2010 San Diego Padres season
| 2010 San Diego Padres | |
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| Record | 90–72 (.556) |
| Divisional place | 2nd |
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| Owner(s) | Jeff Moorad |
| General manager(s) | Jed Hoyer |
| Manager(s) | Bud Black |
| Local television |
4SD (Dick Enberg, Mark Grant, Tony Gwynn, Mark Neely) Cablemas (Spanish) |
| Local radio |
XX Sports Radio (Ted Leitner, Jerry Coleman, Andy Masur) XEMO-AM (Spanish) (Eduardo Otega, Juan Angel Avila) |
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The San Diego Padres' 2010 season was their 42nd season in MLB. On August 25, the Padres had a 6.5-game lead over the second-place San Francisco Giants, but ended up missing the playoffs as the Giants passed them in September.
Many preseason predictions picked the Padres to finish the season in last place in the NL West.
On April 12, 2010, (Padres home opener) the Padres scored 17 runs against the Atlanta Braves as they went on to win 17–2. (Including a 10 run 4th inning making it the most runs in one half inning of baseball in Petco Park's history)
In the Padres' 1–0 win over the San Francisco Giants on April 20, San Diego won despite San Francisco's Jonathan Sánchez and Sergio Romo limiting them to just one hit, one of the very rare occasions that a team won with just one hit.
Even though the Padres never had a pitcher who threw a perfect game, Mat Latos threw a one hitter in a 1–0 win over the Giants on May 13.
On May 29, the Giants signed free agent outfielder Pat Burrell. Padres CEO Jeff Moorad, Burrell's friend and his former agent, would later say he regretted not recruiting Burrell to the Padres.
On May 31, the Padres played 51 games and are 2.0 games ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers. They had one of the highest winning percentages in the National League despite having poor attendance and one of the worst payrolls in the MLB. The Padres had one of the lowest ERA in the National League.
On June 11, the Padres had 36 wins and 25 losses. They were tied with the Los Angeles Dodgers in first place.
On June 14, in the Padres' 6–3 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, an earthquake shook Petco Park. Many fans and Cito Gaston, the Blue Jays' manager, felt it, but most of the players didn't feel it. Gaston reported that he felt the dugout move side from side a little.
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