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SAN DIEGO PADRES GAME INFORMATION PETCO PARK 100 PARK BLVD SAN DIEGO, CA 92101 PROVIDED BY THE PADRES COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT SAN DIEGO PADRES (60-69) at MILWAUKEE BREWERS (72-58) Monday, August 25, 2014 • 7:10 p.m. PT • Petco Park • San Diego, CA LHP Eric Stults (6-13, 4.53) vs. RHP Kyle Lohse (11-7, 3.49) Game 130 • Home Game 62 • 1090 AM • XEMO 860 • FOX Sports SD PADRES AT A GLANCE All Padres game information including game notes and rosters is available at http://padrespressbox.com. Overall Record: 60-69 SWEET HOME, SAN DIEGO: After 11 days and 10 games on the road, the Padres have returned home to “Ameri- NL West Standing: 3rd (-12.5) ca’s Finest City” where they will set up shop at Petco Park for a 10-game, 11-day homestand...the Milwaukee Brew- Home Record: 34-27 ers will be the fi rst of three squads to make the trip to Southern California this week as they will be in town to take on Road Record: 26-42 the Friars from Monday-Wednesday...following an off day on Thursday, the Padres will welcome their division-rival Day Record: 20-22 Los Angeles to town for a three-game, weekend set (Friday-Sunday) followed immediately by a four-game set with Night Record: 40-47 the Arizona Diamondbacks. • The Padres return home after going 3-7 on their roadtrip to St. Louis (1-3), Los Angeles (1-2) and Arizona (1-2). Road Trip: 3-7 • Following the 10-game homestand, the Padres will once again embark upon a 10-game, 11-day roadtrip as Last Five Games: 2-3 they will do a tour of most the National League West as they will make the trek to Colorado (September 5-7), Last 10 Games: 3-7 Los Angeles (September 8-10) and Arizona (September 12-14). Streak: W1 All-Time Record: 3,381-3,912-2 TREVOR HOFFMAN INDUCTION: This coming Saturday, August 30, Trevor Hoffman will be inducted into the Pa- dres Hall of Fame prior to the club’s 5:40 p.m. game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park. All-Time at Home: 1,825-1,820-1 • Hoffman will be the ninth person to be inducted into the Padres Hall of Fame, joining Buzzie Bavasi, Nate Col- All-Time at Petco Park: 456-415 bert, Jerry Coleman, Tony Gwynn, Randy Jones, Ray Kroc, Dick Williams and Dave Winfi eld. All-Time on Road: 1,556-2,092-1 • Hoffman, who now serves as the Padres’ upper-level pitching coordinator, retired as Major League Baseball’s 2014 vs. MIL: 1-2 all-time saves leader with 601 in 677 opportunities, a 61-75 record, 2.87 ERA (347 ER/1089.1 IP), .211 op- 2014 vs. MIL at Home: 0-0 ponent batting average and 1,133 strikeouts in 1,035 relief appearances…the seven-time All-Star (1998, 99, 2014 vs. MIL on Road: 1-2 2000, 02, 06, 07, 09) also fi nished in the Top 10 in Cy Young voting (1996, 98, 99, 2006) and in the Top 25 in Most Valuable Player voting (1996, 98, 2005, 06) on four occasions each. All-Time vs. MIL: 63-52 • Over his 16 seasons with San Diego, Hoffman compiled a 54-64 record with 552 saves in 618 opportunities All-Time vs. MIL at Petco Park: 19-11 (.893 save percentage), a 2.76 ERA (292 ER/952.1 IP), .211 opponent batting average and 1,029 strikeouts All-Time vs. MIL in San Diego: 33-19 in 902 relief appearances. All-Time vs. MIL at Miller Park: 22-28 All-Time vs. MIL in Milwaukee: 30-33 BUDDY GETS WIN #600: With the win yesterday at Arizona, Buddy Black secured his 600th career win as a man- ager, all as the skipper of the Padres...Black ranks second on the Padres all-time managerial wins list, trailing only RECORD WHEN... Bruce Bochy, who won 951 games as manager of the Friars from 1995-2006. • He is the 112th manager in Major League history to reach the 600-win plateau and the 14th active manager Sunday 12-10 Thursday 4-9 to do so, joining SF Bruce Bochy, LAA Mike Scioscia, BAL Buck Showalter, CLE Terry Francona, MIN Ron Monday 7-5 Friday 10-11 Gardenhire, PIT Clint Hurdle, KC Ned Yost, OAK Bob Melvin, TB Joe Maddon, NYM Terry Collins, NYY Joe Tuesday 7-13 Saturday 10-11 Girardi, TEX Ron Washington and ATL Fredi Gonzalez….Black is the 56th different manager all-time to get Wednesday 10-10 600+ wins with a single team. • Black also had 121 wins as a pitcher in 15 Major League seasons, making him one of two managers March 1-0 July 12-13 in Major League history to