SAN DIEGO PADRES 2017 GAME NOTES SAN DIEGO PADRES (40-53) @ COLORADO ROCKIES (55-41) WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 • 1:10 P.M. MT • COORS FIELD • DENVER, CO LHP CLAYTON RICHARD (5-9, 4.75) VS. RHP JON GRAY (2-1, 6.23) GAME 94 • AWAY GAME 47 • FM 94.9 • XEMO 860 • FOX SPORTS SAN DIEGO San Diego Padres Communications Department • 100 Park Blvd., San Diego, CA 92101 • (619) 795-5000 All Padres game information, including Game Notes and rosters, is available at http://padrespressbox.com. SELECTIVE MEMORY: Tonight, the Padres look to SD vs. COL in 2017 PADRES AT A GLANCE... avoid a series sweep against the Colorado Rockies... last night's loss marked the third consecutive series Average .......... .231 (84-for-363) Overall Record....................... 40-53 defeat against the Rockies this season...the last time Avg. w/RISP ....... 240 (18-for-75) NL West Standing ......... (-24.5, 4th) Home runs .............................. 16 Home Record ........................ 24-23 the Padres have been swept by the Rockies dates RBI.......................................... 46 back to September 16-18, 2016 at Coors Field. Road Record ......................... 16-30 Stolen bases ............................. 3 Day Record............................ 13-17 • With seven strikeouts last night, starter RHP Runs per game ...................... 4.3 Dinelson Lamet ranks third in the ML and first Night Record.......................... 27-36 among NL starters in strikeouts per nine innings ERA .....................4.22 (46, 98.0) Current Trip................................ 0-2 with 12.40 (minimum nine games started). Starters W-L........................... 3-5 Last Five Games ....................... 2-3 • INF Carlos Asuaje hit his first career Major Starters ERA ........4.56 (27, 53.1) Last 10 Games .......................... 5-5 League home run in the seventh inning, Relievers W-L ........................ 1-2 Streak ......................................... L2 cutting the Padres' deficit to two runs...with his Relievers ERA .....3.83 (17, 44.2) Saves/Chances ..................... 1/1 All-Time Record ......... 3,580-4163-2 double in the first, it marked his sixth multi-hit All-Time at Home ....... 1,940-1934-1 performance of the season. All-Time at Petco Park ........572-536 • OF Jabari Blash logged a career-high three hits last night with a trio of singles... All-Time on Road ....... 1,640-2232-1 he drove in one run, scored and walked in the game. 2017 vs. COL ..............................4-7 2017 vs. COL at Home ...............2-4 THE GROUNDER GAMES: Starter LHP Clayton Richard has induced an MLB-best 2017 vs. COL on Road ...............2-3 218 ground balls this season...his 58.6 ground ball percentage ranks first in the NL and third in the Majors...has forced 19 ground-ball double plays this season, which All-Time vs. COL .................196-212 leads the NL and ranks second in the Majors, behind only TOR Marcus Stroman’s All-Time vs. COL in SD .........107-99 21...as a team, the Padres have induced the second-most ground balls in the Majors All-Time vs. COL in CO ........89-113 this season (1,200), trailing only the Rockies (1,213). PADRES RECORD WHEN... THAT'LL LOOK GOOD ON THE MANTLE: With nobody out in the seventh inning, INF Carlos Asuaje drove RHP Jordan Lyles' breaking ball into the Padres bullpen for Sunday ..........5-9 Thursday .....3-7 his first career Major League home run...with his double in the first, yesterday marked Monday ..........4-5 Friday ..........7-8 the first time in his career that he has hadextra-base hits in consecutive games, and Tuesday .......5-10 Saturday .....6-9 it was the second occasion in his career that he has had multiple hits in consecutive Wednesday ..10-5 games (also: June 27-28 of this season)...it was his sixth multi-hit effort of 2017. April ..........11-16 August ........0-0 • Asuaje has now hit safely in nine of his last 10 games, hitting .359 (14-for-39) with May ...........11-17 September ..0-0 four doubles, a triple, one home run and five RBI, with a pair of three-hit games June ...........11-12 October .......0-0 in that span...has also reached base safely in 12 consecutive games. July ................7-6 Leading after six .......................26-5 WIL, ON THE ROAD: Last night, INF Wil Myers homered for a team-leading 17th Tied after six ...............................9-7 time this season, and he is a career .349 (29-for-83) hitter in Denver...his .326 career Trailing after six ........................5-41 average against the Rockies is his highest against any NL team (hitting .380 vs. SEA)... Leading after seven ..................30-3 Tied after seven ..........................7-5 with a 1.111 slugging percentage at Coors, Myers owns highest slugging percentage Trailing after seven ...................3-45 among active players in Colorado this season...Myers is