SAN DIEGO PADRES (30-31) at ATLANTA BRAVES (29-30) Thursday, June 11, 2015 • 9:10 A.M
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SAN DIEGO PADRES (30-31) at ATLANTA BRAVES (29-30) Thursday, June 11, 2015 • 9:10 a.m. PT • Turner Field • Atlanta, GA RHP Andrew Cashner (2-8, 4.05) vs. RHP Julio Teheran (4-2, 4.87) Game 62 • Road Game 32 • Mighty 1090 AM • XEMO 860 • FOX Sports San Diego San Diego Padres Communications • 100 Park Ave, San Diego, CA • (619) 795-5000 All Padres game information, including game notes and rosters, is available at http://padrespressbox.com. #VOTENORRIS | #VOTEUPTON | #VOTEKEMP | PADRES.COM/VOTE PADRES AT A GLANCE G’MORNING, SAN DIEGO: The Padres will finish off their two-city, seven-game roadtrip this afternoon/morning Overall Record: 30-31 as they will play the fourth of four games against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field…San Diego will look to earn a NL West Standing: 3rd (-5.5) series split, having lost two of the first three games of the current set, dropping last night’s contest by a score of Home Record: 15-15 4-1…the Friars started their current road swing with a thee-game series victory over the Reds in Cincinnati, taking Road Record: 15-16 two of three games at Great American Ball Park, but losing Sunday’s finale by a score of 4-0. Day Record: 8-8 • Following today’s game, the Padres will head back to “America’s Finest City” where they will welcome the Los Night Record: 22-23 Angeles Dodgers (6/12-14) and Oakland Athletics (6/15-16) to Petco Park. Roadtrip: 3-3 • The Padres posted a 4-3 record over their last seven-game homestand as they split a four-game set with the Last Five Games: 2-3 Pittsburgh Pirates (2-2) and took two of three games from the New York Mets (2-1). Last 10 Games: 6-4 Streak: L2 TODAY’S TRANSACTIONS: The Padres announced this morning they have reinstated OF Wil Myers from the 15- day disabled list (left wrist tendinitis) and optioned RHP Kevin Quackenbush to that same club. All-Time Record: 3,429-3,958-2 • Myers, 24, was hitting .291/.340/.493 (39-for-134) with 10 doubles, one triple, five home runs and 19 RBI in All-Time at Home: 1,854-1,841-1 All-Time at Petco Park: 485-436 32 games prior to being placed on the disabled list on May 19 (retro May 11)…Myers missed 28 games with All-Time on Road: 1,575-2,117-1 the injury. • In three rehab games with Triple-A El Paso, Myers went 5-for-15 (.333) with a home run, an RBI and two stolen 2015 vs. ATL: 1-2 bases, all against Las Vegas (NYM). 2015 vs. ATL on road: 1-2 2015 vs. ATL at home: 0-0 FUTURE FRIARS: The Padres concluded the third and final day of the 2015 MLB Draft yesterday… during the three- All-Time vs. ATL: 264-339 day First-Year Player Draft, the Padres drafted four catchers, six infielders (one 1B, one 2B, one 3B, three SS) and All-Time vs. ATL at Turner Field: 24-44 six outfielders…San Diego also selected 23 pitchers in the draft, including eight of their final 10 picks…the Friars All-Time vs. ATL in Atlanta: 121-179 selected 18 right-handed pitchers and five left-handed pitchers and 20 of the 23 pitchers selected by San Diego were All-Time vs. ATL at Petco Park: 20-19 college pitchers. All-Time vs. ATL in San Diego: 143-160 • In all San Diego selected players from 17 states: Alabama (4), Arizona (1), California (9), Florida (6), Illinois (2), Kansas (1), Louisiana (3), Mississippi (1), Nebraska (1), New York (1), North Carolina (1), Oklahoma (1), Oregon (1), Pennsylvania (1), Rhode Island (1), South Carolina (2), Tennessee (1).…in addition to the 37 play- PADRES RECORD WHEN... ers from the United States, the Padres also selected one player from Canada and one player from Puerto Rico. • With the 51st overall pick, the Padres’ first pick of the draft, they selected RHP Austin Smith out of Park Vista Sunday 6-3 Thursday 1-5 Community High School in Lake Worth, Florida…Smith went 8-2 with a 1.33 ERA and 98 strikeouts against 23 Monday 2-6 Friday 6-3 walks over 82.0 innings pitched his senior year, allowing just 54 hits. Tuesday 6-4 Saturday 4-5 • Notably, with their 34th-round selection (1,017 overall), the Padres selected 3B Ty France from San Diego State Wednesday 5-5 University…France, who will be 21 on June 13, hit .336 (83-for-247) with 15 doubles, three triples, four home April 11-12 August 0-0 runs and 49 RBI in 64 games for the Aztecs in 2015 en route to earning All-Mountain West First Team honors… May 14-15 