COLORADO ROCKIES (57-80) vs. SAN DIEGO PADRES (65-73) Tuesday, September 8, 2015 • 7:10 p.m. PT • Petco Park • San Diego, CA RHP Jon Gray (0-0, 6.15) vs. RHP Colin Rea (2-2, 5.47) Game 139 • Home Game 70 • 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. SOMETHING, SOMETHING, SOMETHING...ON A TUESDAY: The Padres opened the fi nal leg of their current 11-game PADRES AT A GLANCE homestand yesterday afternoon, dropping the fi rst game of a four game set against the Colorado Rockies by a score of 6-4… the fi rst three games of this tilt were originially scheduled and the fourth and fi nal game is a makeup game for the rainout at Overall Record: 65-73 Petco Park on July 19, the second rainout in Petco Park history and the fi rst since April 4, 2006… San Diego is coming off a four NL West Standing: 4th (-14.5) game weekend series with the Los Angeles Dodgers, losing three of four games to their division rivals, including yesterday’s Home Record: 33-36 fi nale by a score of 5-1… the Friars opened this homestand having lost two of three games to the Texas Rangers. Road Record: 32-37 • Following the current homestand, the Friars will venture out on a nine-game, 10-day road trip around the National Day Record: 15-25 League West as they will head out to San Francisco (September 11-13), Arizona (September 14-16) and Colorado Night Record: 50-48 (September 18-20). Homestand: 2-6 FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES: Per Elias Sports Bureau, the current series against the Colorado Rockies is considered Last Five Games: 1-4 to be a four game series and the series that was originally scheduled to be three games from July 17-19 is now considered Last 10 Games: 3-7 to be a two game series…because of the rain out on July 19, Thursday’s make-up game is not considered to be part of the Streak: L4 original three-game series. All-Time Record: 3,463-4,001-2 • That being said, as the Padres won both games against Colorado from July 17-18, credit the Padres with an extra two- game series sweep, lifting their season sweep total from two to three times. All-Time at Home: 1,872-1,862-1 All-Time at Petco Park: 504-457 TODAY’S TRANSACTION: The Padres announced this afternoon that INF/OF Tommy Medica was claimed on waivers by the All-Time on Road: 1,590-2,139-1 Miami Marlins…with the move, the Padres have 39 men on the 40-man roster. 2015 vs. Colorado: 9-4 • Medica, 27, spent the entire 2015 season with Triple-A El Paso, hitting .259/.314/.364 (86-for-332) with fi ve home runs 2015 vs. Colorado at Home: 5-1 and 39 RBI in 100 games. 2015 vs. Colorado on Road: 4-3 NO MINOR MATTERS: The Padres have three of their seven minor league affi liates participating in post-season play this All-Time vs. COL: 180-192 season as the Short-Season Tri-City Dust Devils, the Single-A Fort Wayne TinCaps and the Triple- A El Paso Chihuahuas are All-Time vs. COL at Petco Park: 54-53 all playoff bound. All-Time vs. COL in San Diego: 97-90 • Tri-City began their playoff run yesterday against the Everett AquaSox (SEA), winning Game 1 in 16 innings by a score All-Time vs. COL at Coors Field: 79-96 of 2-1…this being a best-of-three series, the Dust Devils need just one more victory to advance to the Northwest League All-Time vs. COL in Denver: 83-102 Championship Series. • Fort Wayne will start postseason play tomorrow night in a best-of-three series against the West Michigan Whitecaps PADRES RECORD WHEN... (DET)…Fort Wayne earned the Midwest League Eastern Division second half title, just the fi fth time the organization has fi nished in fi rst place at the end of a half and the fi rst time since the second half of 2009…it is Fort Wayne’s seventh Sunday 9-12 Thursday 6-9 consecutive season with a playoff appearance, the longest active streak in the MWL. Monday 7-9 Friday 13-9 • El Paso will start their playoff schedule tomorrow night at Fresno (HOU) in a best-of-fi ve series…the Chihuahuas Tuesday 9-12 Saturday 13-9 clinched the Pacifi c Coast League Pacifi c Southern Division title and are making their fi rst playoff appearances in the Wednesday 8-13 club’s brief two year history… the Chihuahuas are the fi rst Padres Triple-A affi liate