May 31st, maybe the greatest date in Padres history

The Gaslamp Ballmanac has taught us much about baseball. Most importantly that today is the winningest date in Padres history. At least for dates that have had more than 4 games. Look here. Here's the top 5 dates as ranked by winning percentage ( the entire list):

Top 5 dates by Winning %

The Padres have played a game on May 31st every year since their inception in 1969 except for last year, 2012, and 1984. I was kind of thrown off because the Padres have played 42 times on May 31st but didn't play on the date twice. How can that be? Well sometimes I forget that teams used to play double headers, like they did in 1971. Anyway, they've won 71.43% of those 42 games. It's the only date where the team has won 30 games.

Early on, the Padres' record wasn't so great, but in 1976 the Padres started a 9 season winning streak that took them to1985. They lost the game in 1986 then won another 6 season in a row. Currently the Padres are on a 7 season win streak dating back to 2005.

You're probably wondering what will happen today. Well since you obviously haven't been paying attention here's a spoiler... they win, bitches.

Padres games played on May 31st