Mike Thompson was promoted from Triple-A Portland for the sixth time this season on September 4. The right-hander was 6-1 in Portland with a 3.76 ERA. He pitched three scoreless innings on Monday and has yielded 69 hits and 20 walks in 69.1 innings.

2005

Thompson went 6-6 with a 3.22 ERA in 18 games for the Mobile BayBears, all as a starter. In 114.2 inings he allowed 116 hits, walked 27 and struck out 68.

Thompson went 4-2 with a 3.15 ERA in nine starts for the Portland Beavers. In 60 innings he allowed 58 hits, walked 13 and struck out 25.

2004

Thompson went 10-2 with a 3.41 ERA in 35 games for Mobile. He made 18 starts and pitched in 121.1 innings, allowing 128 hits and walking 31 while striking out 69.

Notes:

Selected by the Padres in the 5th round of the 1999 draft out of Lamar High School in Colorado...converted to bullpen in 2004 after spending most of the first five years of his pro career as a starter...started next to last game of 2002 season for BayBears when several pitchers were promoted from Mobile to Portland.

2002 - Made all but one of his 25 appearances with Single-A Lake Elsinore, where he went 5-7 with a 5.56 ERA