Andrew Cashner on Friday night joined Randy Jones and Bruce Hurst as the only San Diego Padres pitchers to throw two complete-game one-hitters for the team. Both Mat Latos and Andy Benes had one complete-game one-hitter and one partial one-hitter preserved by the bullpen. Here are details of the one-hitters by Jones, Hurst and Cashner.…
Andrew Cashner notched the Padres’ 28th one-hitter in franchise history Friday night, leading San Diego to a 6-0 win over the Detroit Tigers at Petco Park. The Tigers’ only hit against Cashner came in the sixth inning, when Rajai Davis hit a single to center just past second-baseman Jedd Gyorko. The lone blemish marked the…
Mark Langston, a San Diego native who moved to Santa Clara at age 4, spent the 1998 season with the Padres with a 4-6 record and a 5.86 ERA. He was a California Angel on April 11, 1990, when he got the start for the Halos at home in Anaheim against the Seattle Mariners. Langston…
The San Diego Padres turned their fourth of the franchise’s seven triple plays, 36 years ago today. On April 11, 1978, the Braves were trying to get on the board during a scoreless game at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium when Dale Murphy and Rod Gilbreath hit back-to-back singles in the bottom of the second inning. Up…
25 years ago today, a day after recording their sixth triple play in franchise history, the San Diego Padres notched their 13th one-hitter. On April 10, 1989, Bruce Hurst was making his second start of the season after getting tagged by San Francisco Giants hitters for seven earned runs on 10 hits during his Padres…
25 years ago today, the San Diego Padres turned their sixth of seven triple plays in franchise history. On April 9, 1989, after Eric Show began the bottom of the eighth inning by walking Kevin Bass, Manager Jack McKeon brought in Mark Davis to face Greg Gross. Gross laid down a sacrifice bunt but reached…