San Diego Padres (16-30) at New York Mets (18-24) Tuesday, May 23, 2017 • 7:10 P.M
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SAN DIEGO PADRES (16-30) AT NEW YORK METS (18-24) TUESDAY, MAY 23, 2017 • 7:10 P.M. PT • CITI FIELD • FLUSHING, NY RHP JHOULYS CHACIN (4-3, 4.61) VS. RHP MATT HARVEY (2-3, 5.56) GAME 47 • AWAY GAME 24 • FM 94.9 • XEMO 860 • FOX SPORTS SAN DIEGO San Diego Padres Communications Department • 100 Park Blvd., San Diego, CA 92101 • (619) 795-5000 All Padres game information, including game notes and rosters, is available at http://padrespressbox.com. BIG CITY, BRIGHT LIGHTS The Padres begin this six-game road trip tonight at Citi PADRES AT A GLANCE Field for a three-game set against the Mets and then travel to Washington D.C. to play Overall Record: 16-30 the Nationals for a three-game series beginning on Friday. NL West Standing: (-13.0, 5th) Home Record: 9-14 STELLAR SUNDAY: LHP Clayton Richard took the mound for his 10th start of the Road Record: 7-16 season on Sunday and twirled his fi rst complete game of the season and third of Day Record: 4-9 his career (last: 8/8/12 vs. CHC—a complete game shutout)…he did not issue a walk Night Record: 12-21 for the second consecutive start...over his last three starts he has a 17-to-1 strikeout- to-walk ratio. Past Stand: 2-5 Last Five Games: 1-4 • He also added an RBI single in the fi fth, the 22nd RBI of his career and his fi rst Last 10 Games: 3-7 since 9/8/16 vs. COL. Streak: W1 • The Padres have now won 94 consecutive home games when they have led entering the ninth inning dating back to July 2014...the longest active streak All-Time Record: 3,556-4140-2 in MLB (ELIAS). All-Time at Home: 1,926-1924-1 All-Time at Petco Park: 557-528 RY THE GUY: INF Ryan Schimpf connected on his 10th home run of the season on All-Time on Road: 1,631-2216-1 Sunday to put the Padres on the board and tie the game at 1-1. 2017 vs. NYM: 0-0 • It was Schimpf’s 30th home run of his career in his 130th MLB game, making 2017 vs. NYM at Home: 0-0 him just the third player in franchise history with 30-plus homers in his fi rst 2017 vs. NYM on Road: 0-0 130 games as a Padre...Gary Sheffi eld also had 30 home runs through his fi rst 130 games, while Phil Plantier had the most long balls through his fi rst All-Time vs. NYM: 241-235 All-Time vs. NYM in SD: 132-109 130 with 32 (STATS Inc). All-Time vs. NYM in NY: 109-126 • Out of Schimpf’s 21 hits this season, he now has 10 home runs, nine singles and two doubles to go along with 25 walks...out of his 60 hits in 2016, he had 20 PADRES RECORD WHEN... home runs, 18 singles, 17 doubles and fi ve triples. Sunday 2-4 Thursday 1-5 THE LONG BALL: The Padres’ 55 home runs are the seventh-most in the National Monday 3-3 Friday 3-4 League...this series opponent, the New York Mets, have the fi fth-most in the NL with 58. Tuesday 2-5 Saturday 2-5 • Of the Padres’ 158 runs scored this season, more than half (80) have come via Wednesday 3-4 the home run, the highest percentage (50.6 percent) in the National League April 11-16 August 0-0 and the third-highest in MLB, behind only the Oakland Athletics (53.4 per- May 5-14 September 0-0 cent) and the New York Yankees (51.3 percent), per STATS Inc. June 0-0 October 0-0 • In 2016, the club hit a franchise-best 177 home runs, passing the previous club July 0-0 record of 172 home runs by the 1970 Padres...this season, the Padres are on Leading after six 11-3 pace for 194 home runs. Tied after six: 2-5 Trailing after six: 3-22 CORE FOUR BACK TOGETHER: The Padres today recalled INF Carlos Asuaje from Leading after seven: 13-2 Triple-A El Paso and optioned RHP Jose Valdez to El Paso. Tied after seven: 1-3 • Asuaje, along with C Austin Hedges and OFs Manuel Margot and Hunter Ren- Trailing after seven: 2-25 froe, were key pieces to El Paso’s Pacifi c Coast League title team last year. Leading after eight: 13-1 • Last season, Asuaje earned PCL Rookie of the Year honors and led all of Triple-A Tied after eight: 1-5 in hits (172), tied for fi rst in runs scored (98) and ranked second in triples. Trailing after eight: 