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Hiiters and Misc 05.04.15.Indd SAN DIEGO PADRES (14-12) at SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (12-13) Monday, May 4, 2015 • 7:15 p.m. PT • AT&T Park • San Francisco, CA RHP Tyson Ross (1-2, 4.55) vs. LHP Madison Bumgarner (2-1, 3.73) Game 27 • Home Game 17 • 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 have headed back out on the road as they will open a three-city, PADRES AT A GLANCE nine-game, 10-day road trip tonight in San Francisco where they will play three games vs. the Giants (Mon-Wed) before heading to Arizona (Thurs-Sun) and Seattle (5/12-13)…the Friars posted a 4-5 record on their nine-game, 10-day Overall Record: 14-12 homestand, dropping series to the Dodgers (1-2) and the Astros (0-3) before sweeping the Rockies over the weekend. NL West Standing: 2nd (-3.0) • 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 12-8 vs. divisional opponents thus far, taking a four-game series from the Giants (3-1), a three-game Home Record: 9-7 series from the Diamondbacks (2-1), winning fi ve of seven games against Colorado (5-2) and losing four of six Road Record: 5-5 games to the Dodgers (2-4). Day Record: 5-5 Night Record: 9-7 TODAY’S TRANSACTIONS: This afternoon, the Padres announced they selected catcher Austin Hedges from Triple-A El Paso and designated C Wil Nieves for assignment. Homestand: 4-5 • Hedges, 22, entered 2015 rated by MLB.com as being the second-best prospect in the Padres system as well Last Five Games: 3-2 as the fourth-best catcher in baseball and the 51st-best prospect overall. Last 10 Games: 4-6 • The 6-1, 200 pound backstop hit .324/.392/.521 (23-for-71) with eight doubles, two homers and 15 RBI in 21 Streak: W3 games for the Chihuahuas, the fourth-best batting average among Pacifi c Coast League catchers and the third-best OPS (.914). All-Time Record: 3,412-3,940-2 All-Time at Home: 1,848-1,833-1 PUTTING THE LIGHTS DOWN IN “THE CITY”: This meeting between All-Time at Petco Park: 479-428 the Padres and Giants will be the fi rst matchup between these two Best Record vs. Opponent in Month, All-Time on Road: 1,564-2,107-1 clubs during the month of May since May of 2010. Since 2005 (Min 10 games) • Despite the time between games during the month of May, the 2015 vs. SF: 3-1 Friars own a 14-1 record (.933) vs. San Francisco during the Team Opp Month Rec Pct. 2015 vs. SF at Home: 3-1 month of May since the 2005 season, the best record by any Padres Giants May 14-1 .933 2015 vs. SF on Road: 0-0 Major League team against any Major League opponent in a Rockies Reds Sept 11-1 .917 given month in that time (see chart) (STATS, Inc.). Indians Mariners May 11-1 .917 All-Time vs. SF: 365-415 • Overall, since the 2005 season, the Friars own a 156-127 record Dodgers Nationals July 11-1 .917 All-Time vs. SF at AT&T Park: 55-80 (.551) during the month of May, their most successful month of All-Time vs. SF in San Francisco: 168-218 any month during the season. All-Time vs. SF at Petco Park: 59-47 All-Time vs. SF in San Diego: 197-197 LOVIN’ LEFTIES: As a team, the Padres own a .296/.356/.419 (60-for-203) line against left-handed pitching this sea- son, the second-best batting average, and the third-best on-base percentage and slugging percentage in the National Leaguel…the Friars’ 203 at-bats vs. left-handers are the third-most in the National League. PADRES RECORD WHEN... • Among qualifi ed National League hitters this season (0.77 PA per team game), the Padres have the top-two hit- ting players vs. LHP…Derek Norris leads the NL with a .591 (13-for-22) average vs. southpaws while Matt Kemp Sunday 4-0 Thursday 0-2 ranks second with a .435 (10-for-23) mark. Monday 1-3 Friday 3-1 • In their fi rst matchup vs. Madison Bumgarner this season on April 11 at Petco Park, the Padres went 10-for-18 with a double and fi ve RBI…over their last two matchups with Bumgarner (also April 28, 2014), the Friars have Tuesday 3-1 Saturday 2-2 handed him two losses and scored 10 runs on 17 hits (.405 average). Wednesday 1-3 • In comparison, the Padres hit .220/.289/.326 (303-for-1376) against lefties in 2014, the worst batting