SAN DIEGO PADRES GAME INFORMATION PETCO PARK 100 PARK BLVD SAN DIEGO, CA 92101 PROVIDED BY THE PADRES COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT SAN DIEGO PADRES (66-76) at LOS ANGELES DODGERS (81-62) Monday, September 8, 2014 • 7:10 p.m. PT • Dodger Stadium • Los Angeles, CA RHP Odrisamer Despaigne (3-5, 3.06) vs. LHP Clayton Kershaw (17-3, 1.70) Game 143 • Road Game 72 • 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: 66-76 CARRY ON DOWN THE ROAD: The Padres will open-up the second leg of their current nine-game, 10-day, trip NL West Standing: 3rd (-14.5) around the National League West as they have made their way to Los Angeles where they will play a three game Home Record: 40-31 series against the Dodgers…after Wednesday night’s game in LA the club will travel to Phoenix for an off day on Road Record: 26-45 Thursday before beginning a weekend series against the Diamondbacks at Chase Field. Day Record: 21-24 • The Padres are coming off a three-game series in Denver where they were on the wrong side of a series Night Record: 45-52 sweep as they were shutout twice in three days in the Mile High City. • Before embarking on the current roadtrip, the Friars had an 11-day, 10-game homestand, going 6-4 on the Roadtrip: 0-3 stand and taking two of three games from both the Milwaukee Brewers (Aug 25-27) and Dodgers (August Last Five Games: 0-5 29-31) while splitting a four game series against the Diamondbacks (Sep 1-4). Last 10 Games: 4-6 • Following this current trip the Padres will return home for their fi nal homestand of the season, a 10-game Streak: L5 stay in San Diego that will bring in the Philadelphia Phillies for four (Sep 15-18), San Francisco Giants (Sep 19-21) and Colorado Rockies (Sep 22-24). All-Time Record: 3,387-3,920-2 • The Padres will conclude their 2014 schedule with a quick, four-game trip to San Francisco (Sep 25-28). All-Time at Home: 1,831-1,824-1 All-Time at Petco Park: 462-419 RELEASE THE...SCHEDULE: Major League Baseball today released the 2015 regular season schedule... The All-Time on Road: 1,556-2,095-1 Padres will open the season on the road in Los Angeles for a three-game series against the Dodgers beginning 2014 vs. LAD: 6-10 on Opening Day, Monday, April 6...the club will host the San Francisco Giants for the home opener at Petco Park 2014 vs. LAD at Home: 4-5 on Thursday, April 9, marking the beginning of a seven-game homestand featuring a weekend series against the 2014 vs. LAD on Road: 2-5 Giants and three games against the Arizona Diamondbacks. • Interleague play in 2015 will bring the Houston Astros (April 27-29), Oakland Athletics (June 15-16) and All-Time vs. LAD: 368-410-1 Texas Rangers (August 31- September 2) to San Diego...2015 will mark the fi rst time the Padres will play All-Time vs. LAD at Dodger Stadium: 173-217 the Astros as an American League team, the fi rst time Oakland has come to San Diego since 2009 and the All-Time vs. LAD in Los Angeles: 173-217 second-ever visit to Petco Park for the Texas Rangers (last in 2012)...the Padres will host their natural rivals All-Time vs. LAD at Petco Park: 49-51 the Seattle Mariners at Petco Park (June 30-July 1). Interleague play will also include trips to Seattle (May All-Time vs. LAD in San Diego: 195-193-1 12-13), Anaheim (May 25-27), Oakland (June 17-18) and Texas (July 10-12). • The 2015 campaign will come to a close on October 3 with a trip to Los Angeles, marking the fi rst time since RECORD WHEN... the 2012 season that the Padres played regular season games during the month of October. Sunday 12-12 Thursday 4-10 SLEW OF SOUTHPAWS: When Clayton Kershaw takes the mound against the Padres tonight, it will be the fourth Monday 8-6 Friday 11-12 consecutive left-handed starter the Padres have faced as the Friars have seen Tyler Matzek, Jorge De La Rosa Tuesday 9-13 Saturday 11-12 and Franklin Morales each of the last three days...the last time the Padres faced-off with a southpaw starter iin Wednesday 11-11 four consecutive games was September 7-10, 2012 when the Padres saw D-Backs lefties Tyler Skaggs, Wade Miley and Patrick Corbin as well as Cardinals southpaw Jaime Garcia in four consecutive games. March 1-0 July 12-13 • The Padres are 16-18 