2-24 • He is currently ranked as the Padres’ No. 9 prospect by MLB.com. Scoring fi rst: 13-10 Opponents score fi rst: 5-18 Shutouts: 3-1 WELL GROUNDED: Coming into tonight, Padres pitchers have the highest ground ball percentage in all of baseball at 51.8 percent...the New York Mets have the 10th- Home crowds of 20,000+: 2-2 highest percentage at 46.4. Home crowds of 30,000+: 1-3 Home crowds of 40,000+: 2-1 TURNING TWO: The Padres have recorded 45 double plays this season, which ranks Scoring less than three: 2-17 tied for the seventh-best in the Majors and tied for the fourth-most with the Nationals in Scoring three or four: 2-11 the National League...in the NL, Milwaukee has the most double plays (51), followed by Scoring fi ve or more: 12-1 Colorado (48) and Atlanta (46). One-run games: 4-7 Two-run games: 2-5 PADRES ON DECK: SS Fernando Tatis Jr. was named Player of the Week for the Games decided in last AB: 1-3 Midwest and INF Christian Villanueva was named Player of the Week by the Pacifi c Extra Innings W-L: 2-2 Coast League on Monday. • Tatis Jr., rated the Padres’ No. 6 prospect by MLB.com, went 12-for-26 (.462) last Playing series opener: 7-7 week with three doubles, a triple, three home runs and six RBIs...he had a .533 on- Playing series fi nale: 4-10 base percentage for the week with a 1.000 slugging percentage and a 1.533 OPS. Series W-L-T (Home): 2-4-0 • Villanueva, 25, signed with the Padres as a minor league free agent last winter... Series W-L-T (Road): 2-5-0 the native of Guadalajara, Mexico, hit .500 (12-for-24) last week with three hom- Series W-L-T (Split): 0-1-0 ers, seven RBIs and eight runs scored to earn the PCL honor. Series W-L-T (Total): 4-10-0 Series Sweeps (Home): 0-1 THIS DAY IN PADRES HISTORY: On May 23, 1970, the Padres defeated San Francisco Series Sweeps (Road): 0-1 17-16 in a 15-inning game at Candlestick Park...the 17 runs and 21 hits remain all-time Series Sweeps (Total): 0-2 Padres records for an extra-inning game, as does the combined 33 runs and 44 hits for the two teams...Nate Colbert went 5-for-8 with a homer, four RBIs and two runs scored. White Jerseys: 6-10 Gray Jerseys: 5-11 CAST YOUR VOTES: All-Star voting is underway for the 2017 All-Star Game on July Blue Jerseys: 2-5 11th at Marlins Park and fans may cast their votes at padres.com/vote for their favorite Brown Jerseys: 2-2 Padres starters a total of 35 times, with a maximum fi ve ballots cast in any 24-hour period. Navy Camoufl age Jerseys: 1-1 Marine Camoufl age Jerseys: 0-1 Retro Jerseys: 0-0 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS DAY DATE TIME (PDT) OPP. PADRES STARTER OPPOSING STARTER TELEVISION Wed 5/24 4:10 p.m. NYM RHP Jarred Cosart (0-1, 2.70) RHP Robert Gsellman (2-3, 6.75) Fox Sports SD Thurs 5/25 4:10 p.m. NYM TBA RHP Jacob deGrom (3-1, 3.56 Fox Sports SD All games broadcast live in English on FM 94.9 and in Spanish on XEMO 860 AM NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1984, 1998 • NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST CHAMPIONS 1984, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2006 TONIGHT’S STARTER #46 - JHOULYS CHACIN - RHP CHACIN’S 2017 DAY-BY-DAY GETTING THE BALL: 29-year-old Jhoulys Chacin (pronunciation: JO-lease sha-SEEN) takes DATE/OPP DEC . ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR the mound tonight for his 10th start of the season, sixth on the road, for his seventh career start 4/3 @ LAD L (0-1) 24.30 3.1 8 9 9 2 2 2 against the New York Mets. 4/8 vs. SF W (1-1) 8.10 6.2 3 0 0 1 5 0 • Took the no decision in his last start on 5/17 vs. MIL, despite allowing just two hits and 4/14 @ ATL L (1-2) 7.80 5.0 8 4 3 4 3 0 one run across 7.0 innings while striking out a season-high eight batters...recorded 19 4/19 vs. ARI W (2-2) 4.70 8.0 3 0 0 1 5 0 consecutive putouts from the fi rst inning with one out to the top of the seventh inning 4/24 @ ARI L (2-3) 5.90 6.0 8 7 7 2 6 2 with two outs...it was just the second time in his career that he tossed at least 7.0 innings, struck out at least eight and allowed two hits or less (also, 8/23/13 vs.