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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 (63-70) at LOS ANGELES DODGERS (76-59) Friday, August 29, 2014 • 5:40 p.m. PT • Petco Park • San Diego, CA RHP Ian Kennedy (10-11, 3.75) vs. RHP Zack Greinke (13-8, 2.79) Game 134 • Home Game 66 • 1090 AM • XEMO 860 • FOX Sports SD PADRES AT A GLANCE All Padres game information including game notes and rosters is available at http://padrespressbox.com. Overall Record: 63-70 SWEET HOME, SAN DIEGO: The Padres opened-up the second-leg of their 11-day, 10-game homestand last night NL West Standing: 3rd (-12.0) as they welcomed the Los Angeles Dodgers to “America’s Finest City” with a walk-off, 3-2 victory over their division Home Record: 37-28 rivals...following the current series, the Padres will welcome the Arizona Diamondbacks to town for a four-game set, Road Record: 26-42 before embarking on a three-city, 11-day, 10-game road trip to Colorado (Sep 5-7), Los Angeles (Sep 8-10) and Day Record: 20-22 Arizona (Sep 12-14). Night Record: 43-48 • The Friars kicked-off the current homestand with a three-game series with the Milwaukee Brewers, from whom the Padres took two of three games. Homestand: 3-1 Last Five Games: 4-1 TREVOR HOFFMAN INDUCTION: Tonight Trevor Hoffman will be inducted into the Padres Hall of Fame prior to the Last 10 Games: 5-5 club’s 5:40 p.m. game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park...the festivities are slated to begin at 5:16 p.m. Streak: W3 • Hoffman will be the ninth person to be inducted into the Padres Hall of Fame, joining Buzzie Bavasi, Nate Col- bert, Jerry Coleman, Tony Gwynn, Randy Jones, Ray Kroc, Dick Williams and Dave Winfi eld. All-Time Record: 3,384-3,913-2 • Hoffman, who now serves as the Padres’ upper-level pitching coordinator, retired as Major League Baseball’s All-Time at Home: 1,828-1,821-1 all-time saves leader with 601 in 677 opportunities, a 61-75 record, 2.87 ERA (347 ER/1089.1 IP), .211 op- All-Time at Petco Park: 459-416 ponent batting average and 1,133 strikeouts in 1,035 relief appearances…the seven-time All-Star (1998, 99, All-Time on Road: 1,556-2,092-1 2000, 02, 06, 07, 09) also fi nished in the Top 10 in Cy Young voting (1996, 98, 99, 2006) and in the Top 25 in Most Valuable Player voting (1996, 98, 2005, 06) on four occasions each. 2014 vs. LAD: 5-9 • Over his 16 seasons with San Diego, Hoffman compiled a 54-64 record with 552 saves in 618 opportunities 2014 vs. LAD at Home: 3-4 (.893 save percentage), a 2.76 ERA (292 ER/952.1 IP), .211 opponent batting average and 1,029 strikeouts 2014 vs. LAD on Road: 2-5 in 902 relief appearances. • Posted nine seasons of 40 or more saves during his career, tied with NYY Mariano Rivera for the most such All-Time vs. LAD: 367-409-1 seasons in Major League history. All-Time vs. LAD at Petco Park: 48-50 All-Time vs. LAD in San Diego: 194-192-1 TODAY’S TRANSACTION: The Padres announced today that they have placed INF Chris Nelson on paternity leave All-Time vs. LAD at Dodger Stadium: 173-217 and have recalled RHP Jesse Hahn from Double-A San Antonio. All-Time vs. LAD in Los Angeles: 173-217 • Hahn, 24, will be making his fourth stint in the Major Leagues this season, having made previous stints from June 3-4, June 14 - July 11, and July 25 - August 19....the 6-5 right-hander has pitched to a 7-3 record with a 2.96 ERA (23 ER, 70.0 IP) with 65 strikeouts against 29 walks in 12 games, all starts. RECORD WHEN... Sunday 12-10 Thursday 4-9 HOW TO WIN IN THE WEST: Ian Kennedy, tonight’s starting pitcher for the Padres, owns a lifetime 26-17 record with Monday 7-6 Friday 11-11 a 3.29 ERA (156 ER, 427.1 IP) with 410 strikeouts against 133 walks while limiting the opposition to a .236 batting average in 68 games, all starts, against National League West Division opponents. Tuesday 8-13 Saturday 10-11 • Since the start of the 2010 season, his 26 wins against NL West teams are the fi fth-most in Major League Wednesday 11-10 Baseball while his 3.29 ERA ranks fourth among pitchers that have thrown 300+ innings against NL March 1-0 July 12-13 