Vs. SAN DIEGO PADRES (12-12) Saturday, May 2, 2015 • 5:40 P.M
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COLORADO ROCKIES (11-11) vs. SAN DIEGO PADRES (12-12) Saturday, May 2, 2015 • 5:40 p.m. PT • Petco Park • San Diego, CA LHP Jorge De La Rosa (0-1, 11.57) vs. RHP Brandon Morrow (1-0, 2.67) Game 25 • Home Game 15 • Mighty 1090 AM • XEMO 860 • FOX Sports San Diego San Diego Padres Communications • 100 Park Ave, San Diego, CA • (619) 795-5000 All Padres game information including game notes and rosters is available at http://padrespressbox.com. RESTED AND BACK AT IT: The Padres will continue on in the fi nal series of their current nine-game, 10-day homestand PADRES AT A GLANCE this weekend as they will play the second of three games vs. Colorado, having defeated the Rockies last night by a a score of 14-3…the Friars snapped a season-high three-game losing streak last night after being swept by the Houston Overall Record: 13-12 Astros earlier this week (Mon-Wed)…prior to that, the Friars dropped a three-game set with the Dodgers last weekend, NL West Standing: T2nd (-3.0) avoiding the sweep Sunday afternoon with a 3-1 victory…after Sunday’s game vs. Colorado, the Friars will head out on the road for a three-city, nine-game, 10-day road trip to San Francisco (5/4-6), Arizona (5/7-10) and Seattle (5/12-13). Home Record: 7-7 • The Padres open the season facing off against N.L West foes in 27 of their fi rst 33 games of the season and Road Record: 5-5 have gone 10-8 vs. divisional opponents thus far, taking a four-game series from the Giants (3-1), a three-game Day Record: 4-5 series from the Diamondbacks (2-1), winning three of the fi rst fi ve games against Colorado (3-2) and losing four Night Record: 8-7 of six games to the Dodgers so far over two separate series. Homestand: 2-5 #SEALEVEL’D: Over the Padres and Rockies last 14 meetings at Petco Park since the 2013 All-Star Break, the Friars Last Five Games: 2-3 own a 11-3 (.786) advantage over the Rox, the fourth-best home winning percentage in Major League Baseball vs. a Last 10 Games: 3-7 divisional opponent in that time…in that same time, the Indians are 14-3 (.824) vs. the White Sox and the Cardinals Streak: W1 are 13-3 vs. the Pirates (.813) and 12-3 vs. the Reds (.800). All-Time Record: 3,410-3,940-2 I JUST FELT LIKE RUNNING: The Padres have scored 119 runs through their fi rst 24 games this season (4.96 All-Time at Home: 1,846-1,833-1 runs per game), the highest total in the National League and the third-highest total in the Majors. All-Time at Petco Park: 477-428 • Last season through the club’s fi rst 24 games, the club had scored 65 runs (2.71 runs per game)…in comparison, All-Time on Road: 1,564-2,107-1 the Friars didn’t score their 100th run last season until the team’s 37th game on May 9 vs. Miami. • In last night’s game vs. Colorado, the Padres matched their season-high with 14 runs scored (also 4/20 at COL). 2015 vs. COL: 3-2 2015 vs. COL at Home: 0-0 HIP-HIP-JORGE!: The Padres current roster has found success against Rockies starter Jorge De La Rosa in the past, 2015 vs. COL on Road: 3-2 hitting a combined .409/.456/.614 (54-for-132) with 14 doubles, three home runs and 26 RBI. • Jedd Gyorko is 11-for-16 (.688) vs. De La Rosa, his most hits against any pitcher in his career, twice as much All-Time vs. COL: 174-190 as his next highest total (5-for-20 vs. Wade Miley). All-Time vs. COL at Petco Park: 50-52 • Matt Kemp is 17-for-41 (.415) vs. De La Rosa, his second-most hits against any pitcher in his career (25-for-60 vs. All-Time vs. COL in SD: 93-89 Zito), and the most hits De La Rosa has given up to any single hitter in his career…Kemp has three home All-Time vs. COL at Coors Field: 77-95 runs vs. De La Rosa, tied for his second-most against any pitcher (several) behind four homers vs. Matt Cain. All-Time vs. COL in Denver: 81-101 • Justin Upton is 8-for-21 (.381) vs. De La Rosa in his career. • Wil Nieves is 5-for-8 vs. De La Rosa, tied for his second-most hits against any pitcher (also 5-for-12 vs. Joe Blanton and 6-for-15 vs. Aaron Harang). PADRES RECORD WHEN... • Kemp, Upton and Gyorko are a combined 32-for-73 (.462) with 10 doubles, three homers and 18 RBI vs. De