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SAN DIEGO PADRES GAME INFORMATION PETCO PARK 100 PARK BLVD SAN DIEGO, CA 92101 PROVIDED BY THE PADRES COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT SAN DIEGO PADRES (69-80) vs. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (69-81) Tuesday, September 16, 2014 • 7:10 p.m. PT • Petco Park • San Diego, CA RHP Ian Kennedy (10-13, 3.77) vs. RHP A.J. Burnett (8-16, 4.34) Game 150 • Home Game 73 • 1090 AM • XEMO 860 • FOX Sports San Diego PADRES AT A GLANCE All Padres game information including game notes and rosters is available at http://padrespressbox.com. Overall Record: 69-80 HOME IS WHERE THE FRIAR IS: The Padres kicked-off their fi nal homestand of the 2014 campaign last night as NL West Standing: 3rd (-16.5) they, fueled by a complete-game shutout by Andrew Cashner, blanked the Phillies in the fi rst game of a four-game Home Record: 41-31 set, 1-0..this weekend, the Friars will welcome their National League West division rival San Francisco Giants to Road Record: 28-49 town for a three-game set (Fri-Sun) and will conclude their 2014 home schedule next Monday-Wednesday when the Day Record: 21-25 Colorado Rockies come to town. Night Record: 48-55 HOMESTAND HAPPENINGS: The Padres’ fi nal homestand of the season will feature a variety of different events, Homestand: 1-0 highlighted by Fall Beerfest presented by Alaska Airlines (Sep. 19) and Belly Up at the Ballpark presented by San Last Five Games: 2-3 Diego Toyota Dealers, a postgame concert featuring O.A.R and DJ Chris Cote (Sep 20). Last 10 Games: 3-7 • Tonight will be ¡Fiesta Padres! presented by Verizon Wireless, celebrating Mexican Independence Day and Hispanic Heritage Month....the event kicks off at 4:30 p.m. at Park at the Park headlined by appearances by 10 Streak: W1 Lucha Libre wrestlers. All-Time Record: 3,390-3,924-2 All-Time at Home: 1,832-1,824-1 STRAIGHT CASH, HOMIE: Last night, Andrew Cashner threw his second complete game shutout of the season and 3+ COMPLETE GAME SHUTOUTS, All-Time at Petco Park: 463-419 the third of his career, joining his complete-game, one-hit shut- FIRST 50 STARTS, ACTIVE PLAYERS All-Time on Road: 1,558-2,099-1 out on April 11 of this season vs. Detroit at Petco Park and his PLAYER # OF TIMES DATES 2014 vs. PHI: 1-3 complete-game, one-hit shutout on September 16, 2013 at TEX Derek Holland 4 5/22/2009 - 7/14/2011 Pittsburgh...it was the third complete-game shutout thrown by 2014 vs. PHI at Home: 1-0 STL Jaime Garcia 3 7/20/2008 - 7/23/2011 a Padres player this season, also joining the three-hit complete- 2014 vs. PHI on Road: 0-3 game shutout that Tyson Ross threw on July 2 vs. Cincinnati. PHI/HOU JA Happ 3 6/30/2007 - 5/3/2011 SD Andrew Cashner 3 9/16/2013 - 9/15/2014 All-Time vs. PHI: 202-253 • Last night being the 49th start of Cashner’s career, he is All-Time vs. PHI at Petco Park: 8-26 now one of four active pitchers to have thrown three or more complete game shutouts within 50 career All-Time vs. PHI in San Diego: 105-121 COMPLETE GAME SHUTOUT & 2 OR FEWER HITS, starts, joining the gentlemen listed in the top chart on the FIRST 50 CAREER STARTS, SINCE 1969 All-Time vs. PHI at Citizens Bank Park: 13-23 right. All-Time vs. PHI in Philadelphia: 97-132 • Having allowed just two hits in his CG SHO last night and PLAYER # OF TIMES DATES one hit in each of his prior two shutouts, Cashner became LAD Orel Hershiser 6 7/14/1984 - 7/23/1985 RECORD WHEN... the sixth Major League pitcher since the 1969 season OAK Vida Blue 4 9/11/1970 - 7/16/1971 to throw three or more complete game shutouts during SD Andrew Cashner 3 9/16/2013 - 9/15/2014 Sunday 12-13 Thursday 4-10 which he allowed two or fewer hits within his fi rst 50 CIN Bruce Berenyi 3 4/14/1981 - 8/24/1981 Monday 8-8 Friday 12-12 career starts, joining the gentlemen listed in the second STL Silvio Martinez 3 7/8/1978 - 6/27/1979 Tuesday 10-13 Saturday 11-13 chart on the right. STL/TEX Jim Bibby 3 6/29/1973 - 6/18/1974 Wednesday 11-12 • With 92 pitches thrown last night, Cashner threw tied for the seventh-fewest pitches in a nine-inning, complete March 1-0 July 12-13 game effort in Padres franchise history, trailing Andy Ash- April 12-16 August 16-11 by’s 75 pitches on July 5, 1998, Joey Hamilton’s 82 pitches on August 1, 1997, Ed Whitson’s 84 pitches on