West teams in that time. • Owns a 15-8 record with a 3.26 ERA (79 ER, 218.0 IP ) with 209 strikeouts against 58 walks while limiting the April 12-16 August 15-10 opposition to a .248 average in 34 career starts at home against NL West divisional foes. May 13-14 September 0-0 June 10-17 October 0-0 IN THE SECOND HALF: Since the second half of the season began on July 18, the Padres own an 22-16 record Leading after six 48-1 (.568), tied for the second-best record in the NL, behind only Washington (25-15, .625) and tied with Los Angeles. • In the second half the Padres have scored a total of 160 runs in 38 games, tied for the fourth-highest total in Tied after six: 6-11 the National League behind Washington (184), Pittsburgh (174) and San Francisco (166). Trailing after six: 9-58 Leading after seven: 49-2 WALK IT OFF: With Yasmani Grandal’s walk-off single in the 12th inning last night, the Padres have now won in Tied after seven: 7-8 walk-off fashion in consecutive games for the third time this season, having also done so from August 2-3 vs. Atlanta Trailing after seven: 6-61 and May 4-5 vs. ARI and KC....this is the fi rst time in Padres franchise history they’ve won consecutive games Leading after eight: 51-1 in walk-off fashion three different times in one season…the last Major League team to win in walk-off fashion Tied after eight: 7-6 three or more times in a single season was the 2008 Giants, who did so four times. Trailing after eight: 5-63 • Prior to this season, the last time the Padres had walk-off wins in concsecutive games even once in a seaosn was August 3-4, 2007 vs. San Francisco. Scoring fi rst: 41-17 • The Padres now have nine walk-off wins this season, tied for the fourth-most in the Majors…since the start Opponents score fi rst: 22-53 of the 2005 season, the Padres have 86 walk-off wins, the most in Major League Baseball in that time Shutouts: 7-16 (Cincinnati, 85). Home crowds of 20,000+: 29-20 WINNING WAYS: With last night’s win over Los Angeles, the Padres are now 15-10 during the month of August...with Home crowds of 30,000+: 15-8 two games remaining this month, the Padres have thusly secured their fi rst winning month of the 2014 campaign... Home crowds of 40,000+: 3-3 prior to this month, the last time the Padres had a winning month was September of last season (16-11). • The Friars’ .600 winning percentage this month is the second-best mark in the National League, behind only Scoring less than three: 10-51 Washington (18-9, .667). Scoring three or four: 24-13 Scoring fi ve or more: 29-6 HOLDING DOWN THE MISSION: Through 65 games at Petco Park this season, the Padres own a 37-28 (.569) One-run games: 25-18 record, the ninth-best home record in Major League Baseball and the fi fth-best mark in the National League. Two-run games: 10-21 • Since June 29, the Padres have won 18 of their last 23 games at Petco Park...their .783 winning percentage at home in that time is the best mark in Major League Baseball. Games decided in last AB: 16-12 • In 36 games at Petco Park this season against teams above .500, the Padres own a 20-16 record, the fourth- Extra Innings W-L: 9-4 best home winning percentage in Major League Baseball in this scenario and the second-best in the NL. Playing series opener: 19-24 • The Padres pitching staff has pitched to a 2.59 ERA (172 ER, 603.0 IP) and has limited the opposition to a .218 Playing series fi nale: 20-22 batting average at Petco Park, the best home ERA and opponents batting average n Major League Baseball. Series W-L-T (Home): 9-9-3 CASH >GOLD: Following last night’s performance of 6.0 innings pitched and one earned run allowed, Andrew Cash- Series W-L-T (Road): 5-14-2 ner has allowed two or fewer earned runs in 15 consecutive starts at home, a new franchise record...his streak sur- Series W-L-T (Total): 14-23-5 passes the 14 game streak put together by Randy Jones from September 2, 1977 - June 24, 1978. • The streak is the second-longest active streak in the Majors behind only Miami’s Jose Fernandez who has done Series Sweeps (Home): 3-1 so in 20 consecutive games at Marlins Park.