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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 (58-64) at ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (65-57) Sunday, August 17, 2014 • 11:15 a.m. PT • Busch Stadium • St. Louis, MO RHP Odrisamer Despaigne (3-3, 2.72) vs. RHP Adam Wainwright (14-7, 2.34) Game 123 • Road Game 62 • 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: 58-64 PACK YOUR BAGS: The Padres kicked-off a 10-game, 11-day, three-city road trip Thursday night in St. Louis, NL West Standing: 3rd (-10.5) where they won last night in game three of the four game set with the Cardinals by a score of 9-5, but lost each of the Home Record: 34-27 fi rst two games, Thursday by a score of 4-3 and Friday by a score of 4-2...the Friars will head back west following this Road Record: 24-37 afternoon’s game against the Cardinals and enjoy an off day in Los Angeles before playing a three-game set against Day Record: 19-21 the Dodgers (Tuesday-Thursday)...after Thursday night’s game in Los Angeles, the Friars will take the quick fl ight to Night Record: 39-43 the “Valley of the Sun” of Phoenix where they will play a three-game set against the Diamondbacks. • Following their lengthy road trip from August 14-24, the Padres will return to Petco Park for a 10-game, 11-day Road Trip: 1-2 homestand during which they’ll welcome the Milwaukee Brewers (August 25-27), Los Angeles Dodgers (Au- Last Five Games: 3-2 gust 29-31) and Arizona Diamondbacks (September 1-4). Last 10 Games: 7-3 SECOND HALF SURGE: Since the second half of the season began on July 18, the Padres own a 17-10 record Streak: W1 (.630), the best record in the National League. All-Time Record: 3,379-3,907-2 • The Friars .630 winning percentage since the All-Star Break is tied for the third-best in the Major Leagues, trail- All-Time at Home: 1,825-1,820-1 ing only Kansas City (19-9, .679) and Tampa Bay (17-9, .654). All-Time at Petco Park: 456-415 • After posting a .432 winning percentage (41-54) in the fi rst half of the season, the Padres’ .198 improvement during the second half of the season is the largest improvement in the National League and second in Major All-Time on Road: 1,554-2,087-1 League Baseball (Tampa Bay, +.200). 2014 vs. STL: 3-3 2014 vs. STL at Home: 2-1 YOU’LL GET NOTHING AND LIKE IT: After pitching 7.0 shutout innings in his last outing on August 12, Odrisamer Despaigne, today’s starting pitcher for the Padres, now has two such outings within his fi rst nine career games, 2014 vs. STL on Road: 1-2 becoming the fourth pitcher in Padres franchise history to accomplish this feat...Ricky Bones (1991), Andy Benes All-Time vs. STL: 186-269 (1989) and Rick Sawyer (1976) were the other Friars to have posted two outings of 7.0+ shutout innings within their All-Time vs. STL at Busch Stadium: 8-22 fi rst nine career games. All-Time vs. STL in St. Louis: 76-152 • Since 1914, his two outings of 7.0+ innings pitched and 0 runs allowed are tied for the eighth-most by a National League pitcher in their fi rst nine career games. All-Time vs. STL at Petco Park: 18-16 All-Time vs. STL in San Diego: 110-117 ANYONE HAVE THE #GYORKSTORE YELP RATING?: With his grand slam off Kevin Siegrist in the seventh inning last night, Jedd Gyorko now has 31 career home runs, making him the Padres all-time franchise leader for home runs RECORD WHEN... by a second baseman...Gyorko passed former Friars second baseman Mark Loretta, who had 30 home runs over 413 games and three seasons for the Padres from 2003-05. Sunday 11-9 Thursday 4-8 • His RBI single in the third inning last night was the 100th RBI of his career...having reached the 100 RBI pla- Monday 7-5 Friday 10-10 teau in 199 career games, Gyorko is the fastest player in franchise history to get to 100 RBI, beating out Kevin Tuesday 7-12 Saturday 10-10 McReynolds, who got to 100 RBI in 210 games from 1983-1985. Wednesday 9-10 • Went 2-for-3 with a home run, fi ve RBI and two walks in last night’s game...only one other player in Padres franchise history has hit a home run, plated fi ve or more runs and walked