San Diego Padres 2018 Game Notes San Diego Padres (1-6) @ Houston Astros (6-1) Friday, April 6, 2018 • 7:10 P.M
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SAN DIEGO PADRES 2018 GAME NOTES SAN DIEGO PADRES (1-6) @ HOUSTON ASTROS (6-1) FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2018 • 7:10 P.M. CST • MINUTE MAID PARK • HOUSTON, TX RHP LUIS PERDOMO (0-1, 11.25) vs. RHP LANCE MCCULLERS JR. (1-0, 3.38) GAME 8 • ROAD GAME 1 • FM 97.3 • XEMO 860 • FOX SPORTS SAN DIEGO All Padres game information, including Game Notes and rosters, is available at http://padrespressbox.com San Diego Padres Communications Department • 100 Park Blvd., San Diego, CA 92101 • (619) 795-5000 • @PadresPR ABOUT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON: The Padres fell 3-1 yesterday to the Padres at a glance... Rockies, joining the Rays as the only teams so far this season to reach the six- Overall Record.........................1-6 loss mark...starter Joey Lucchesi made his second career start, working 5.0 NL West Standing ......... (-5.0, 5th) innings of scoreless ball and allowing just one hit and striking out a career-high Home Record ..........................1-6 Road Record ...........................0-0 seven...he retired the last 10 batters he faced yesterday, five via the strikeout. Day Record..............................0-2 • SS Freddy Galvis had his third multi-hit game, and CF Manuel Margot Night Record............................1-4 homered for the first time this season in the ninth inning...his round-tripper Current Stand ..........................1-6 Last Five Games .....................1-4 snapped an 0-for-16 slump, the longest hitless streak of his career. Last 10 Games ........................1-6 Streak .......................................L2 : SS has reached base safely in all seven games GALVANIZED Freddy Galvis All-Time Record .......3,612-4206-2 to start the season (.429 OBP) while hitting in five of those games (.333, 8-for- All-Time at Home .....1,961-1954-1 24)...San Diego has produced 13 individual multi-hit performances this season, All-Time at Petco Park .....592-549 six of which have come from either Galvis or 1B Eric Hosmer. All-Time on Road .....1,650-2253-1 2018 vs. HOU ..........................0-0 HELLO HOUSTON: The last time San Diego played the Astros dates back to 2018 vs. HOU in SD ................0-0 the three-game series at Petco from April 27-29, 2015, in which the Padres were 2018 vs. HOU in HOU .............0-0 All-Time vs. HOU .............282-312 swept...the last time SD travelled to Houston dates back to their June 25-28, All-Time vs. HOU in SD ...160-141 2012, in which the four-game series was split. All-Time vs. HOU in HOU ...122-171 • The Padres 1-6 start ties their worst record through their first seven games of any season (also: 1994, 1987 and 1974)...on the flip side, the Astros 6-1 Padres record when... start ties their best record to begin a campaign (also: 1988 and 1987). Sunday ........ 0-0 Thursday ....0-2 Monday ........ 0-1 Friday .........0-1 HOS LIKES HOUSTON: Among active players hitting against the Astros since Tuesday ....... 1-0 Sat .............0-1 2012 (minimum 100 at-bats), 1B Eric Hosmer has the highest batting average Wed ............. 0-1 .348 (40-for-115)...he is currently riding a 10-game hitting streak (16-for-43, March .......... 0-3 July ............0-0 .372) versus the Astros at Minute Maid Park. April ............ 1-3 August ........0-0 May ............ 0-0 Sept. ..........0-0 June ............ 0-0 October ......0-0 THE GROUNDER GAMES: The Padres have forced 99 ground balls, the second- most in the majors behind OAK's 101...the Friars 49.5 ground ball percentage Leading after six .......................1-1 ranks third-highest. Tied after six .............................0-1 Trailing after six ........................0-4 Leading after seven ..................1-1 YOU SHALL NOT SCORE: The Padres bullpen has inherited 12 runners, Tied after seven ........................0-1 Trailing after seven ...................0-4 allowing only one of them to score...they are just one of nine teams to allow one Leading after eight ....................1-1 or no inherited runs to score. Tied after eight ..........................0-1 Trailing after eight .....................0-4 RISPECT, FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS TO ME: Despite going 0-for-2 with RISP Scoring first...............................1-2 yesterday, the Padres' .302 average (13-for-43) is tied for the fourth-highest Opponents score first ...............0-4 average in the majors. Shutouts ...................................0-0 Home crowds of 20,000+ .........0-1 WE'RE NO. 1! (AND HUMBLE ABOUT IT): The Padres farm system ranks first Home crowds of 30,000+ .........0-2 in all of Major League Baseball, according to MLB Pipeline...the Padres headline Home crowds of 40,000+ .........0-1 the list, having been tabbed as fourth a year ago...the club has an MLB-best six Scoring three or fewer ..............0-4 players in MLB Pipeline’s Top 50 prospect list and seven in the Top 100. Scoring four or more .................1-2 • The top 10 Padres prospects are as follows: Fernando Tatis Jr.