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MILWAUKEE BREWERS (11-15-1) vs. SAN DIEGO PADRES (16-12-1) Thursday, April 2, 2015 • 12:05 PM • Peoria Sports Complex • Peoria, AZ RHP Matt Garza (2-1, 6.16) vs. RHP Tyson Ross (3-0, 2.89) Game 30 • Home Game 15 • Webcast on Padres.com GOING, GOING, BACK, BACK, TO CALI, CALI: Today marks the 30th of 30 Spring Training Games for the Padres in Arizona and the 30th of 193 scheduled games for the Padres this PROBABLE PITCHERS season...the club will head back to San Diego after this afternoon’s game against the Brew- Thursday, April 2 vs. Milwaukee ers and enjoy an off day at home on Friday before playing an exhibition game against the RH Tyson Ross RH Matt Garza Mexico City Diablos Rojos at Petco Park on April 4, before embarking upon regular season. • The exhibition with Mexico City will be the 14th in club history against a Mexican Friday, April 3 League opponent, but the fi rst in more than 30 years, and the fi rst played on OFF DAY -- SAN DIEGO American soil. • The exhibition against the Diablos Rojos, who previously went by the name “Rojos”, will be the seventh all-time match-up with that franchise, their most of any Mexican Saturday, April 4 vs. Mexico City (Petco Park) League opponent. RH Ian Kennedy TBA FIRST GAME JAMES: Padres manager Buddy Black announced last week that RHP James Shields will take the mound for the Friars against the Dodgers on April 6 in Los Angeles…for Shields, it will be his seventh career Opening Day start, tied for the fourth-most among PADRES RECORD active players, trailing only CC Sabathia (11), Mark Buehrle (9) and Felix Hernandez Overall .................................................................... 16-12-1 (will make his eighth this season). Peoria Sports Complex............................................ 8-8 • Shields will be the 28th different pitcher to make an Opening Day start for the Padres. Home Record ......................................................... 8-6 • “Big Game James” leads all Major League pitchers with 1,785.2 innings pitched since Road Record .......................................................... 8-6-1 the 2007 season and is the only MLB pitcher to have thrown 225.0 or more innings in Day .......................................................................... 14-9-1 each of the last four seasons. Night ....................................................................... 2-3 vs. NL ...................................................................... 8-5-1 MORE LIKE TYSON ‘BOSS’: Tyson Ross will take the mound for the Padres this afternoon vs. AL ...................................................................... 8-7 in what will be his sixth and fi nal start and appearance of the 2015 Cactus League season… Current Streak ......................................................... W1 earned the win in his last outing on 3/28 at Texas, allowing two runs on six hits with 12 strike- outs against two walks over 6.0 innings of work…with his effort, he became just the second pitcher in the last fi ve spring seasons (since 2011) to strike out 12 or more hitters in a PADRES ATTENDANCE Spring Training contest, joining Tampa Bay’s Alex Cobb, who fanned 12 Orioles hitters in 7.0 innings of work on 3/22/14. Home Total .............................................................. 102,368 • Entering play today, Ross leads the National League with 24 strikeouts this spring. Home Average ......................................................... 7,312 • Earned the win in his fourth outing on 3/23 vs. Chicago-AL after he pitched 5.0 innings Road Total .............................................................. 119,410 of shutout baseball, allowing one hit with fi ve strikeouts against one walk…did not factor Road Average .......................................................... 7,961 into the decision in his third outing on 3/18 at Colorado after he allowed three runs on Total ........................................................................ 221,778 three hits with fi ve strikeouts against one walk over 3.2 innings of work. Average ................................................................... 7,648 • Earned the win in his second start of the spring on 3/13 at Los Angeles-AL after he tossed 3.0 innings of one-run baseball, allowing two hits with a strikeout and two walks…did not factor into the decision in his Cactus League debut on 3/8 vs. Colorado after he pitching PADRES UPCOMING SCHEDULE 1.0 inning, allowing two runs (both unearned) on two hits with a strikeout and two walks. • A National League All-Star in 2014, the 6-5, 215 pound right-hander posted a 13-14 Friday, April 3 ............................................OFF DAY record with a 2.81 ERA (61 ER, 195.2 IP) in 31 starts last season. Saturday, April 4 ....................................... vs. Mexico City* • Ross put up the 11th-best ERA and opponents batting average (.230) in Padres franchise Sunday, April 5 .......................................... OFF DAY