La Rosa in their careers Sunday 3-0 Thursday 0-2 Monday 1-3 Friday 3-1 WELCOME TO THE LEFTORIUM: As a team, the Padres own a .309/.359/.438 (55-for-178) line against left-handed pitching this season, the best batting average, tied for the fourth-best on-base percentage (tied for second in the Na- Tuesday 3-1 Saturday 1-2 tional League) and fi fth-best slugging percentage (best in the National League) in Major League Baseball…the Friars’ Wednesday 1-3 178 at-bats vs. left-handers are the second-most in the National League. April 11-12 August 0-0 • In comparison, the Padres hit .220/.289/.326 (303-for-1376) against lefties in 2014, the worst batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage in the Majors. May 1-0 September 0-0 June 0-0 October 0-0 RISP-Y BUSINESS: With runners in scoring position, the Friars are hitting .332/.365/.480 (67-for-202), the best bat- July 0-0 ting average in Major League Baseball, while their on-base percentage ranks ninth (fourth in the NL) and slugging Leading after six 7-1 percentage ranks fi fth (second in NL). • Yangervis Solarte (.611, 11-for-18) and Derek Norris (.550, 11-for-20) rank tied for second and fi fth in the Majors, Tied after six: 2-2 respectivley, in batting average with runners in scoring position. Trailing after six: 3-9 • With runners in scoring position and two outs, the Friars are hitting .305 (29-for-95), the best mark in the National Leading after seven: 8-1 League and third-best in the Majors (KC .319, MIN .307)... Solarte owns a .714 (5-for-7) with RISP and two Tied after seven: 3-4 outs, the second-best mark in the Majors and best in the National League while Norris is hitting .571 (4-for-7) in Trailing after seven: 1-7 this scenerio, the sixth-best mark in the National League and 11th-best in baseball. Leading after eight: 11-0 Tied after eight: 1-3 WELL-OILED RBI MACHINE: The Padres currently have six players with 10 or more RBI this season (Kemp, Middle- Trailing after eight: 0-9 brooks, Myers, Norris, Solarte, Upton...Alonso has nine), tied for the highest total in Major League Baseball and the only NL team to have done so. Scoring fi rst: 8-5 • The Padres also have four players with 15+ RBI (Kemp, Myers, Solarte, Upton), the highest total in MLB. Opponents score fi rst: 4-7 Shutouts: 1-1 FIRST INNING FUN: After scoring another fi rst inning last night against the Rockies, the Padres have now scored 23 runs in the opening frame this season, the highest total in the National League and the second-highest total in Home crowds of 20,000+: 2-2 Major League Baseball (DET, .363). Home crowds of 30,000+: 1-0 • As a team, the Padres are hitting .346/.376/.587 (36-for-104) with eight doubles, a triple, fi ve home runs and 23 Home crowds of 40,000+: 4-3 RBI during the fi rst inning this season, the second-best batting average (DET, .363), fourth-best on-base percent- age and the second-best slugging percentage among Major League teams in the opening frame. Scoring less than three: 1-4 • In comparison, the Padres scored a National-League-low 62 fi rst-inning runs and hit a National-League-worst Scoring three or four: 2-6 .228 (133-for-583) with 10 home runs during the fi rst inning in 2014. Scoring fi ve or more: 9-2 EIGHT ON SIX IN EIGHT: The Friars scored eight runs in the eighth inning last night vs. Colorado, the most runs they One-run games: 4-4 have scored in a single inning this seasonand their most since also scoring eight runs against the St. Louis Cardinals Two-run games: 2-0 in the seventh inning on July 20, 2014 at Petco Park. Games decided in last AB: 3-3 • With six hits in the eighth inning, the Padres matched their season high for hits in a single inning (done three Extra Innings W-L: 0-2 times, last on 4/20 at Colorado in the fi rst inning)…the Padres recorded six or more hits in a single inning three times all of last season. Playing series opener: 3-5 • The Friars batted around in the eighth inning tonight without making an out, the fi rst Major League team this Playing series fi nale: 4-3 season to accomplish this feat…the last big league club to have done this was the Cardinals on August 30 of last season in the second game of a doubleheader in the 8th inning vs.