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Home , Brian Giles, Colorado Rockies

ROCKIES (57-82) vs. (67-73) Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Game 140 • Home Game 71 • • San Diego, CA

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB Colorado 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 0 9 San Diego 1 1 4 0 0 3 2 0 X 11 18 1 7

Winning : Shields (11-6) Time of Game: 3:16 Attendance: 22,764 Losing Pitcher: Rusin (5-8) First Pitch: 6:10 p.m. Season Total: 2,185,914 Save: None Game-Time Temp: 89 degrees Season Avg. (71 games): 30,788

Starting Pitcher Lines Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes 3.0 8 6 6 1 1 2 70/41

James Shields 6.0 8 4 4 4 6 1 111/66 Thursday’s Matchup at San Diego – 12:40 p.m. PT LHP (9-6, 4.24) vs. RHP (10-10, 3.21)

SAN DIEGO NOTES  With the win, the Padres have clinched at least a share of this four-game series with the Rockies and improve to 11-4 against Colorado this season... dating back to September 6, 2013, the Padres have won 17 of their last 21 contests over the Rockies at Petco Park, while they have won eight of their last nine games against Colorado in downtown San Diego dating back to September 24 of last season, as well as 12 of their last 14 meetings here since August 11 of last year.  is 6-2 at home this season with a 3.13 ERA (32 ER, 92.0 IP) in 15 starts with 105 strikeouts against 38 walks. o Owns a lifetime 5-1 record in seven career starts against the Rockies with a 4.60 ERA (21 ER, 41.1 IP) with 40 strikeouts against 13 walks… is 3-0 against Colorado this season in four starts, posting a 5.29 ERA (13 ER, 22.1 IP) o Has allowed 29 home runs this season, tied for second-most in the Majors as well as tied for second-most in the … however, 23 of the homers he’s allowed have been solo shots and the other six were two-run shots.  hit his 20th of the season in the first inning, extending his career-long on-base streak to 29 straight games… is hitting .322 (38-for-118) with nine home runs and 34 RBI in that stretch… it is the longest active streak in the National League and the third-longest in the Majors, behind only Toronto’s Edwin Encarnacion (39) and Minnesota’s Joe Mauer (30). o His current streak is the longest by a Padres player this season and the longest since Adrian Gonzalez reached base safely in 30 consecutive games from July 6-August 10, 2006… it is the longest by a Padres since Hall of Famer Ricky Henderson did so in 29 straight games from August 9-October 4, 2001. o Is a career .307 hitter (163-for-531) in 142 games against Colorado with 34 home runs and 121 RBI, both of which are the highest totals of any active Major League player… is hitting .356 (21-for-59) in 15 games against the Rockies this season with 18 RBI. o Has 93 RBI on the season, the third-most in the National League and the ninth-most in Major League .  Derek Norris has 10 doubles against the Rockies this season, a new franchise record for most doubles by a player against a single opponent in a single season… his 10 doubles against Colorado this season are tied for the most by any player in baseball against a single opponent this season with Adrian Gonzalez, who also has 10 doubles vs. Colorado this year. o Norris passes in 2008, Ryan Klesko in 2002 and in 1996 who all had nine doubles in their respective seasons, all of which came against the Rockies.  Colin Rea threw 7.0 shutout innings last night for the Padres against the Rockies and then entered this evening’s game as a pinch runner in the sixth inning and later came around to score…In the divisional era (since 1969), Rea is just the fourth player to throw 7.0+ shutout innings and score a run the following day… Rea is the second Padres pitcher to have done this, joining who did so in September of 1993… coincidentally, Rea and Brocail, both of which accomplished this feat with the Padres, are the only two Major League rookies since 1969 to accomplish this feat.  Yangervis Solarte extended his to 10 consecutive games, one shy of his career-long 11 games from July 26-August 5… is hitting .419 (18-for-43) during the streak with seven extra-base hits and six RBI… tallied three hits in tonight’s contest for the eighth time this season (last, September 3 vs. LAD), one shy of his career-high.  Jedd Gyorko hit his 14th homer of the season in the third inning and recorded three RBI on the night, his sixth three-RBI game of the season (Last, September 3 vs. LAD)… in his last 38 games, is hitting .295 (43-for-146) with nine home runs and 31 RBI since July 29  logged three hits in tonight’s game for the sixth time this season and the first since May 9 at Arizona… three hits in a single game are one shy of his career-high.

Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Distance o Matt Kemp (20) 1st 1-1 1 RCF Rusin 407’ o Jedd Gyorko (14) 3rd 0-2 3 LF Rusin 372’

COLORADO NOTES  Chris Rusin is 1-1 in three career starts against the Friars with a 2.98 ERA (6 ER, 18.1 IP) including a complete- game shutout… as a starter, owns a career 8-17 record in 38 starts with a 5.12 ERA (113 ER, 199.2 IP). o Issued a walk to Padres pitcher James Shields with the bases loaded in the second, the 15th time in Rockies history a Rockies pitcher has walked the opposing pitcher with the bases loaded and the sixth time it has happened in San Diego. o Has not earned a winning decision on the road since May 31 at Philadelphia when he pitched in relief.  is batting .373 (19-for-51) against the Padres this season with five home runs and 11 RBI… is a career .280 hitter (45-for-161) against the Friars with eight homers and 21 RBI… recorded his 39th multi-hit performance of the season.  DJ LeMahieu is hitting .352 (75-for-213) since July 4 with at least one hit in 44 of 57 games in span, while his batting average in that time entered play today ranked fourth in the National League… overall, his .319 (158-for- 496) batting average on the season entered the day ranked fifth in the National League.  hit his first career home run in the fourth inning, a two-run shot to left-center field off of James Shields… the home run was his first extra-base hit since August 22 vs. the Mets when he hit a … of his four hits to begin his career, three of them have gone for extra-bases (two doubles, one homer).  Carlos Gonzalez is hitting .317 (65-for-205) since July 5 with 26 home runs and 58 RBI… since May 13, is batting .293 (110-for-375) with 34 home runs and 80 RBI.

Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Distance o Dustin Garneau (1) 4th 0-2 2 LCF Rusin 393’