SAN DIEGO PADRES GAME INFORMATION PETCO PARK l 100 PARK BLVD l SAN DIEGO, CA 92101 PROVIDED BY THE PADRES COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT San Diego Padres (17-31) at New York Mets (26-21) RHP Edinson Volquez (2-4, 3.49) vs. RHP R.A. Dickey (6-1, 3.45) Sunday, May 27, 2012 • Citi Field Game 49 • Road Game 21 • 1090 AM • 860 AM • FSSD 10 ON THE ROAD: The Padres continue a 10-game trip to St. Louis (5/21-23), New York (5/24-27) and Chicago (5/28-30) with the third of four against the Mets tonight...this afternoon’s game is the second of five PADRES AT A GLANCE consecutive day games the Padres will play. Overall Record: 17-31 NL West Standing: 5th, -15.0 LONG HAUL: San Diego is in the midst of stretch during which they play 20 games in 20 days from 5/11- Home Record: 12-16 30, including five-game road trip (5/11-15), five-game homestand (5/16-20) and 10-game road trip (5/21-30) Road Record: 5-15 without a day off...so far, the Padres have gone 6-10 over that span. Day Record: 7-8 Night Record: 10-23 ON THE MEND: The Padres now have 13 players on the disabled list, five of which have been transferred to the 60-day DL...the Padres DL consists of Mark Kotsay, James Darnell, Tim Stauffer, Jason Bartlett, Joe Road Trip: 1-5 Wieland, Huston Street, Logan Forsythe, Carlos Quentin, Dustin Moseley, Kyle Blanks, Micah Owings, Last Five Games: 1-4 Jeremy Hermida and Cory Luebke...the Padres have missed a combined 397 games due to time on the Last 10 Games: 3-7 disabled list this year. Streak: L2 All-Time Record: 3,186-3,702 NEW YORK CONNECTION: The current Mets active roster features four former Padres, including Rob All-Time at Home: 1,716-1,734 Johnson, Mike Baxter, Scott Hairston and Jeremy Hefner...Hefner was drafted by the Padres in 2007 but All-Time at Petco Park: 347-329 did not reach the Majors in San Diego...on the flip-side, Dale Thayer is the only Padre on the active roster All-Time on the Road: 1,470-1,968 to have played for the Mets. 2012 vs. NYM: 1-2 LAST TIME OUT: San Diego dropped third of a four-game series with a 9-0 loss to the Mets yesterday 2012 vs. NYM at home: 0-0 afternoon...Johan Santana was the story for the Mets, tossing his first complete-game shutout since 2010... 2012 vs. NYM on road: 1-2 Clayton Richard was tagged with the loss, allowing four runs in the first before settling down to work shutout All-Time vs. NYM: 226-220 ball over his final 5.0 frames. All-Time vs. NYM at Home: 122-102 All-Time vs. NYM at Petco Park: 18-9 ON THE HILL: Edinson Volquez takes the hill today, making his 11th start of the season...he has been All-Time vs. NYM on road: 104-118 credited with the decision in each of his last four starts (2-2)...on the season, he is allowing a .228 opponent batting average...Volquez is averaging 1.82 runs of support per 9.0 innings pitched...today marks his fourth RECORD WHEN... career start against the Mets, a team he has yet to beat...he has gone 0-2 in his three previous matchups with NYM, posting a 6.06 ERA (11 ER/16.1 IP)...his only career outing at Citi Field came in last year’s sea- Sunday 3-4 Thursday 2-4 son finale. Monday 2-4 Friday 1-7 Tuesday 3-4 Saturday 3-5 EN FUEGO: Yonder Alonso has hit safely in 25 of his last 28 games with an at-bat (29 games overall)... Wednesday 3-4 during that span, he has gone 38-for-106 (.358) with 13 doubles one home run, 11 RBI, nine runs scored, April 7-17 August 0-0 a .433 on-base percentage and .509 slugging percentage (.942 OPS)...he is currently working on a nine- May 10-14 September 0-0 game hitting streak during which he has gone 12-for-33 (.364)...Alonso needs to extend his current streak June 0-0 October 0-0 by one day to tie Orlando Hudson for the longest by a Padre this season...Alonso also had a nine-game July 0-0 hitting streak earlier this year (5/2-12). Leading after six: 11-4 ALL GOOD THINGS: Dale Thayer allowed five runs in the ninth inning yesterday, the first runs he has al- Tied after six: 5-5 lowed all season...prior to that outing, he had worked 1.0 shutout frame in each of his first 10 appearances Trailing after six: 1-22 of the season...as part of the long