MILWAUKEE BREWERS (66-90) vs. SAN DIEGO PADRES (73-83) Tuesday, September 29, 2015 • 7:10 p.m. PT • Petco Park • San Diego, CA RHP Jorge Lopez (MLB Debut) vs. RHP Tyson Ross (10-11, 3.17) Game 157 • Home Game 79 • Mighty 1090 AM • XEMO 860 • FOX Sports SD 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. BREW CITY VS. CRAFT BREW CITY: The Padres will kick off the fi nal series of their 2015 home schedule this evening as PADRES AT A GLANCE they will welcome the Milwaukee Brewers to “America’s Finest City” for a three game set…the Friars, kicked off the fi nal leg of this three-series, nine-game, 10-day homestand last week, earning a series victory over the San Francisco Giants (2-1) from Overall Record: 73-83 Tuesday-Thursday but dropped a three-game set to the Arizona Diamondbacks over the weekend, losing two of three games (1-2). NL West Standing: 4th (-14.0) • Following Thursday’s game, the Padres will hop on the bus and take the short ride on I-5 North to Los Angeles where Home Record: 38-40 they will conclude the 2015 season with a three-game series against the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. Road Record: 35-43 Day Record: 16-28 WHAT’S UP, DOC?: The San Diego Hall of Champions announced this afternoon that Padres Bench Coach and former Night Record: 57-55 Major League outfi elder Dave Roberts will be inducted into the Breitbard Hall of Fame next year at the annual Salute to the Champions dinner on February 16…Roberts will join the likes of Ted Williams, LaDainian Tomlinson and Bill Walton as the Homestand: 3-3 honor has been awarded since 1952. Last Five Games: 3-2 • Roberts was an all-around athlete at Rancho Buena Vista High and cast his lot with baseball and his 10-year career with Last 10 Games: 5-5 fi ve clubs, including a World Series Championship with the 2004 Boston Red Sox. Streak: L1 KEEPING THE BREW LOCAL: The Padres own an all-time 21-12 (.636) advantage over the Brewers at Petco Park, the All-Time Record: 3,471-4,011-2 Friars’ second-best record against a National League opponent in downtown San Diego…the only team the Padres have a All-Time at Home: 1,877-1,866-1 better record against at Petco Park is the New York Mets (26-14, .650). All-Time at Petco Park: 508-461 • The Padres pitching staff has posted a 2.89 ERA (96 ER, 299.0 IP) with 256 strikeouts against 114 walks while limit- All-Time on Road: 1,594-2,145-1 ing the opposition to a .219 batting average in their 33 meetings at Petco Park since the downtown ballpark opened in 2004…the staff has held the Brewers to one or fewer runs nine times in their last 15 meetings in San Diego 2015 vs. Milwaukee: 1-3 since April 29, 2010. 2015 vs. MIL at Home: 0-0 2015 vs. MIL on Road: 1-3 MORE LIKE TYSON ‘BOSS’: Tyson Ross, tonight’s starting pitcher for the Padres, All-Time vs. MIL: 66-56 200+ Strikeout Seasons, Padres recorded a career-high-tying 11 strikeouts in his last outing on September 22 vs. San All-Time vs. MIL at Petco Park: 21-12 History Francisco and now has 205 on the season, making him the sixth different pitcher All-Time vs. MIL in San Diego: 35-20 (the eighth time) in Padres history to record 200 strikeouts in a single season. Player Season SO All-Time vs. MIL at Miller Park: 23-31 • Ross joins James Shields, who has 216 punch-outs this season, making Kevin Brown 1998 257 All-Time vs. MIL in Milwaukee: 31-36 Shields and Ross the fi rst set of teammates in Padres history to record Jake Peavy 2007 240 200 strikeouts in the same season. Clay Kirby 1971 231 • Shields and Ross are currently one of three sets of Major League team- PADRES RECORD WHEN... James Shields 2015 216 mates with 200+ strikeouts and were the fi rst set to reach the plateau… Jake Peavy 2005 216 Cleveland’s Carlos Carraso and Corey Kluber and Pittsburgh’s Gerrit Cole Sunday 10-14 Thursday 7-10 Jake Peavy 2006 215 and Francisco Liriano have also accomplished this feat. Monday 8-9 Friday 13-12 Ian Kennedy 2014 207 • Since the start of the 2004 season, Shields and Ross were the ninth set of Tuesday 10-14 Saturday 14-11 Tyson Ross 2015 205 National League teammates to record 200+ punchouts in the same season Wednesday 11-13 and the fi rst since Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw both did so for the April 11-12 August 14-14 Dodgers last year. May 14-15 September 