Padres Game Notes Vs. SF
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SAN DIEGO PADRES GAME INFORMATION PETCO PARK 100 PARK BLVD SAN DIEGO, CA 92101 PROVIDED BY THE PADRES COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT SAN DIEGO PADRES (71-81) vs. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (84-68) Friday, September 19, 2014 • 7:10 p.m. PT • Petco Park • San Diego, CA RHP Odrisamer Despaigne (3-7, 3.63) vs. RHP Tim Hudson (9-11, 3.41) Game 153 • Home Game 76 • 1090 AM • XEMO 860 • FOX Sports San Diego • MLB Network PADRES AT A GLANCE All Padres game information including game notes and rosters is available at http://padrespressbox.com. Overall Record: 71-81 SAN DIEGO SUPER PADRES: The Padres will kick-off the second leg of their current 10-day, 10-game homestand NL West Standing: 3rd (-15.5) tonight as they will welcome the San Francisco Giants to “America’s Finest City” for a three-game, series...the Friars Home Record: 43-32 will conclude their 2014 home schedule next Monday-Wednesday when the Colorado Rockies come to town. Road Record: 28-49 • The Padres kicked-off their fi nal homestand of the season Monday night as they took three of four games from Day Record: 21-25 the Philadelphia Phillies at Petco Park...the series win over the Phillies was just second by the Padres since Night Record: 50-56 Petco Park opened in 2004, joining the series win from July 17-19, 2006 when the Friars took two of three games from the Phils. Homestand: 3-1 Last Five Games: 3-2 HOMESTAND HAPPENINGS: The Padres’ fi nal homestand of the season will feature a variety of different events, Last 10 Games: 5-5 highlighted by Fall Beerfest presented by Alaska Airlines tonight and Belly Up at the Ballpark presented by San Diego Streak: W1 Toyota Dealers, a postgame concert featuring O.A.R and DJ Chris Cote tomorrow night. • Following next Tuesday’s game, fans are invited to stay for the annual Shirts off their Backs fundraiser cer- All-Time Record: 3,392-3,924-2 emony, presented by Sycuan..throughout the homestand, fans will be able to buy $1 Shirts off their Backs All-Time at Home: 1,834-1,825-1 scratcher tickets for the chance to win the opportunity to take part in Tuesday’s ceremony...following the game, All-Time at Petco Park: 465-420 approximately 44 winners will receive a game-worn jersey off the back of one Padres player or coach...all All-Time on Road: 1,558-2,099-1 proceeds from the scratcher ticket sales will go to the Padres Foundation. 2014 vs. SF: 6-6 FOUR-GET ABOUT IT: Following last night’s 7-3 victory over the Phillies at Petco Park, the Padres improved to 25-1 2014 vs. SF at Home: 3-3 (.962) this season in games where they score four or more runs at home, the best record in Major League Baseball 2014 vs. SF on Road: 3-3 in this scenario...since the start of the 1901 season, the Padres .962 winning percentage when scoring four or more runs at home this season is tied for eighth-best record in the Major Leagues and is the best since the All-Time vs. SF: 358-411 1967 Los Angeles Dodgers also went 25-1 in these games. All-Time vs. SF at Petco Park: 53-46 • Overall, the Padres are 49-11 (.817) this season when scoring four or more runs, the eighth-best record in All-Time vs. SF in San Diego: 191-196 Major League Baseball and the fourth-best in the National League, trailing only Washington (71-9, .888), San All-Time vs. SF at AT&T Park: 54-77 Francisco (70-13, .843) and Los Angeles (68-15, .819). All-Time vs. SF in San Francisco: 167-215 HOLDING DOWN THE MISSION: Through 75 games at Petco Park this season, the Padres own a 43-32 (.573) record, the eighth-best home record in Major League Baseball and the fourth-best mark in the National League. RECORD WHEN... • Since June 29, the Padres have won 24 of their last 33 games at Petco Park...their .727 winning percentage at home in that time is the best mark in the National League and second-best in Major League Baseball, trailing Sunday 12-13 Thursday 5-10 only Baltimore, who is 30-9 (.769) at home in that time. Monday 9-7 Friday 12-12 • Since the second-half began on July 18, the Padres own a 19-7 record at Petco Park (.731), the best mark in Tuesday 11-13 Saturday 11-13 the National League and second best in Major League Baseball (Baltimore, 23-6, .793) in that time. Wednesday 11-13 • Overall, the Padres pitching staff has pitched to a 2.63 ERA (203 ER, 694.0 IP) and has limited the opposition to a .220 batting