{"id":139682,"date":"2025-09-12T23:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T23:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/139682\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T23:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T23:05:08","slug":"friarnotes-padres-winning-67-of-the-time-vasquez-starts-notes-on-suarez-miller-merrill-laureano-campusano-hits-in-25th-straight-game-at-aaa-padres-rally-to-clinch-1998-n-l-west-title-by-fria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/139682\/","title":{"rendered":"FriarNotes: Padres winning 67% of the time V\u00e1squez starts; Notes on Suarez, Miller, Merrill, Laureano; Campusano hits in 25th straight game at AAA; Padres rally to clinch 1998 N.L. West title | by FriarWire | Sep, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Bill Center\"FriarWire\"<\/a>Press enter or click to view image in full size\"\"Photo of Randy V\u00e1squez pitching at Petco Park<\/p>\n

Mike Shildt has a mantra when it comes to starting pitching.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe \u21161 job of the starting pitcher is to give the team a chance to win,\u201d Shildt has said on countless occasions.<\/p>\n

Randy V\u00e1squez has stood out at this task in 2025. Although V\u00e1squez\u2019s personal record is 5\u20136, the Padres are 16\u20138 in his 24 starts.<\/p>\n

Thursday night, V\u00e1squez shut out Colorado on four hits and no walks with a career-high nine strikeouts in six innings to key the Padres\u2019 2\u20130 win \u2014 which was also their fourth straight shutout win over the Rockies at Petco Park this season.<\/p>\n

In his two starts since returning from Triple-A El Paso, V\u00e1squez is 2\u20130 and has given up three runs (two earned) on 12 hits and no walks with 12 strikeouts in 12 innings for a 1.50 earned run average and a 1.000 WHIP.<\/p>\n

Overall, V\u00e1squez has a 3.72 ERA and a 1.346 WHIP this season in 25 games (24 starts) \u2014 giving up 53 runs (51 earned) on 117 hits and 49 walks with 71 strikeouts in 123 1\/3 innings. His 44 starts over the past two seasons are second among Padres\u2019 pitchers to Dylan Cease.<\/p>\n

PAD BITS:<\/p>\n

\u2014 RH closer Robert Suarez Thursday night became the 18th pitcher in Padres\u2019 history to make 200 appearances with the club. He struck out one in a perfect inning to record his 37th save, which is more more than he recorded in 2024.<\/p>\n

Press enter or click to view image in full size\"\"Photo of Robert Suarez during his closer entrance at Petco Park<\/p>\n

\u2014 RHP Mason Miller struck out two in a perfect inning as his overall ERA on the season dipped below three to 2.96. His ERA in 16 appearances as a Padre dipped to 1.10 with his 14th straight scoreless outing. And 31 of the 49 outs he has recorded as a Padre have come via the strikeout.<\/p>\n

\u2014 CF Jackson Merrill connected on a solo home run in 3 at-bats for half the Padres\u2019 production. He has hit safely in 5 of his last six games, going 8-for-23 (.349) with 2 doubles, 2 triples, 2 home runs, 5 RBIs and 5 runs for a .870 slugging percentage. The home run was Merrill\u2019s fourth in 24 games after hitting only 4 in his previous 67 games.<\/p>\n

\u2014 LF Ram\u00f3n Laureano was 0-for-3 Thursday but drew a walk to extend his season-long streak of reaching base to 12 straight games. That is tied for the fourth-longest on-base streak of his career.<\/p>\n

PADRES ON DECK:<\/p>\n

DH Luis Campusano (.339) had a double and his 25th home run in 4 at-bats with 2 RBIs to extend his hitting streak to 25 straight game and his on-base streak to 37 straight games Thursday night for Triple-A El Paso. CF Tirso Ornelas (.285), the Padres\u2019 \u211611 prospect, was 1-for-4.<\/p>\n

Starting RHP Victor Lizarraga, the Padres\u2019 \u211627 prospect, gave up a run on 3 hits and 3 walks with 5 strikeouts in 5 innings to earn a win in his first start for Triple-A El Paso. LHP Omar Cruz (4.97), the Padres\u2019 \u211624 prospect, allowed a run on 2 hits with 3 strikeouts in 2 innings. RHP Bradgley Rodriguez (3.14), the Padres\u2019 \u21166 prospect, issued a walk with a strikeout in a hitless, scoreless inning.<\/p>\n

CF Braedon Karpathios (.221), the Padres\u2019 \u211629 prospect, was 1-for-4 with 2 RBIs for Double-A San Antonio. 1B Romeo Sanabria (.260), the Padres\u2019 \u211620 prospect, was 0-for-2 with 2 walks and a run.<\/p>\n

AROUND THE FARM:<\/p>\n

TRIPLE-A EL PASO (37\u201326, 75\u201365) \u2014 CHIHUAHUAS 4, Albuquerque 2: SS-2B Clay Dungan (.274) was 2-for-4 with a triple, a RBI and a run. RF Yonathan Perlaza (.304) hit his 47th double in 4 at-bats with a run and a RBI that tied El Paso\u2019s single-season record at 105. 2B Nate Mondou (.312) was 2-for-4. RHP Sean Reynolds (3.12) allowed a hit in a scoreless inning to earn his fifth save.<\/p>\n

DOUBLE-A SAN ANTONIO (25\u201339, 65\u201369) \u2014 Missions 5, SPRINGFIELD 1: Starting LHP Luis Gutierrez gave up 2 hits and 2 walks with 4 strikeouts in 5 innings to earn the win in his first start at Double-A. LHP Harry Gustin (0.00) issued a walk in an otherwise perfect inning to earn his second save. LF Wyatt Hoffman (.161) was 2-for-4 with a run. DH Albert Fabian (.257) had a 2-run double in 5 at-bats.<\/p>\n

PADRES HISTORY:<\/p>\n

Sept. 12, 1998 \u2014 The Padres rally from a 7\u20130 deficit to defeat the Dodgers 8\u20137 before 60,823 at Qualcomm Stadium to clinch their third National League West title.<\/p>\n

Sept. 12, 2004 \u2014 The Padres tie a franchise, single-inning record with 10 hits while scoring 12 runs in the ninth inning at Colorado in a 15\u20132 win. Right fielder Brian Giles hits homers in back-to-back innings (the eighth and ninth) for four RBIs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Bill CenterPress enter or click to view image in full sizePhoto of Randy V\u00e1squez pitching at Petco…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139683,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-139682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}