This Date In Padres Baseball - April 5

THIS DATE IN PADRE BASEBALL

1998 SEASON

PADRES WIN!

Padres 8 Cardinals 7
Down 7-3 in the 9th, the Padres rallied for 5 runs against Lance Painter and closer Braden Looper (0-1) to give Trevor Hoffman (1-0) his first victory of the season after a rough 8th inning.

Quilvio Veras drove in Carlos Hernandez with a ground ball to second to tie the game at 3 apiece, Brian Boehringer was called in to hold the Cardinals. He did not.

Boehringer got Ray Lankford to fly out, then a double by Brian Jordan and a walk to Ran Gant to get Bruce Bochy off the top step and called in the closer Hoffman to prevent the tie from being broken. He could not, giving up 2 hits and walking a run in with the bases loaded before finally getting Mark McGwire to weakly ground out to end the bleeding at 4 runs.

In the 9th, Tony Gwynn led off with a single, then trotted him, courtesy of a 2-run HR by Ken Caminiti, his 2nd of the season. Now down 7-5. Wally Joyner would walk and that would be all for Painter. Closer Looper would fare no better, and walk Greg Vaughn. An error by Delino DeShields would load the bases for Chris Gomez. He would miss a grand slam by a few feet, but the sacrifice fly would narrow the score to 7-6 Cardinals.

Looper would uncork a wild pitch, allowing Vaughn to score and tie the game. With 2 outs and Hernandez on third, once again Veras would knock him again, this time with a single to left to take the lead 8-7.

Dan Miceli would close out the 9th, for his first save of the season.

Standings:

COL	4	2	.667	--
SFG	4	2	.667	--
SDP	4	2	.667	--
LAD	1	4	.200	2.5
ARI	1	5	.167	3.0

HOT FRIAR: Carlos Hernandez, 2 for 4, 2 runs scored, raising average to .313
COLD FRIAR: Brian Boehringer,  1/3 IP, 1 H, 1BB, 2 ER for second consecutive poor performance, leaving his ERA at 5.40

Notable games of April 5

Notable by omission - what should be Game 10 of the 2020 season, the Sunday finale of a 3 game series against the Rockies in Colorado.

PADRES FRANCHISE RECORD ON THIS DATE = 13-14


Opening Day 1974 @Dodgers 8 Padres 0
Opening Day 1979 Padres 4 @Dodgers 3 - 1st Opening Day Road Win Franchise History
Opening Day 1988 @Astros 6 Padres 3
Opening Day 2004 Padres 8 @Dodgers 2
Opening Day 2010 @Diamondbacks 6 Padres 3
Opening Day 2012 Dodgers 5 Padres 3



Opening Day 1983 Padres 16 @Giants 13

The Padres set a season high in runs scored and runs allowed in a wild opener at Candlestick Park.

Up 13-3 in the 5th before holding on for dear life, the Padres did it with 1 HR (Garry Templeton) and a barrage of doubles (Kennedy, Salazar, Garvey, Templeton, and Bonilla).

Giant pitching allowed 10 walks to go along with the 17 hits.

Elias Sosa and Mike Couchee, making his MLB debut,  would each have a difficult outing, with Sosa giving up 4 runs and Couchee 3, before Gary Lucas finally shut the door to earn the save.

Padres Making MLB Debuts on April 5

1974

Joe McIntosh
Age - 22
Position - P
Stat Line - 2 IP, 3 H. 1 R, 0 ER

Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 13th round of the 1973 amateur draft.
Traded by the San Diego Padres with Larry Hardy to the Houston Astros for Doug Rader.(1975)
Padre Lifetime 8-19 , 3.68 ERA in 47 appearances (2 seasons)


1983

Mike Couchee
Age - 25
Position - P
Stat Line - 1 2/3 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 19th round of the 1980 amateur draft.
Padre Lifetime 0-1 , 5.14 ERA in 8 appearances (1 season)


1994

Brian Johnson
Age - 26
Position - PH
Stat Line - 0 for 1, strikeout

Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 16th round of the 1989 amateur draft.

Drafted by the San Diego Padres from the New York Yankees in the 1991 minor league draft.
December 16, 1996: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Willie Blair to the Detroit Tigers for Cam Smith (minors) and Joey Eischen.
Padre Lifetime .260 14 HR 80 RBI in 186 games. (3 seasons)

1994

Keith Lockhart
Age - 29
Position - PH
Stat Line - 0 for 1, pop-up to 3B

Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 11th round of the 1986 amateur draft.

Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres. (1994)
Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals. (1995)
Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres. (2003)
Padre Lifetime .232 5 HR 14 RBI in 89 games. (2 seasons)

2001

Donaldo Mendez
Age - 22
Position - SS
Stat Line - 0 for 1, strikeout

Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent. (1995)

December 11, 2000: Drafted by the San Diego Padres from the Houston Astros in the 2000 rule 5 draft.
Released by the San Diego Padres. (2003)
Padre Lifetime .183 3 HR 14 RBI in 72 games. (2 seasons)

2006

Josh Barfield
Age - 23
Position - 2B
Stat Line - 1 for 4, 1 RS, 1 K

Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 4th round of the 2001 amateur draft.

Traded by the San Diego Padres to the Cleveland Indians for Andrew Brown and Kevin Kouzmanoff. (2006)
Padre Lifetime .280 13 HR 58 RBI in 150 games. (1 season)


2007

Kevin Cameron
Age - 27
Position - P
Stat Line - 2 IP, 1 H, 1 K

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 13th round of the 2001 amateur draft.

Drafted by the San Diego Padres from the Minnesota Twins in the 2006 rule 5 draft.
Granted Free Agency - 2008
Padre Lifetime 2-0 with a 2.91 ERA in 58 games (2 seasons)

Transactions of April 5

1970
Returned Aurelio Monteagudo to the Kansas City Royals following previous purchase.

• P Monteagudo was purchased back in January 1970, and would return to the Padres in 1972 via free agency. He would be in the minors when traded to the California Angels in June 1973.

1976
Traded Rudy Meoli to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Merv Rettenmund.

• Middle Infielder Meoli was traded to the Padres after the 1975 season. 
• OF Rettenmund would play 2 seasons (1976-1977) hitting .256 with 6 HR and 28 RBI. 

1981
Traded Bobby Mitchell (minors) to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Dave Dravecky.

• Utility player Mitchell was at AAA Hawaii when traded to Pittsburgh. He wouldn't get any higher than that, retiring after the 1984 season.
• P Dravecky would make his MLB debut with the Padres in 1982, and would pitch 6 seasons for the Padres from 1982-1987. He would represent the team in the 1983 All Star Game. He would pitch 10 2/3 innings of scoreless relief in the 1984 postseason. Lifetime Padres record of 53-50 with a 3.13 ERA, throwing 23 complete games, 6 shutouts along with 10 saves. Rankings on the all time leaderboard:
• #11 WAR = 12.3
• #4 ERA = 3.12
• #12 WINS = 53
• #21 GAMES = 199
• T30 SAVES = 10
• #21 K's = 456
• #6 CG = 23
• T8 ShutOut = 6

1984
Signed Ron Roenicke as a free agent.

• OF/PH Roenicke played in just 12 games in 1984, hitting .300 with 1 HR and 2 RBI and appear as a defensive replacement in 2 World Series games before his release in spring 1985.

1991
Signed Mike Aldrete as a free agent.

• OF/1B Aldrete appeared in 12 games in 1991, going 0 for 18 before his release.

1995
Signed Fernando Valenzuela as a free agent.

• P Valenzuela, at age 34 still had gas in the tank. Pitching in 75 games (started 59) for the Padres from 1995-1997 before being traded to St. Louis during the 1997 season. He would post a 23-19 record with 4.22 ERA and a one last remarkable complete game in 1997. He pitched well enough to land on the All-Time Padre leaderbord:
• T46 WAR = 3.5
• #44 WINS = 23

2009
Released Carlos Guevara.

• P Guevara made his MLB debut with the 2008 Padres. He appeared in 10 games, finishing his MLB career with a 1-0 record and 5.84 ERA.

2015
Traded Jordan Paroubeck (minors), Cameron Maybin, Carlos Quentin, Matt Wisler and 2015 competitive balance round A pick to the Atlanta Braves. Received Craig Kimbrel and Melvin Upton Jr..

• OF Paroubeck was a recently signed rookie leaguer, who would be done with baseball after the 2016 season.
• OF Maybin appeared in 393 games from 2011-2014, hitting .246 with 19 HR and 105 RBI. He would also steal 74 bases and hit 17 triples. His speed would land him on the all-time Padre Leaderboard:
• #42 WAR = 6.5
• #44 RS = 180
• T17 TRIPLES = 17
• #18 SB = 74
• OF Quentin appeared in 218 games from 2012-2014, hitting .251 with 33 HR and 108 RBI in the last 3 seasons of his career. He was HBP 30 times, good for #6 on the Padre All Time Leaderboard
• P Wisler was at AAA El Paso in 2014. He would make his MLB debut with the Braves. He would return to the Padres in 2019.
• P Kimbrel appeared in 61 games in 2015 with 39 Saves, a 4-2 record and a 2.58 ERA. His 39 saves land him 11th all time for the Padres. Traded to Boston in the offseason.
• OF Upton would appear in 179 games from 2015-2016 hitting .257 with 21 HR and 62 RBI before being traded to Toronto in 2016. Upton would also steal 29 bases, placing him tied at 45th on the all time Padre Leaderboard.