COLORADO ROCKIES (11-12) vs. SAN DIEGO PADRES (13-12) Sunday, May 3, 2015 • 1:10 p.m. PT • Petco Park • San Diego, CA RHP Kyle Kendrick (1-3, 8.36) vs. RHP James Shields (2-0, 2.90) Game 26 • Home Game 16 • 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. AS WE WIND ON DOWN THE ROAD: The Padres will fi nish their nine-game, 10-day homestand this afternoon as PADRES AT A GLANCE they will look for a three-game sweep over their division rival Colorado Rockies, having secured the series victory last night with a 4-2 victory…the Friars were swept by the Houston Astros earlier this week in a three-game set (Mon- Overall Record: 13-12 Wed)…prior to that, the Friars dropped a three-game set with the Dodgers last weekend, avoiding the sweep Sunday NL West Standing: 2nd (-3.0) afternoon with a 3-1 victory…after today’s game vs. Colorado, the Friars will head out on the road for a three-city, Home Record: 8-7 nine-game, 10-day road trip to San Francisco (5/4-6), Arizona (5/7-10) and Seattle (5/12-13). Road Record: 5-5 • The Padres open the season facing off against N.L West foes in 27 of their fi rst 33 games of the season and have gone 11-8 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 four of six games against Colorado (4-2) and losing four of six Night Record: 9-7 games to the Dodgers. Homestand: 3-5 Last Five Games: 2-3 WITH A WIN TODAY: With a win today, the Padres would secure their fi rst series sweep of the season and their Last 10 Games: 3-7 fi rst since taking all three games of a three-game set against the Giants at Petco Park from September 19-21 of last season…the Friars last swept a three-game series against the Rockies in downtown San Diego from August 11-13 Streak: W2 of last season. All-Time Record: 3,411-3,940-2 • Having already earned the series victory yesterday, the Padres are now 12-2-1 in their last 15 series at Petco All-Time at Home: 1,847-1,833-1 Park since the All-Star Break last season. All-Time at Petco Park: 478-428 All-Time on Road: 1,564-2,107-1 #SEALEVEL’D: Over the Padres and Rockies last 15 meetings at Petco Park since the 2013 All-Star Break, the Friars own a 12-3 (.800) advantage over the Rox, tied for the third-best home winning percentage in Major League 2015 vs. COL: 4-2 Baseball vs. a divisional opponent in that time…in that same time, the Indians are 14-3 (.824) vs. the White Sox and 2015 vs. COL at Home: 2-0 the Cardinals are 13-3 vs. the Pirates (.813) and 12-3 vs. the Reds (.800). 2015 vs. COL on Road: 2-2 • The Friars haven’t lost a series at Petco Park against the Rockies in each of the last fi ve meetings in downtown San Diego, going 4-0-1 in that time. All-Time vs. COL: 176-190 All-Time vs. COL at Petco Park: 51-52 RAN DIEGO: The Padres have scored 123 runs through their fi rst 25 games this season (4.92 runs per game), All-Time vs. COL in SD: 94-89 the highest total in the National League and the fourth-highest total in the Majors. All-Time vs. COL at Coors Field: 77-95 • Last season through the club’s fi rst 25 games, the club had scored 65 runs (2.60 runs per game)…in comparison, All-Time vs. COL in Denver: 81-101 the Friars didn’t score their 123rd run last season until the team’s 42nd game on May 15 (G2) at Cincinnati. HE GONE: James Shields, this afternoon’s starting pitcher, enters play today with 41 strikeouts this season, the PADRES RECORD WHEN... second-most in Major League Baseball…his strikeout total is tied for the most in franchise history through the fi rst fi ve starts of the season, joining the 41 strikeouts Jake Peavy had to start the 2005 campaign. Sunday 3-0 Thursday 0-2 • Shields fanned 12 Astros hitters in his last outing on Monday night, tied for the highest total by a Major Monday 1-3 Friday 3-1 League pitcher this season, joining Felix Hernandez on April 18 vs. TEX and Clayton Kershaw on April Tuesday 3-1 Saturday 2-2 17 vs. COL. Wednesday 1-3 • Shields has tallied fi ve or more strikeouts in each of his fi ve starts this season (eight in fi rst, seven in