SAN DIEGO PADRES 2017 GAME NOTES SAN DIEGO PADRES (38-50) VS. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (34-56) FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2017 • 7:10 P.M. PT • PETCO PARK • SAN DIEGO, CA LHP CLAYTON RICHARD (5-8, 4.66) VS. RHP JOHNNY CUETO (6-7, 4.51) GAME 89 • HOME GAME 45 • FM 94.9 • XEMO 860 • FOX SPORTS SAN DIEGO San Diego Padres Communications Department • 100 Park Blvd., San Diego, CA 92101 • (619) 795-5000 All Padres game information, including Game Notes and rosters, is available at http://padrespressbox.com. LEFT MY HEART IN SAN DIEGO: The Padres take on the San Francisco Giants for the third PADRES AT A GLANCE... time this season and for the second time at Petco Park since the Friars' home opening series... tonight's game serves as a rematch between LHP Clayton Richard and RHP Johnny Cueto, Overall Record.............................. 38-50 where Richard was saddled with his first loss of the season on April 9 vs. SF. NL West Standing ................ (-22.0, 4th) • San Diego has won or tied (4-0-1) each of their last five series against the Giants, which Home Record ............................... 22-22 ranks as the fourth-best runs of success against the Giants in the rivalry… the Padres Road Record ................................ 16-28 won or tied eight consecutive series against the Giants in 1991-92 (STATS). Day Record................................... 12-17 • The 5.33 runs-per-game the Padres have scored against the Giants this season are the Night Record................................. 26-33 second-most they have scored vs. any opponent (most: 6.33 runs-per-game vs. CIN). Past Trip ........................................... 4-2 Last Five Games .............................. 3-2 IT'S SOMETIMES SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA: With San Diego's series victory over the Last 10 Games ................................. 6-4 Phillies prior to the All-Star break, the Padres recorded their first series win over Philadelphia Streak ................................................ L1 since Sept. 15-18, 2014...entering the second half of the season, the Padres have won five All-Time Record ................ 3,578-4160-2 of their last seven games. All-Time at Home .............. 1,938-1933-1 All-Time at Petco Park ...............570-535 PEN VS. PEN: Since last season's All-Star break, the Padres have gone 12-4 over their last All-Time on Road .............. 1,640-2230-1 five series opposing the Giants...in that time, the Padres bullpen has posted a 5-2 record, converting eight of nine save opportunities and owning a 2.11 ERA (14 ER, 59.2 IP), while 2017 vs. SF .......................................4-2 2017 vs. SF at Home .........................2-1 holding Giants' bats to a .178 batting average...the Giants' bullpen has posted a 2-6 record 2017 vs. SF on Road .........................2-1 against the Friars, owning a 6.30 ERA (35 ER, 50.0 IP) and a .265 opponent average (STATS). All-Time vs. SF ..........................382-438 MAKING MOVES: Today, the Padres placed OF Hunter Renfroe on the 10-day disabled list, All-Time vs. SF in SD ................207-206 All-Time vs. SF in SF .................175-232 retroactive to 7/10, with a strained neck... OF Jabari Blash and RHP Jose Valdez were both recalled from Triple-A El Paso, and RHP Kirby Yates was placed on the paternity leave list. PADRES RECORD WHEN... PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER: LHP Brad Hand earned his first career All-Star selec- Sunday ......... 4-9 Thursday ........3-7 tion, representing the Padres in Miami for the 2017 All-Star Game. Monday ......... 4-4 Friday .............7-7 • With the All-Star game tied at 1-1 in the seventh, the Minneapolis, MN native took the Tuesday ........ 5-9 Saturday ........5-9 mound and tossed a 1-2-3 seventh inning for the National League, throwing 13 pitches Wednesday . 10-5 and only two balls...the southpaw capped his appearance by striking out SEA Robinson April ..........11-16 August ...........0-0 Cano in three pitches...Hand’s 1-2-3 inning was the first by a Padre in an All-Star May ...........11-17 September .....0-0 game since Andy Benes in 1993. June ...........11-12 October ..........0-0 • Has not allowed a run in his last 12 outings and 12.1 IP since June 14, posting a 14-to-1 July ................5-3 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a .209 (9-for-43) opponent average. Leading after six ..............................25-5 Tied after six ......................................8-7 WASTING NO TIME: The Padres and Giants are two of only five teams this season that have Trailing after six ...............................5-38 completed their games in an average of under three hours (nine-inning games)...the Padres Leading after seven .........................29-3 have the shortest average at 2:55, and the Giants have the fourth-shortest at 2:58 (STATS). Tied after seven .................................6-5 Trailing after seven ..........................3-42 Leading after eight ...........................33-1 WELCOME TO THE GROUNDER