average, April 11-12 August 0-0 on-base percentage and slugging percentage in the Majors. May 3-0 September 0-0 IT’S BECAUSE THEY HAVE MAGIC BEANS: Matt Kemp and Justin Upton have found success in their careers vs. June 0-0 October 0-0 San Francisco, with Kemp hitting .297/.355/.485 (150-for-505) vs. SF and Upton hitting .255/.349/.461 (94-for-369). July 0-0 • Among active players, Matt Kemp ranks among the Major League leaders vs. SF in most categories, including: Leading after six 9-1 fi rst in runs scored (80), fi rst in hits (150), tied for second in doubles (29), second in triples (9), tied for third in home runs (16) and second in RBI (70). Tied after six: 2-2 • Upton also ranks among the league leaders vs. SF, including: seventh in runs scored (50), seventh in hits (94), tied Trailing after six: 3-9 for second in doubles (29), tied for seventh in triples (4), tied for seventh in home runs (13) and ninth in RBI (47). Leading after seven: 10-1 Tied after seven: 3-4 RAN DIEGO: The Padres have scored 131 runs through their fi rst 26 games this season (5.04 runs per game), Trailing after seven: 1-7 the highest total in the National League and tied for the second-most in Major League Baseball (TOR, 144). Leading after eight: 13-0 • Last season through the club’s fi rst 26 games, the club had scored 69 runs (2.65 runs per game). Tied after eight: 1-3 • Through 26 games this season, the Friars have tallied seven games of seven or more runs scored, tied Trailing after eight: 0-9 for the second-highest total in the National League…the Friars didn’t have their fi rst game of seven or more runs a season ago until the club’s 37th game (May 9 vs. MIA, 10 runs). Scoring fi rst: 9-5 Opponents score fi rst: 5-7 SWING BATTER BATTER: Through 26 games this season, the Padres starting rotation has recorded 162 strike- Shutouts: 1-1 outs, the highest total in Major League Baseball, 18 punch-outs ahead of the second-place Pittsburgh Pirates (144). • The Friars have three players in the top-10 in the Majors in strikeouts this season: James Shields (48, 1st), Home crowds of 20,000+: 9-5 Tyson Ross (37, 8th) and Andrew Cashner (36, T9th). Home crowds of 30,000+: 6-3 • Overall, Padres pitchers have recorded 226 strikeouts this season, the highest total in the NL and second-most Home crowds of 40,000+: 4-3 in the Majors, trailing only the New Yankees (227). Scoring less than three: 1-4 WELL-OILED RBI MACHINE: The Padres currently have six players with 10 or more RBI this season (Kemp, Scoring three or four: 3-6 Middlebrooks, Myers, Norris, Solarte, Upton...Alonso has nine), the highest total in the National League and tied for Scoring fi ve or more: 10-2 third-most in baseball (Houston and New York-AL each have seven). • The Padres have fi ve players with 15+ RBI (Kemp, Myers, Norris, Solarte, Upton), the highest total in MLB One-run games: 4-4 Two-run games: 4-0 UP(TON), UP(TON) AND AWAY!: With a home run and three RBI yesterday vs. Colorado at Petco Park, Justin Upton Games decided in last AB: 3-3 now has seven home runs 13 extra-base hits and 21 RBI this season, tied for the third-most home runs, tied for the Extra Innings W-L: 0-2 fi fth-most extra-base hits and the third-most RBI in the National League…has hit .301/.340/.602 (28-for-93) on the season, the sixth-best slugging percentage and 11th-best OPS in the NL (.942). Playing series opener: 3-5 • Per Elias, Upton doubled twice and homered in three at-bats yesterday vs. Kyle Kendrick, the fi rst Padres hitter Playing series fi nale: 5-3 to have three extra-base hits against the same pitcher in a single game since Adrian Gonzalez hit three doubles vs. Cliff Lee at Seattle on May 21, 2010. Series W-L-T (Home): 3-2-0 • During the last nine-game homestand, Justin Upton started every game and hit .324 (11-for-34) with two doubles, Series W-L-T (Road): 1-1-1 four home runs and 13 RBI. Series W-L-T (Total): 4-3-1 RISP-Y BUSINESS: With runners in scoring position, the Friars are hitting .332 (72-for-217), the best batting aver- Series Sweeps (Home): 1-1 age in Major League Baseball with runners in scoring position.
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