in games started by a left-hander pitcher this season. April 12-16 August 16-11 May 13-14 September 2-5 ODRISAMER, DESPERADO, ROUGH RIDER: In seven career starts against National League West Division June 10-17 October 0-0 opponents, Odrisamer Despaigne, tonight’s starting pitcher for the Padres, owns a 3-2 record with a 1.58 ERA (8 ER, 45.2 IP) with 28 strikeouts against 11 walks while limiting the opposition to a .200 batting average ... in Leading after six 49-1 three starts on the road against divisional opponents, Despaigne is 1-2 with a 2.37 ERA (5 ER, 19.0 IP) with 12 Tied after six: 8-11 strikeouts against one walk while limiting the opposition to a .222 batting average. Trailing after six: 9-64 • Among Major League starting pitchers this season with as many or more starts against divisional oppo- Leading after seven: 50-2 nents, Despaigne’s 1.58 ERA against the NL West is the second-lowest in baseball, trailing only LAD Josh Tied after seven: 9-8 Beckett, who has a 1.03 ERA against the NL West this season. Trailing after seven: 7-66 Leading after eight: 52-1 ZEROING IN: Padres reliever Nick Vincent has worked 23 consecutive scoreless outings and 21.1 IP since be- Tied after eight: 9-7 ing reinstated from the DL on July 19, the longest active scoreless innings streak in the National League and the Trailing after eight: 5-68 longest by a Padres pitcher this season, passing Joaquin Benoit’s 19.0 inning streak. Scoring fi rst: 43-17 MINOR LEAGUE PLAYOFF UPDATE: Last night, the Fort Wayne TinCaps (Single-A, Midwest League) dropped Opponents score fi rst: 23-59 the second game of the Eastern Division Championship Series vs. the Lake County Captains (CLE) by a score of Shutouts: 7-18 5-4, eliminating the club from playoff contention. Home crowds of 20,000+: 30-21 THAT’S A WRAP: With all of the Padres minor league affi liates now done for the season, below is a recap of the Home crowds of 30,000+: 16-9 organizational leaders. Home crowds of 40,000+: 4-3 • Lake Elsinore’s Mallex Smith led all Padres farmhands in batting average (.310) and led all of minor league Scoring less than three: 12-56 baseball with 88 stolen bases...Smith’s 88 stolen bases are the third-most in Padres minor league history, Scoring three or four: 25-13 behind only the 90 stolen bases that Freddy Guzman and Rico Noel had in 2003 and 2012, respectively. Scoring fi ve or more: 29-7 • Fernando Perez of Fort Wayne led Padres minor leaguers with 95 RBI while Cody Decker of El Paso led the organization with 27 home runs. One-run games: 27-19 • San Antonio Missions starter and San Diego native James Needy earned the Padres ERA crown (2.90) while Two-run games: 11-21 Lake Elsinore starter Colin Rea led the organization with 11 wins...San Antonio closer Johnny Barbato led the Games decided in last AB: 18-13 organization with 16 saves and Fort Wayne’s Kyle Lloyd led the way with 155 strikeouts. Extra Innings W-L: 10-5 SECOND HELPING: Since the second half of the season began on July 18, the Padres have posted a 25-22 (.532) Playing series opener: 20-25 record, tied for the 10th-best record in Major League Baseball and tied for the fourth-best mark in the National Playing series fi nale: 20-25 League, trailing only Washington, 29-19, .604, Los Angeles, 27-19, .587 and St. Louis, 27-20, .574. Series W-L-T (Home): 10-9-4 • Having posted a 41-54 (.432) record during the fi rst half of the season, the Friars’ .100 improvement in win- Series W-L-T (Road): 5-15-2 ning percentage from the fi rst to second half of the season is the second-best in Major League Baseball, Series W-L-T (Total): 15-24-6 trailing only Kansas City, who has posted a .149 improvement (.511 to .660). • Since the second half began, the Padres have posted a 8-4-2 series record and a 6-0-1 series record at Series Sweeps (Home): 3-1 home. Series Sweeps (Road): 0-2 Series Sweeps (Total): 3-3 HOLIDAY WONDERLAND: The Padres announced recently that Holiday Wonderland is coming to Petco Park this December...the inaugural holiday celebration will light up the ballpark with walk-through lighting vignettes through- White Jerseys: 26-19 out the concourse, as well as unique holiday activities for all ages in every corner of Petco Park.