Neal. (April 3, 2004)

Padre Career: 1-4 with a 4.96 ERA in 9 games with 8 starts (2 seasons)

Transactions of April 28

1975
Purchased Jerry Moses from the New York Mets.

• C Moses would appear in 13 games for the 1975 Padres, hitting .158 0 HR and 1 RBI. He would be purchased by the White Sox in July.

1975
Released Glenn Beckert.

• 2B Beckert would appear in 73 games for the 1974 & 1975 Padres, hitting .266 with 0 HR and 7 RBI after coming over in a trade with the Cubs in November 1973.

1980
Signed Luis Quinones as an amateur free agent.

• 2B/3B Quinones wouldn't play for the Padres, going to Oakland in the 1982 Rule 5 Draft. He would make his MLB debut  in 1983 and play 8 seasons.

1992
Signed Jim DeShaies as a free agent.

• P DeShaies would start 15 games for the 1992 Padres, posting a 4-7 record with a 3.28 ERA. He would leave as a free agent after the season. One of only 7 players to play in the MLB from LeMoyne College (Andy Parrino would also play for the Padres from 2011-2012)

This Date In Padres Baseball - April 27

THIS DATE IN PADRE BASEBALL

1998 SEASON

2 GAME LOSING STREAK

CUBS 3 PADRES 1

For the first time this season, the Padres drop consecutive games, losing to the Cubs 3-1 behind Kevin Tapani (4-1) making a loser of Joey Hamilton (2-1)

Hamilton pitched well enough to win, tossing 7 innings, allowing only 3 runs, but put himself in a whole early. A 2 run shot by Sammy Sosa was all the Cubs would need.

The Padres' bats were relatively quiet again, until a triple by Steve Finley in the 5th that scored Quilvio Veras to make the score 3-1. Rod Beck would come in to close the door on the Friars in the 9th.

News and Notes - Wally Joyner sat again, still claiming he could pinch hit if needed, but was notably absent in the 9th.

Standings:

SDP	17	7	.708	--
SFG	13	12	.520	4.5
LAD	12	12	.500	5.0
COL	10	16	.385	8.0
ARI	7	19	.269	11.0

HOT FRIAR:  Quilvio Veras, 2 for 4, 2B, RS average up to .307
COLD FRIAR: Ken Caminiti, 0 for 3, average drops to .250, mired in a 2 for 14 slump

Notable games of April 27

PADRES FRANCHISE RECORD ON THIS DATE = 17-30 .362

Game 20 1992 - Phillies 12 Padres 9 - setting the season high for runs allowed in 1992 (tied 8/16)
Game 22 1994 - @Mets 3 Padres 2 - 15 inning game, making it the longest Padre game of 1994
Game 2 1995 - Padres 13 Astros 1 - Manager Bruce Bochy 1st MLB win

GAME OF THE DATE

Game 20 1969 - Padres 10 Reds 9 (13 innings)

Ed Spiezo singles to left field, scoring Tony Gonzalez from 2nd base to win the night cap of the doubleheader with the Reds to sweep the day.

It was a day of first for the Padres franchise as today marked the 1st doubleheader, the 1st extra inning game, as the first walk of in the history of the San Diego Padres. 

Padres Making MLB Debuts on April 27

1995
Andres Berumen
Age - 24
Position - P 
Stat Line -  1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K in a 13-1 Padres win over the Astros.

Traded by the Florida Marlins with Trevor Hoffman and Jose Martinez to the San Diego Padres for Rich Rodriguez and Gary Sheffield.(June 24, 1993)
Traded by the San Diego Padres to the Seattle Mariners for Paul Menhart. (June 10, 1997)


Padre Career: 2-3 with a 5.66 ERA in 40 games with 1 save (2 seasons)

2015
Cory Mazzoni
Age - 25
Position - P 
Stat Line -  1 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 HR (Colby Rasmus) in a 9-4 loss to the Astros.

Traded by the New York Mets with a player to be named later to the San Diego Padres for Alex Torres (March 30, 2015)
Released by the San Diego Padres on May 3, 2016. Re-signed on May 12, 2016
Selected off waivers by the Chicago Cubs from the San Diego Padres (November 6, 2017)



Padre Career: 0-0 with a 17.28 ERA in 14 games (2 seasons)

Transactions of April 27

2018
Buddy Baumann selected by the New York Mets off waivers.

• P Baumann had made his MLB debut as a Padre in 2016. Pitched in 35 games over 3 seasons with the Padres recording a 3-2 record with a 3.58 ERA