POSTGAME NOTES San Diego Padres (56-69) Vs
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POSTGAME NOTES San Diego Padres (56-69) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (63-62) Tuesday, August 22, 2017 R H E Starting Pitcher (Pitch Count) Pitcher of Record San Diego 12 11 0 Clayton Richard (83 pitches/56 strikes) WIN: Craig Stammen (1-2) St. Louis 4 7 0 Lance Lynn (108 pitches/68 strikes) LOSS: Matt Bowman (3-5) SAVE: First Pitch: 7:15 p.m. Gametime Temperature: 80° – Fair Time of Game: 3:04 Attendance: 38,767 Cardinals Notes • Lance Lynn made his 26th start of the season, first against the Padres in 2017 and 6th career start vs. Padres (3-2)…allowed more than three earned runs in a start for the first time since 6/24 vs. PIT (7 ER), a span of 10 starts…tied his career-high vs. the Padres also allowing four runs vs. SD on 7/20/2013. • Yadier Molina collected his 1,705th & 1,706th career hits tonight surpassing Ted Simmons (1,704) for 11th place in Cardinals history…hit his 2nd home run of the season on an 0-2 count (12th career)…the 15 HR are his second highest season total (22 in 2012)…hit his 5th home run this month, his most in any month this season • Kolten Wong has hit safely in his last five games (7-17, .412). • Stephen Piscotty hit his first home run since 6/18 at BAL (2 HR game)…hit safely in his last four games (4-9, .444)…homered for the first time since a two home run game at BAL (6/18)…has back-to-back multi-hit games for the first time since 6/6-7 at CIN…scored his first run since 7/3 vs. MIA and first RBI since 7/8 vs. NYM…reached base safely three times in back-to-back games for the first time this season. • Jedd Gyorko has an RBI in his last 7 straight games vs. the Padres, longest active streak and longest since Ryan Zimmerman tallied an RBI in 8 straight (2015-16)…has 7 HR and 13 RBI in his last 7 games vs. SD…has homered in consecutive games for the 15th time in his career and 2nd this season (6/20-21 at PHI)...has 60 RBI for the first time since his rookie season (2013). • The Cardinals hit back-to-back home runs for the 6th time this season and first since 7/22 at CHI…have allowed five runs or more in 12 straight games, the second longest streak in MLB (Orioles, 20 games , 6/3-23) this season…the 12 games is the 3rd longest streak in team history (1929 Cardinals 13 games & 2003 Cardinals 13 games)…have allowed 10 or more runs in a game for the 7th time this season and 3rd time in their last seven games…hit 3 or more HR in a game for the 16th time this season (10-6). Padres Notes • Clayton Richard made his team-leading 26th start of the season, first against the Cardinals in 2017 and 6th career start (13th app.) vs. the Cardinals (3-1)…last start vs. STL was 9/12/2012…surrendered back-to-back home runs for the 2nd time this season (4/9 at SF, H. Pence & B. Posey)…allowed a season-high three home runs, tying his career-high for the 5th time in his career…had allowed only 2 HR vs. STL in his career entering tonight (12 app./35.1 IP). • Clayton Richard was hit by pitch for the second time this season (3rd career)… • Yangervis Solarte posted a career-high 6 RBI…was 1-for-9 in his career vs. Lynn before his two straight run-producing hits. • Manuel Margot tied his season-high with three runs scored (6/28 vs. ATL)…has hit safely in each of his last five road games (8- 21, .381)…posted his team-leading 31st multi-hit game of the season. • Carlos Asuaje has three multi-hit games in his last seven games. • José Pirela has 11 RBI in the month of August, his most in any month this season (June - 10 & July - 10)…has 28 RBI vs. RHP and 3 RBI vs. LHP this season. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE… • Matt Szczur snapped and 0-for-16 with a two-RBI pinch-hit single to centerfield in the 7th inning…was his first hit since 7/25 vs. NYM and first RBI since 7/21 at SF. • Austin Hedges has three or more RBI in a game for the 7th time this season…hit his 2nd three-run home run of the season (last: 4/21 vs. MIA off David Phelps)…7th two-strike home run of the season, T2nd in MLB trailing only Gary Sanchez (NYY, 10). • José M. Torres stranded the bases loaded for the first time in his career…has stranded 17 of 24 inherited runners this season…was his 20th appearances of four outs or more this season…has not allowed a run in his last four appearances (3.2 IP). • Carter Capps has thrown back-to-back scoreless appearances for the first time this season and first since 2015, when he finished his season with six straight while with the Marlins. • Phil Maton walked a season-high three batters…entered today with seven walks in 28.2 innings. • Craig Stammen earned his first win since 8/24/2014 vs. SF as a member of the Nationals, a span of 1,094 days. • The Padres scored 12 runs for the 3rd time this season matching their season-high…the 12 runs scored at Busch Stadium III is the most by the Padres at this ballpark (previous high 11 on 4/2/2011)…scored six or more runs in an inning for the 3rd time this season and first since 6/12 vs. CIN (6), two shy of their season-high of 8 at SF (4/29 at AT&T Park)…entered tonight 1-19 this season when allowing 3 HR or more to their opponent (lone win at MIL 6/17, 7-5 win in 11 innings)…surrendered back-to-back home runs for the 8th time this season (8/10 at CIN; Cozart & Votto)…snapped a six-game losing streak vs. the Cardinals. Home Runs STL – Jedd Gyorko #18 (4th inn., 1 on, 2 out, 1-1 count, off Clayton Richard) – 374 feet (97th career HR) STL – Stephen Piscotty #7 (4th inn., 0 on, 2 out, 1-1 count, off Clayton Richard) – 416 feet (36th career HR) *Back-to-Back HR* STL – Yadier Molina #15 (6th inn., 0 on, 2 out, 0-2 count, off Clayton Richard) – 400 feet (123rd career HR) SD – Austin Hedges #16 (7th inn., 2 on, 1 out, 1-2 count, off Zach Duke) – 378 feet (19th career HR) SD – Yangervis Solarte #14 (8th inn., 1 on, 2 out, 1-0 count, off Josh Lucas) – 455 feet (53rd career HR) .