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ATLANTA BRAVES (53-64) vs. SAN DIEGO PADRES (56-62) Monday, August 17, 2015 • 7:10 p.m. PT • Petco Park • San Diego, CA RHP Williams Perez (4-3, 4.21) vs. RHP Colin Rea (1-0, 5.40) Game 119 • Home Game 56 • Mighty 1090 AM • XEMO 860 • FOX Sports SD 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. TOOK THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN FROM GEORGIA: The Padres have returned home to Petco Park today where they will PADRES AT A GLANCE embark on a six-game, seven-day homestand as they will fi rst welcome the Atlanta Braves to “America’s Finest City” for a three game series tonight through Wednesday…following an off day on Thursday, the Padres will then welcome the St. Overall Record: 56-62 Louis Cardinals for a three-game set over the weekend. NL West Standing: 4th (-11.0) • The Friars will use a travel day one week from today, August 24, to trek themselves back to the east coast where Home Record: 26-29 they will play six games in six days against the Washington Nationals (August 25-27) at Nationals Park and the Road Record: 30-33 Philadelphia Phillies (August 28-30) at Citizens Bank Park. Day Record: 13-22 • The Padres are coming off a quick, three-game road trip to Denver, where they won two of three games against the Night Record: 43-40 Colorado Rockies… it was the Padres’ fi rst series victory at Coors Field since 2012 (June 29 - July 1), having gone 0-6-2 in the previous eight series the “Mile High City.” Road Trip: 2-1 Last Five Games: 3-2 MAKING IT REA-N: Colin Rea (last name pronounced “Ray”) will be making his second career Major League start for the Last 10 Games: 4-6 Padres this evening, having made his Major League debut on August 11 vs. Cincinnati at Petco Park (more on this below)… Streak: L1 the 25-year-old was the 58th pitcher in franchise history to make his Major League debut as a starting pitcher and the fi rst All-Time Record: 3,454-3,990-2 since Odrisamer Despaigne did so on June 23 last season at San Francisco. All-Time at Home: 1,865-1,855-1 • Rea started the season in Double-A San Antonio where he made 12 starts for the Missions, going 3-2 with a All-Time at Petco Park: 496-450 league-best 1.08 ERA (9 ER, 75.0 IP) with 60 strikeouts against 11 walks while limiting the opposition to a All-Time on Road: 1,589-2,135-1 .185 batting average (50-for-270)…for his efforts was named to the Texas League All-Star Game. • Was promoted to Triple-A El Paso prior to his start on July 3 and made six starts for the Chihuahuas, going 2-2 with a 2015 vs. Atlanta: 2-2 4.39 ERA (13 ER, 26.2 IP) with 20 strikeouts against 12 walks while limiting the opposition to a .274 batting average. 2015 vs. Atlanta at Home: 0-0 • Was selected to represent the Padres for Team USA at the 2015 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game at Great American 2015 vs. Atlanta on Road: 2-2 Ball Park on July 12, recording the fi nal two outs of the game, recording one strikeout. All-Time vs. ATL: 265-339 • At midseason, was rated by MLB.com as being the 2nd-best prospect in the Padres system, behind only OF All-Time vs. ATL at Petco Park: 20-19 Hunter Renfroe, who is rated as the 82nd-best prospect in baseball. All-Time vs. ATL in San Diego: 143-160 All-Time vs. ATL at Turner Field: 25-44 REA-SE THE ROOF: Last Tuesday, Rea made his Major League debut for the Padres and earned his fi rst career win after All-Time vs. ATL in Atlanta: 122-179 he threw 5.0 innings of three-run baseball, allowing seven hits with four strikeouts against one walk. • Was the 22nd starting pitcher in franchise history to earn the win in his Major League debut and the fi rst since Odri- samer Despaigne did so on June 23 of last year at San Francisco. PADRES RECORD WHEN... • Received 11 runs of support in the start, tied for the second-most in Padres history for a starter making his MLB debut, behind only the 12 Bob Shirley got on April 10, 1977. Sunday 8-10 Thursday 5-8 • Recorded his fi rst-career Major League hit in his fi rst plate-appearance in the second inning, a single to left-center Monday 5-8 Friday 12-7 fi eld off of Michael Lorenzen… became the fourth pitcher