SAN DIEGO PADRES GAME INFORMATION PETCO PARK 100 PARK BLVD SAN DIEGO, CA 92101 PROVIDED BY THE PADRES COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT SAN DIEGO PADRES (51-61) at MINNESOTA TWINS (51-60) Wednesday, August 6, 2014 • 10:10 p.m. PT • Target Field • Minneapolis, MN RHP Odrisamer Despaigne (2-3, 2.68) vs. RHP Kevin Correia (5-13, 4.96) Game 113 • Road Game 55 • 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: 51-61 TAKING THE SHOW ON THE ROAD: The Padres kicked-off a fi ve-game, six-day, two-city roadtrip last night NL West Standing: 3rd (-12.0) in Minneapolis as they dropped the fi rst game of a quick two game set against the Twins, 3-1...following to- Home Record: 31-27 day’s game against Minnesota, the Padres will make the trip to the “Steel City” of Pittsburgh where they will Road Record: 20-34 have an off day on Thursday before playing a three-game, weekend series against the Pirates. Day Record: 16-21 • The Padres are coming off a six-game homestand, during which they went 5-1 against the Cardinals (2- Night Record: 35-40 1) and Braves (3-0)...their three-game sweep of the Braves over the weekend was their second sweep of the season, joining their three game sweep they had over Cincinnati at Petco Park from June 30 – July 2. Roadtrip: 0-1 Last Five Games: 3-2 HAVING TWINS: Today the Padres will square off with the Twins for the for the fourth and fi nal contest of four Last 10 Games: 6-4 scheduled games against the American League Central Division foe this season…the Padres have dropped all Streak: L1 three games this season against the Twins, losing last night’s contest 3-1 and dropping both games at Petco Park on May 20-21, losing the fi rst game 5-3 and the second 2-0. All-Time Record: 3,372-3,904-2 • The games this season against the Twins is the fi rst meeting between the two clubs since the Twins All-Time at Home: 1,822-1,820-1 swept the Padres in a three game series at Target Field from June 17-19, 2011...this is the Padres sec- All-Time at Petco Park: 453-415 ond visit to Target Field since the building opened before the 2010 season All-Time on Road: 1,550-2,084-1 • Overall, the Padres and Twins have met up for fi ve series since Interleague Play began in 1997 as the 2014 vs. MIN: 0-3 Twins own a 4-1 advantage. 2014 vs. MIN at Home: 0-2 2014 vs. MIN on Road: 0-1 RED HOT: Since July 19, the Padres own a 10-6 record (.625), the second-best mark in the National League, behind only the Miami Marlins who own a 11-6 record (.647). All-Time vs. MIN: 3-14 All-Time vs. MIN at Target Field: 0-4 #OFFENSE: Since the second half of the season began on July 18, he Padres have scored a total of 79 All-Time vs. MIN in Minneapolis: 2-5 runs in 17 games, the second-highest total in the National League and the sixth-highest total in Major All-Time vs. MIN at Petco Park: 0-5 League Baseball, trailing only Cleveland (89), Toronto (88), Chicago-AL (87), Oakland (85) and Pitts- All-Time vs. MIN in San Diego: 1-7 burgh (80). • In addition to the run production, the Padres offense leads the National League and ranks third in Major RECORD WHEN... League Baseball with a .280 (166-for-592) batting average since the All-Star break...the Padres have posted a .346 on-base percentage since the All-Star break, also the best mark in the National League Sunday 10-9 Thursday 4-7 and the fourth-best in Major League Baseball. Monday 6-5 Friday 10-8 Tuesday 6-12 Saturday 8-10 WILL THE THRILL: Will Venable is starting to heat up at the plate for the Padres, having hit safely in each of Wednesday 7-10 his last six games since July 30, hitting .500/.542/.818 (11-for-22) with a double, two home runs, seven RBI and three runs scored...during this stretch, Venable has logged fi ve multi-hit games. March 1-0 July 12-13 • During this six-game stretch, Venable’s .500 batting average is tied for the second-best mark in Major April 12-16 August 3-1 League Baseball (MIL Aramis Ramirez, .524), while is .542 OBP ranks third in baseball and tops in the May 13-14 September 0-0 National League and his .818 slugging percentage ranks sixth in the Majors and