Today in Padre History - April 25

Today in Padre History
April 25, 1976

Padres 6, Cubs 2

Left fielder Jerry Turner leads the Padres past Chicago, 6-2, with a single,
triple, and 2 RBI. Right fielder Dave Winfield and third baseman Doug Rader
each score two runs, and shortstop Hector Torres drives in two runs.
Starter Bill Greif (1-1) pitches the minimum 5 innings for the win, and
reliever Butch Metzger gets his second save by throwing 2-1/3 scorelees
innings. Metzger goes on to win the National League Rookie of the Year
Award, but pitches only two more years in the major leagues.

Starting pitcher Rick Reuschel (0-1) takes the loss for Chicago, pitching 6
innings before being relieved by his older brother, Paul, who pitches 2
innings. The Cubs only manage 5 hits in the game, including two each by
Rick Monday and Manny Trillo.

At: San Diego Stadium
Attendance: 20,218

Game information from Retrosheet.org:
[url]http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1976/B04260SDN1976.htm[/url]

Whoops--that should be April 26, not 25.

On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:26:30 GMT, "Komet17" <selucas@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

>Today in Padre History
>April 25, 1976
>
>Padres 6, Cubs 2
>
>Left fielder Jerry Turner leads the Padres past Chicago, 6-2, with a single,
>triple, and 2 RBI. Right fielder Dave Winfield and third baseman Doug Rader
>each score two runs, and shortstop Hector Torres drives in two runs.
>Starter Bill Greif (1-1) pitches the minimum 5 innings for the win, and


In 1978 Jerry Turner would have the Greatest Pinch-Hitter season
in Padres history: In 49 tries he had 20 base hits, a nifty .408
batting average, leading the NL in pinch hits. It seemed like
almost all of them were game winners too.