COLORADO ROCKIES (11-10) vs. SAN DIEGO PADRES (11-12) Friday, May 1, 2015 • 7:10 p.m. PT • Petco Park • San Diego, CA RHP Eddie Butler (2-1, 3.27) vs. RHP Ian Kennedy (0-1, 10.80) Game 24 • Home Game 14 • 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. RESTED AND BACK AT IT: The Padres will put the fi nishing touches on their current nine-game, 10-day homestand PADRES AT A GLANCE this weekend as they welcome the Colorado Rockies to town for a thee-game set at Petco Park…the Friars are amidst a season-high three-game losing streak having been swept by the Houston Astros earlier this week (Mon-Wednesday)… Overall Record: 11-12 prior to that, the Friars dropped a three-game set with the Dodgers over the weekend, avoiding the sweep Sunday NL West Standing: 3rd (-3.0) afternoon with a 3-1 victory…after Sunday’s game vs. Colorado, the Friars will head out on the road for a three-city, Home Record: 6-7 nine-game, 10-day road trip to San Francisco (5/4-6), Arizona (5/7-10) and Seattle (5/12-13). Road Record: 5-5 • The Padres open the season facing off against N.L West foes in 27 of their fi rst 33 games of the season and Day Record: 4-5 have gone 9-8 vs. divisional opponents thus far, taking a four-game series from the Giants (3-1), a three-game Night Record: 7-7 series from the Diamondbacks (2-1), splitting a four-game set at Colorado (2-2) and losing four of six games to the Dodgers so far over two separate series. Homestand: 1-5 Last Five Games: 1-4 TODAY’S TRANSACTIONS: The Padres announced this afternoon they have recalled RHP Nick Vincent from Triple-A Last 10 Games: 3-7 El Paso and optioned RHP Cory Mazzoni to that same club. • Vincent, 28, pitched to a 1-0 record with a 0.96 ERA (1 ER, 9.1 IP) with 16 strikeouts against one walk in eight Streak: L3 games out of the bullpen for the Chihuahuas after being optioned to Triple-A on April 10. All-Time Record: 3,409-3,940-2 • Vincent opened the season on the Padres 25-man roster, pitching to a 0-1 record with a 5.40 ERA (2 ER, 3.1 All-Time at Home: 1,845-1,833-1 IP) and three strikeouts against one walk in three appearances with the big league club. All-Time at Petco Park: 476-428 KELLEY REHAB START: RHP Shawn Kelley will make the start tonight for Single-A Lake Elsinore as he recovers All-Time on Road: 1,564-2,107-1 from a left calf strain that’s sidelined him since being placed on the 15-day DL on April 24 (retro April 23). 2015 vs. COL: 2-2 2015 vs. COL at Home: 0-0 #SEALEVEL’D: Over the Padres and Rockies last 13 meetings at Petco Park since the 2013 All-Star Break, the Friars own a 10-3 (.769) advantage over the Rox, the fourth-best home winning percentage in Major League Baseball vs. a 2015 vs. COL on Road: 2-2 divisional opponent in that time…in that same time, the Indians are 14-3 (.824) vs. the White Sox and the Cardinals All-Time vs. COL: 173-190 are 13-3 vs. the Pirates (.813) and 12-3 vs. the Reds (.800). All-Time vs. COL at Petco Park: 49-52 All-Time vs. COL in SD: 92-89 I JUST FELT LIKE RUNNING: The Padres have scored 105 runs through their fi rst 23 games this season (4.57 runs per game), the highest total in the National League and the eighth-highest total in the Majors. All-Time vs. COL at Coors Field: 77-95 • Last season through the club’s fi rst 23 games, the club had scored 64 runs (2.78 runs per game)…in comparison, All-Time vs. COL in Denver: 81-101 the Friars didn’t score their 100th run last season until the team’s 37th game on May 9 vs. Miami. SILVER STRIKEOUT LININGS: In the three-game series against the Astros earlier this week, the Padres as a PADRES RECORD WHEN... team tallied 36 strikeouts, the second-highest total in franchise history for a three-game series, trailing only the 37 strikeouts the pitching staff recorded in a three-game set against the Rockies at Petco Park last season from Sunday 3-0 Thursday 0-2 August 11-13. Monday 1-3 Friday 2-1 • During the three-game set with Houston, Padres starters tallied 31 punch-outs (Shields 12, Ross 9, Cashner Tuesday 3-1 Saturday 1-2 10), the highest total in franchise history by the Padres starting staff during a three-game