two or more times in a single game: March 1-0 July 12-13 Brian Giles on April 6, 2005 at COL. April 12-16 August 10-4 • Since returning from the 15-day disabled list on July 28, Gyorko is hitting .309/.373/.515 (21-for-68) with fi ve May 13-14 September 0-0 doubles, three home runs and 17 RBI...his 17 RBI in that time are the most in the National League and the June 10-17 October 0-0 second-most in Major League Baseball, trailing only HOU Chris Carter (23). Leading after six 44-1 TWO OUTS? NO PROBLEM: The Padres tallied fi ve RBI with two outs last night against the Cardinals, tied for their Tied after six: 5-10 third-highest offensive output of the season, trailing only the seven RBI they recorded with two outs on May 17 at Trailing after six: 8-53 Colorado and the six they recorded on May 10 vs. Miami. Leading after seven: 45-1 Tied after seven: 7-8 GO-GO GOEBBERT: Jake Goebbert legged-out a bases-loaded triple in the third inning last night, making him the Trailing after seven: 6-55 40th player in franchise history to hit a three-run triple...he became the fourth fi rst baseman in franchise history to hit Leading after eight: 48-1 a bases-loaded triple, joining Wally Joyner on May 3, 1999 at PHI, Phil Stephenson on May 27, 1990 at NYM and Tied after eight: 6-6 Gene Tenace on September 8, 1979 at ATL. Trailing after eight: 4-57 TELLING YOUR ‘FOUR’TUNE: The Padres are 42-5 (.894) this season when scoring four or more runs, tied with Scoring fi rst: 37-15 Washington for the best record in Major League Baseball in this scenario...the Friars are now 20-4 (.833) this season Opponents score fi rst: 21-49 when scoring four or more runs on the road, tied for the fi fth-best winning percentage in baseball in this scenario and Shutouts: 7-16 the third-best mark in the National League, trailing only Washington (.875) and San Francisco (.867). Home crowds of 20,000+: 26-19 #OFFENSE: Since the second half of the season began on July 18, he Padres have scored a total of 122 runs in Home crowds of 30,000+: 14-8 27 games, the second-highest total in the National League behind only Pittsburgh (127)...overall, the Friars’ Home crowds of 40,000+: 3-3 122 runs scored since the All-Star Break are tied for the fourth-most in baseball, trailing Oakland (128), Pittsburgh and Houston (125). Scoring less than three: 10-47 • In addition to the run production, the Padres offense ranks leads the National League and ranks third in Major Scoring three or four: 20-13 League Baseball with a .268 (267-for-933) batting average since the All-Star break...the Padres have posted a Scoring fi ve or more: 28-4 .341 on-base percentage since the All-Star Break, the best mark in Major League Baseball. • The Friars own a .740 OPS since the break (.341 OBP + .398 SLG), the second-best number in the National One-run games: 23-16 League (Pittsburgh, .749) and the fourth-best in Major League Baseball (Chicago-AL, .752, Pittsburgh, .749 Two-run games: 10-20 and Toronto, .744). Games decided in last AB: 14-10 Extra Innings W-L: 7-4 KEEPING IT LOW: In 122 games this season, the Padres pitching staff owns a 3.08 ERA (372 ER, 1085.1 IP), tied with Washington for the best mark in the National League and tied for the second-best mark in the Majors, trailing Playing series opener: 18-21 only Seattle who owns a 2.95 ERA (361 ER, 1100.0 IP)...in addition to the ERA, the Padres staff owns a .234 op- Playing series fi nale: 18-20 ponents average, the second-best number in the NL (Cincinatti, .232) and the fourth-best in the Majors. Series W-L-T (Home): 8-9-3 BULLY-PEN: in 120 games this season, the Padres bullpen owns a 17-10 record with a 2.32 ERA (94 ER, 364.0 Series W-L-T (Road): 5-11-2 IP) while limiting the opposition to a .209 average, the lowest ERA and opponents average in Major League Base- Series W-L-T (Total): 13-20-5 ball. Series Sweeps (Home): 3-1 • Since the 1914 season, the Padres bullpen’s .209 opponents average is tied for the ninth-lowest aver- Series Sweeps (Road): 0-1 age by a Major League bullpen and the third-lowest by a National League team, trailing only the 1942 St.