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CHICAGO CUBS (21-17) at SAN DIEGO PADRES (20-20) Wednesday, May 20, 2015 • 7:10 p.m. PT • Petco Park • San Diego, CA RHP Tsuyoshi Wada (2015 Debut) vs. RHP Tyson Ross (2-3, 3.94) Game 41 • Home Game 22 • 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. GUESS WHAT DAY IT IS? EH? ANYBODY?: The Padres will play the second of three games against the Chicago PADRES AT A GLANCE Cubs this evening, having won last night’s opener by a score of 4-3.…prior to this three-game set with the Cubs, the Friars opened this eight-day, seven-game homestand with a four-game set against the Washington Nationals, Overall Record: 20-20 dropping three of four games. NL West Standing: 3rd (-5.0) • Following Thursday’s game vs. the Cubs, the Padres will take the long and arduous bus journey up I-5 for a Home Record: 11-10 six-game “roadtrIp” to both Los Angeles baseball locations (Dodgers 5/22-24 and Angels 5/25-27). Road Record: 9-10 • The Friars are home after a three-city, nine-game, 10-day roadtrip to San Francisco (1-2), Arizona (2-2) and Day Record: 6-6 Seattle (1-1), during which they posted a 4-5 record. Night Record: 14-14 GAME RECOGNIZE GAME: Entering play today, the Padres have played 32 of their fi rst 40 games this season against Homestand: 2-3 teams with a record .500 or better (16-16), tied for the highest total in Major League Baseball (also NYY)…11 of Last Five Games: 2-3 the next 15 games on the Friars schedule are against teams with a record .500 or better, as San Diego will take on Last 10 Games: 5-5 the Cubs (21-17), Dodgers (24-14), Angels (20-19) and Mets (23-17) in four of their next fi ve series. Streak: W1 NO CONTEST IS TWO CLOSE: Including last night’s 4-3 victory over the Cubs, the Padres own a 12-6 record (.667) All-Time Record: 3,418-3,948-2 this season in games decided by two-or-fewer runs, the best winning percentage among National League teams in All-Time at Home: 1,850-1,836-1 this scenerio and the second-best mark in the Majors (Houston, 16-6, .727). All-Time at Petco Park: 481-431 All-Time on Road: 1,568-2,112-1 I VOTE WE DO CALL IT A COMEBACK: The Padres have 11 come-from-behind victories this season, tied for the third-highest total in the National League, trailing only the Dodgers and Cardinals who both have 12 wins after trailing 2015 vs. CHC: 3-1 at some point in the game. 2015 vs. CHC at Home: 1-0 • With the Padres 20 wins on the season, 52% of their victories have come in come-from-behind fashion, the 2015 vs. CHC on Road: 2-1 third-best rate in Major League Baseball, trailing only the Chicago White Sox (67%, 12-of -8) and the Philadel- phia Phillies (53%, 9-of-17) All-Time vs. CHC: 212-252 All-Time vs. CHC at Petco Park: 24-17 SWINGING FRIARS: The Padres have scored 179 runs this season, the third-highest total in the National League All-Time vs. CHC in San Diego: 116-115 and tied for the sixth-most in the Majors. All-Time vs. CHC at Wrigley Field: 96-137 • San Diego has four players with 20+ RBI (Kemp, Norris, Solarte and Upton), tied for the highest total in the All-Time vs. CHC in Chicago: 96-137 National League and tied for the second-most in the Majors (Toronto, 5)…the Friars also have two players with 25+ RBI (Norris, Upton), tied for the highest total in the National League (also Washington). • The Padres have scored fi ve or more runs 17 times this season (14-3), tied for the third-highest total in the PADRES RECORD WHEN... National League (Dodgers 20, Nationals 19). Sunday 4-2 Thursday 1-3 #VOTENORRIS: With his game-winning two-run double in the eighth Monday 1-4 Friday 4-2 inning last night vs. CHC, Derek Norris now has 19 extra-base hits this EXTRA BASE HITS BY NL CATCHERS Tuesday 4-3 Saturday 3-3 season the highest total of any Major League catcher this season Wednesday 3-3 and more than double the total of the second place catcher in the Player Team XBH Derek Norris SD 19 National League (see chart)…regardless of position, his extra-base April 11-12 August 0-0 hit total ranks tied for seventh-best in the Majors and tied for fi fth in the Yasmani Grandal LAD 9 Nick Hundley COL 9 May 9-8 