SAN DIEGO PADRES (20-24) at LOS ANGELES DODGERS (26-16) Sunday, May 24, 2015 • 1:10 P.M
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SAN DIEGO PADRES (20-24) at LOS ANGELES DODGERS (26-16) Sunday, May 24, 2015 • 1:10 p.m. PT • Dodger Stadium • Los Angeles, CA RHP James Shields (5-0, 3.74) vs. RHP Carlos Frias (3-1, 2.55) Game 45 • Road Game 22 • Mighty 1090 AM • XEMO 860 • FOX Sports San Diego 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. SO-CAL SERIES: The Padres continue this two-city, six-game Southern California road trip with the series fi nale today PADRES AT A GLANCE at Dodger Stadium after falling in the series opener by a score of 2-1 and dropping last night’s game by a score of 2-0…following this afternoon’s game the club will head south (31 miles down “The 5”) to Orange County where they Overall Record: 20-24 will play three interleague games against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Angel Stadium (Monday-Wednesday). NL West Standing: 4th (-7.0) Home Record: 11-12 • Following the current road trip, the club will return to Petco Park for a seven-game homestand against the Road Record: 9-12 Pittsburgh Pirates (four games) and New York Mets (three games). Day Record: 6-7 Night Record: 14-17 WILD, WILD WEST: The Padres, to this point in the season, have played 29 of their 44 games, including a stretch of 27 of their fi rst 33 games, against National League West opponents…the club has gone 15-14 this season against Road Trip: 0-2 divisional opponents, including 7-6 in their last 13 divisional games since April 26 vs. Los Angeles. Last Five Games: 1-4 • Following today’s game against the Dodgers, after which the Padres will have played 30 games against NL Last 10 Games: 3-7 West opponents, the club will have 46 games remaining against divisional opponents. Streak: L4 • The Padres remaining schedule against NL West opponents includes 12 games in June, including a weekend All-Time Record: 3,418-3,952-2 series at Petco Park against the Dodgers June 12-14, six games in July, just three games in August, 22 games All-Time at Home: 1,850-1,838-1 in September and three games in October with the regular season ending for the Padres and Dodgers with All-Time at Petco Park: 481-433 three at Dodger Stadium. All-Time on Road: 1,568-2,114-1 • The club will play 22 of its 26 games in September against NL West foes, with those 22 coming in consecutive 2015 vs. LAD: 2-6 games from September 3-27. 2015 vs. LAD at Home: 1-2 2015 vs. LAD on Road: 1-4 PADRES vs. DODGERS: Including today’s game, the Padres have 11 games remaining vs. the Dodgers, with 10 to play after this series. All-Time vs. LAD: 371-418-1 All-Time vs. LAD at Dodger Stadium: 175-123 • The Padres will look to avoid being swept by the Dodgers today for the fi rst time since 2013 (August 30 - Sep- All-Time vs. LAD in Los Angeles: 175-123 tember 30, 2013) at Dodger Stadium. All-Time vs. LAD at Petco Park: 50-53 • The next meeting between the two clubs will come with a weekend series at Petco Park next month (6/12-14). All-Time vs. LAD in San Diego: 196-195-1 • After that the clubs will meet up again at Petco Park in September for four games (9/3-6) before wrapping up the season series and the regular season with three games at Dodgers Stadium in October (10/2-4). PADRES RECORD WHEN... GAME RECOGNIZE GAME: Entering play today, the Padres have played 36 of their fi rst 44 games this season Sunday 4-2 Thursday 1-4 against teams with a record .500 or better (16-20), the second-highest total in Major League Baseball behind the Monday 1-4 Friday 4-3 Baltimore Orioles (37, 12-15)…seven of the next 11 games on the club’s schedule are against teams with a record Tuesday 4-3 Saturday 3-4 .500 or better, as San Diego will take on the Dodgers (26-16), Angels Wednesday 3-4 (22-21) and Mets (24-20) in three of their next four series. Padres Starters to Start Season April 11-12 August 0-0 ALL HE DOES IS WIN: James Shields, today’s starting pitcher for the 5-0 or Better May 9-12 September 0-0 June 0-0 October 0-0 Padres, enters the game with a 5-0 record, the