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.