It is taking at least 7,181 games for the San Diego Padres to get the team’s first no-hitter in franchise history. For one of the other Major League teams born in 1969 – the Montreal Expos – it took just just nine games. The franchise that relocated to Washington, D.C., to become the Nationals in…
The Seattle Pilots were one of three San Diego Padres expansion partners in 1969. And although the team lasted just one season in the Pacific Northwest, the team has continued on as the Milwaukee Brewers, first in the AL before moving to the NL. The Pilots couldn’t notch a no-hitter or even a one-hitter during…
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…