September 0-0 National League. June 0-0 October 0-0 • With two RBI last night, Norris now has 25 on the season, the most DOUBLES BY NL CATCHERS July 0-0 by a National League catcher (see chart) and the second-most in Major League Baseball (OAK Stephen Vogt has 30). Player Team 2B Leading after six 12-1 • Norris has 15 doubles on the season, by far the highest total Derek Norris SD 15 Tied after six: 3-2 Yadier Molina STL 8 by a Major League catcher (TOR Russell Martin is second with Trailing after six: 5-17 Francisco Cervelli PIT 7 10) (for NL ranks, see chart)…already ranks third in franchise Leading after seven: 14-1 history for doubles by a catcher before the All-Star Break… Tied after seven: 4-4 Terry Kennedy belted 26 doubles prior to the ASB in 1982 and RBI BY NL CATCHERS Trailing after seven: 2-15 16 in 1985. Player Team RBI • According to Baseball-Reference.com, has posted a 1.5 WAR Derek Norris SD 25 Leading after eight: 19-0 (wins above replacement) this season, the third-highest mark Wilson Ramos WSH 20 Tied after eight: 1-3 among Major League catchers and best in the National League Yasmani Grandal LAD 17 Trailing after eight: 0-17 (see chart). Scoring fi rst: 14-6 • Has tossed out 13 attempted base stealers, most in the Majors WAR, NL CATCHERS and a career-high…his 13 CCS this season surpass his previous Opponents score fi rst: 6-14 Player Team WAR Shutouts: 1-6 career high of eight, which came in 114 games and 870.1 innings Derek Norris SD 1.5 played behind the plate last season. Wilson Ramos WSH 1.0 Home crowds of 20,000+: 11-8 • Per ELIAS Sports Bureau, Norris is hitting .304 this season in late Nick Hundley COL 0.8 Home crowds of 30,000+: 6-5 inning pressure situations this season (any AB in the 7+ inning with the batting team either leading by one run, tied, or has the Home crowds of 40,000+: 4-4 potential tying run on base, at bat, or on deck). Scoring less than three: 1-10 Scoring three or four: 5-7 WHIFF IT. WHIFF IT GOOD: Through 40 games, the Padres starting rotation has recorded 239 strikeouts, the high- Scoring fi ve or more: 14-3 est total in the National League, 19 strikeouts ahead of the Chicago Cubs who have 220…the Friars’ starting fi ve ranks second in Major League Baseball in strikeouts (Cleveland, 246). One-run games: 6-5 • The rotation’s 9.15 strikeouts per 9.0 IP is tops in the NL and second-best in MLB behind the Indians (10.30). Two-run games: 6-1 • The Friars have three pitchers that rank in the top-13 in the National League in strikeouts: James Shields (75, Games decided in last AB: 5-3 1st), Tyson Ross (54, 9th) and Andrew Cashner (51, 13th). Extra Innings W-L: 1-2 • Overall, Padres pitchers have recorded 344 strikeouts, the fourth-highest total in Major League Base- ball and the second-most in the National League (LAD 346). Playing series opener: 5-8 • The Padres, as a whole, have forced a 25.7 percent swing-and-miss rate, the second-best mark in the National Playing series fi nale: 7-5 League (LAD, 26.0%) and third-best in baseball (Cleveland, 26.7%). Series W-L-T (Home): 3-3-0 UPTO(W)N DOWNTOWN: Justin Upton is hitting .355/.405/.724 (27-for-76) with four doubles, eight homers, 20 RBI Series W-L-T (Road): 1-2-3 and six walks in 21 games at Petco Park this season, the eighth-best batting average, 13th-best OBP, second-best Series W-L-T (Total): 4-5-3 SLG, third-best OPS (1.128), fi fth-most extra-base hits (12), second-most home runs and tied for the most RBI at home by a National League player this season. Series Sweeps (Home): 1-1 • The franchise record for home runs at Petco Park in a single season is 15, done by Will Venable in 2013…Seth Series Sweeps (Road): 0-0 Smith led the club with eight homers at home in 2014. Series Sweeps (Total): 1-1 • Has six game-winning RBI this season, the highest total in the National League and tied for second-most in White Jerseys: 6-6 Major League Baseball (Nelson Cruz, 8). Gray Jerseys: 4-4 KARDIAC KIDS: The Padres have scored 79 runs this season with two outs, the fourth-highest total in Major League Blue Jerseys: 7-8 Baseball, behind only the Yankees (83), Diamondbacks (80) and Royals (80).