(8), MacKenzie Allowing three or fewer .............0-2 Gore (19), Luis Urías (36), Cal Quantrill (40), Michel Baez (42), Adrian Allowing four or more................1-4 Morejon (50), Anderson Espinoza (89), Logan Allen, Joey Lucchesi and One-run games.........................0-1 Franchy Cordero. Extra Innings W-L .....................0-1 Series W-L-T (Home) ........... 0-2-0 THIS DATE IN PADRES HISTORY: On April 6, 1996, Trevor Hoffman struck Series W-L-T (Road) ............ 0-0-0 out seven in three perfect innings, and third baseman Ken Caminiti hit a grand Series W-L-T (Total) ............. 0-2-0 slam in the top of the 13th to give the Padres an 8-4 victory over Houston in Series Sweeps (Home).............0-1 the Astrodome. Series Sweeps (Road)..............0-0 Series Sweeps (Total)...............0-1 PADRES ON DECK: The minor league baseball season kicked off yesterday... White Jerseys ...........................1-4 No. 13 prospect LHP Eric Lauer allowed two runs on five hits and two walks Gray Jerseys ............................0-0 with six strikeouts in 6.0 innings to pick up the win for El Paso (AAA)...CF Travis Blue Jerseys .............................0-0 Brown Jerseys ..........................0-1 Jankowski (3-for-5) and 2B Luis Urias (1-for-3, two walks) each reach base Navy Camouflage Jerseys........0-0 thrice as the Chihuahuas opened the Pacific Coast League season with 4-2 Marine Camouflage Jerseys .....0-0 win at Las Vegas. Upcoming schedule and probable starters Day Date Time (PDT) Opp. Padres starter Opposing starter Television Sat 4/7 4:10 p.m. @HOU RHP Bryan Mitchell (0-1, 9.00) RHP Gerrit Cole (1-0, 1.29) FSSD Sun 4/8 11:10 a.m. @HOU RHP Tyson Ross (1-0, 4.50) RHP Charlie Morton (1-0, 0.00) FSSD NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1984, 1998 • NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST CHAMPIONS 1984, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2006 STARTING PITCHER NOTES #61 RHP LUIS PERDOMO (0-1, 11.25) luisperdomo0061 LUIS' 2018 DAY-BY-DAY SOCK'S UP!: 24-year-old Luis Perdomo takes the Date/Opp. Dec. ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR PIT mound tonight for the series opener in Houston, his first 3/31 vs. MIL 0-1 11.25 4.0 7 5 5 4 7 0 96 on the road and second of the season..in '17, he made 29 in total and 13 on the road. • In his first start of the season on 3/31 vs. MIL, Perdomo ’17 SUMMARY tossed 4.0 innings and allowed five runs on seven hits and four walks while striking out seven...the seven Record/ERA:........................................................................8-11/4.67 ERA punchouts were two shy of his career high and the most vs. LHB: ...........................................................................305 (93-for-305) vs. RHB: ...........................................................................267 (89-for-333) since August 8 of last season. HOME: ................................................................................. 6-5, 4.73 ERA • Tonight marks his first career start against the Astros. ROAD: ................................................................................. 2-6, 4.60 ERA HIGHS 2017 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS AL VS. NL: Since the beginning of 2017 Perdomo INNINGS .......7.0 IP, 2x, last: 10/1/17 at SF 9.0 IP, 8/28/16 at MIA has made 30 starts, with four of those coming against RUNS ............................ 8, 5/20/17 vs. ARI 8, 5/20/17 vs. ARI American League foes...he is 2-1 with a 3.52 ERA and EARNED RUNS ............ 8, 5/20/17 vs. ARI 8, 5/20/17 vs. ARI 0.39 HR allowed per 9 IP against AL opponents...he is HITS ............................11, 5/20/17 vs. ARI 11, 5/20/17 vs. ARI 6-11 with a 5.06 ERA and 1.00 HR/9 IP against NL foes. WALKS ...........................6, 9/10/17 at ARI 6, 2x, last: 9/10/17 at ARI STRIKEOUTS ................ 9, 5/15/17 vs. MIL 9, 5/15/17 vs. MIL THE GROUNDER GAMES: Last season, he led all NL pitchers with a 62.0 ground ball percentage, behind only A WIN, AT LAST, FOR LUIS: Went 10 starts into last TOR Marcus Stroman’s 62.9 mark for the Major League season without earning a win...only John D’Acquisto lead...teammate Clayton Richard (60.0) and former (12 starts without a win in 1977) has ever had a longer teammate Jhoulys Chacin (49.2) ranked third and 14th, winless streak in Padres history...with six no decisions respectively. to open last season, Perdomo had the most consecutive starts to begin a season without a decision in club history, surpassing Bob Owchinko’s five consecutive starts in LET'S TURN TWO: Forced opponents to ground into 32 double plays last season, which ranked tied for first 1977 (STATS). in the National League and tied for second in MLB with teammate Clayton Richard.