San Diego Padres (13-20) Vs. Texas Rangers (13-20) Tuesday, May 9, 2017 • 12:40 P.M
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SAN DIEGO PADRES (13-20) VS. TEXAS RANGERS (13-20) TUESDAY, MAY 9, 2017 • 12:40 P.M. PT • PETCO PARK • SAN DIEGO, CA RHP JERED WEAVER (0-3, 5.51) VS. RHP A.J. GRIFFIN (3-0, 3.54) GAME 34 • HOME GAME 16 • FM 94.9 • XEMO 860 • FOX SPORTS SAN DIEGO San Diego Padres Communications Department • 100 Park Blvd., San Diego, CA 92101 • (619) 795-5000 All Padres game information, including game notes and rosters, is available at http://padrespressbox.com. HOME AND AWAY: The four-game, home and away series with the Texas Rangers got off to a good PADRES AT A GLANCE start last night with 5-1 victory for the Padres...San Diego hosts the Rangers this afternoon at Petco, then the two clubs head to Texas for a two-game set tomorrow and Thursday. Overall Record: 13-20 • RHP Trevor Cahill improved to 3-0 in his three starts at Petco this season and is now pitching NL West Standing: (-7.5, 4th) to a 0.49 ERA (1 ER, 18.1 IP) at home...last night, he tossed 5.1 innings of one-hit ball, walking Home Record: 7-8 fi ve and striking out seven...it was just the second time in his career that he has allowed just Road Record: 6-12 one hit while striking out seven and going at least 5.0 innings...the other such instance Day Record: 3-6 was during his rookie season when he twirled 7.0 innings of one-hit ball, striking out Night Record: 10-14 seven and walking two on September 16, 2009 at Texas with Oakland. Homestand: 2-4 • This four-game series between the Padres and Rangers marks their fi rst meeting since the 2015 Last Five Games: 1-4 season, when the Padres won two out of three in Arlington from July 10-12, 2015...the clubs are Last 10 Games: 4-6 now 16-16 all-time in their 32 previous matchups. Streak: W1 THE LONG BALL: INF Ryan Schimpf, C Austin Hedges and INF Cory Spangenberg connected All-Time Record: 3,553-4130-2 on solo home runs last night. All-Time at Home: 1,924-1918-1 • It was the Padres’ 12th multi-home run game of the season and their 42 home runs currently rank All-Time at Petco Park: 555-523 tied for eighth in all of MLB...the Texas Rangers rank fourth with 47. All-Time on Road: 1,630-2212-1 • In 2016, the club hit a franchise-best 177 home runs, passing the previous club record of 172 2017 vs. TEX: 1-0 home runs by the 1970 Padres...this season, the Padres are on pace for 206 home runs. 2017 vs. TEX at Home: 1-0 • INF Ryan Schimpf leads the club with nine dingers...C Austin Hedges and INF Wil Myers each 2017 vs. TEX on Road: 0-0 have seven. All-Time vs. TEX: 16-16 IN WIL WE TRUST: INF Wil Myers laced a double last night, his 19th extra-base hit of the season, All-Time vs. TEX in SD: 8-7 which is tied for the sixth-most in MLB. All-Time vs. TEX in TEX: 8-9 • Per STATS Inc., since the start of the 2016 season, 1B Wil Myers has the fi fth-most total bases among all MLB fi rst baseman with 352...ahead of Myers on the list are Freddie Free- PADRES RECORD WHEN... man (415), Joey Votto (376), Miguel Cabrera (371), and Anthony Rizzo (369). Sunday 1-3 Thursday 1-3 JUMBO SCHIMPF: INF Ryan Schimpf connected on his club-leading ninth home run last night and Monday 2-3 Friday 2-3 his second in as many days. Tuesday 2-3 Saturday 2-3 • Out of Schimpf’s 16 hits this season, he now has nine home runs, fi ve singles and two Wednesday 3-2 doubles to go along with 21 walks...out of his 60 hits in 2016, he had 20 home runs, 18 singles, 17 doubles and fi ve triples. April 11-16 August 0-0 • His 21 walks on the season ranks tied for 10th in all of MLB and eighth in the National May 2-4 September 0-0 League. June 0-0 October 0-0 July 0-0 SPANGY!: With his fi rst home run of the season last night, INF Cory Spangenberg has hit safely Leading after six 8-1 in a career-high seven consecutive games...is hitting .320 (8-for-25) during the streak. Tied after six: 2-3 • Since being recalled from Triple-A El Paso on 4/25, has hit safely in 10 of his 12 games played Trailing after six: 3-16 and is hitting .279 (12-for-43) with two doubles, three RBI, two walks, seven runs scored and a Leading after seven: 10-0 stolen base. Tied after seven: 1-2 Trailing after seven: 2-18 WELCOME ABOARD, MATT: The Padres yesterday announced they have acquired OF Matt Szczur Leading