to make the playoffs since the Port- land Beavers did so during the 2004 season. April 11-12 August 14-14 May 14-15 September 1-6 #SEALEVEL’D: Dating back to September 6, 2013, the Padres have been victorious in 15 of their last 19 contests against the June 12-15 October 0-0 Rockies at Petco Park, pitching to a 2.42 ERA (46 ER, 171.0 IP) with 190 strikeouts (10.0 K/9) against 47 walks while limiting July 13-11 the opposition to a .229 batting average…offensively, the Padres bats have hit .249/.330/.405 with 28 doubles, three triples, 19 home runs, 76 RBI and 82 runs scored in that 19 game span. Leading after six 41-6 • The Padres have won six of their last seven games against the Rockies at Petco Park dating back to September 24 of Tied after six: 9-7 last season and 10 of their last 12 meetings in downtown San Diego since August 11 of last year. Trailing after six: 15-60 • The Padres’ 15-4 record (.789) at Petco Park against the Rockies since the 2013 All-Star Break is the second-best Leading after seven: 46-4 home winning percentage vs. any divisional opponent in Major League Baseball, trailing only the Dodgers’ .833 Tied after seven: 10-11 winning percentage (15-3) vs. Arizona. Trailing after seven: 9-58 • Overall this season, regardless of location, the Padres own a 9-4 (.692) record against the Rockies, tied for the fi fth-best Leading after eight: 54-0 record by any National League team against a divisional opponent this season, behind only the Mets’ 14-2 (.875) record Tied after eight: 7-8 against the Phillies, the Nationals’ 13-3 (.813) record against the Braves, the Dodgers’ 9-3 (.750) record against the Trailing after eight: 4-65 Diamondbacks and the Reds’ 10-4 record (.714) against the Pirates. Scoring fi rst: 45-21 CALL US FIEVEL, BECAUSE WE’RE GOING WEST: The Padres will play 21 of their remaining 24 games against National Opponents score fi rst: 20-52 League opponents, including 12 of those games at Petco Park. Shutouts: 5-17 • The Friars own a 27-28 (.491) record in 55 games against NL West opponents thus far, including a 16-13 record at Home crowds of 20,000+: 32-32 home…among NL West teams, the Padres record against divisional opponents is tied for third-best, trailing Home crowds of 30,000+: 17-20 only the Dodgers, who are 35-21 (.625) and Giants, who are 29-29 (.500), in divisional play. • The only non-NL West opponent remaining on the Padres’ schedule is the Milwaukee Brewers, who will make the trip Home crowds of 40,000+: 7-8 to San Diego from September 29 - October 1. Scoring less than three: 5-43 Scoring three or four: 15-20 COLORADO CAUSES DOUBLE VISION: With his double in the eighth inning last night, Scoring fi ve or more: 45-9 Derek Norris now has nine doubles against the Rockies this season, matching the franchise Padres 2B vs. any opponent in record for most doubles by a player against a single opponent in a single season (see single season One-run games: 18-18 chart)…additionally, including his two home runs vs. Colorado this season, Norris has Player Year Opp 2B Two-run games: 19-12 11 extra-base hits vs. the Rockies, tied for the 10th-most in franchise history vs. a single Steve Finley 1996 Col 9 Games decided in last AB: 18-16 opponent in a single season and the most since Yasmani Grandal had 11 last season (6 Brian Giles 2008 Col 9 Extra Innings W-L: 7-5 HR, 5 2B) against SF. Ryan Klesko 2002 Col 9 • His nine two-baggers against the Rockies this season are tied for the second-most Derek Norris 2015 Col 9 Playing series opener: 21-24 doubles by any player in baseball against a single opponent this season, trailing Playing series fi nale: 19-25 only Adrian Gonzalez who had 10 doubles against the Rox this season… Norris’ Series W-L-T (Home): 10-11-1 11 extra-base hits against Colorado in 2015 are tied for the third-most by any Major League player against a single op- Series W-L-T (Road): 7-9-6 ponent, trailing only Nolan Arenado’s 14 XBH vs. San Francisco and Bryce Harper’s 14 XBH vs. ATL. Series W-L-T (Total): 17-20-7 • Overall, Norris has 29 doubles and 44 extra-base hits, the highest totals of any Major League player to play at least 75% of his games this season as a catcher.