(11-15-1) vs. (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 Games for the Padres in Arizona and the 30th of 193 scheduled games for the Padres this PROBABLE 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 will take the mound for the Friars against the Dodgers on April 6 in Los Angeles…for Shields, it will be his seventh career 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 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 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 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 , 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 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 , 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. Mexico City. Reassigned LHP Jason Lane to minor league camp • MLB Network will also televise the Padres on 3/4 at SEA (delayed, 9 pm PT), 3/5 at SEA Reassigned RHP Marcos Mateo to minor league camp 3/30 Acquired RHP Cory Mazzoni from NYM in exchange (delayed, 11 pm PT), 3/7 at SF (delayed, 9 pm PT), 3/12 vs. LAD (LIVE), 3/22 at CHC for LHP Alex Torres…Optioned Mazzoni to Triple-A (delayed, 3/23 at 6 am PT), 3/28 at TEX (delayed, 5 pm PT) and 3/29 vs. SEA (LIVE). 3/27 C Cody Decker reassigned to minor league camp INF Brett Wallace reassigned to minor league camp SINGLE-GAME TICKETS: Single-game tickets for the 2015 season are on sale and can be INF Jake Goebbert reassigned to minor league camp purchased online at www.padres.com/tickets, by phone at 619-795-5555 or at the Petco Park 3/26 RHP Jandel Gustave claimed of outright waivers from KC box offi ce. 3/25 LHP Scott Elbert reassigned to minor league camp • Single game tickets for Opening Day on April 9 vs. San Francisco are offi cially sold out. 3/24 C Austin Hedges reassigned to minor league camp 3/22 RHP Casey Kelly optioned to Triple-A El Paso PITCHING LOGS 40-Man Roster 16 Almonte, Abraham OF Player Date IP H R ER BB SO PIT Player Date IP H R ER BB SO PIT

23 Alonso, Yonder INF Joaquin Benoit 3/5 1.0 0 0 0 1 3 16 Kevin Quackenbush 3/6 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 13 5 Amarista, Alexi OF 3/8 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 14 3/9 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 - 12 Barmes, Clint INF 3/14 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3/12 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 24

53 Benoit, Joaquin RHP 3/20 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3/16 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 10 57 Campos, Leonel RHP 3/23 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 19 3/20 1.0 3 3 3 0 1 31 3/24 1.0 1.0 0 0 0 0 11 34 Cashner, Andrew RHP 3/23 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 13 3/29 0.2 1 1 1 2 1 16 40 Despaigne, Odrisamer RHP 3/26 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 12 4/1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 - 41 Erlin, Robbie LHP 3/27 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 9 3/30 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 - 29 Federowicz, Tim+ C 3/5 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 24 4/1 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 - 60 Garces, Frank LHP 3/9 3.0 0 0 0 1 3 33

