This Date In Padre Baseball - September 18

       THIS DATE IN PADRE BASEBALL       

1998 SEASON

Rockies 4 Padres 1

The Padres again muster little offense, scoring only one run to extend their losing streak to a season high 4 games, at the worst time, falling 3 games back of the Astros for the #2 seed with just 7 games left to play.

Again, a Padre starter pitched well enough to win, this time Andy Ashby (16-9) allowed 3 runs in 6 2/3 innings, but the offense was non-existent with only one extra base hit, a double by Wally Joyner in the 9th.

News and Notes - The timely big hits that have sparked the team to the NL West title is mysteriously absent at the moment. Let's hope it returns for the likely playoff match-up with Houston.

Standings:  

SDP	95	60	.613	--
SFG	82	71	.536	12.0
LAD	78	76	.506	16.5
COL	74	81	.477	21.0
ARI	62	93	.400	33.0

PLAYOFF RACE

ATL	99	56	.639	--
HOU	98	57	.632	1.0
SDP	95	60	.613	4.0
CHC	87	68	.561	12.0
NYM	86	69	.555	13.0
SFG	82	71	.536	16.0

HOT FRIAR: Wally Joyner, 2 for 4, 2B, RBI hitting .301

COLD FRIAR:  Pick a hitter any hitter, the slump is contagious

Notable games of September 18 

PADRES FRANCHISE RECORD ON THIS DATE =  23-20 .535

Game 152 1971 - Padres 2 @Giants 1

Right-hander Clay Kirby takes a no-hitter into the eighth and finishes with the second, complete-game one-hitter in Padres history in a 2–1 Padres win in San Francisco. Willie McCovey led off the eighth with a homer for the only hit off Kirby. Kirby allowed the one hit and a walk with 10 strikeouts in nine innings.

Game 152 2014 - Padres 7 Phillies 3

For the third and final time in 2014, the Padres start a 5 game wining streak after Wil Venable and Alexi Amarista homer to lead the Padres to victory at Petco Park.

GAME OF THE DATE

Game 149 1983 - Padres 4 @Braves 2 (13 innings)

Tony Gwynn goes 3-for-5 and sets a then franchise record by hitting safely in a 25th straight game. The streak is the longest in the Major Leagues in 1983 and the longest of Gwynn’s career. Center fielder Ruppert Jones hits a two-run homer in the top of the 13th to give the Padres a 4–2 win at Atlanta.

Padres Making MLB Debuts on September 18

2017

Christian Villanueva

Age - 26

Position - 3B

Stat Line - 0 for 3, 1 K in a 4-2 victory over the Diamondbacks at Petco. 

Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres. (December 12, 2016)

Released by the San Diego Padres. (November 21, 2018)

Padre Career:  122 games over 2 seasons, hitting .245 with 24 HR and 53 RBI

 

Transactions of September 18

1986

Released Steve Kemp.

• LF Kemp, signed as a free agent in June, appeared only at AAA Las Vegas.

1996

Fernando Hernandez selected by the Detroit Tigers off waivers.

• P Hernandez, acquired from the Cleveland Indians via a trade on June 1, 1993 appeared only in the minors, promoting up to AAA, but pitching at AA Memphis at the time of the waiver selection.