history while his strikeout total (195) was seventh-best…his 8.97 strikeouts per nine Monday, April 6 .........................................at Dodgers^ innings ranked eighth in the National League. Tuesday, April 7 ........................................at Dodgers *Game at Petco Park ^Opening Day IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME: In 14 home games at Peoria Sports Complex this spring, the Padres have drawn 102,368 fans in attendance, surpassing their mark of 76,096 in 14 home games last season (excluding the exhibition games played at the University of San STARTS BY POSITION Diego)…the Friars have a total attendance of 221,778 this spring, surpassing the 183,427 Pos. Players they drew in 28 games in Arizona last spring. C: Norris (16), Nieves (11), Federowicz, Hedges 1B: Alonso (17), Solarte (6), Medica (3), Quentin (2), LIVING IN A STARTER’S PARADISE: So far this spring, the Padres starting pitching staff Wallace has recorded 97 strikeouts, the most of any National League staff and tied for the third-most 2B: Gyorko (20), Spangenberg (4), Solarte (4), Pena in the Majors…the starting rotation has put up a 8.48 strikeouts per nine innings, the SS: Barmes (15), Amarista (14) highest mark in baseball. 3B: Middlebrooks (18), Solarte (8), Spangenberg (3) • Entering play today, Tyson Ross is the National League leader in punch-outs (24) while LF: Upton (15), Almonte (3), Quentin (3), Venable (3), James Shields ranks tied for second (23). Dickerson (2), Liriano, Medica, Spangenberg CF: Maybin (14), Myers (13), Venable (2) SWINGING FRIARS: Through 29 spring training contests, the Padres as a team have hit RF: Kemp (16), Venable (9), Myers (3), Almonte, .284/.339/.443 (287-for-1011), the fourth-best batting average and slugging percentage and DH: Quentin (7), Upton (2), Amarista, Goebbert, Kemp, third-best on-base percentage in the National League…the Friars have also belted 33 home Maybin, Medica runs, tied for the fi fth-best mark in the Majors behind the Dodgers (47), Cubs (47), Mets (38) and Orioles (35). STARTS BY BATTING ORDER • In comparison, San Diego belted 27 home runs in 30 spring training games in 2014. Pos. Players NEW KIDS ON THE BEACH: During the offseason, the Padres made several transactions, 1: Myers (16), Maybin (11), Venable (2) including eight trades involving a total of 32 players and four 40-man free-agent signings. 2: Solarte (10), Alonso (6), Maybin (4), Amarista (3), • In a 24-hour window between December 18-19, the Padres made a total of 30 trans- Venable (3), Gyorko, Norris, Spangenberg actions (trades, signings, DFA’s, minor league moves, etc.) which, since data became 3: Kemp (17), Venable (6), Upton (4), Solarte (2), available, is the most ever by a Major League club in a 24-hour window. Quentin 4: Upton (13), Norris (6), Quentin (6), Gyorko (2), THE BUDDY SYSTEM: The 2015 season will be the ninth campaign at the helm for Padres Kemp, Medica, Middlebrooks manager Buddy Black, tied with Giants manager and former Padres skipper Bruce Bochy for 5: Middlebrooks (8), Quentin (7), Alonso (4), Solarte (3), the longest-tenured manager in the National League. Gyorko (2), Norris (2), Medica, Spangenberg, Venable • His clubs are 617-680 (.476) in his eight seasons with SD...the only other Major League 6: Gyorko (7), Middlebrooks (6), Alonso (5), Norris (4), manager to be at his current post longer than Black is Angels skipper Mike Scioscia (16). Medica (2), Solarte (2), Barmes, Goebbert, Venable • Buddy is one of two people in Major League history with 100+ wins as a pitcher and 7: Gyorko (6), Amarista (4), Barmes (3), Alonso (2), 600+ wins as a manager (121 as pitcher, 617 as manager), joining Hall of Famer Clark Middlebrooks (2), Norris (2), Solarte (2), Spangenberg (2), Griffi th (1,491 as manager, 236 as pitcher). Dickerson, Liriano, Medica, Nieves, Venable, Wallace 8: Barmes (9), Amarista (5), Nieves (4), Almonte (3), PADRES ON THE RADIO: The Padres will have audio broadcast available for 27 of the Gyorko (2),Norris (2), Spangenberg (2), Pena, Wallace scheduled 31 games during Cactus League play...15 of the 27 games will be broadcast on 9: Nieves (6), Amarista (3), Barmes (2), Spangenberg (2), either Mighty 1090 (13) or ESPN 1700 (2) while the other 12 broadcasts can be found on Almonte, Dickerson, Federowicz, Hedges, Padres.com via webcast. Pitcher (11) • The Friars broadcast team will be Ted Leitner, Bob Scanlan and Jesse Agler. RECENT TRANSACTIONS PADRES ON THE TUBE: The Padres, FOX Sports San Diego and MLB Network will televise a total of 13 Spring Training games. Date Transaction • FOX Sports San Diego will televise on 3/8 vs. COL (also MLBN, LIVE), 3/14 vs. TEX 4/1 Optioned INF/OF Tommy Medica to Triple-A (also MLBN, LIVE), 3/16 vs. CHC (also MLBN, LIVE), 3/17 vs. MIL (SS), 3/20 vs. KC Optioned OF Abraham Almonte to Triple-A (also MLBN, delayed), 3/21 vs. ARI (also MLBN, delayed), 3/23 vs. CWS, 3/27 vs. COL, Reassigned INF Ramiro Pena to minor league camp 3/31 vs. KC (also MLBN, delayed) and 4/4 vs.