MIAMI MARLINS (40-55) vs. SAN DIEGO PADRES (44-51) Thursday, July 23, 2015 • 7:10 p.m. PT • Petco Park • San Diego, CA RHP Tom Koehler (7-6, 3.38) vs. RHP Tyson Ross (6-7, 3.38) Game 96 • Home Game 46 • 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. TODAY I’M TAKIN’ ME FISHIN’: The Padres will start the fi nal leg of their current 10-game, three-series homestand this PADRES AT A GLANCE evening as they will welcome the Miami Marlins to “America’s Finest City” for a four-game set…the Friars enter this series having lost a three-game series to the San Francisco Giants, dropping two of three games to their division rivals…the Overall Record: 44-51 Friars opened this long homestand with a three-game series against the Colorado Rockies, but were only able to play two NL West Standing: 3rd (-9.5) of those three games, both of which the Padres won, after last Sunday afternoon’s game was postponed, the fi rst rainout Home Record: 21-24 at Petco Park since April 4. 2006. Road Record: 23-27 • The Friars fi nished the fi rst half of the season on an 11-day, 10-game road trip to St. Louis (2-2), Pittsburgh (0-3) and Day Record: 11-17 Texas (2-1), going 4-6, but taking the fi nal two games of the trip in Arlington against the Rangers. Night Record: 33-34 • Following the current homestand, the Padres will venture to the east coast for a 10-game road trip to New York to play the Mets (July 28-30), Miami to play the Marlins (July 31- August 2) and Milwaukee to play the Brewers (August 3-6). Homestand: 3-2 Last Five Games: 3-2 BOOM, KNOWLEDGE: Today, July 23, is National Hot Dog Day, so go celebrate by, you guessed it, going and eating a Last 10 Games: 5-5 hot dog…over 25 million hot dogs and sausages are sold at Major League Baseball stadiums each year, including ap- Streak: L2 proximately 486,000 Tarantino Friar Franks per season at Petco Park (6,000 per game). All-Time Record: 3,442-3,979-2 • The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council (NHDSC) estimates that baseball fans will consume more than 18.5 All-Time at Home: 1,860-1,849-1 million hot dogs and nearly 4.2 million sausages during the 2015 Major League season…the combined hot dog and All-Time at Petco Park: 491-445 sausage total could stretch from Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia to Chase Field in Phoenix…the hot dog total All-Time on Road: 1,582-2,129-1 alone would reach as high as 7,827 Empire State Buildings. 2014 vs. Miami: 4-3 FISH BAIT AT PETCO: Since the start of the 2011 season, the Padres own a 10-4 record in 14 games against the Marlins 2014 vs. MIA at Home: 3-1 at Petco Park, having won each of the last three games since May 9 of last season, as well as six of the last seven meet- 2014 vs. MIA on Road: 1-2 ings since May 6, 2013. • During this 14 game stretch against the Fish at Petco Park, the Padres starting rotation has pitched to a 9-1 All-Time vs. MIA: 86-79 record with a 2.18 ERA (22 ER, 91.0 IP) with 82 strikeouts against 25 walks while limiting the opposition to All-Time vs. MIA at Petco: 19-17 a .216 batting average (72-for-333). All-Time vs. MIA in SD: 40-37 • At the plate, the Padres offense has posted a .268/.336/.438 (127-for-473) with 27 doubles, seven triples, 13 home All-Time vs. MIA at Marlins Park: 3-7 runs and 71 RBI while averaging 5.2 runs per game in that time. All-Time vs. MIA in Miami: 46-42 2ND HALF MATH: The Padres, who have played well during the second- Largest improvement in Win %, PADRES RECORD WHEN... half of the season each of the last three seasons (2012-14), have won three 1st to 2nd half since 2012 of their fi rst fi ve games to open the second half of the season…since the Team Pre Post Diff Sunday 7-7 Thursday 4-6 start of the 2012 season, the Padres own a 115-98 record (.540) after San Diego Padres .421 .538 +.117 Monday 3-8 Friday 9-6 the All-Star Break compared to a 158-210 (.429) record during the fi rst Kansas City Royals .474 .551 +.077 Tuesday 7-8 Saturday 9-6 half of the season. Washington Nationals .546 .614 +.068 Wednesday 5-10 • The Padres’ .111 improvement from the fi rst half to the second Los Angeles