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PITTSBURGH PIRATES (24-22) at SAN DIEGO PADRES (23-25) Thursday, May 28, 2015 • 7:10 p.m. PT • Petco Park • San Diego, CA RHP A.J. Burnett (4-1, 1.37) vs. RHP Ian Kennedy (2-4, 6.11) Game 49 • Home Game 24 • 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. #VOTENORRIS | #VOTEUPTON | #VOTEKEMP | PADRES.COM/VOTE PADRES AT A GLANCE IT’S A FACT...GREATEST CITY IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND: The Padres have returned home to Petco Park Overall Record: 23-25 this evening where they will kick-off a seven-game, seven-day homestand as they will welcome the Pittsburgh NL West Standing: 3rd (-6.0) Pirates to “America’s Finest City” for a four-game set (tonight-Sunday) followed by a three-game series against the Home Record: 11-12 New York Mets. Road Record: 12-13 • The Friars returned from a six-game tour of Southern California as they played three games at Dodger Stadium Day Record: 7-7 Night Record: 16-18 (1-2) and three games at Angel Stadium (2-1), posting a combined 3-3 record on the trip. • Following the current homestand, the Padres will use a travel day next Thursday to start a two-city, seven- Road Trip: 3-3 game road trip as they will fi rst head to Cincinnati to play the Reds for a three-game series followed by a Last Five Games: 3-2 four-game stay in Atlanta against the Braves. Last 10 Games: 4-6 Streak: W2 HE LIGHTS CANDLES WITH HIS FASTBALL: Today Craig Kimbrel is celebrating his 27th birthday as he was born All-Time Record: 3,421-3,953-2 on May 28, 1988…Kimbrel shares a birthday with the likes of Duck Dynasty star Jep Robertson (37), rock star and All-Time at Home: 1,850-1,838-1 CCR frontman John Fogerty (70) and Hall of Fame basketball player and noted logo model Jerry West (77). All-Time at Petco Park: 481-433 • Kimbrel recorded his 198th career save in his 314th career game last night in the Padres’ 5-4 win over the All-Time on Road: 1,571-2,115-1 Angels in Anaheim…entering play today, the player to reach the 200 save plateau in the fewest amount 2014 vs. PIT: 3-3 of games was Jonathan Papelbon, who did so in 359 games. 2014 vs. PIT at home: 1-2 • Also entering play today, the youngest player to ever reach the 200 save mark was Francisco Rodriguez, 2014 vs. PIT on road: 2-1 who did so at 26 years and 239 days...after Rodriguez, Huston Street was the next youngest to do so at 29 years, 52 days. All-Time vs. PIT: 212-244 All-Time vs. PIT at Petco Park: 21-14 REHABBING OUT YONDER: Yonder Alonso made his fi rst minor league rehab appearance yesterday for Single-A All-Time vs. PIT in San Diego: 104-121 Lake Elsinore Storm (at Inland Empire) after he was placed on the 15-day disabled list on May 9 (retro May 8) with All-Time vs. PIT at PNC Park: 33-12 All-Time vs. PIT in Pittsburgh: 108-123 a right shoulder bruise. • Alonso went 1-for-3 at the plate but did not have any putouts at fi rst base. PADRES RECORD WHEN... TAKING THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED: Entering play today, the Padres have played 40 of their fi rst 48 games this season against teams with a record .500 or better (19-21), the highest total in Major League Baseball (second Sunday 5-2 Thursday 1-4 place is the New York Yankees with 35 games)…14 of the next 17 games on the club’s schedule are against teams Monday 1-5 Friday 4-3 Tuesday 5-3 Saturday 3-4 currently with a record .500 or better, as San Diego will take on the Pirates (24-22), Mets (27-21), Braves (22-22) Wednesday 4-4 and Dodgers (28-18) in four of their next six series. April 11-12 August 0-0 EVERYTHING IS AWESOME: Justin Upton (36), Derek Norris (28) and Matt Kemp (26) each have driven in 25 or May 12-13 September 0-0 more RBI this season…the Padres are the only National League team and one of six Major League teams June 0-0 October 0-0 (also Toronto (4), Baltimore, Cleveland, Minnesota and New York) with three or more players with 25+ RBI July 0-0 this season. Leading after six 13-1 • Yangervis Solarte currently has 23 RBI for the Padres as well. Tied after six: 5-2 Trailing after six: 5-22 HIT TO WIN: The Padres own a 16-3 record this season (.842) when out-hitting their opponents, the fourth-best Leading after seven: 16-1 record in the National League in this scenerio, trailing