9-16 • Ross’ 205 strikeouts are a new career high, surpassing his previous best of 195 SO set last year…Ross is the second pitcher in franchise history to record 195+ strikeouts in consecutive seasons, joining Jake Peavy who did so in three June 12-15 October 0-0 straight seasons from 2005-07. July 13-11 Leading after six 47-8 AS HE SLIDES ON DOWN THE ROAD: Ross has tallied 138 of his 205 strikeouts this season with his slider, the third-highest Tied after six: 9-8 strikeout total on a single pitch in Major League Baseball, trailing only TB Chris Archer’s 177 strikeouts with his slider and STL Trailing after six: 17-67 Lance Lynn’s 142 strikeouts with his fastball. Leading after seven: 52-4 Tied after seven: 11-12 HELL’S BELLS: The Padres own a 61-0 record this season when leading after eight innings, one of three National League teams Trailing after seven: 10-67 to be undefeated when leading after the eighth inning and the second-most wins without a loss, trailing only the Nationals (71-0). Leading after eight: 61-0 • Since the start of last season the Padres are 124-1 when leading after eight innings…the club last lost when lead- Tied after eight: 8-8 ing after eight innings on July 5 of last season when they dropped a 5-3 game to the Giants in 10 innings that they were Trailing after eight: 4-75 leading 3-2 after eight…the Padres have won 92 consecutive games when leading after eight innings, the longest such streak in the National League (STATS, Inc). Scoring fi rst: 50-24 • Since the 2010 season, the Padres own a 395-10 record (.975) when leading after eight innings, the best record Opponents score fi rst: 23-59 in MLB in that time. Shutouts: 6-18 MATTY BALLGAME: Matt Kemp currently boasts 99 RBI this season, tied for the 10th-highest total in Major League Baseball Home crowds of 20,000+: 36-36 and tied for the third-most in the National League, trailing only Nolan Arenado (126) and Paul Goldschmidt (105)…with one Home crowds of 30,000+: 19-20 more RBI, Matt Kemp would become the 14th different player (19th time) in franchise history to record 100+ RBI in a Home crowds of 40,000+: 7-8 single season and the fi rst since Chase Headley had 115 during the 2012 season. Scoring less than three: 6-48 • His RBI total is currently the fi fth-most in franchise history for a player in his fi rst year with the club and the most since Phil Plantier had 100 RBI in his fi rst season with the Friars in 1993. Scoring three or four: 17-26 • Kemp has driven in 35 go-ahead RBI this season, tied with TOR Josh Donaldson for the highest total in Major League Scoring fi ve or more: 50-9 Baseball…his 35 go-ahead RBI this season are tied for the third-most by a Padres player since full records One-run games: 22-19 started being kept in 1974, trailing only Fred McGriff’s 37 in 1991 and Joe Carter’s 36 in 1990. Two-run games: 19-15 • Since the second half began on July 17, he is hitting .285/.338/.528 (70-for-246) with 13 doubles, one triple, 15 home Games decided in last AB: 21-16 runs and 52 RBI, the third-most RBI in the NL (C. Gonzalez, 58 and Arenado, 56) and tied for the sixth-most home runs. Extra Innings W-L: 7-5 NO SOUP FOR YOU: Derek Norris has recorded 38 catcher caught stealings this Playing series opener: 21-29 season, the most by a Major League catcher since Gerald Laird caught 40 would- Catcher Caught Stealing, Single Playing series fi nale: 22-28 be basestealers in 2009 for the Tigers and the most by an NL catcher since Paul Seasons since 2000 Lo Duca caught 43 would-be basestealers in 2003 for the Dodgers (see chart). Series W-L-T (Home): 11-12-2 • In terms of franchise history, Norris’ CCS total ranks seventh-best Player Year, Team CCS Series W-L-T (Road): 8-11-6 and is the most since John Flaherty had 40 in 1997. Einar Diaz 2001, Cle 46 Series W-L-T (Total): 18-23-8 Mike Matheny 2000, StL 46 Series Sweeps (Home): 3-4 FEAR THE BEARD: Derek Norris has 14 home runs, 33 doubles and 49 extra- Paul Lo Duca 2003, LAD 43 Series Sweeps (Road): 0-2 base hits this season, the highest extra-base hit and doubles total in Major League Jason LaRue 2001, Cin 41 Series Sweeps (Total): 3-6 baseball among players who have played 75% or more of their games as a catcher Gerald Laird 2009, Det 40 this season and the ninth-most homers (5th in the National League).