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SAN DIEGO PADRES 2018 GAME NOTES San Diego Padres (9-18) vs. New York Mets (16-8) Saturday, April 28, 2018 • 5:40 p.m. PST • Petco Park • San Diego, CA LHP Joey Lucchesi (2-1, 2.70) vs. LHP Jason Vargas (0-0, -.--) Game 28 • Home Game 16 • FM 97.3 • XEMO 860 • FSSD • Fox Deportes SD 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 SHORT MEMORY, BUT HAPPY 28TH: Last night, San Diego fell 5-1 to the Padres at a glance... New York Metropolitans in the Friars' first game against a National League Overall Record.......................9-18 East opponent this season...with the Padres sole run last night, they snapped a NL West Standing ....... (-10.0, 5th) seven-game streak (which was longest active streak in the majors) of both teams Home Record ........................4-11 scoring at least three runs in seven straight meetings. Road Record ...........................5-7 Day Record..............................1-6 • Starter Clayton Richard worked 6.2 innings last night and was saddled with Night Record..........................8-12 the loss, his third of the season...he allowed three runs (all earned) on six Current Stand ..........................0-1 hits with a trio of walks and a quartet of strikeouts. Streak .......................................L3 • OF Franchy Cordero homered for the third time in his past six starts…his All-Time Record .......3,620-4219-2 five home runs are the most this season of any rookie outfielder. All-Time at Home .....1,964-1959-1 All-Time at Petco Park .....595-554 All-Time on Road .....1,656-2260-1 NOTHING LESI ABOUT LUCCHESI: Among rookie starters who have tossed at least 26.0 IP, Joey Lucchesi leads all rookies in ERA (2.70) opponent average 2018 vs. NYM ..........................0-1 (.229) and OBP (.283) and ranks second in innings pitched (26.2) and strikeouts 2018 vs. NYM in SD ................0-1 2018 vs. NYM in NY ................0-0 (29). All-Time vs. NYM .............245-239 All-Time vs. NYM in SD ...134-112 All-Time vs. NYM in NY ..... 111-127 ROOKIE RAKING: 3B Christian Villanueva leads all rookies with his seven home runs, and with OF Franchy Cordero's fifth round-tripper of the season last night, Cordero leads rookie outfielders and is tied for second-most among Padres record when... all rookies with NYY's Tyler Austin...the Padres 12 rookie homers are the most Sunday ........ 1-2 Thursday ....0-3 of any team. Monday ........ 2-2 Friday .........3-2 Tuesday ....... 2-2 Sat .............1-3 Wed ............. 0-4 DON'T LOOK NOW, HE'S STREAKING!: 3B Christian Villanueva’s 10-game hitting streak is the longest by a Padre rookie since Yonder Alonso’s 10-game March .......... 0-3 July ............0-0 April .......... 9-15 August ........0-0 streak (May 18-27, 2012)…it is the longest streak on the club this season, the May ............ 0-0 Sept. ..........0-0 longest active streak among all rookies and it's tied for the second-longest active June ............ 0-0 October ......0-0 streak among all Major Leaguers....the Padres rookie hitting streak record belongs to Benito Santiago, who hit in 34 straight games from Aug. 25-October 2, 1987. Leading after six .......................6-1 Tied after six .............................1-2 Trailing after six ......................2-15 ¡VAMOS A MEXICO!: The Padres have had 23 Mexican-born players play at Leading after seven ..................9-1 Tied after seven ........................0-2 least one game for them, the highest total for any franchise, all-time...Christian Trailing after seven .................0-15 Villanueva, native of Guadalajara, Mexico, is the only Mexican-born player on Leading after eight ....................8-1 the Padres active roster, and on Wednesday (following the San Francisco series) Tied after eight ..........................1-2 the team will fly to Monterrey, MX to host the Dodgers. Trailing after eight ...................0-15 Scoring first...............................7-1 DON'T STEAL MY RUNS, GYPSY: With a 2.73 ERA (33 ER, 108.2 IP), the Opponents score first .............2-17 Friars' bullpen has the fourth-best ERA of any team in '18 and the third-best in Shutouts ...................................0-3 the NL...they have fostered a .199 opponent batting average (78-for-391), good Home crowds of 20,000+ .........0-6 for second-best in the ML behind the D-Backs bullpen's .193 mark. Home crowds of 30,000+ .........2-2 Home crowds of 40,000+ .........1-1 WORKING HARD, WORKING OFTEN: The Friar's pen has pitched 108.2 innings, Scoring three or fewer ............0-14 the most of any relief crew in the NL and the second-most in the majors behind Scoring four or more .................9-4 the LAA's 113.0 innings. Allowing three or fewer .............5-6 Allowing four or more..............4-12 CS: Eight Padres have been caught stealing in 2018, which is tied for the most One-run games.........................2-2 of any team...with 11 stolen bases in 19 attempts, their 57.9 sb percentage is Extra Innings W-L .....................0-2 the sixth lowest in the majors...the NYM's 56.3 percentage ranks fifth-lowest. Series W-L-T (Home) ........... 