GAMES: LHP Clayton Richard enters his start having Tied after eight ...................................3-7 induced an MLB-best 206 ground balls this season...his 58.7 ground ball percentage leads Trailing after eight ............................2-42 the NL and ranks third in the Majors...the Padres pitching staff has forced the second-most Scoring first....................................24-19 ground balls of any team this season (1,140), which ranks only behind the Rockies' 1,153. Opponents score first ....................14-31 Shutouts ............................................6-5 TURN TWO: The Padres pitching staff has forced a Major League-best 13.7 GIDP percent- age, turning 84 ground ball double-plays in 611 double-play situations...starter LHP Clayton Home crowds of 20,000+ ..................9-8 Richard has forced 18 ground-ball double plays this season, which leads the National League Home crowds of 30,000+ ..................3-4 and is tied with TOR Marcus Stroman for the MLB-lead. Home crowds of 40,000+ ..................4-2 Scoring three or fewer .....................7-42 SHUT IT DOWN: Padres closer RHP Brandon Maurer is 14 for his last 14 save opportunities Scoring four or more ........................31-8 since May 28...in that time, that mark is the best in baseball. Allowing three or fewer ....................30-9 Allowing four or more.......................8-41 JOSE CAN YOU SEE: Since joining the ML club on June 6th, Pirela has hit safely in 21 of One-run games..............................12-10 his 29 games, hitting .286 (34-for-119) with four homers, 11 doubles, one triple and 14 RBI. Two-run games ..................................5-7 Games decided in last AB .................1-4 AUSTIN POWER: C Austin Hedges recorded his first career multi-home run game during Extra Innings W-L ..............................3-3 the last road trip on June 7 at PHI and hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the top the ninth, ac- Playing series opener ....................14-15 counting for three of the four Padres’ runs in their 4-3 victory…his 13 homers are the most Playing series finale.......................11-17 in the NL among catchers and tied for second-most in the Majors with NYY Gary Sanchez, Series W-L-T (Home) .................... 6-8-0 trailing KC Salvador Perez's 18. Series W-L-T (Road) ..................... 4-9-0 Series W-L-T (Split) ....................... 0-1-0 PADRES ON DECK: INF Josh Naylor and RHP Cal Quantrill participated in the 2017 Futures Series W-L-T (Total) .................. 10-18-0 Game on Sunday...Naylor knocked in the first run for the World Futures team in the fifth... Series Sweeps (Home)......................2-1 Quantrill tossed one inning, allowing two hits and two runs (both earned). Series Sweeps (Road).......................0-2 • The Padres' top draft pick, LHP MacKenzie Gore, was named the Gatorade Male High Series Sweeps (Total)........................2-3 School Athlete of the Year. • Last night, RF Nick Schulz hit a three-run homer for Double-A San Antonio and RHP White Jerseys ................................14-13 Brett Kennedy allowed one run on three hits with six strikeouts in 7.0 innings. Gray Jerseys .................................10-18 Blue Jerseys ......................................5-8 DATES IN PADRES HISTORY: On July 14, 1992, the Padres hosted the 63rd All-Star Game at Brown Jerseys ...................................4-4 San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium...Tony Gwynn, Fred McGriff and Benito Santiago all started Navy Camouflage Jerseys.................1-2 Marine Camouflage Jerseys ..............0-3 for the NL...appearances from Tony Fernandez and Gary Sheffield made it the most recent Retro Jerseys ....................................2-1 occasion in which the Padres had three starters and five players appear in an All-Star Game. 4th of July Jerseys .............................2-1 • On July 15, 1975, LHP Randy Jones became the first Padre to pitch in an All-Star Game, tossing a perfect ninth to get the save in the NL's 6-3 win in Milwaukee. UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS DAY DATE TIME (PDT) OPP. PADRES STARTER OPPOSING STARTER TELEVISION Sat. 7/15 5:40 p.m. SF RHP Jhoulys Chacin (8-7, 4.32) LHP Madison Bumgarner (0-3, 3.00) Fox Sports SD Sun. 7/16 1:40 p.m. SF RHP Trevor Cahill (3-3, 3.38) RHP Jeff Samardzija (4-10, 4.58) Fox Sports SD All games broadcast live in English on FM 94.9 and in Spanish on XEMO 860 AM NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1984, 1998 • NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST CHAMPIONS 1984, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2006 TONIGHT’S STARTER #3 - CLAYTON RICHARD - LHP CLAYTON’S 2017 DAY-BY-DAY READY FOR RICHARD: 33-year-old LHP Clayton Richard gets the ball for DATE/OPP DEC. ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR PIT his 19th start of the season tonight, 10th at home, against the San Francisco 4/4 @ LAD W (1-0) 0.00 8.0 5 0 0 2 5 0 99 Giants...his 18 starts so far this season mark the most he has had in a single 4/9 vs.