third in the National June 10-17 October 0-0 League. Leading after six 40-1 • During his seven Major League seasons, Venable is a lifetime .312/.368/.555 hitter during the month of Tied after six: 5-9 August, his best numbers of any month of the season. Trailing after six: 6-51 YO! I’M BACK!: Since returning from the 15-day disabled list on July 26, Yonder Alonso has put up a Leading after seven: 39-1 .375/.423/.667 (9-for-24) line with two doubles, a triple, a home run and two RBI in nine games...among Na- Tied after seven: 7-7 tional League hitters with as many or more at-bats in that time, Yonder’s .375 batting average is tied for the Trailing after seven: 5-53 sixth-best, while his .423 on-base percentage ranks tied for 11th and his .667 slugging percentage is fi fth-best. Leading after eight: 42-1 • Has hit safely in seven of his last eight games on the road since June 12, hitting .344/.344/.531 (11-for- Tied after eight: 6-6 32) with three doubles, a home run and two RBI in that time. Trailing after eight: 3-54 Scoring fi rst: 33-14 TOMMY PLAYS A MEAN GAME OF BASEBALL: Since the second half of the season began on July 18, Opponents score fi rst: 18-47 Tommy Medica owns a .410/.465/.692 (16-for-39) line with three home runs, nine RBI and six runs scored... Shutouts: 7-16 Medica’s batting average ranks fourth in the National League and eighth in the Majors in that time, while his OBP ranks fi fth in the National League and 11th in the Majors and his slugging percentage is second-best in Home crowds of 20,000+: 23-19 the National League and fi fth-best in the Majors. Home crowds of 30,000+: 14-8 Home crowds of 40,000+: 3-3 HOLDING DOWN THE FORT: The Padres own a 40-1 (.976) record this season when leading after six in- nings, the best winning percentage in Major League Baseball in this scenario...when leading after seven Scoring less than three: 9-45 innings, the Friars are 39-1 (.975), the best winning percentage in the National League and tied for the Scoring three or four: 18-12 second-best in Major League Baseball (Kansas City, 46-1, .979)...when leading after eight innings, the Padres Scoring fi ve or more: 24-4 are 42-1 (.977), the fourth-best mark in the Majors and the second-best in the National League (Atlanta, 53-1, One-run games: 20-14 .981). Two-run games: 9-19 PITCH, PADRES, PITCH!: Over the last 40 games since June 18 the Padres pitching staff has gone 22-19 Games decided in last AB: 12-9 with a 2.33 ERA (94 ER, 363.2 IP) while limiting opponents to a .215 (280-for-1300) batting average. Extra Innings W-L: 6-4 • The Padres’ 2.33 team ERA since June 18 is the best mark in the Majors, ahead of the second-place Playing series opener: 17-19 Mariners (2.59)...the .215 opponents average since then is lowest in the NL and second-lowest in base- Playing series fi nale: 15-20 ball (Seattle, .210). • Among qualifi ed starters since June 18 (min 43.1 IP), the Padres have two starting pitchers in the Series W-L-T (Home): 7-9-3 Top-10 in the National League in ERA: Tyson Ross (3rd, 1.62) and Jesse Hahn (4th, 1.99) ...the two Series W-L-T (Road): 4-11-1 also rank among the Top-10 in the Majors since June 18 (6th and 7th), making the Padres the only Series W-L-T (Total): 11-20-4 team in baseball with more than one pitcher in the top-10 in ERA in that time. Series Sweeps (Home): 2-1 PADRES SOCIAL HOUR: The Padres debuted this season a new, multimedia hour-long pregame show, Series Sweeps (Road): 0-1 Padres Social Hour, which will air live on padres.com and will be simulcast on FOX Sports San Diego and Series Sweeps (Total): 1-2 ESPN 1700…the club-produced show will air for an hour every day of the 2014 season prior to FOX Sports White Jerseys: 18-15 San Diego’s pregame show, Padres Live, and will feature heavy social media integration…host Jesse Agler Gray Jerseys: 11-27 will be joined by a rotation of co-hosts consisting of Padres alumni, broadcasters and members of the local Blue Jerseys: 13-13 media…each show will feature appearances by special guests, including players, coaches and front offi ce Camoufl age Jerseys: 8-4 executives.