This Date In Padre Baseball - April 26

THIS DATE IN PADRE BASEBALL

1998 SEASON

PADRES BATS ASLEEP

PIRATES 6 PADRES 0

The Sunday finale after the marathon, 16 inning, game on Saturday proved too much for the Padres bats, as they were only able to collect 3 hits off Jon Lieber (1-3).  Kevin Brown (2-2) pitched well enough, allowing 3 runs on 10 hits, but most importantly, threw 8 innings to give the bullpen a much needed breather. Don Wengert gave up a 3 run HR to Al Martin in the 9th to make the final 6-0.

Tony Gwynn was back in the starting lineup, collecting 1 of the Padres' 3 hits. 

News and Notes -  Wally Joyner sat out another game, although he said he could pinch hit if needed.

Standings:

SDP	17	6	.739	--	119	93	.611
LAD	12	11	.522	5.0	96	88	.540
SFG	12	12	.500	5.5	106	97	.541
COL	10	15	.400	8.0	139	180	.384
ARI	7	18	.280	11.0	94	139	.328

HOT FRIAR:  Tony, back in the lineup, 1 for 4, average at .321

COLD FRIAR: Archi Cianfrocco, subbing for the ailing Joyner, 0 for 3, 3K, average drops to .172

Notable games of April 26

PADRES FRANCHISE RECORD ON THIS DATE = 21-24 .467

OPENING DAY 1995 - Astros 10 Padres 2 - with the 1994 strike finally settled, Bruce Bochy could make his managerial debut.

Game 20 2004 - Padres 3 Expos 2 - Padres win in a walk-off setting of the longest win streak of the season (6 games)






GAME OF THE DATE

Game 21 1974 - Padres 6 Phillies 2 

In a 102 loss season, two bright spots, one being the start of  the longest win streak of the season starting and lasting just 5 games. The other was the MLB debut of Dave Freisleben. 

Tossing a complete game, allowing only 4 hits and 2 runs on a HR to Del Unser in the 6th. Freisleben had dominated every level of competition since being drafted in the 5th round in 1971, he far exceeded expectations in his debut, in perhaps the best Padre debut of all time.

Padres Making MLB Debuts on April 26

1974
Dave Freisleben
Age - 22
Position - P 
Stat Line -  CG-W, 4 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 HR (Del Unser) in a 6-2 Padres win over the Phillies.

Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 5th round of the 1971 amateur draft.
Traded by the San Diego Padres to the Cleveland Indians for Bill Laxton. (June 22, 1978)


Padre Career: 31-53 with a 4.04 ERA in 148 games with 109 starts (5 seasons)

ALL TIME PADRE LEADERBOARD

#24 ERA - 4.04

T29 WINS - 31

#45 GAMES - 148

#18 IP - 730

#32 K - 376

#18 STARTS - 109

T11 CG - 11

T8 SHUTOUTS - 6

2011
Evan Scribner
Age - 25
Position -  P
Stat Line -  2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, in relief during a 8-2 loss against Atlanta.

Traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the San Diego Padres for Tony Clark.(July 17, 2008)
Selected off waivers by the Oakland Athletics from the San Diego Padres. (October 25, 2011)

Padre Career: 0-0 with a 7.07 ERA in 10 games (1 season)


2019
Ty France
Age - 24
Position - PH  
Stat Line -  1 for 1 getting a single off Kyle Barraclough in the 8th in a 4-3 win at Washington.

Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 34th round of the 2015 amateur draft. 

Padre Career: .234 with 7 HR and 24 RBI in 69 games (1 season)

Transactions of April 26

1971
Purchased Ramon Webster from the Oakland Athletics.

• 1B/OF Webster played for the Padres in 1970, purchased by the A's in the off-season, only to be purchased back today, but only for 10 games, then he was sent back to the A's. Padre career would consist of 105 games, hitting .250 with 2 HR and 11 RBI.

2005
Released Steve Sparks.

• P Sparks was signed as a free agent in January. Didn't make the club out of spring training, and started the season at AAA Portland.

2017
Selected Kirby Yates off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels.

• P Yates had burned his way through 3 organizations since 2014 (TB, NYY, LAA) before finding a home in San Diego. Already at #8 on the franchise leaderboard for saves.