hitting. .357 (15-for-42) Leading after eight ....................34-1 against the Rockies this season, with five doubles, two triples, three homers Tied after eight ............................4-7 and eight RBI, adding his first career cycle on April 10 at COL. Trailing after eight .....................2-45 Scoring first.............................25-20 JABARI, FOR THREE: OF Jabari Blash's three hits yesterday marked a career-high Opponents score first .............15-33 in a game...Blash is riding a career-high five game hitting streak, hitting .500 (9-for-18) Shutouts .....................................6-5 with two doubles, two homers, seven RBI and five runs scored in that time...he also has multiple hits in three of his past five games...Blash has also hit safely in seven Home crowds of 20,000+ ...........9-8 Home crowds of 30,000+ ...........5-5 consecutive starts, batting .458 with a .792 slugging percentage in starts since May 4. Home crowds of 40,000+ ...........4-2 YOU SHALL NOT PASS: Since June 12, the Padres pitching staff has held opponents Scoring three or fewer ..............7-42 to a .216 (52-for-241) batting average with runners in scoring position...in that time, the Scoring four or more ...............33-11 Allowing three or fewer .............32-9 average is the third-lowest in the Majors, behind the Dodgers (held opposing hitters Allowing four or more................8-44 to a .203 average with RISP) and the Pirates (.214)...thanks, STATS. One-run games.......................12-11 ROSTER MOVES: Today, the Padres recalled OF Franchy Cordero from Triple A-El Two-run games ...........................6-8 Paso and optioned RHP Jose Valdez to Triple-A...Cordero is recalled today for the Extra Innings W-L .......................3-3 second time this season...since being optioned to El Paso on June 30, he hit .387 Playing series opener .............14-17 (24-for-62) with six doubles, three triples, two homers, nine RBI, and he had eight Playing series finale................12-17 multi-hit performances, including a pair of four-hit games...he had multiple hits in his Series W-L-T (Home) ............. 7-8-0 last three consecutive games, and in those 14 games in Triple-A, he also owned a Series W-L-T (Road) ............ 4-10-0 .397 on-base percentage and a .677 slugging percentage. Series W-L-T (Split) ................ 0-1-0 Series W-L-T (Total) ............11-19-0 PADRES ON DECK: For Double-A San Antonio, RHP Enyel De Los Santos allowed Series Sweeps (Home)...............2-1 three runs over 5.0 innings for his seventh win, and C Webster Rivas drove in five runs. Series Sweeps (Road)................0-2 • RHP Jesse Scholtens allowed one run on six hits with five strikeouts for Advanced Series Sweeps (Total).................2-3 Single-A Lake Elsinore, and 17-year-old LHP Martin Carrasco allowed three hits and seven strikeouts over 7.0 innings for the DSL Padres. White Jerseys .........................15-13 Gray Jerseys ..........................10-20 DATES IN PADRES HISTORY: On July 19, 1982, Tony Gwynn went 2-for-4 with a Blue Jerseys ...............................5-8 Brown Jerseys ............................4-5 double, a sacrifice fly and a run scored in his Major League debut at San Diego Jack Navy Camouflage Jerseys..........2-2 Murphy Stadium...Gwynn hit fifth and played center field in the Padres loss to PHI. Marine Camouflage Jerseys .......0-3 • On July 20, 1976, LHP Randy Jones allowed four hits in a complete-game shutout Retro Jerseys .............................2-1 of the Phillies at San Diego Stadium for his 17th win of the season. 4th of July Jerseys ......................2-1 UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS DAY DATE TIME (PDT) OPP. PADRES STARTER OPPOSING STARTER TELEVISION Thurs. 7/20 7:15 p.m. @ SF RHP Jhoulys Chacin (8-7, 4.33) LHP Madison Bumgarner (0-3, 3.18) Fox Sports SD Fri. 7/21 7:15 p.m. @ SF RHP Trevor Cahill (4-3, 3.14) RHP Jeff Samardzija (4-11, 4.86) Fox Sports SD Sat. 7/22 1:05 p.m. @ SF RHP Luis Perdomo (4-5, 4.94) LHP Matt Moore (3-10, 5.81) Fox Sports SD Sun. 7/23 1:05 p.m. @ SF RHP Dinelson Lamet (3-4, 6.40) LHP Ty Blach (6-5, 4.36) Fox Sports SD NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1984, 1998 • NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST CHAMPIONS 1984, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2006 TODAY’S STARTER #3 - CLAYTON RICHARD - LHP CLAYTON’S 2017 DAY-BY-DAY READY FOR RICHARD: 33-year-old LHP Clayton Richard gets the ball for DATE/OPP DEC. ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR PIT his 20th start of the season today, 10th on the road, against Colorado...his 4/4 @ LAD W (1-0) 0.00 8.0 5 0 0 2 5 0 99 19 starts so far this season mark the fourth-most he’s ever had in a single 4/9 vs. SF L (1-1) 2.75 6.0 5 5 4 3 3 2 91 campaign...made a career-high 33 starts for the Padres in both ’10 and ’12.