September 0-0 a native of West Covina, CA, the right-handed hitting infielder led SDSU in batting average during conference June 5-4 October 0-0 play (.381) and ranked among the top seven in the Mountain West in seven offensive categories. July 0-0 Leading after six 17-1 GAME RECOGNIZE GAME: Today’s game against the Braves will be just the 14th game this season and the seventh Tied after six: 5-2 in a row that the Padres have played against a team below .500 (all seven on the current road trip). Trailing after six: 8-28 • Entering play today, the Padres have played 47 of their first 61 games this season against teams with a record Leading after seven: 20-1 .500 or better (23-24), the highest total in Major League Baseball, six more games than the team with Tied after seven: 7-6 the second-most (New York Yankees, 41) Trailing after seven: 3-24 • On the Padres upcoming schedule, only six of the next 19 games are against teams currently above .500. Leading after eight: 26-0 Tied after eight: 3-3 RUN, FRIARS, RUN!: The Padres have scored 266 runs this season, the sixth-highest total in baseball and the Trailing after eight: 1-28 third-most in the National League, trailing only the Arizona Diamondbacks (274) and Los Angeles Dodgers (269). Scoring first: 20-7 • The Padres have three players with 30+ RBI this season (Kemp-32, Norris-36, Upton-38), the highest total Opponents score first: 10-24 in the NL and tied for the most in baseball (also Los Angeles-AL, Minnesota and Toronto). Shutouts: 2-10 I VOTE WE DO CALL IT A COMEBACK: The Padres have 15 come-from-behind victories this season, tied for the Home crowds of 20,000+: 15-13 third-highest total in the National League (Los Angeles 17, St. Louis 16). Home crowds of 30,000+: 6-7 Home crowds of 40,000+: 4-5 BULLY-PEN: The Padres bullpen has surrendered just two earned runs over their last eight outings and 27.0 IP Scoring less than three: 1-18 dating back to the eighth inning on June 1 vs. New York-NL (0.67 ERA) …during the month of June, the Friars Scoring three or four: 6-8 bullpen has posted a 2-1 record with a 0.92 ERA (3 ER, 29.1 IP) and 23 strikeouts against eight walks while limiting Scoring five or more: 23-5 the opposition to a .22 batting average over that eight game span, the third-lowest bullpen ERA in baseball this One-run games: 7-9 (MIL 0.40, STL 0.40). month Two-run games: 8-2 • Over the last 22 games since May 19, Padres relievers have posted a 5-3 record with a 1.71 ERA (12 ER, 63.1 Games decided in last AB: 8-6 IP) and 65 strikeouts against 18 walks while limiting the opposition to a .204 batting average. Extra Innings W-L: 3-2 SPANGY THE MAN-GY: Cory Spangenberg logged the fourth three-hit game and the first multi-double game of his Playing series opener: 7-12 career last night after he went 3-for-5 with two doubles and an RBI. Playing series finale: 11-7 • Is hitting .500 (6-for-12) with three doubles and three RBI over his last games, all against Atlanta. Series W-L-T (Home): 4-4-1 • Owns a .325 batting average (25-for-77) with seven doubles, one triple and five RBI in 28 games on the road Series W-L-T (Road): 3-3-3 this season…over his last 10 road games, is hitting .333 (12-for-36) with four doubles and three RBI. Series W-L-T (Total): 7-7-4 UP(TON), UP(TON) AND AWAY: Justin Upton owns a lifetime 19.34 home runs per at-bat ratio in Atlanta (619 AB/32 Series Sweeps (Home): 1-1 HR), the sixth-best ratio in ballpark history, behind Javy Lopez (16.84), Andres Galarraga (18.03), Chipper Jones Series Sweeps (Road): 0-0 Series Sweeps (Total): 1-1 (17.20), Gary Sheffield (17.49) and Andruw Jones (18.52). • Upton has hit 12 home runs and driven in 38 RBI in 59 games for the Padres this season, tied for the ninth-best White Jerseys: 9-10 home run total in the National League and tied for the eighth-most RBI. Gray Jerseys: 4-6 • Upton, who has 12 homers and 12 stolen bases, was the first Major League player this season to reach the Blue Jerseys: 13-13 10+ HR and 10+ SB plateau and has since been joined by CHC Anthony Rizzo (11 HR, 10 SB) and PIT Starling Camouflage Jerseys: 4-1 Marte (12 HR, 10 SB)…Upton is one of five players in Padres franchise history to have 12+ home runs Retro Jerseys: 0-1 and 12+ stolen bases prior to the All-Star break, joining Dave Winfield in 1976 (12 HR, 16 SB), Derek Bell in 1993 (13 HR, 13 SB), Reggie Sanders in 1999 (15 HR, 20 SB) and Ryan Klesko in 2001 (17 HR, 17 SB).