series. Wednesday 1-3 MORE PUNCH-OUTS THAN MAYWEATHER/PACQUIAO: Through 23 games this season, the Padres starting April 11-12 August 0-0 rotation has recorded 145 strikeouts, the highest total in Major League Baseball…the starting rotation for the Padres May 0-0 September 0-0 has 17 more strikeouts than the second-place team in this category, the Pittsburgh Pirates (128). June 0-0 October 0-0 • As a team, the Padres have totaled 198 strikeouts, the fourth-most in Major League Baseball and the second- July 0-0 most in the National League, trailing only the Dodgers (202). Leading after six 6-1 CASH RULES EVERYTHING AROUND ME: After allowing two earned runs (three total) on six hits with 10 strikeouts Tied after six: 2-2 against one walk over 7.0 innings pitched against the Astros on Wednesday, Andrew Cashner has now allowed Trailing after six: 3-9 two earned runs or fewer in 21 consecutive starts at home, a new Major League record… Cashner surpassed Leading after seven: 7-1 the previous record shared by LAD Orel Hershiser from April 26, 1985 - April 29, 1986 and MIA Jose Fernandez from Tied after seven: 3-4 April 13, 2013 - present (currently on the disabled list). • Cashner opened Wednesday afternoon’s game with six consecutive strikeouts, a new franchise record…it Trailing after seven: 1-7 surpassed the previous record of four, done multiple times, last by Chad Gaudin on May 31, 2009 vs. COL. Leading after eight: 10-0 Tied after eight: 1-3 THE OTHER ‘L’ IS OFF SCORING A RUN; With two more runs scored on Wednesday vs. Houston, Wil Myers now Trailing after eight: 0-9 has scored 21 times this season, tied for the highest total in Major League Baseball (also STL Matt Carpenter) and the third highest total in franchise history for the month of April, trailing only Al Martin in 2000 (25) and Scoring fi rst: 7-5 Ken Caminiti in 1996 (23). Opponents score fi rst: 4-7 • Myers is hitting .289/.310/.485 (28-for-97) with seven doubles, four home runs and 15 RBI out of the lead-off Shutouts: 1-1 spot this season…among National League players with at least 75 at-bats out of the leadoff spot, his batting average ranks sixth, on-base percentage ranks seventh, slugging percentage ranks second while his doubles Home crowds of 20,000+: 2-2 rank second and home run and RBI totals both rank fi rst. Home crowds of 30,000+: 0-0 Home crowds of 40,000+: 4-3 MATT THE BATT: During the month of April, Matt Kemp posted a .326/.357/.478 (30-for-92) line with seven doubles, two triples, one Year Player Hits XBH RBI Scoring less than three: 1-4 home run, 16 RBI and 16 runs scored… Kemp is one of six players 1979 Dave Winfi eld 37 16 17 Scoring three or four: 2-6 in franchise history to record 30+ hits, 10+ extra base hits and 15+ 1996 Ken Caminiti 37 15 18 Scoring fi ve or more: 8-2 RBI during the month of April and the fi rst since Adrian Gonzalez in 2000 Phil Nevin 32 12 16 One-run games: 4-4 2007 (see chart). 2001 Phil Nevin 32 18 22 • Finished last month hitting .326 (30-for-92) and now owns a 2007 Adrian Gonzalez 34 12 25 Two-run games: 2-0 lifetime .318 (230-for-723) batting average during the month 2015 Matt Kemp 30 10 16 Games decided in last AB: 3-3 of April, the third-best mark in Major League Baseball behind Extra Innings W-L: 0-2 only Miguel Cabrera (.329) and Starlin Castro (.319) (min 500 AB). Playing series opener: 2-5 RISP-Y BUSINESS: With runners in scoring position, the Friars are hitting .322/.362/.481 (59-for-183), the second- Playing series fi nale: 4-3 best batting average in Major League Baseball, while their on-base percentage ranks 10th (fi fth in the NL) and Series W-L-T (Home): 2-2-0 slugging percentage ranks fi fth (second in NL). Series W-L-T (Road): 1-1-1 • Yangervis Solarte (.563, 9-for-16) and Derek Norris (.563, 9-for-16) are both tied for the third-best batting aver- age in the Majors with runners in scoring position. Series W-L-T (Total): 3-3-1 • With runners in scoring position and two outs, the Friars are hitting .308 (28-for-91), the best mark in the Series Sweeps (Home): 0-1 National League and third-best in the Majors (MIN .319, KC .315)..