This Date In Padres Baseball - May 10

THIS DATE IN PADRES BASEBALL

1998 SEASON

BRAVES BATS TOO MUCH FOR PADRES, TAKE 3 OF 4

BRAVES 8 PADRES 5

The Padres drop 3 of 4 in Atlanta, leaving the Braves as the cream of the NL crop. Manager Bruce Bochy in his post-game presser "Atlanta has been the best team in the NL, heck , all of baseball for the past few years. No surprise that they do it all, clutch hitting and powerful pitching, and deep bullpen. But, it's May. We have some time to improve the things that were missing from this series."

Missing today, again, a lock down starting performance AND a leaky bullpen. Pete Smith was spotted an early 3-0 lead, thanks to a lead-off double by Steve Finley, coming around to score on a fielder's choice. 2 more runs were added in the 4th on RBI singles by Carlos Hernandez and Andy Sheets.

Braves sluggers Andres Galaragga and Andruw Jones would both hit 2-run HR to bring the Braves the lead at 5-3. Once again, the Padres would rally, with Tony Gwynn driving home Finley in the 5th and Ed Giovanola smashing a drive down the line for a triple in the 6th to score Sheets to tie the game at 5.

Once again the Padre bullpen would falter, this time it was Donne Wall, first allowing a home run to Javy Lopez in the 6th, and then a 2 run shot to Ryan Klesko in the 7th to bring the final score of 8-5.

News and Notes -  Quilvio Veras was back, albeit in a pinch hitting role in the 9th.

Standings:

SDP	23	13	.639	--
SFG	20	17	.541	3.5
LAD	18	18	.500	5.0
COL	17	20	.459	6.5
ARI	8	28	.222	15.0

HOT FRIAR:  Tony Gwynn, another 2 hits, going 2 for 5, with 2 RBI raising average to .377
COLD FRIAR: Wall, 2 IP, 3 ER, 2 HR

Notable games of May 10

PADRES FRANCHISE RECORD ON THIS DATE = 14-30 .318

Game 30 1984 - @Cardinals 7 Padres 0 - marking the start of 7 game losing streak, the longest of the pennant winning 1984 season. The losing streak would see the Padres drop from second place to 4th and their record to .500 at 18-18 

Game 33 2008 - @Cubs 8 Padres 7 - Alex Dickerson becomes the first Padre to have his first MLB home run be a pinch-hit grand slam in the loss. 

GAME OF THE DATE

Game 37 2008 - Padres 3 Rockies 2

 

Greg Maddux wins the 350th game of his career pitching for the Padres in a 3–2 win over Colorado at Petco Park. Maddux allows one unearned run on three hits and no walks with two strikeouts over six innings. Adrian Gonzalez hits a three-run homer and Trevor Hoffman gets the save.

Padres Making MLB Debuts on May 10

1991
Kevin Ward
Age - 29
Position - LF 
Stat Line -  1 for 3 , RBI, 2B, SAC, K (first MLB hit off Brian Barnes) in a 6-4 loss to the Expos at the Murph. 

Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 6th round of the 1983 amateur draft
Signed as a free agent (January 28, 1991)

Padre Career: .217 with 5 HR and 20 RBI in 125 games (2 seasons)

1994
Jose Martinez
Age - 23
Position -SP  
Stat Line -  LOSS, 4 1/3  IP,  7 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2 HR (Kevin Mitchell, Brian Dorsett) in a 5-0 loss to the Reds at the Murph. 

Drafted by the Florida Marlins from the New York Mets as the 4th pick in the 1992 expansion draft
Traded by the Florida Marlins with Andres Berumen and Trevor Hoffman to the San Diego Padres for Rich Rodriguez and Gary Sheffield. (June 24, 1993)

Padre Career: 0-2 record with a 6.75 ERA in 4 games, with his debut as his only start (1 season)

2002
Dennis Tankersley
Age - 23
Position - SP  
Stat Line -  ND, 5 2/3 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, 1 HR (Andruw Jones) in a 7-3 loss to the Braves in Atlanta. 

Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 38th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Cesar Saba (minors) to the San Diego Padres for Ed Sprague. (June 30, 2000)

Traded by the San Diego Padres with Terrence Long and cash to the Kansas City Royals for Ryan Bukvich and Darrell May. (November 8, 2004)

Padre Career: 1-10 record with a 7.61 ERA in 27 games with 16 starts (3 seasons)

2003
Roger Deago
Age - 25
Position - SP  
Stat Line -  ND, 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, in a 4-2 loss to the Mets in New York. 

Signed by the San Diego Padres as an amateur free agent. (October 29, 2002)
Released (January 3, 2008)

Padre Career: 0-1 record with a 7.84 ERA in 2 starts (1 season)

2008
Luke Carlin
Age - 27
Position - C 
Stat Line -  0 for 3 , 3 K in a 3-2 win over the Rockies at the Petco. Caught Maddux's 350th win. 

Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 10th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed as a free agent (April 29, 2003)

Granted free agency (November 3, 2008)

Padre Career: .149 with 1 HR and 6 RBI in 36 games (1 season)

Transactions of May 10

1981
Sold Mike Phillips to the Montreal Expos.

• IF Philips appeared in 14 games, hitting .207 with 0 HR and 0 RBI. He arrived in San Diego as part of a trade with St. Louis after the 1980 season.

1991
Released Mike Aldrete.

• 1B/OF Aldrete went hitless in 18 games with 1 RBI after signing as a free agent on April 5 1991.

2004
Released Gene Kingsale.

• OF Kingsale previously played for the Padres in 2002, hitting .278 with 2 HR and 28 RBI in 89 games. Traded to Detroit at the end of 2002, he would re-sign in 2003 with the Padres.

2016
Selected Keith Hessler off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks.

• P Hessler would appear in 15 games in 2016, with a record of 1-0 and a 3.38 ERA. He would be releases in 2017.

2017
Sold Barry Enright to the Colorado Rockies.

• P Enright was pitching at AA San Antonio at the time of the move to Colorado. He signed as a free agent in January 2017.

Selected Jose Valdez off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels.

• P Valdez would appear in 13 games with no record and a 7.94 ERA. He would be granted free agency after the 2017 season.