average at Petco Park this season, the best home ERA and tied for the best opponents batting March 1-0 July 12-13 average in Major League Baseball (also Seattle). April 12-16 August 16-11 May 13-14 September 7-10 MI CASA ES SU CASA: Odrisamer Despaigne, tonight’s starting pitcher for the Padres, has been particularly effec- June 10-17 October 0-0 tive at Petco Park this season as he has pitched to a 2-1 record with a 2.11 ERA (11 ER. 47.0 IP) with 33 strikeouts against 15 walks while holding the opposition to a .202 batting average at home...his ERA at Petco Park is notable Leading after six 54-1 among Padres rookies with at least seven home starts, as his 2.11 mark at home is second-best in franchise Tied after six: 8-11 history, trailing only Gary Lucas, who posted a 1.98 ERA at home as a rookie in 1980. Trailing after six: 9-69 • In two career starts against San Francisco, has pitched to a 1-0 record with a 0.69 ERA (1 ER, 13.0 IP) and Leading after seven: 55-2 has limited the Giants bats to a .143 batting average. Tied after seven: 9-8 Trailing after seven: 7-71 #NUNCHUCK’D: With a pair of RBI in last night’s game against the Phillies, Alexi Amarista now has 10 RBI during Leading after eight: 57-1 the month of September, tied for the third-most of any Major League shortstop this month, trailing only BOS Xander Tied after eight: 9-7 Bogaerts (13) and SF Brandon Crawford (12)...his 10 RBI this month also match his career-high for RBI in a single Trailing after eight: 5-73 month, joining his 10 RBI efforts in both June and July of 2012. • Has 11 hits in his last 26 at-bats since September 12 at Arizona, hitting .423/.429/.692 in that time with a Scoring fi rst: 47-19 double, two home runs and eight RBI. Opponents score fi rst: 24-62 • His home run last night in the second inning last night was his fi fth on the season, matching his career high Shutouts: 8-19 (also 2012 and 2013). Home crowds of 20,000+: 31-21 #GYORKSTORE OVERSTOCKED WITH HEATERS: After going 1-for-4 in last night’s game against the Phillies, Home crowds of 30,000+: 16-9 Jedd Gyorko has hit safely in each of his last nine games since September 9, hitting .333/.405/.515 (11-for-33) with Home crowds of 40,000+: 4-3 three doubles, a home run and four RBI in that time...has also reached base safely in a career-long 12 consecutive games since September 6, hitting .341/.431/.523 (15-for-44) with fi ve doubles, a home run and six RBI in that time. Scoring less than three: 13-58 • His nine game hitting streak is a new career-long, surpassing his eight-game streak from May 26 - June 3 of Scoring three or four: 25-15 last season. Scoring fi ve or more: 33-7 KEEP YOUR ENEMIES CLOSE: The Padres own a 30-19 (.612) record this season in one-run games, the best One-run games: 30-19 record in Major League Baseball...dating back to their walk-off, one-run victory over Milwaukee on August 27, the Two-run games: 11-21 Padres are 7-1 in their last six games decided by one run. Games decided in last AB: 18-13 • In 30 one-run games at home this season, the Padres own a 22-8 record (.733), the second-best record in Extra Innings W-L: 10-5 Major League Baseball (LAA, 18-6, .750) and the best in the National League...Since the start of the 2013 season, the Padres own a 44-16 record in one-run games at Petco Park, the best record in Major League Playing series opener: 22-26 Baseball...since the start of the 2012 season, the Padres are 58-22 (.725) in one-run contests at home, Playing series fi nale: 21-27 also the best record in baseball. Series W-L-T (Home): 11-9-4 PADRES EXTEND SINGLE-A LAKE ELSINORE, SIGN SHORT-SEASON TRI-CITY: The Padres announced today Series W-L-T (Road): 5-17-2 that they have extended their Player Development Contract with Single-A Lake Elsinore of the California League and Series W-L-T (Total): 16-26-6 signed a new Player Development Contract with Short-Season A Tri-City of the Northwest League. Series Sweeps (Home): 3-1 • A Padres affi liate since 2001, Lake Elsinore has posted a 1,026-931 (.524) regular season record over that Series Sweeps (Road): 0-2 span...the 14-year partnership has been highlighted by a pair of California League Championships in 2001 and Series Sweeps (Total): 3-3 2011, as well as four division titles, those coming in 2001, 2005, 2007 and 2011...in addition, Lake Elsinore has reached the postseason nine times in the past 10 seasons, including a second half wild card berth in 2014.