Front Page 08.28.15.Indd
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
SAN DIEGO PADRES (62-64) vs. WASHINGTON NATIONALS (63-62) Thursday, August 27, 2015 • 4:05 p.m. PT • Nationals Park • Washington D.C. RHP Andrew Cashner (5-12, 4.03) vs. RHP Joe Ross (4-5, 3.56) Game 127 • Road Game 66 • 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. GOING FOR A SERIES VICTORY.: The Padres played the second of a three game set against the Nationals in our PADRES AT A GLANCE Nations Capital last night, winning by a score of 6-5, but dropped the series opener on Tuesday night by a score of 8-3…following tonight’s game, the Friars will take the 139 mile bus ride northeast where they will play a three-game Overall Record: 62-64 series this weekend at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia against the Phillies. NL West Standing: T3rd (-7.5) • The Friars are coming off a six-game homestand, during which they won both series and posted a 5-1 record Home Record: 31-30 after they earned a three-game series sweep over the Braves from Monday-Wednesday and won two of three Road Record: 31-34 games against the St. Louis Cardinals from Friday to Sunday. Day Record: 14-23 • Following the current roadtrip, the Padres will return home to Petco Park for an 11-game homestand, during Night Record: 48-41 which the Texas Rangers (August 31 - September 2), the Los Angeles Dodgers (September 3-6) and Colorado Roadtrip: 1-1 Rockies (September 7-10) will come to “America’s Finest City.” Last Five Games: 3-2 Last 10 Games: 7-3 WITH A WIN TONIGHT: With a win this evening over the Nationals, the Padres would secure their fi fth consecutive Streak: W1 series victory and their eighth in their last nine chances dating back to July 23. All-Time Record: 3,460-3,992-2 • A series victory tonight would give the Padres their fi rst series victory over the Nationals since May 27-29, 2011 All-Time at Home: 1,870-1,856-1 when San Diego took two of three games here at Nationals Park. All-Time at Petco Park: 501-451 • With a win tonight, the Padres would improve to 9-3 in 12 series since the All-Star Break…dating back to July All-Time on Road: 1,590-2,136-1 10th, the series before the “Mid-Summer Classic,” a win tonight would push the Friars at 10-3 in their last 13 tilts. 2015 vs. Washington: 2-4 2015 vs. Washington at Home: 1-3 • Since the All-Star Break, entering play today, the Padres have posted a 21-15 (.583) record, tied for the 9th-best 2015 vs. Washington on Road: 1-1 mark in Major League Baseball and tied for the fi fth-best in the National League. All-Time vs. WSH/MON: 217-242 JUST(IN) CASE YOU WANTED AN ENCORE: Justin Upton recorded a pair of home runs last night at Washington, All-Time vs. WSH at Nationals Park: 11-12 his 10th multi-home run game of his career, his third of the season and his second against the Nationals… All-Time vs. WSH in Washington: 19-13 • With Upton’s multi-homer game last night, the Padres have eight games this season with one of their players All-Time vs. WSH/MON at Petco Park: 23-17 hitting two or more homers, their most since logging nine multi-homer games during the 2012 season. All-Time vs. WSH/MON in San Diego: 114-119 • Of the Padres eight multi-homer games this season, four have come against the Nationals, as Cory Spangen- berg hit a pair of homers against the Nats on May 14 at Petco Park, Upton also did so on May 17 in San Diego PADRES RECORD WHEN... and Jedd Gyorko did so on Tuesday night at Nationals Park. Sunday 8-11 Thursday 5-8 • With Jedd Gyorko and Justin Upton hitting multiple home runs on back-to-back nights, last night marked the Monday 6-8 Friday 13-7 fi rst time since August 11-12, 2007 that the Padres had players hit multiple home runs on consecutive nights, Tuesday 9-11 Saturday 13-7 as Brian Giles did so in back-to-back nights at Cincinnati. Wednesday 8-12 • Upton now has three multi homer games this season, tied for the fi fth-most in the National League…his three multiple home run games are the most by a Padres player since Chase Headley had four such games during April 11-12 August 12-11 the 2012 season. May 14-15 September 0-0 June 12-15 October 0-0 July 13-11 NA-NA-NA-NA MATT-MAN!: Matt Kemp is working on a season-best 17-game