third time in his career Name Year Rec, July 0-0 he’s opened a season with fi ve straight wins and the fi rst time since Andy Hawkins 1985 11-0 he did so to start the 2012 season…Shields set a personal record of James Shields 2015 5-0 Leading after six 12-1 starting the 2007 season with a 6-0 record. Justin Germano 2007 5-0 Tied after six: 3-2 • Shields is the sixth different pitcher in franchise history to start Jake Peavy 2005 5-0 Trailing after six: 5-21 Leading after seven: 14-1 a season 5-0 and the fi rst since Justin Germano did so to start Dennis Rasmussen 1988 5-0 the 2007 season (see chart). Tied after seven: 4-4 Tim Lollar 1982 5-0 Trailing after seven: 2-19 • Shields will look to become the second pitcher in franchise Leading after eight: 19-0 history to start a season 6-0 or better…the only pitcher to have Tied after eight: 1-2 done so was Andy Hawkins, who began the 1985 season a Trailing after eight: 0-22 franchise-best 11-0 in his fi rst 12 starts. Most strikeouts by a Padre Scoring fi rst: 14-6 First nine starts JAMES IS OKKKKKKKKKK: Shields enter plays today with 75 strikeouts Opponents score fi rst: 6-18 in 55.1 innings this season, the highest total in the National League and Name Year SO Shutouts: 1-8 second-highest total in Major League Baseball (Corey Kluber, 76). James Shields 2015 75 Home crowds of 20,000+: 11-10 • His strikeout total is the most in franchise history by a Padres pitcher Jake Peavy 2005 71 Home crowds of 30,000+: 6-6 through his fi rst nine starts of season, four more than the previous mark Jake Peavy 2007 71 Home crowds of 40,000+: 4-4 of 71 through nine starts for Jake Peavy (2005 and 2007), see chart. Jake Peavy 2009 69 Scoring less than three: 1-14 • The most strikeouts ever by a Padres pitcher through his fi rst 10 Andy Benes 1989 63 Scoring three or four: 5-7 starts of a season is 79 by Jake Peavy in 2009, and second-most 77 Scoring fi ve or more: 14-3 by Peavy in 2007, according to STATS Inc. One-run games: 6-7 • Shields has tallied fi ve or more strikeouts in each of his nine starts this season, the longest such streak in fran- Two-run games: 6-2 chise history to start a season, surpassing the seven game streak by Jesse Hahn in his fi rst seven starts of 2014. Games decided in last AB: 5-5 • Shields fanned 12 Astros hitters on 4/27 vs. HOU, tied for the highest total by a National League pitcher this season, joining Extra Innings W-L: 1-2 Mike Fiers on May 2 at CHC and Clayton Kershaw on April 17 vs. COL. • His 12.20 strikeouts per nine innings rate is tops in the NL and second in baseball to Danny Salazar-CLE. Playing series opener: 5-9 Playing series fi nale: 7-6 QUALITY STARTS: Ian Kennedy turned in the Padres fi fth-straight quality start last night, the club’s longest streak Series W-L-T (Home): 3-4-0 since having a run of seven-straight from April 10-17. Series W-L-T (Road): 1-3-3 • Overall this season, the Padres lead all of Major League baseball Series W-L-T (Total): 4-7-3 with 29 quality starts. HITS, NL CATCHERS • Padres starters have posted a 2.53 ERA (9 ER, 32.0 IP) over the last Player Team H Series Sweeps (Home): 1-1 Series Sweeps (Road): 0-0 fi ve games, with a .227 average allowed…the pitching staff as a whole Yadier Molina STL 42 Derek Norris SD 41 Series Sweeps (Total): 1-1 in the last fi ve games has posted a 2.51 ERA (12 ER, 43.0 IP), with the Wilson Ramos WSH 38 team going 1-4 in that stretch, losing the last four games as the offense White Jerseys: 6-8 has been held to a .152 average and seven runs in the last fi ve games. XBH, NL CATCHERS Gray Jerseys: 4-5 Player Team XBH Blue Jerseys: 7-9 #VOTENORRIS: Derek Norris leads NL catchers in many categories, both of- Derek Norris SD 20 Camoufl age Jerseys: 3-1 fensive and defensive (see chart and below). Yasmani Grandal LAD 10 Retro Jerseys: 0-1 • Has 20 extra-base hits this season the highest total of any Major Nick Hundley COL 10 League catcher and double the total of the next catcher in the NL… DOUBLES, NL CATCHERS HIGHS AND LOWS... regardless of position, his XBH total ranks tied for eighth in the NL.