Dodgers .532 .596 +.064 half (.429 to .540) since the 2012 season is the largest improve- Baltimore Orioles .545 .588 +.043 April 11-12 August 0-0 ment in Major League Baseball (see chart). May 14-15 September 0-0 June 12-15 October 0-0 START ME UP: In 16 games during the month of July, the Padres starting rotation has pitched to a 3-5 record despite a July 7-9 3.29 ERA (33 ER, 90.1 IP) while limiting the opposition to a .217 batting average…the rotation’s ERA this month ranks Leading after six 25-4 eighth-best in the National League while their opponents batting average ranks third in both the Majors and the NL. Tied after six: 7-6 • The Friars have logged 56 quality starts this season, tied for the sixth-highest total in the Majors and fi fth in the NL. Trailing after six: 12-41 Leading after seven: 28-3 GREAT AFTER EIGHT: The Padres own a 35-0 record this season when leading after eight innings, one of fi ve National Tied after seven: 10-10 League teams to be undefeated when leading after the eighth inning and the fourth-most wins without a loss (Cardinals 53, Nationals 45, Brewers 39). Trailing after seven: 6-38 • Since the 2010 season, the Padres own a 369-10 record (.974) when leading after eight innings, the best record in Leading after eight: 35-0 Major League Baseball in that time. Tied after eight: 7-6 Trailing after eight: 2-45 NO HOMERS CLUB: So far this season, Tyson Ross has allowed just three home runs in 117.0 IP, good for a 0.23 HR per Scoring fi rst: 30-16 nine innings ratio, by far the best rate in Major League Baseball (PIT A.J. Burnett is second with 0.43 HR/9). Opponents score fi rst: 14-35 • Has not allowed a home run in his last 15 starts and 93.1 innings pitched, with his last allowed in the fi rst Shutouts: 2-13 inning on 4/28 vs. HOU (Evan Gattis) • His current streak of not allowing a home run in 15-straight starts is the longest streak by a Major League starting Home crowds of 20,000+: 21-22 pitcher this season and tied for the Padres franchise record, matching Dave Roberts who also went 15 con- Home crowds of 30,000+: 12-15 secutive starts without allowing a home run from April 30 - July 15, 1971. Home crowds of 40,000+: 6-6 • Over the past 20 seasons, the only two Major League pitchers to not surrender a home run in 15 consecutive starts Scoring less than three: 4-32 within a single season are Clayton Kershaw in 2009 (15) and and Francisco Liriano in 2010 (15)…the last Major League pitcher to go 16 or more consecutive starts within a single season without allowing a home run was Scoring three or four: 11-12 NYM Sid Fernandez, who went 16 straight homerless starts from June 22 - September 20, 1992. Scoring fi ve or more: 29-7 • His homerless streak is the third-longest by a Padres starter in franchise history in terms of innings pitched and the One-run games: 13-15 longest since John Curtis went 94.1 consecutive innings without allowing a home run from July 11, 1980 - April 14, Two-run games: 14-6 1981…Randy Jones owns the franchise record with 107.3 homerless innings during the 1978 season. Games decided in last AB: 13-13 • No other Padres starter has gone more than four-straight starts without allowing a homer this season (Andrew Extra Innings W-L: 6-3 Cashner, four straight, 6/21-present). Playing series opener: 12-18 MORE LIKE TYSON ‘BOSS’: Ross, through 20 starts and 117.0 IP this season, has recorded 124 strikeouts, tied for Playing series fi nale: 13-16 the sixth-hi ghest total in the National League and the second-most on the team (Shields, 144)…Ross also owns a 10.23 Series W-L-T (Home): 6-8-1 strikeouts per nine innings ratio, the sixth-best mark in the National League and 11th-best in the Majors. Series W-L-T (Road): 4-6-5 • Ross has induced a swing-and-miss on roughly one-third of his pitches this season (31.3%), the fourth-best rate Series W-L-T (Total): 10-14-6 among Major League starters and third-best in the NL, trailing only LA Clayton Kershaw (33.3%), PIT Francisco Liriano (33.3 %) and CWS Chris Sale (33.1%)…for perspective purposes, the Major League average whiff rate is Series Sweeps (Home): 1-2 22.7%.