65 Guerrero, Tayron RHP 3/14 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 45 Chris Rearick (L) 3/4 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 9 73 Gustave, Jandel RHP 3/24 4.0 6 3 3 2 4 82 3/7 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 - 9 Gyorko, Jedd INF 3/29 6.1 4 1 1 1 6 83 3/9 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 - 55 Johnson, Josh RHP 3/11 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 4 56 Kelley, Shawn RHP Odrisamer Despaigne 3/6 2.0 2 0 0 1 2 31 3/16 1.0 2 0 0 1 2 23 3/11 2.2 3 1 0 1 2 50 27 Kemp, Matt OF 3/20 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3/17 4.0 6 2 2 0 2 - 22 Kennedy, Ian RHP 3/24 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 16 3/21 3.1 3 2 1 2 1 54 3/26 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 14 67 Lindsey, Taylor INF 3/26 5.0 7 1 1 2 4 90 52 Luebke, Cory LHP 3/29 0.0 2 3 3 1 0 11 3/31 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 23 37 Maurer, Brandon RHP Frank Garces (L) 3/4 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 17 Mazzoni, Cory RHP 3/7 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 - Tyson Ross 3/8 1.0 2 2 0 2 1 45 24 Maybin, Cameron OF 3/10 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 18 3/13 3.0 2 1 1 2 1 44 7 Medica, Tommy INF/OF 3/13 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 - 3/18 3.2 3 3 3 1 5 68 11 Middlebrooks, Will INF 3/16 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 20 3/23 5.0 1 0 0 1 5 80 21 Morrow, Brandon RHP 3/18 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 18 3/28 6.0 6 2 2 1 12 94 4 Myers, Wil OF 3/22 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 Norris, Derek C 3/25 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 - James Shields 3/7 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 -

59 Quackenbush, Kevin RHP 3/27 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 24 3/12 3.0 0 0 0 0 5 39 3/17 3.0 3 4 3 2 5 62 18 Quentin, Carlos OF 3/31 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 8 3/22 5.0 0 0 0 2 6 - 38 Ross, Tyson RHP Jandel Gustave 3/28 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 10 3/27 4.1 6 5 3 1 5 95 33 Shields, James RHP 4/1 3.0 3 0 0 0 2 - 26 Solarte, Yangervis INF Shawn Kelley 3/5 0.1 4 4 2 1 0 32 15 Spangenberg, Cory INF 3/8 1.0 2 1 1 1 2 - Dale Thayer 3/5 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 16 44 Thayer, Dale RHP 3/12 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 11 3/8 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 16 10 Upton, Justin OF 3/15 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 - 3/14 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 10 25 Venable, Will OF 3/18 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 20 3/17 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 10 50 Vincent, Nick RHP 3/22 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3/20 1.0 2 2 2 0 2 19 3/24 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 15 3/23 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 12 3/27 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 13 3/26 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 10 Non-Roster (4) 3/30 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 - 3/29 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 12 78 Gale, Rocky C 4/1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4/1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 - 43 Nieves, Wil C 62 Rearick, Chris LHP Ian Kennedy 3/5 2.0 3 2 2 1 2 46 Jose Valverde 3/6 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 16 46 Valverde, Jose RHP 3/10 1.2 5 3 3 0 2 50 3/9 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3/15 3.0 4 2 2 1 3 - 3/12 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 10 3/20 4.0 3 1 0 1 2 70 3/15 1.0 2 2 1 0 0 - Reassigned (18) 3/30 6.0 6 0 0 1 7 - 3/18 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 18 90 Rondon, Jose (3/6) INF 3/22 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 - 89 Turner, Trea (3/9) INF Brandon Maurer 3/6 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 19 3/25 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 - 45 Northcraft, Aaron (3/16) RHP 3/18 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 23 3/28 