SAN DIEGO PADRES (32-36) at OAKLAND ATHLETICS (29-39) Thursday, June 18, 2015 • 12:37 P.M
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SAN DIEGO PADRES (32-36) at OAKLAND ATHLETICS (29-39) Thursday, June 18, 2015 • 12:37 p.m. PT • O.co Coliseum • Oakland, CA RHP Ian Kennedy (3-5, 5.84) vs. RHP Kendall Graveman (3-3, 4.22) Game 69 • Road Game 34 • 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 TODAY IS A NEW DAY: The Padres kicked off an eight-game, nine-day roadtrip last night at O.co Coliseum in Overall Record: 32-36 Oakland where they dropped the fi rst of two games against the Athletics last night, losing by a score of 16-2…fol- NL West Standing: 4th (-6.0) lowing tthis afternoon’s game against the A’s, the Padres will head to the “Valley of the Sun” where they will play a Home Record: 16-19 three-game, weekend series against the Diamondbacks in Phoenix…the Friars will then enjoy an off day Monday Road Record: 16-17 Day Record: 9-10 before playing a three-game series at AT&T Park against the San Francisco Giants. Night Record: 23-26 • The Padres posted a 1-4 record during their recent homestand, dropping two of three games to the Dodgers (1-2) and both games against the Athletics (0-2). Roadtrip: 0-1 • Following the current roadtrip, the Padres will return home for fi ve games in six days, including three games Last Five Games: 1-4 against the D-Backs (June 26-28) and Mariners (June 30 - July 1). Last 10 Games: 3-7 Streak: L4 WAIT, YOUR PITCHERS DON’T DO WHAT?: The Padres will fi nish their fourth interleague series of the season All-Time Record: 3,432-3,962-2 this afternoon as they will play the fourth of four games of the current home-and-home series against the Athletics… All-Time at Home: 1,856-1,844-1 the Padres have dropped all three games against the Athletics this season. All-Time at Petco Park: 487-439 • The Padres have won four of their last seven games (.571) when playing in an American League ballpark All-Time on Road: 1,576-2,118-1 since August 6 of last season, and are 3-3 this season when using the DH. 2015 Interleague Play: 3-8 • The Padres won a three-game set vs. LAA (2-1) in Anaheim, split a two game series against the Mariners in 2015 Interleague at home: 0-5 Seattle (1-1) at Safeco Field and were swept by the Houston Astros (0-3) at Petco Park. 2015 Interleague on road: 3-3 • After this four-game series with the A’s at both Petco Park and O.co Coliseum, the Padres will have three more series against American League opponents, as the club will play Seattle (June 30 - July 1 at Petco), Texas All-Time vs. OAK: 9-19 All-Time vs. OAK at O.co Coliseum 3-9 (July 10-12 at Texas) and Texas one more time (August 31 - September 2 at Petco). All-Time vs. OAK in Oakland: 3-9 All-Time vs. OAK at Petco Park: 3-5 RUN, FRIARS, RUN!: The Padres have scored 286 runs this season, the ninth-highest total in Major League All-Time vs. OAK in San Diego: 6-10 Baseball and the third-most in the National League, behind only the Arizona Diamondbacks (294) and Washington Nationals (289). • The Padres rank second in the National League and are fourth in the Majors with 127 runs with two outs this PADRES RECORD WHEN... season, trailing only Toronto (138), Arizona (129) and New York-AL (128). Sunday 6-4 Thursday 2-5 • The Padres have scored 44 runs in the fi rst inning this season, the highest total in the National League and Monday 2-7 Friday 6-4 the fourth-highest total in Major League Baseball, trailing only the New York Yankees (61), Baltimore Orioles Tuesday 6-5 Saturday 5-5 (47) and Detroit Tigers (46). Wednesday 5-6 LITTLE NINJA, BIG STICK: Alexi Amarista currently owns a season-long seven game hitting streak, hitting April 11-12 August 0-0 May 14-15 September 0-0 .391/.440/.565 (9-for-23) with a double, a home run and two RBI and a walk in that time…the streak is the third-longest June 7-9 October 0-0 of his career and the longest since also hitting safely in eight straight from July 7-19, 2012. July 0-0 • Since June 1, is hitting .333/.366/.487 (13-for-39) with three doubles, one home run and fi ve RBI, the fourth- best batting average, and third-best on-base percentage, slugging percentage and OPS (.853) of any Major Leading after six 17-2 League shortstop this month with as many or more at-bats. Tied after six: 6-2 Trailing after six: 9-32 Leading after seven: 20-3 A GOOD NINJA HAS MANY SKILLS: Alexi Amarista took the mound for the Padres with two outs in the eighth Tied after seven: 8-6 inning and retired the only batter he faced on two pitches last night at Oakland, making him the ninth position player Trailing after seven: 4-27 in franchise history to appear in a game as a pitcher and the fi rst since Josh Wilson took the hill for the Friars in the Leading after eight: 27-0 18th inning on June 7, 2009 vs. Arizona. Tied after eight: 4-5 • Standing at 5’6”, Amarista is now the shortest player in franchise history to make an appearance on the Trailing after eight: 1-31 mound, two inches shorter than Danny Boone (5’8”), who last appeared in a game for the Padres in 1982… Scoring fi rst: 21-9 during the expansion era (since 1961), Amarista is one of four Major League players 5’6” or shorter to appear Opponents score fi rst: 11-27 in a game on the mound, joining Danny Herrera Shutouts: 2-10 (5’6”, 2008-11), Richie Lewis (5’6”, 1992-98) and PLAYERS TO HIT HR BEFORE PITCHING, SINCE 1974 Home crowds of 20,000+: 16-17 Bobby Shantz (5’6”, 1949-64). Home crowds of 30,000+: 7-10 • Having also hit a home run in the sixth inning, Am- DATE PLAYER OPP HR INN PIT INN 5/20/1989 Jeff Kunkel, Tex vs MIN 5th 8th Home crowds of 40,000+: 5-6 arista is now one of fi ve players since 1974 to hit 7/24/1995 Omar Olivares, Phi vs COL 5th 6th a home run prior to entering a game to pitch and 5/20/2000 Keith Osik, Pit vs STL 8th 9th Scoring less than three: 2-20 the fi rst since Nick Swisher did so for the Yankees 4/13/2009 Nick Swisher, NYY at TB 4th 8th Scoring three or four: 6-10 Scoring fi ve or more: 24-6 on April 13, 2009 at TB (see chart)(STATS, Inc.) 6/17/2015 Alexi Amarista, SD at OAK 6th 8th • Amarista became the fi fth position player since One-run games: 8-11 1914 to enter a game to pitch, record just one out Two-run games: 9-3 and do so on two or fewer pitches and the fi rst since Daniel Descalso, then with the Cardinals, on May 12 of Games decided in last AB: 9-8 last season against Chicago-NL. Extra Innings W-L: 3-3 Playing series opener: 7-15 “MIDDLE” ON, NOT OF, THE ROAD: Will Middlebrooks belted his ninth home run of the season last night at Oakland, Playing series fi nale: 12-9 the second-highest total on the team, trailing only Justin Upton (13)…eight of his nine home runs have come on the Series W-L-T (Home): 4-6-1 road, tied for the seventh-highest total by any National League player away from their home ballpark. Series W-L-T (Road): 3-3-4 • His eight home runs on the road before the All-Star break are the most by a Padres player since Carlos Quen- Series W-L-T (Total): 7-9-5 tin also hit eight long balls on the road before the “Mid-Summer Classic” in 2013…the last Padres player with Series Sweeps (Home): 1-2 more than eight homers on the road before the All-Star Break was Adrian Gonzalez in 2010 (12). Series Sweeps (Road): 0-0 Series Sweeps (Total): 1-1 MATT THE BATT: Matt Kemp has tallied 24 of his 34 RBI on the road this season, the ninth-highest total in the National League and the 15th-most in the Majors. White Jerseys: 9-13 • Has hit safely in eight of his last nine games away from Petco Park, posting a .275/.310/.450 (11-for-40) line Gray Jerseys: 4-7 Blue Jerseys: 15-13 with one home run and 10 RBI in that time. Camoufl age Jerseys: 4-2 Retro Jerseys: 0-1 #VOTENORRIS: Derek Norris leads NL catchers in many categories, both offensive and defensive (see below) (stats are based on players to have played at least 75% of their games as a catcher). • Has 62 hits on the season, tied for the third-highest total of any catcher in baseball and tied for second-most HIGHS AND LOWS..