POSTGAME NOTES San Diego Padres (56-70) Vs. St. Louis Cardinals (64-62) Wednesday, August 23, 2017
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POSTGAME NOTES San Diego Padres (56-70) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (64-62) Wednesday, August 23, 2017 R H E Starting Pitcher (Pitch Count) Pitcher of Record San Diego 2 6 1 Jhoulys Chacin (92 pitches/55 strikes) WIN: Luke Weaver (2-1) St. Louis 6 9 0 Luke Weaver (99 pitches/69 strikes) LOSS: Jhoulys Chacin (11-9) SAVE: First Pitch: 7:15 p.m. Gametime Temperature: 77° – Clear Time of Game: 2:53 Attendance: 38,762 Cardinals Notes • Luke Weaver made his third start (6th app.) of the season, first against the Padres in 2017 and in his career (1-0)…has won back- to-back MLB starts (made a relief app. On 8/17 at PIT)…struck out 18 batters total in his last two starts…last MLB start was 8/2 at MIL, in which he earned the win in 6.1 innings of work…established a career-high with 7.0 innings and tied his career-high with 10 strikeouts (8/31/16 at MIL)…joins Alan Benes (3) as the only two Cardinals pitchers with multiple double-digit strikeout games in their first 15 MLB appearances, and joins Jon Gray (2, COL) and Michael Fulmer (2, DET) as the only two in the last two years…the 7.0 scoreless innings marks his first career scoreless start. • Kolten Wong tied his career-best with three runs scored (last: 4/9/16 at ATL)…has hit safely in his last six games (10-22, .455)…posted his 5th three-hit game of the season (3rd since Aug. 6)…recorded his 50th career stolen base, coming in the 8th inning (Yates/Hedges)…tied his career-high with two stolen bases for the 4th time in his career (last: 7/11/15 at PIT). • Dexter Fowler tallied his 50th RBI of the season, his first season with 50 or more RBI since 2012 with Colorado (53, career-high). • Jedd Gyorko has an RBI in his last 8 straight games vs. the Padres, T-2nd longest streak vs. SD, one behind Jeff Bagwell (9, 1996- 97)…has 7 HR and 15 RBI in his last 8 games vs. SD. • Greg Garcia was hit by pitch twice in a game for the first time in his career and the first time a Cardinals batter was hit twice in a game since Matt Holliday was hit twice by Nick Martínez vs. TEX (6/18/2016). • Seung Hwan Oh did not record an out for the first time in his MLB appearance (130th MLB appearance). • Tyler Lyons has not allowed a run in his last 15 appearances (13.2 IP, 3 H, 18 K) dating back to July 7. • The Cardinals were hit by pitch five times (tying the MLB mark this season Atlanta, hit by pitch 5 times by Toronto on 5/15/17), the most in Cardinals history since 1913; the last time they were hit four times in a game was by the San Diego Padres (9/26/2000) as J.D. Drew, Will Clark, Ray Lankford and Mark McGwire were each hit by pitch once…stole three base in an inning (8th inning off K. Yates/A. Hedges) for the first time since June 2, 2010 (Albert Pujols 2, Matt Holliday 1) in the bottom of the 1st inning (Sam LeCure/Corky Miller)…snapped their streak of allowing five runs or more at 12 games, held their opponent to two runs or less for the first time since 8/5 at CIN (1)…have won seven of their last eight against the Padres. Padres Notes • Jhoulys Chacin made his 26th start of the season, first against the Cardinals in 2017 and fifth career start (6th app.) vs. the Cardinals (0-5)…has lost every one of his five starts in his career vs. the Cardinals dating back to May 29, 2011…set a Padres individual record with four hit batsmen in a game, tying the MLB mark by John Lackey (7/25 vs. CWS) this season and the modern day MLB mark as no pitcher has hit more than four batters in a game since 1903. • Jhoulys Chacin tallied his second two-hit game of the season (4/14 at ATL) and his 12 hits tied his single-season high (2013 w/COL)…the 12 hits are the most by a Padres pitcher since Tyson Ross rapped out 14 in 2015. • Buddy Baumann threw a season and career-high 2.1 innings. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE… • Manuel Margot has hit safely in each of his last six road games (9-25, .360)…raced out his 5th triple of the season, the most triples by a Padres rookie since Ryan Schimpf hit five last year…recorded his 4th outfield assist of the season. • Matt Szczur has scored in each of his last three games against the Cardinals. • The Padres challenged the safe call on Tommy Pham in the 8th inning. Call overturned (Time: 0:41). • Kirby Yates struck out two or more batters in four straight appearances for the first time in his career establishing a new high (previous high 3 straight games done three times). • Cory Spangenberg hit his 5th home run in the month of August, a new monthly high for him. • The Padres pitchers hit five batters in a game for the first time in club history, last hitting four vs. SF (6/5/2002) as Dennis Tankersley hit three and Rodney Myers hit one batter. Home Runs SD – Cory Spangenberg #13 (9th inn., 0 on, 1 out, 3-2 count, off John Brebbia) – 418 feet (20th career HR) .