Petite Shuts Down the San Diego Padres On this day, in 1998 in game four of the World Series Yankee pitcher Andy Pettite threw shut out ball to complete the 4 game sweep of the Padres for another Yankee World Series victory. October 21, 1998 Sport: Baseball Trivia What Are the Five Events That Make Up the Modern Olympic Pentathon? Which Nations Won the Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals the Last Time Baseball Was an Olympic Sport? sports in this article Baseball tags in this article Fan On This Day SportsEngine