inning, Dale Thayer also issue his first walk of the season, having faced Leading after seven: 13-0 42 batters this year before issuing a free pass. Tied after seven: 2-5 Trailing after seven: 2-26 DOUBLE TROUBLE: Yonder Alonso has hit a career-high tying two doubles six times this season, tying Leading after eight: 16-0 Tony Gwynn (1993) and Adrian Gonzalez (2007) for the most multi-double games in a season by a Padre... Tied after eight: 1-3 with his 16 doubles on the season, Alonso leads the club and all Major League rookies. Trailing after eight: 0-28 Scoring first: 10-10 WHERE THERE’S A WILL: In 17 games since 5/8, Will Venable has hit .346 (18-for-52) with a .433 on-base Opponents score first: 7-21 percentage and .673 slugging percentage (1.106 OPS). Shutouts: 2-4 Home Crowds of 20,000+: 5-11 Home Crowds of 30,000+: 3-5 PADRES COMMUNITY CALENDAR Home Crowds of 40,000+: 1-1 Date Details Scoring less than three: 4-18 6/1 Chase Headley will make an appearance at a local school (school TBA) to the winning Scoring three or four: 5-9 classroom from the “Read with a Pro” contest through XX 1090 Sports Radio and the San Scoring five or more: 8-4 Diego County Office of Education. One-run games: 6-7 Two-run games: 4-6 6/2 Rady Children’s Hospital – Celebration of Champions: This event is a celebration of the Games decided in last AB: 3-6 courage and determination of “champions” – children and young adults who are fighting can- Extra Innings W-L: 1-3 cer. The day’s celebration begins with a relay. A child, accompanied by his or her celebrity and sponsor, runs, walks or is carried 1/8 of a mile carrying the “torch of life.” A number of Playing series opener: 5-11 Padres will be there to participate, including Bud Black, Chris Denorfia, Luke Gregerson, Playing series finale: 6-9 Nick Hundley, Will Venable and Clayton Richard. Series W-L-T (Home): 3-4-2 Series W-L-T (Road): 0-5-1 6/5 Ashford/Padres Reading Corner: Nick Hundley will be the special guest reader for Story- Series W-L-T (Total): 3-9-3 time at the Lemon Grove Branch Library and will read to 2nd graders from Golden Avenue Elementary School. This is a free event for all fans. Series Sweeps (Home): 0-1 Address: Lemon Grove Branch Library, 8073 Broadway, Lemon Grove, CA 91945 Series Sweeps (Road): 0-2 Series Sweeps (Total): 0-3 6/5 Padres will host 6-8 kids from the Make-A-Wish Foundation to a special VIP Night at Petco White Jerseys: 7-12 Park. Including a batting practice visit, meet and greet with players, behind the scenes tour Gray Jerseys: 3-12 and game experience in the U.S. Bank Dream Suite. Blue Jerseys: 4-5 Camouflage Jerseys: 3-1 6/5 SU2C/Scripps pregame ceremony Retro Jerseys: 0-1 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS DAY DATE TIME (PT) OPP. PADRES STARTER OPPOSING STARTER TELEVISION Mon 5/28 11:20 a.m. at CHI RHP Jeff Suppan (2-3, 4.21) LHP Travis Wood (0-1, 3.86) Fox Sports SD Tues 5/29 11:20 a.m. at CHI LHP Eric Stults (1-0, 1.54) RHP Jeff Samardzija (4-3, 3.00) Fox Sports SD Wed 5/30 11:20 a.m. at CHI RHP Anthony Bass (2-5, 3.55) RHP Ryan Dempster (0-3, 2.14) Fox Sports SD Thurs 5/31 Off Day All games broadcast live in English on XX Sports Radio 1090 AM and in Spanish on XEMO 860 AM STARTING PITCHER RHP - Edinson Volquez #37 (2-4, 3.49) LAST FIVE STARTS BY PADRES STARTING PITCHERS FOR STARTERS: The 28-year-old is scheduled to make his 11th start of the sea- Date/OPP Pitcher (Dec.) IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit/St Score son today against the Mets, his fourth on the road…will be his 105th Big League 5/26 at NYM Richard (L, 2-6) 6.0 5 4 4 3 5 2 96/53 L 0-9 appearance and 101st career start. 5/25 at NYM Bass (L, 2-5) 5.1 8 6 6 3 4 1 94/56 L 1-6 • Padres have won four of his lave six starts after losing his fi rst four. 5/24 at NYM Stults (W, 1-0) 5.0 4 1 0 1 2 0 75/47 W 11-5 • Over his last six stats since 4/26, is 2-2 with a 2.97 ERA (12 ER/36.1 IP), a 5/23 at STL Suppan (L, 2-3) 4.2 8 5 5 4 1 1 97/57 L 3-6 .229 (30-for-131) opponents batting average and 28 strikeouts against 16 5/22 at STL Volquez (L, 2-4) 6.0 5 3 3 4 1 0 108/63 L 0-4 walks…Padres 4-2 in that span.