May May 13-14 September 4-10 6, 1990, Whitson’s 86 pitches on April 20, 1990 and Clay Hensley’s 91 pitches on May 14, 2006…furthermore, June 10-17 October 0-0 his pitch total tied for the second-fewest in franchise history during a complete game shutout, behind only Clay Hensley’s 91 pitches in his CG SHO on May 14, 2006. Leading after six 52-1 Tied after six: 8-11 SEÑOR SEPTEMBER: Ian Kennedy, tonight’s starting pitcher for the Padres owns a lifetime 10-4 record (.714) with a Trailing after six: 9-68 2.84 ERA (49 ER, 155.1 IP) with 139 strikeouts against 48 walks in 26 games, 25 starts, during the month of Septem- Leading after seven: 53-2 ber...among active Major League pitchers with at least 140.0 career innings pitched during the month of September, Tied after seven: 9-8 his 2.84 ERA is the fifth-lowest behind only Clayton Kershaw (2.01), Clay Buchholz (2.52), Johan Santana (2.61) Trailing after seven: 7-70 and Zack Greinke (2.66), while his .769 winning percentage is fourth-best in the Majors (Kershaw .762, Santana .731 and Greinke .722) Leading after eight: 55-1 Tied after eight: 9-7 KEEP YOUR ENEMIES CLOSE: Including last night’s 1-0 victory over the Phillies, the Padres now own a 29-19 Trailing after eight: 5-72 (.604) record this season in one-run games, the best record in Major League Baseball...dating back to their Scoring fi rst: 45-18 walk-off, one-run victory over Milwaukee on August 27, the Padres are 6-1 in their last six games decided by one run. Opponents score fi rst: 24-62 • To put the Friars’ success into historical perspective, their .604 winning percentage in one-run ballgames is the sixth-best in franchise history, trailing only the 1974 season (31-16, .666), 1991 season (27-16, .628), 2004 Shutouts: 8-19 season (25-15, .625), 1989 season (30-18, .625) and 2001 season (24-15, .615). Home crowds of 20,000+: 30-21 Home crowds of 30,000+: 16-9 HOLDING DOWN THE MISSION: Through 72 games at Petco Park this season, the Padres own a 41-31 (.569) Home crowds of 40,000+: 4-3 record, the eighth-best home record in Major League Baseball and the fourth-best mark in the National League. • Since June 29, the Padres have won 22 of their last 30 games at Petco Park...their .733 winning percentage at Scoring less than three: 13-57 home in that time is the best mark in the National League and second-best in Major League Baseball, trailing Scoring three or four: 25-15 only Baltimore who is 28-9 (.757) at home in that time. Scoring fi ve or more: 31-7 • Since the second-half began on July 18, the Padres own a 17-6 record at Petco Park (.739), the best mark in the National League and second best in Major League Baseball (Baltimore, 21-6) in that time. One-run games: 29-19 • Overall, the Padres pitching staff has pitched to a 2.58 ERA (191 ER, 667.0 IP) and has limited the opposition Two-run games: 11-21 to a .219 batting average at Petco Park this season, the best home ERA and opponents batting average in Games decided in last AB: 18-13 Major League Baseball... the Padres current home ERA is the second-best in franchise history (1978, 2.50) Extra Innings W-L: 10-5 while the .219 opponents batting average is the best. Playing series opener: 22-26 FOR IT’S ONE, TWO, THREE STRIKES: Through 149 games this season, the Padres pitching staff has recorded Playing series fi nale: 20-27 1,183 strikeouts, already surpassing their 2013 total of 1,172 and the sixth-highest total in franchise history...the fran- chise record for strikeouts in a single season is 1,295, done by the 2010 squad...entering play today, the 2014 Padres Series W-L-T (Home): 10-9-4 are on pace to record 1,286 strikeouts this season, which would be the second-most in franchise history. Series W-L-T (Road): 5-17-2 • As a team, the Padres boast a 8.04 strikeouts per nine innings, the best mark in franchise history...prior to this Series W-L-T (Total): 15-26-6 season, the best mark in franchise history was 8.00 in 2010. • Tyson Ross (195) and Ian Kennedy (189) are both on pace to reach the 200 strikeout plateau this season... Series Sweeps (Home): 3-1 only three players (fi ve instances) in franchise history have ever reached the 200 strikeout mark: Kevin Brown in Series Sweeps (Road): 0-2 1998 (257), Jake Peavy in 2007, 2005 and 2006 (240, 216 and 215, respectively) and Clay Kirby in 1971 (231).