win 100+ games as a player and 600+ games as a manager, joining Hall of April 12-16 August 12-9 Famer Clark Griffi th (1,491 wins as a manager, 236 as a pitcher). May 13-14 September 0-0 June 10-17 October 0-0 KEEP THE BREW LOCAL: Since Petco Park opened in 2004, the Padres have had success when facing the Brew- ers in downtown San Diego, posting a 19-11 (.633) record against the Brew-Crew in the East Village...the Friars’ .633 Leading after six 46-1 winning percentage against Milwaukee is their second-best record against any opponent at Petco Park, trailing only Tied after six: 5-11 the 24-13 (.649) mark the Padres hold over the New York Mets. Trailing after six: 9-57 • Since Petco Park opened in 2004, the Padres are 7-2-1 in 10 home series against the Brewers. Leading after seven: 47-2 Tied after seven: 7-8 IN THE SECOND HALF: Since the second half of the season began on July 18, the Padres own an 19-15 record Trailing after seven: 6-59 (.559), tied for the fourth-best record in the National League with the Brewers, behind Washington (24-12, .667), Los Leading after eight: 50-1 Angeles (20-15, .571) and MIami (20-15, .571). Tied after eight: 6-6 • In the second half the Padres have scored a total of 149 runs in 34 games, the fourth-highest total in the Na- Trailing after eight: 4-62 tional League behind Washington (167), Pittsburgh (162) and Colorado (152). • The Padres are averaging 4.38 runs per game during the second half of the season, the sixth-highest total in Scoring fi rst: 39-17 Major League Baseball, behind only Minnesota (4.67), Washington (4.64), Pittsburgh (4.63), Oakland (4.50) Opponents score fi rst: 21-52 and Colorado (4.47). Shutouts: 7-16 Home crowds of 20,000+: 26-19 MR. AUGUST: In four starts during the month of August, Eric Stults, tonight’s starting pitcher for the Padres, Home crowds of 30,000+: 14-8 owns a 3-0 record with a 1.46 ERA (4 ER, 24.2 IP) with 15 strikeouts against six walks while limiting the opposition Home crowds of 40,000+: 3-3 to a .195 batting average. • Stults is 0.1 innings pitched away from qualifying this month, but among pitchers with as many or more in- Scoring less than three: 10-50 nings pitched in August (24.2), his ERA is the third-lowest in the National League and sixth-lowest in Major Scoring three or four: 21-13 League Baseball...his .195 opponents average is the sixth-lowest in the National League and ninth-lowest in Scoring fi ve or more: 29-6 the Majors. One-run games: 23-18 • Owns a career 3.11 ERA and .238 batting average during the month of August, his lowest numbers of any Two-run games: 10-21 month of the season. • Since joining the Padres in 2012, Stults owns a 7-2 record and a 2.89 ERA (29 ER, 90.1 IP) and has limited Games decided in last AB: 14-12 the opposition to a .244 average, his highest win total and lowest ERA and opponents average of any month. Extra Innings W-L: 7-4 Playing series opener: 18-23 POWER IN A PINCH: With Will Venable’s pinch-hit home run in the 8th inning of yesterday’s game at Arizona, Playing series fi nale: 19-22 the Padres now have nine pinch-hit home runs this season, the highest total in Major League Baseball (Arizona and Pittsburgh are tied for second with six)...the Friars have also driven in 29 runs in the pinch, the third-highest Series W-L-T (Home): 8-9-3 total in baseball, trailing only Pittsburgh (35) and Colorado (30). Series W-L-T (Road): 5-14-2 • Nine pinch hit home runs this season is tied with the 2009 and 2010 seasons for the second-highest total Series W-L-T (Total): 13-23-5 in franchise history, trailing only the 10 pinch-hit homers hit during the 1995 season. Series Sweeps (Home): 3-1 • The last Major League teams with nine or more pinch-hit home runs in a single season was the 2012 Series Sweeps (Road): 0-1 Colorado Rockies (10) and New York Mets (10). Series Sweeps (Total): 3-2 HOT AS THE “SOL”-ARTE: Yangervis Solarte has belted 25 extra-base hits (15 doubles, 1 triple, 9 home runs) and White Jerseys: 21-15 has driven in 46 runs (31 with NYY and 15 with SD), making him one of four Major League rookies this season to Gray Jerseys: 14-34 log 25+ XBH and 45+ RBI, joining CWS Jose Abreu (63 XBH, 94 RBI), DET Nick Castellanos (39 XBH, 54 RBI) and Blue Jerseys: 16-14 HOU George Springer (29 XBH, 51 RBI).