Today in Padre History - April 26

Today in Padre History
April 27, 1982

Padres 8, Mets 5

San Diego starts the bottom of the 3rd inning with 5 consecutive hits to
chase New York starter Pat Zachry. The hits are by center fielder Ruppert
Jones (bunt single), right fielder Sixto Lezcano (single), catcher Terry
Kennedy (single), third baseman Luis Salazar (triple), and first baseman
Broderick Perkins (single). Jones leads the Padres with 3 hits, and Lezcano
and Salazar have 2 RBI apiece.

Padre starting pitcher John Curtis lasts only 4 innings and gives up 8 hits
and 5 runs. Eric Show (3-0) picks up the win by throwing 5 innings of 2-hit
shutout ball.

The Mets are led by pinch hitter Joel Youngblood, who delivers a
bases-loaded double in the fourth inning for 3 RBI. Right fielder Ellis
Valentine is the only New Yorker with 2 hits. Reliever Jesse Orosco (0-3)
pitches 3 innings and takes the loss despite giving up only 1 earned run.

At: Jack Murphy Stadium
Attendance: 20,414

Game information from Retrosheet.org:
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1982/B04270SDN1982.htm

On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:37:28 -0500, "Komet17" <selucas.DeleteThis@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

>Today in Padre History
>April 27, 1982
>
>Padres 8, Mets 5
>
>San Diego starts the bottom of the 3rd inning with 5 consecutive hits to
>chase New York starter Pat Zachry. The hits are by center fielder Ruppert
>Jones (bunt single), right fielder Sixto Lezcano (single), catcher Terry
>Kennedy (single), third baseman Luis Salazar (triple), and first baseman
>Broderick Perkins (single). Jones leads the Padres with 3 hits, and Lezcano
>and Salazar have 2 RBI apiece.


Of note: new manager Dick Williams did not throw away outs with
compulsive Sacrifice Bunts in this 9th inning rally. He let the
boys swing away.

As HOFer Earl Weaver points out, Outs are precious things,
you only get 27 a game, so make them count.