in Padres history to record a hit in his fi rst career plate Tuesday 8-10 Saturday 12-7 appearance of his fi rst career game, joining Tim Stauffer on May 11, 2005, Doug Brocail on September 8, 1992 and Wednesday 6-12 Jimmy Jones on September 21, 1986. April 11-12 August 6-9 • Was just the seventh starting pitcher used by the Padres this season, tied with the Chicago White Sox for the fewest May 14-15 September 0-0 starting pitchers used this season. June 12-15 October 0-0 July 13-11 WELCOME TO SUMMER KEMP: Matt Kemp is working on a season-best nine-game hit streak, during which he is hitting .361/.400/.611 (13-for-36) with nine RBI in that span…this marks his longest hit streak since a 16-game hit streak last Leading after six 34-5 season (August 22 September 10)…entering play today, Kemp has had 13 hit streaks of 10-or-more games in his career. Tied after six: 8-6 • Since the second half of the season began on July 17, Kemp has hit .304/.368/.520 (31-for-102) with fi ve doubles, Trailing after six: 14-51 a triple, fi ve home runs and 21 RBI, tied for the fourth-most RBI in the National League. Leading after seven: 38-3 • Since the second half of the season began in 2013, Kemp has hit a combined .313/.373/.584 (118-for-377) after Tied after seven: 10-11 the All-Star Break, the seventh-best batting average, 15th-best OBP, the best slugging percentage and second-best Trailing after seven: 8-48 OPS (.956) of any NL player with at least 400 plate appearances. Leading after eight: 45-0 • Hit for the fi rst cycle in Padres franchise history on Friday at Colorado, snapping a franchise streak of 7,443 games Tied after eight: 7-7 without one. Trailing after eight: 4-55 Scoring fi rst: 38-18 BASH BROS: The Padres have two players with 60 RBI with Justin Upton (64) and Matt Kemp (68)…Padres are one of Opponents score fi rst: 18-44 16 big league squads and one of seven National League clubs with at least two players with 60-or-more RBI. Shutouts: 2-16 • The Padres are the only National League team and one of three Major League teams to have multiple outfi elders with 60+ RBI, joining the Los Angeles Angels (Mike Trout and Kole Calhoun) and the Detroit Tigers (Yoenis Ces- Home crowds of 20,000+: 26-26 pedes (since traded) and J.D. Martinez). Home crowds of 30,000+: 14-16 • 2015 marks the fi rst time since the 2006 season that the Padres have had multiple outfi elders with 60+ RBI…Mike Home crowds of 40,000+: 6-7 Cameron (83) and Brian Giles (83) were the last set of Padres outfi elders to accomplish this feat. Scoring less than three: 5-38 • In games when both Kemp and Justin Upton drive in a run, the Padres are 19-2, including an active 12-game win- Scoring three or four: 14-15 ning streak. Scoring fi ve or more: 37-8 MORE TOOLSY THAN AN EPISODE OF HOME IMPROVEMENT: Justin Upton currently has 20 home runs and 18 stolen One-run games: 16-16 bases while Matt Kemp currently has 13 home runs and nine stolen bases…with one more stolen base from Matt Kemp, Two-run games: 18-8 Upton and Kemp would become the fi fth set of Major League teammates this season to each record 10+ homers and 10+ Games decided in last AB: 17-15 stolen bases, joining the Chicago Cubs (Kris Bryant, Chris Coghlan, Dexter Fowler and Anthony Rizzo), Arizona Diamond- Extra Innings W-L: 7-4 backs (Paul Goldschmidt and A.J. Pollock), Houston Astros (Carlos Correa and George Springer), St. Louis Cardinals Playing series opener: 16-21 (Jason Heyward, Kolton Wong) and Washington Nationals (Ian Desmond and Michael Taylor). Playing series fi nale: 17-21 • If Kemp tallies another stolen base, 2015 will mark the 13th time in Padres franchise history they’ve had multiple players with 10+ home runs and 10+ stolen bases and the fi rst time since Will Venable and Chris Denorfi a both did Series W-L-T (Home): 8-9-1 so during the 2013 season. Series W-L-T (Road): 7-7-6 • Adding RBI into the equation, the Padres have fi ve times had teammates collect 10+ home runs, 10+ stolen bases Series W-L-T (Total): 15-16-7 and 60+ RBI, having last done so during the 1998 season when Steve Finley (14 HR, 12 SB, 67 RBI) and Greg Vaughn (50 HR, 11 SB, 119 RBI) both accomplished this feat.