This Date In Padres Baseball - May 14

THIS DATE IN PADRES BASEBALL

1998 SEASON

PADRES SWEEP DOUBLEHEADER

GAME 1 - PADRES 3 METS 1

Padres rally with 2 in the 8th to win Game 1 of the doubleheader. Andy Ashby pitched well, tossing 7 innings allowing only 1 run, continuing his hot streak. Padres were helped by a walk and an error in the 8th, both scoring off a single by Eddie Williams and a sacrifice fly from Chris Gomez. Trevor Hoffman worked around 2 hits to secure the victory and his 11th save.

GAME 2 - PADRES 6 METS 2

Sterling Hitchcock had a solid start, giving up 2 in the first, then shutting the Mets down for the next 5 innings, but left the game trailing 2-1. Dan Miceli (3-1) picked up the win when, once again, the Padres rally late, tying it in the 6th on Greg Vaughn's 11th home run, then rallied for 4 more in the 7th. Tony Gwynn supplied the big blow, with his 6th home run of the season a 3-run blast to blow the game open.

News and Notes -  First double header sweep since August 11, 1995 against the Cardinals

Standings:

SDP	26	14	.650	--
SFG	23	18	.561	3.5
LAD	19	21	.475	7.0
COL	17	24	.415	9.5
ARI	9	31	.225	17.0

HOT FRIAR:  Tony Gwynn, 3 for 8 on the day with 5 RBI
COLD FRIAR: James Mouton, 0 for 3 for the day, average sits at .170

Notable games of May 14

PADRES FRANCHISE RECORD ON THIS DATE = 22-27 .449

Game 18 1995 - Padres 9 @Cubs 7 - for the second time in the 1995 season, a 4 game winning streak begins

Game 40 2003 - Marlins 10 Padres 3 - start of a season high 9 game losing streak

Game 38 2006 - Padres 9 @Cubs 0 -  Brian Giles draws a franchise-record five walks.The win is also the Padres’ franchise-record eighth straight road win. Right-hander Clay Hensley allows two hits and a walk in a complete-game shutout and strikes out five times as a hitter to set a since-tied franchise record. Giles scored twice as shortstop Khalil Greene had a homer and four RBIs.

GAME OF THE DATE

Game 34 1988 - Padres 3 Expos 2 

Only notable for one reason - I was in attendance! Look at the price of admission! Cheaper than a latte now!

Ed Whitson went seven innings for his 3rd win of the year. Lance McCullers tossed 2 scoreless innings for his 3rd save.

The only thing I really remember about this game is the booing of Larry Bowa. The fans didn't like him or the fact that the team was already 9 games out of first this early in the season. Eventually Trader Jack fired him and put himself in as manager. At the time that seemed really odd, but it worked out for the 1988 Padres, who went 67-48 under McKeon to finish with a winning record that year at 83-78.

But tonight, the hero was rookie Roberto Alomar, who singled home Shawn Abner in the bottom of the 7th with the go ahead run.

 

Padres Making MLB Debuts on May 14

1983
Mark Thurmond
Age - 26
Position - RP 
Stat Line -  ND, 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, in a 4-1 loss to the Dodgers at the Murph.

Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 5th round of the 1979 amateur draft.
 Traded by the San Diego Padres to the Detroit Tigers for Dave LaPoint. (July 9, 1986)

Padre Career: 31-29 with a 3.67 ERA in 106 games with 85 starts and 2 saves (4 seasons)

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

T15 ERA - 3.67

T29 WINS - 31

#32 IP - 503

#26 GS - 85

T35 CG - 6

T18 SHUTOUTS - 3

2018
Franmil Reyes
Age - 22
Position - RF  
Stat Line - 0 for 4 , 2 K (first K vs Tyler Anderson) in a 6-4 loss to the Rockies at Petco

Signed by the San Diego Padres as an amateur free agent in 2011
Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the San Diego Padres with Victor Nova (minors) and Logan Allen to the Cleveland Indians. The Cleveland Indians sent Trevor Bauer to the Cincinnati Reds. The Cincinnati Reds sent Taylor Trammell (minors) to the San Diego Padres. The Cincinnati Reds sent Scott Moss (minors) and Yasiel Puig to the Cleveland Indians. (July 31, 2019)

Padre Career: .266 with 43 HR and 77 RBI in 186 games (2 seasons)

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

T38 HR - 43

Transactions of May 14

1971
Returned Ramon Webster to the Oakland Athletics following previous purchase.

• OF/1B Webster played in 10 games before being returned to the A's. 1 for 8 in 10 plate appearances.

1991
Signed Mark Ettles as a free agent.

• P Ettles would pitch in the minors until making his MLB debut as a Padre in 1993. Padre career totals of 1-0 with 6.50 ERA in 14 games

2006
Released Eric Valent.

• OF/1B Valent didn't play for the Padres after signing as a free agent in January 2006. He would hit .209 at AAA Portland marking the end of  his playing career with this release.