after eight: 11-0 from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for RHP Justin Hancock...in order to create room on the 40-man Tied after eight: 0-3 roster, the club transferred LHP Buddy Baumann to the 60-day disabled list. Szczur reported today Trailing after eight: 2-17 and was added to the 25-man roster...in a corresponding move, OF Jabari Blash was optioned to Scoring fi rst: 9-8 Triple-A El Paso. Opponents score fi rst: 4-12 • Originally selected by the Cubs as a fi fth-round selection in the 2010 First-Year Player Draft, he Shutouts: 3-0 has hit .243 (82-for-338) with 17 doubles, one triple, eight home runs, 40 RBI and 43 runs scored with four stolen bases in 202 games played over parts of four Major League seasons for Chicago Home crowds of 20,000+: 1-0 (2014-17)...his 12 pinch hits last season tied for sixth-most in Major League Baseball, as he hit Home crowds of 30,000+: 1-3 .261 (12-for-46) with a double, a triple and fi ve RBI in a pinch-hitting role. Home crowds of 40,000+: 2-1 Scoring less than three: 2-10 WHAT A RELIEF: LHP Ryan Buchter and RHP Brandon Maurer each tossed scoreless outings out Scoring three or four: 2-8 of the Padres bullpen last night, marking the Padres’ 93rd consecutive home game won when they Scoring fi ve or more: 9-1 have led entering the ninth inning dating back to July 2014...the longest active streak in MLB (ELIAS). One-run games: 3-5 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. PADRE: Our beloved Tony Gwynn would have turned 57 today...in 20 Two-run games: 2-3 seasons (1982-2001), the Padres career leader in virtually every offensive category won a National Games decided in last AB: 0-1 League-record tying eight batting titles and was selected to 16 All-Star teams. Extra Innings W-L: 1-2 • A dedication ceremony is scheduled today in Poway for an 11-foot-high statue honoring Playing series opener: 5-6 the Hall of Famer...Gwynn lived in Poway for nearly 30 years and the statue will be placed Playing series fi nale: 3-7 in front of the baseball fi eld at Lake Poway, not from his home. Series W-L-T (Home): 2-3-0 PADRES ON DECK: Single-A Lake Elsinore 1B Josh Naylor, the Padres’ No. 13 rated prospect by Series W-L-T (Road): 2-3-0 MLB.com, was named the California League Player of the Month for April...in 23 games in April, Naylor, Series W-L-T (Total): 4-6-0 19, hit .306 with fi ve doubles, a triple and fi ve home runs for the Storm...Single-A Fort Wayne RHP Series Sweeps (Home): 0-1 Jesse Scholtens, 23, the Padres’ ninth-round draft pick last June, allowed an unearned run on three Series Sweeps (Road): 0-1 hits and no walks with seven strikeouts last night, becoming the Padres’ fi rst minor leaguer pitcher to Series Sweeps (Total): 0-2 toss 8.0 innings so far this season. White Jerseys: 5-5 THIS DAY IN PADRES HISTORY: On May 9, 1997, the Padres retired the No. 35 of left-handed pitcher Gray Jerseys: 4-8 Randy Jones....the sinkerball artist had a 92-105 record for the Padres during their formative years Blue Jerseys: 2-4 from 1973-80...he had a 3.30 earned run average as a Padre in 264 games (253 starts) and was the Brown Jerseys: 2-1 fi rst Padre to win the National League Cy Young Award in 1976 when he went 22-14 with a 2.74 ERA Navy Camoufl age Jerseys: 0-1 and led the league in wins, starts (40), complete games (25) and innings pitched (315.1)...Jones is Marine Camoufl age Jerseys: 0-1 the Padres all-time career leader in games started (253), complete games (71), shutouts (18), innings Retro Jerseys: 0-0 pitched (1,766) and double plays induced (176). UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS DAY DATE TIME (PDT) OPP. PADRES STARTER OPPOSING STARTER TELEVISION Wed 5/10 5:05 p.m. TEX RHP Luis Perdomo (0-0, 4.03) RHP Yu Darvish (3-2, 2.76) Fox Sports SD Thurs 5/11 5:05 p.m. TEX RHP Jhoulys Chacin (3-3, 5.26) LHP Martin Perez (1-5, 4.06) Fox Sports SD All games broadcast live in English on FM 94.9 and in Spanish on XEMO 860 AM NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1984, 1998 • NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST CHAMPIONS 1984, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2006 TODAY’S STARTER #27- JERED WEAVER - RHP WEAVER 2017 DAY-BY-DAY GETTING THE BALL: 34-year-old Jered Weaver is set to make his seventh start of the season DATE/OPP DEC .