second, nine in third, fi ve in fourth, 12 in fi fth), tied for the third longest such streak in franchise history to start a season, April 11-12 August 0-0 trailing Jesse Hahn (7 straight to open last season) and Jake Peavy (six straight in 2005). May 2-0 September 0-0 June 0-0 October 0-0 #WHIFF’D: Through 25 games this season, the Padres starting rotation has recorded 155 strikeouts, the highest total July 0-0 in Major League Baseball, 16 punch-outs ahead of the second-place Pittsburgh Pirates. • The Friars have three players in the top-10 in the Majors in strikeouts this season: James Shields (41, 3rd), Leading after six 8-1 Tyson Ross (37, 8th) and Andrew Cashner (36, T9th). Tied after six: 2-2 • Overall, Padres pitchers have recorded 214 strikeouts this season, the highest total in the NL and third-most Trailing after six: 3-9 in the Majors, trailing only the Yankees (221) and Indians (217). Leading after seven: 9-1 Tied after seven: 3-4 WELL-OILED RBI MACHINE: The Padres currently have six players with 10 or more RBI this season (Kemp, Trailing after seven: 1-7 Middlebrooks, Myers, Norris, Solarte, Upton...Alonso has nine), the highest total in the National League and tied for Leading after eight: 12-0 third-most in baseball (Houston and New York-AL each have seven). Tied after eight: 1-3 • The Padres also have four players with 15+ RBI (Kemp, Myers, Solarte, Upton), the highest total in MLB. Trailing after eight: 0-9 THE OTHER ‘L’ IS OFF SCORING A RUN; With two more runs scored on yesterday vs. Colorado, Wil Myers now has Scoring fi rst: 9-5 scored 25 times this season, the highest total in Major League Baseball…Myers has now scored two or more runs Opponents score fi rst: 4-7 in four consecutive games, matching the franchise record for consecutive games with 2+ runs scored, joining Damian Shutouts: 1-1 Jackson from April 5-8, 2001, Greg Vaughn from July 13-17, 1998 and Bip Roberts from September 16-19, 1990. • Has now scored multiple runs in seven games this season, the highest total in Major League Baseball. Home crowds of 20,000+: 8-5 • Myers is hitting .282/.327/.466 (29-for-103) with seven doubles, four home runs and 17 RBI out of the lead-off Home crowds of 30,000+: 5-3 spot this season…among National League players with at least 75 at-bats out of the leadoff spot, his batting Home crowds of 40,000+: 4-3 average ranks sixth, on-base percentage ranks seventh, slugging percentage ranks fourth while his doubles rank second and home run and RBI totals both rank fi rst. Scoring less than three: 1-4 • Now with 17 RBI this season, Myers already has three more RBI than the Padres’ leading RBI man out of the Scoring three or four: 3-6 leadoff spot a season ago (Everth Cabrera, 14). Scoring fi ve or more: 9-2 • Myers leads the National League and ranks second in Major League Baseball with 104 at-bats this season (Jose Altuve, 105)…with 111 plate appearances, Myers ranks tied for second in the Majors and is tied for the One-run games: 4-4 NL lead (Altuve, 115 and Nori Aoki, 111). Two-run games: 3-0 Games decided in last AB: 3-3 RISP-Y BUSINESS: With runners in scoring position, the Friars are hitting .329 (70-for-213), the best batting aver- Extra Innings W-L: 0-2 age in Major League Baseball with runners in scoring position. Playing series opener: 3-5 • Yangervis Solarte (.579, 11-for-19) and Derek Norris (.524, 11-for-21) rank tied for second and seventh in the Majors, respectivley, in batting average with runners in scoring position. Playing series fi nale: 4-3 • With runners in scoring position and two outs, the Friars are hitting .300 (30-for-100), the best mark in the Series W-L-T (Home): 3-2-0 National League and tied for second-best in the Majors (KC .319)... Solarte owns a .714 (5-for-7) with RISP Series W-L-T (Road): 1-1-1 and two outs, the second-best mark in the Majors and best in the National League while Norris is hitting .500 Series W-L-T (Total): 4-3-1 (4-for-8) in this scenerio, tied for eighth-best in the National League.