on-base streak, during which he is hitting .338./382/.574 (23-for-68) with four home runs and 19 RBI in that span…his current on-base streak is the Leading after six 39-5 longest active streak in Major League Baseball. Tied after six: 9-6 • His current on-base streak is tied for the third-longest streak of his career and his longest since also reaching Trailing after six: 14-53 safely in 17 straight games from August 21 - September 10 of last season…he last reached base safely in 18 Leading after seven: 44-3 straight games from September 14, 2011 to April 8, 2012. Tied after seven: 10-11 Trailing after seven: 8-50 • His on-base streak is the second-longest streak by a Padres player this season, trailing only the 18- Leading after eight: 51-0 game streak by Justin Upton which was snapped Tuesday night (August 3-23)…prior to Upton, the last Tied after eight: 7-7 Padres player with an on-base streak of 16+ games was Chase Headley’s 22 game streak from July Trailing after eight: 4-57 3- 28, 2013. • Since the second half of the season began on July 17, Kemp has hit .306/.366/.522 (41-for-134) with six Scoring fi rst: 42-19 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 31 RBI, the second-most RBI in the National League in that time. Opponents score fi rst: 20-45 • Since the second half of the season began in 2013, Kemp has hit a combined .313/.372/.579 (128-for-409) after Shutouts: 4-16 the All-Star Break, the sixth-best batting average, 13th-best OBP, the best slugging percentage and third-best Home crowds of 20,000+: 31-27 OPS (.951) of any NL player with at least 400 plate appearances.in that time Home crowds of 30,000+: 16-17 • Has posted 38 multiple hit games this season, tied for the seventh-highest total in the National League. Home crowds of 40,000+: 7-7 • Kemp has driven in 31 go-ahead RBI this season, the highest total in Major League Baseball, three ahead of Scoring less than three: 5-38 TOR Josh Donaldson (28) and ARI Paul Goldschmidt (28). Scoring three or four: 15-17 • Hit for the fi rst cycle in Padres franchise history on August 14th at Colorado, snapping a franchise streak of Scoring fi ve or more: 42-8 7,443 games without one. One-run games: 18-16 SPREAD THE LOVE: With Justin Upton’s three RBI last night at Washington, he now has 70 RBI this season, joining Two-run games: 19-8 Games decided in last AB: 17-15 Matt Kemp, who also had a pair of RBI last night and now has 78 on the season, as Padres teammates with 70+ RBI Extra Innings W-L: 7-4 this season…the Padres are one of eight teams in the Majors and one of four teams in the National League with two or more players with 70+ RBI this season, joining the Toronto Blue Jays (3), San Francisco Giants (2), New Playing series opener: 19-22 York Yankees (2), Los Angeles Angels (2), Kansas City Royals (2), Colorado Rockies (2) and Chicago Cubs (2). Playing series fi nale: 18-22 • This marks the fi rst season the Padres have had two or more players with 70+ RBI in the same season since Series W-L-T (Home): 10-9-1 2009, when Adrian Gonzalez had 99 RBI and Kevin Kouzmanoff had 88. Series W-L-T (Road): 7-7-6 • Adding Yangervis Solarte (50) and Derek Norris (54) into the equation, the Padres have four players with 50+ Series W-L-T (Total): 17-16-7 RBI, the fi rst time they’ve done so since the 2010 season when Adrian Gonzalez (101), Jerry Hairston (50), Series Sweeps (Home): 2-4 Chase Headley (58) and Will Venable (51) all did so. Series Sweeps (Road): 0-1 Series Sweeps (Total): 1-5 SUPER BASH BROS.: The Padres are 22-2 this season when both Upton and Kemp record an RBI, including a 15-game winning streak in this scenario. White Jerseys: 18-16 • With Justin Upton recording three RBI and Matt Kemp tallying a pair of RBI last night, yesterday marked the Gray Jerseys: 12-17 second time this season Upton and Kemp have recorded multiple RBI in the same game, having also done so Blue Jerseys: 26-21 last Saturday night (August 22) vs. Atlanta. Camoufl age Jerseys: 5-5 Retro Jerseys: 1-5 KNOW YOUR FATE AFTER EIGHT: The Padres own a 51-0 record this season when leading after eight innings, one of fi ve National League teams to be undefeated when leading after the eighth inning and the third-most wins without HIGHS AND LOWS..