only the Washington Nationals (19-1, .950), New York Mets Tied after seven: 5-5 (17-2, .895) and Milwaukee Brewers (11-2, .846). Trailing after seven: 2-19 Leading after eight: 21-0 QUALITY PITCHING: After Andrew Cashner threw 7.0 innings of three-run baseball yesterday at Los Angeles-AL, Tied after eight: 2-3 the Friars pitching staff has now turned in a quality start in nine consecutive games, the club’s longest streak since Trailing after eight: 0-22 also going nine games from April 19-28, 2013…the last time the club had a streak of more than nine consecutive Scoring fi rst: 17-6 quality starts was July 6-20, 2002 when the Friars turned in 11 consecutive outings of 6.0+ IP and three-or-fewer Opponents score fi rst: 6-19 earned runs (STATS, Inc). Shutouts: 2-8 • Overall this season, the Padres lead all of Major League baseball with 33 quality starts, four more than Home crowds of 20,000+: 11-10 second place, which has 29 quality starts (four teams). Home crowds of 30,000+: 6-6 • Padres starters have posted a 2.64 ERA (17 ER, 58.0 IP) over the last nine games, with a .252 opponents Home crowds of 40,000+: 4-4 batting average…the pitching staff as a whole in the last nine games has posted a 2.49 ERA (22 ER, 79.2 IP). • The Padres bullpen in May has gone 3-2 with a 3.22 ERA (26 ER, 72.2 Scoring less than three: 1-14 IP) with a .221 average allowed after posting a 5.35 ERA (42 ER, 70.2 HITS, NL CATCHERS Scoring three or four: 6-8 Scoring fi ve or more: 16-3 IP) in April. Player Team H Derek Norris SD 48 One-run games: 7-8 D-ROCK THE VOTE: Derek Norris leads NL catchers in many categories, both Yadier Molina STL 45 Two-run games: 6-2 offensive and defensive (see below and chart) (stats are based on players to Wilson Ramos WSH 39 Games decided in last AB: 6-6 have played at least 80% of their games as a catcher). XBH, NL CATCHERS Extra Innings W-L: 2-2 • Has 48 hits on the season, the highest total of any catcher in baseball. Player Team XBH Playing series opener: 5-10 • Has 21 extra-base hits this season the highest total of any Major League Derek Norris SD 21 Playing series fi nale: 9-6 catcher this season and almost double the total of the second place Nick Hundley COL 12 catcher in the National League (Nick Hundley, 12). Yasmani Grandal LAD 10 Series W-L-T (Home): 3-4-0 Series W-L-T (Road): 2-3-3 • Norris has 17 doubles on the season, by far the highest total by a 2B, NL CATCHERS Major League catcher and almost double that of the second-place Series W-L-T (Total): 5-7-3 NL catcher (TOR Russell Martin is 2nd in Majors with 11). Player Team 2B Derek Norris SD 17 Series Sweeps (Home): 1-1 • Norris’ 28 RBI are the most by a NL catcher and the third-most in baseball Yadier Molina STL 9 Series Sweeps (Road): 0-0 (Stephen Vogt, 33…Brian McCann 29). Francisco Cervelli PIT 7 Series Sweeps (Total): 1-1 • Has tossed out 14 attempted base stealers, tied for the most in the RBI, NL CATCHERS White Jerseys: 6-8 Majors and a career-high…his 14 CCS this season surpass his previous Gray Jerseys: 4-6 Player Team RBI career high of eight, which came in 114 games and 870.1 innings played Blue Jerseys: 10-9 behind the plate last season. Derek Norris SD 28 Wilson Ramos WSH 21 Camoufl age Jerseys: 3-1 Yadier Molina STL 19 Retro Jerseys: 0-1 IN THE ‘MIDDLE’ OF THE RIDE: Since snapping a season-long 0-for-22 hitless streak on May 12, Will Middlebrooks is hitting .294/308/.510 (15-for-51) with two doubles, three home runs and fi ve RBI over his last 13 games…has hit safely CAUGHT STEALING, NL CATCHERS HIGHS AND LOWS... in nine of those games with multiple hits on six occasions. Player Team CCS Derek Norris SD 14 Team Batting Highs Runs: 14 (2x, 5/1) 2B: 5 (2x, 5/9) DOWNTON UPTON: In 23 games at Petco Park this season, Justin Upton owns Tuffy Gosewisch ARI 10 Martin Maldonado MIL 8 Hits: 20 (2x, 4/11 & 5/24) HR: 3 (4x, 5/17) a .349/.396/.723 (29-for-83) with four doubles, nine home runs and 22 RBI, Individual Batting Highs the seventh-best batting average, second-best slugging percentage, third-best Hits: 4 (3x, Venable, 5/24) 2B: 2 (6x, Myers, 5/9) OPS (1.118), tied for the second-most home runs and tied for the second-most Runs: 3 (5x, Venable, 5/24) RBI: 6 (Upton, 5/25) RBI of any National League player in their home ballpark.