"Don't care for the walks to the leadoff batter, but after that, he was pretty much mistake-free from him," Padres manager Andy Green said. "He was outstanding. He's always going to get double-play balls, and that's why holding runners was paramount for his growth. Until he learned that step, he was never going to pitch that deep into a baseball game because he was never going to get the double-play ball."
For the Padres, their previous high was five, but the record was set in the eighth inning when Jeff Francoeur bounced into a 5-4-3 DP.