This Date In Padres Baseball - May 15

THIS DATE IN PADRES BASEBALL

1998 SEASON

PADRES HOLD ON FOR VICTORY

PADRES 7 PHILLIES 6

Down 4-3 in the 7th, the Padres, once again rallied to victory at the Q. The hero, again, Greg Vaughn, with a 3 run HR deep into the left-center stands, to great roars from the 25, 157 Friar faithful.

Up 6-4 the ball was left in the hands of Brian Boehringer (5-1) who couldn't close out the 8th, allowing a run to edge the Phillies closer before Bruce Bochy called on Trevor Hoffman to get 4 outs.

Hoffman closed out the 8th, and was rewarded with a RBI triple by James Mouton for what turned out to be a much needed insurance run. Doug Glanville would hit a triple and score on a Gregg Jeffries single before getting the last two outs to secure the win and his 12th save. 

News and Notes -  Ken Caminiti had a set back in his rehab, and is looking at another 2 weeks before coming back to the team.

Standings:

SDP	27	14	.659	--
SFG	24	18	.571	3.5
LAD	19	22	.463	8.0
COL	17	25	.405	10.5
ARI	10	31	.244	17.0

HOT FRIAR:  Vaughn is on a streak, 2 for 4, 3 RBI and his 12th HR of the season
COLD FRIAR: Steve Finley, 0 for 5, now hitting .200

Notable games of May 15

PADRES FRANCHISE RECORD ON THIS DATE = 20-27 .426

Game 37 1970 Padres 10 Astros 8 - Nate Colbert hits a two-run, walk-off homer in the 10th inning at San Diego Stadium to give the Padres a 10–8 victory over Houston. Colbert’s 11th homer of the season is the fourth by the Padres in the game. Ivan Murrell hit two and Ollie Brown hit one.

Game 32 1978 Padres 4 Cardinals 3 (14 innings) - longest game of the 1978 season.

Game 32 1985 Cardinals 14 Padres 4 -  most runs allowed in the 1985 season.

Game 41 2003 Braves 15 Padres 6- for the second time in the 2003 season a season high 15 runs allowed

Game 36 2009 - Padres 5 Reds 3 - the start of a season high 10 game winning streak

Game 43 2019 - @Dodgers 2 Padres 0 - The Padres were shut out for the 600th time in franchise history.

GAME OF THE DATE

Game 44 2018 Padres 4 Rockies 0 - 1-hitter #30

For the 7,858th time, the Padres cannot complete the no-hitter, when Trevor Story singles off Jordan Lyles with one out in the 8th. 

Padres Making MLB Debuts on May 15

No player as made their MLB debut as a Padre on this date.

Transactions of May 15

1974
Signed Rich Chiles as a free agent.

• OF Chiles spent all of 1974 at AAA Hawaii before his release after the season.

2000
Released Jed Hansen.

• IF Hansen signed at the start of the season, but spent the season at AAA Las Vegas.

2001
Released Ron Mahay.

• P Mahey was signed in November 2000, but only pitched at AAA Portland.

2006
Signed Stephen Smitherman as a free agent.

• OF Smitherman would spend the season at AA Mobile before his release.

2009
Released Duaner Sanchez.

• P Sanchez appeared in 12 games with a 1-1 record with a 9.00 ERA 

Selected Josh Wilson off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks.

• IF Wilson would appear in 16 games, hitting .105 with 0 HR and 1 RBI prior to his release

2011
Randy Flores granted Free Agency.

• P Flores would only pitch at AAA Tucson after signing with the Padres in February 2011 

2013

Released Fautino De Los Santos.

• P De Los Santos would appear in only 2 games at AAA Tucson before his release

2014
Traded Kyle Blanks to the Oakland Athletics. Received a player to be named later and Jake Goebbert.

• 1B/OF Blanks appeared in 239 games as a Padre, hitting .228 with 28 HR and 98 RBI

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

T22 HBP - 16

• 1B/OF Goebbert would make his MLB debut as a Padre in 2014, appearing in 51 games, hitting .218 with 1 HR and 10 RBI