This Date In Padres Baseball - May 21

THIS DATE IN PADRES BASEBALL

1998 SEASON

PADRES DROP FINALE

PIRATES 3 PADRES 2

Kevin Brown (3-3) was given an early lead, but little offense after that, allowing 5 of  the 8 hits  in a 3 run third to drop the finale in Pittsburgh.

Greg Vaughn supplied the limited offense for the Padres tonight, driving in Tony Gwynn and Wally Joyner with a single to center field.

Jason Schmidt (7-1) was just too tough tonight, sprinkling 6 hits over 8 innings, striking out Andy Sheets looking in the 7th with Carlos Hernandez on second with the last real scoring opportunity of the night.

News and Notes -  Kevin Brown was a little wild tonight, although he only walked 1, he hit 2 batters and had a throwing error.

Standings:

SDP	30	17	.638	--
SFG	27	20	.574	3.0
LAD	22	24	.478	7.5
COL	19	28	.404	11.0
ARI	14	32	.304	15.5

HOT FRIAR: Hernandez, 2 for 3, double. Average up to .282
COLD FRIAR: Padre bench - a combined 0 for 8 with 5 strikeouts in spot starts and pinch hit appearances

Notable games of May 21

PADRES FRANCHISE RECORD ON THIS DATE = 16-29 .356

Game 40 1971 - @Cardinals 15 Padres 8 - in a 100 loss season, 15 runs today were the most allowed.

Game 39 1975 - Padres 1 Cardinals 0 - Joe McIntosh allows eight hits with four strikeouts in a complete-game shutout. The Padres lone run scores on a throwing error by Cardinals starting pitcher Bob Gibson.

Game 36 1980 - The Pirates score in the fourth inning in the first game of a double-header to end Randy Jones’ franchise-record streak of 30 straight scoreless innings.

Game 43 1997 - Padres 5 Dodgers 4 (11 innings) San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium is renamed Qualcomm Stadium after the San Diego-based wireless communications firm commits $18 million to cover the deficit in the $78 million stadium expansion project.

Game 42 2010 - @Mariners 15 Padres 8 - setting a 2010 season high for most runs allowed

GAME OF THE DATE

Game 41 1977 - Padres 11 @Expos 8 (21 innings)

Merv Rettenmund hits a three-run homer in the top of the 21st inning to give the Padres an 11–8 win at Montreal in what is still the longest road game in franchise history. At the time, it is by time (five hours and 33 minutes) the longest game in Padres history and tied for the longest game by innings.

Padres Making MLB Debuts on May 21

1974
Dan Spillner
Age - 22
Position - SP
Stat Line -  Loss, 2/3 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 1 BB in a 5-4 loss to the Astros in Houston.

Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 2nd round of the 1970 amateur draft.
Traded by the San Diego Padres to the Cleveland Indians for Dennis Kinney. (June 14, 1978)

Padre Career: 24-41 with a 4.25 ERA in 192 games, with 64 starts, 8 complete games, 2 shut outs, and 7 saves (5 seasons)

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

#28 ERA - 4.25

T41 WINS - 24

#28 GAMES - 192

T38 SAVES - 7

#29 IP - 570

T34 Ks - 346

T35 STARTS - 64

T23 CG - 8

T30 SHUT OUTS - 2

Transactions of May 21

2003
Signed Jose Silva as a free agent.

• P Silva would pitch at AAA Portland for a month before his release

2009
Traded Jody Gerut to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Tony Gwynn.

• OF Gerut appeared in 137 games across the 2008 and 2009 season. He hit .277 with 18 HR and 57 RBI
• OF Gwynn would appear in 236 games from 2009-2010 hitting .242 with 5 HR and 41 RBI

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

T47 SB - 28

2017
Selected Chase d'Arnaud off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.

• SS/3B d'Arnaud would appear in 22 games, hitting .143 with 1 HR and 3 RBI before being granted free agency at the end of the season.