This Date In Padre Baseball - October 18

                        

THIS DATE IN PADRE BASEBALL

1998 SEASON

WORLD SERIES GAME TWO - YANKEES 9 PADRES 3 (YANKEES LEAD 2-0)

In Game 2, the Yankees pounced early and often against Andy Ashby, running him out of the game after 2 2/3 innings and collecting 7 runs to build a lead that El Duque Hernandez would not relinquish.

The wheels fells off early after a Ken Caminti error allowed Chuck Knoblauch to score the games first run in the first. 2 additional unearned runs would score to give the Yankees a 3-0 lead before Yankee Stadium was even completely filled.

Ashby's second inning wasn't any better. Derek Jeter singled in Knoblauch and Bernie Williams would homer to bring in Jeter and extend the lead to 6-0. A double by Ricky Ledee in the 3rd to score Tino Martinez was the last straw for Ashby, and Brian Boehringer was brought in. 

The Padres would get on the board in the 5th on a double from Quilvio Veras to score Chris Gomez, but Tony Gwynn would ground out to end the inning at 7-1.

The Yankees did what they so often did in 1998, and responded immediately. This time it was Jorge Posada hitting a 2 run home run to make it 9-1.

In the 8th, the Padres would cobble together a few hits and make the score 9-3, but the rally was never a real threat to the Yankees lead and now have a commanding 2-0 lead in the series heading to San Diego.

Transactions of October 18

2000

Domingo Guzman granted Free Agency.

• P Guzman, signed as a free agent in 1993, made his MLB debut as a Padre on September 9, 1999 and appeared in 8 games over 2 seasons, posting a 0-1 record with a 19.50 ERA.

John Roskos granted Free Agency.

• OF/1B Roskos, signed as a free agent in 1999, appeared in 14 games during the 2000 season, hitting .037 with 1 RBI. 

Stan Spencer granted Free Agency.

• P Spencer, signed as a free agent in 1997, made his MLB debut as a Padre on August 27, 1998, and would appear in 23 games (21 starts) over 3 seasons, posting a 3-9 record and a 5.54 ERA.

Joe Vitiello granted Free Agency.

• 1B Vitiello, signed as a free agent in 1999, appeared in 39 games during the 2000 season, hitting .250 with 2 HR and 8 RBI.

George Williams granted Free Agency.

• C Williams, signed as a free agent in 1999, appeared in 11 games during the 2000 season, hitting .188 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

2001

Mike Colangelo granted Free Agency.

• OF Colangelo, acquired from the Arizona Diamondbacks via wavers in 2000, would go on to appear in 50 games during the 2001 season, hitting .242 with 2 HR and 8 RBI. 

2010

Signed Andrew Werner as an amateur free agent.

• P Werner, made his MLB debut as a Padre on August 22, 2012, and would make 8 starts in 2012, posting a 2-3 record with a 5.58 ERA. Traded to the Oakland A's in November 2012.