This Day in Padres History 9/16

Cashner faces minimum in 2013 one-hitter; Grant throws shutout

By Bill Center

Mark Grant delivers a pitch during game action for the Padres

Sept. 16, 1978 — Right-hander Gaylord Perry allows a run on five hits and no walks with five strikeouts in a complete game as the Padres defeat Houston 2–1 at San Diego Stadium.

Sept. 16, 1987 — Right-hander Mark Grant allows two hits and three walks with nine strikeouts in a complete-game shutout as the Padres defeat Atlanta 3–0 at San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium.

Sept. 16, 1991 — Outfielder Thomas Howard is 2-for-4 with a homer and five RBIs as the Padres defeat Houston 6–1 at San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium.

Sept. 16, 2012 — Second baseman Logan Forsythe and first baseman Yonder Alonso each have four hits as the padres defeat Colorado 12–11 at Petco Park.

Sept. 16, 2013 — Andrew Cashner’s no-hit bid is stopped by Jose Tabata’s single leading off the seventh. But that is the only hit allowed by the right-hander, who becomes the only pitcher in Padres history to face the minimum 27 hitters in a nine-inning complete game. Cashner’s final line in a 2–0 victory in Pittsburgh: nine innings, one hit, no runs, no walks, seven strikeouts.