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 28 72 Hancock, Justin (3/16) RHP 3/22 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 - 3/31 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 15 71 Renfroe, Hunter (3/16) OF 3/25 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 - 83 Erickson, Griff (3/16) C 3/27 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Nick Vincent 3/6 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 16 68 Noel, Rico (3/18) OF 3/30 1.0 4 2 2 0 1 - 3/9 1.0 0 0 0 2 2 - 85 Goris, Diego (3/22) INF 4/1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3/12 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 12 63 Jackson, Jay (3/22) RHP 3/15 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 - Brandon Morrow 3/6 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 34 3/18 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 16 61 Wisler, Matt (3/22) RHP 3/11 3.0 4 1 1 1 4 47 3/22 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 - 70 Hedges, Austin (3/24) C 3/16 4.0 3 0 0 0 2 48 3/25 1.0 2 0 0 1 1 - 87 Elbert, Scott (3/25) LHP 3/21 3.2 8 5 5 1 1 59 3/28 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 17 79 Decker, Cody (3/28) C 3/31 4.1 7 3 3 1 4 77 3/31 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 10 2 Goebbert, Jake (3/28) INF 84 Wallace, Brett (3/28) INF 58 Lane, Jason (4/1) LHP 66 Pena, Ramiro (4/1) INF 2015 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE/RESULTS 88 Mateo, Marcos (4/1) RHP DATE OPP. SITE TIME/RESULT REC WP LP ATT March 4 at SEA Peoria L, 3-4 (10) 0-1 Lowe Guerrero 6,027 Optioned (9) March 5 at SEA Peoria L, 4-9 0-2 Germano Kennedy 5,244 March 6 vs. CWS PEORIA W, 5-0 1-2 Quakenbush Duke 4,276 65 Guerrero, Tayron (3/16) (AA) RHP March 7 at SF Scottsdale W, 7-6 2-2 Shields Bumgarner 12,177 67 Lindsey, Taylor (3/16) (AAA) INF March 8 vs. COL PEORIA L, 5-7 2-3 Rondon Northcraft 7,099 28 Liriano, Liriano (3/18) (AAA) OF March 9 at CHC Mesa W, 6-3 3-3 Cashner Jackson 14,772 64 Dickerson, Alex (3/18) (AAA) OF March 10 vs. SF PEORIA W, 10-5 4-3 Jackson Petit 6,729 41 Erlin, Robbie (3/22) (AAA) LHP March 11 at KC Surprise L, 3-4 4-4 Gustave Despaigne 5,591 March 12 vs. LAD PEORIA L, 0-1 4-5 Buchter Valverde 10,218 57 Campos, Leonel (3/22) (AAA) RHP March 13 at LAA Tempe W, 7-3 5-5 Ross Shoemaker 9,491 49 Kelly, Casey (3/22) (AAA) RHP March 14 vs. TEX PEORIA W, 2-0 6-5 Torres Oviedo 8,228 - Mazzoni, Cory (3/30) (AAA) RHP March 15 at CLE Goodyear L, 2-4 6-6 Rzepczynski Valverde 5,418 16 Almonte, Abraham (4/1) (AAA) OF March 16 vs. CHC PEORIA W, 7-0 7-6 Morrow Lester 6,761 7 Medica, Tommy (4/1) (AAA) OF March 17 vs. MIL (SS) PEORIA L, 4-6 7-7 Garza Shields 4,691 at OAK (SS) Mesa L, 2-13 7-8 Kazmir Despaigne 5,701 March 18 at COL Scottsdale W, 10-3 8-8 Maurer Lannan 8,007 Traded (1) March 19 OFF DAY 54 Torres, Alex (3/30) LHP* March 20 vs. KC PEORIA L, 1-6 8-9 Frasor Quackenbush 10,625 March 21 vs. ARI PEORIA L, 5-7 8-10 Bradley Morrow 11,474 March 22 at CHC Mesa W, 6-1 9-10 Vincent Bueno 15,206 *From NYM in exchange for RHP March 23 vs. CWS PEORIA W, 10-4 10-10 Ross Quintana 4,010 Cory Mazzoni March 24 vs. SEA PEORIA W, 6-4 11-10 Cashner Happ 7,289 March 25 at LAD Glendale L, 5-9 11-11 Nicasio Lane 8,363 + 60-day disabled list March 26 at ARI Scottsdale T, 3-3 11-11-1 N/A N/A 10,066 March 27 vs. COL PEORIA W, 7-5 12-11-1 Kelley Hawkins 6,827 March 28 at TEX Surprise W, 3-2 13-11-1 Ross Scheppers 7,096 March 29 vs. SEA PEORIA W, 8-5 14-11-1 Cashner Happ 8,212 March 30 at CIN Goodyear W, 6-3 15-11-1 Kennedy DeSclafani 2,526 March 31 vs. KC PEORIA L, 1-4 15-12-1 Guthrie Morrow 5,929 April 1 at CWS Glendale W, 8-2 16-12-1 Shields Samardzija 2,725 April 2 vs. MIL PEORIA 12:05 April 3 OFF DAY April 4 MEXICO CITY PETCO PARK 2:00*TV