1-4-0 Series W-L-T (Road) ............ 1-3-0 Series W-L-T (Total) ............. 2-7-0 PADRES ON DECK: Last night for San Antonio (AA), RHP Cal Quantrill allowed two runs on six hits with four strikeouts over 6.0 innings, and Josh Naylor drove Series Sweeps (Home).............0-2 home Fernando Tatis Jr. with a walk-off doubled in the ninth. Series Sweeps (Road)..............0-0 Series Sweeps (Total)...............0-2 THIS DAY IN PADRES HISTORY: On April 28, 1998, Tony Gwynn capped White Jerseys .........................2-10 his ninth and final game of five-or-more hits (including a six-hit game in 1993) Gray Jerseys ............................4-5 Blue Jerseys .............................1-2 with an eighth-inning home run off Terry Mulholland as the Padres defeated the Brown Jerseys ..........................1-2 Chicago Cubs 7-3 at Qualcomm Stadium...Gwynn went 5-for-5, drove in two Navy Camouflage Jerseys........0-0 runs and scored three. Marine Camouflage Jerseys .....1-0 Retro Jerseys ...........................0-0 Upcoming schedule and probable starters Day Date Time (PST) Opp. Padres starter Opposing starter Television Sun 4/29 1:10 p.m. vs. NYM RHP Bryan Mitchell (0-2, 5.76) RHP Zack Wheeler (1-1, 4.24) FSSD Mon 4/30 7:15 p.m. @ SF LHP Eric Lauer (0-1, 18.00) RHP Jeff Samardzija (1-1, 6.23) FSSD Tues 5/1 7:15 p.m. @ SF RHP Tyson Ross (2-2, 3.64) TBA FSSD Wed 5/2 12:45 p.m. @ SF LHP Clayton Richard (1-3, 5.35) LHP Derek Holland (0-3, 5.76) FSSD NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1984, 1998 • NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST CHAMPIONS 1984, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2006 STARTING PITCHER NOTES #37 LHP JOEY LUCCHESI (2-1, 2.70) @JoeyFuego44 Joey's 2018 Day-By-Day BOUNCE BACK: 24-year-old Joey Lucchesi is set to Date/Opp. Dec. ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR PIT make his sixth career start (fourth at Petco Park) tonight 3/30 vs. MIL ND 5.79 4.2 7 3 3 0 1 0 75 4/5 vs. COL ND 2.79 5.0 1 0 0 3 7 0 84 against the New York Mets. 4/10 @ COL W 1.72 6.0 4 2 0 1 8 1 82 4/15 vs. SF W 1.66 6.0 5 1 1 0 9 0 88 LAST TIME OUT: Recorded his first ML loss in his last 4/22 @ ARI L 2.70 5.0 5 4 4 4 4 1 103 outing on 4/22 at ARI, throwing a career-high 103 pitches across 5.0 IP of four-run ball in SD's 4-2 loss. ’18 Summary Record/ERA:................................................2-1, 2.70 ERA (8 ER, 26.2 IP) LEADER OF THE PACK: Among rookie starters who vs. LHB: ............................................................................ 231 (6-for-26) have tossed at least 26.0 IP, he currently leads all vs. RHB: .......................................................................... 229 (16-for-70) rookies in ERA (2.70) opponent batting average (.229) HOME: ........................................................ 1-0, 2.30 ERA (4 ER, 15.2 IP) and OBP (.283), ranks second in innings pitched (26.2) ROAD: .........................................................1-1, 3.27 ERA (4 ER, 11.0 IP) and strikeouts (29). HIGHS 2018 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS INNINGS .......... 6.0 IP, 2x, last: 4/15 vs. SF 6.0 IP, 2x, last: 4/15 vs. SF SHOWING HE BELONGS: Among all ML pitchers with RUNS ...................................4, 4/22 at ARI 4, 4/22 at ARI at least 26.0 IP, his 2.70 ERA ranks 26th among all ML EARNED RUNS ...................4, 4/22 at ARI 4, 4/22 at ARI HITS .................................. 7, 3/30 vs. MIL 7, 3/30 vs. MIL pitchers and 13 among NL arms...his .229 opponent WALKS ................................4, 4/22 at ARI 4, 4/22 at ARI batting average ranks 30th among all ML pitchers and STRIKEOUTS ...................... 9, 4/15 vs. SF 9, 4/15 vs. SF is 17th in the NL Joey vs. NYM SOLID THROUGH FOUR: Lucchesi logged a 1.66 ERA Career: N/A through his first four starts with a 2-0 record...the last 2017:N/A Padres pitcher to have a sub-2.00 ERA over his first four Petco Park: N/A MLB starts was Odrisamer Despaigne in 2014 (1.35).