SAN DIEGO PADRES GAME INFORMATION PETCO PARK l 100 PARK BLVD l SAN DIEGO, CA 92101 PROVIDED BY THE PADRES COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT San Diego Padres (20-41) at Seattle Mariners (27-35) LHP Clayton Richard (2-7, 4.58) vs. RHP Felix Hernandez (4-4, 3.42) Tuesday, June 12, 2012 • Safeco Field Game 62 • Road Game 28 • 1090 AM • 860 AM • Fox Sports SD LONG ROAD HOME: The Padres continue a 10-day, nine-game road trip today with the first of three in Seattle...following the three-game set, the Friars will travel to Oakland for three (6/15-17) to com- PADRES AT A GLANCE plete the homestand...the club is in the middle of a 45-day stretch during which the team embarks Overall Record: 20-41 on three 10-day road trips...over that 45-day period, the Padres are playing 29 of 41 games away NL West Standing: 5th, -19.0 from home. Home Record: 14-20 Road Record: 6-21 INTERLEAGUE SLATE: For this year’s Interleague schedule, the Padres will play 15 games against Day Record: 8-17 the American League West this season...in addition to this series, the Padres will travel to take on Night Record: 12-24 the Oakland A’s for three this weekend (6/15-17)...San Diego has already hosted the Angels and will host the Texas Rangers (6/18-20) and Mariners (6/22-24) during the next homestand...the Padres are Road Trip: 1-2 105-137 in 15-seasons of Interleague Play, including a 36-44 mark against the Mariners. Last Five Games: 1-4 Last 10 Games: 3-7 HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Today is the 50th birthday of Padres bullpen coach Darrel Akerfelds, born 6/12/62 Streak: L1 in Denver, Col...the longest tenured coach on the Padres staff, he first joined the Big League club All-Time Record: 3,189-3,712 midway through the 2001 season when he was promoted from pitching coach at Triple-A Portland... All-Time at Home: 1,718-1,738 Akerfeld’s playing career spanned 12 seasons, including parts of five years in the Major Leagues with All-Time at Petco Park: 349-333 the Oakland A’s, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers and Philadelphia Phillies. All-Time on the Road: 1,471-1,974 WAKING THE BATS: Over the last 12 games, the Padres offense has picked up to the tune of a All-Time vs. SEA: 36-44 .262 batting average (109-for-416) with 28 doubles, eight triples and 16 home runs...the Friars are All-Time vs. SEA at Home: 18-22 averaging 4.5 runs per game and 1.3 home runs per game over that stretch, with a team OPS of .810. All-Time vs. SEA on Road: 18-22 2012 vs. Interleague: 2-1 FAST OUT OF THE GATE: Will Venable connected for his seventh career leadoff home run on Sun- All-Time vs. Interleague: 105-137 day vs. the Brewers...it was the second of the year for Venable and the seventh of his career...he is All-Time vs. Interleague at Home: 55-66 now tied with Quilvieo Veras for first on the Padres all-time list...prior to his two leadoff homers this All-Time vs. Interleague on Road: 50-71 year, each of his previous five game during the 2011 season. RECORD WHEN... LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON: Will Venable’s three-hit performance on Sunday gives him 339 career hits, passing his father Max’s career total of 337 knocks. Sunday 3-7 Thursday 2-5 Monday 2-5 Friday 2-8 LOOKING TO TURN THE TABLES: Clayton Richard looks to grab his third win of the season in his Tuesday 4-5 Saturday 4-6 13 start for the Padres...the Friars have gone 3-9 in his starts this year, including an 0-4 mark on the Wednesday 3-6 road...tonight’s start will be Richard’s sixth career Interleague start...he has gone 2-1 in those starts, April 7-17 August 0-0 posting a 3.60 ERA (10 ER/25.0 IP)...he won his only previous start against the Mariners, working 7.0 May 10-18 September 0-0 innings of one-run ball 5/22/10 at SEA. June 3-6 October 0-0 July 0-0 BACK FOR THE FIRST TIME: The Padres activated outfielder Carlos Quentin from the disabled list after he missed 49 games to start the season...he has gone 15-for-35 with nine extra-base hits Leading after six: 12-5 (four doubles, five homers) since joining the Friars, including three three-hit games...in 40 plate ap- Tied after six: 7-6 pearances since being activated, he has reached base 20 times (.500 OBP)...according to ELIAS: Trailing after six: 1-30 Quentin was the only Padre to hit five home runs in his first six games (Russell Branyan and Leading after seven: 14-1 Ed Sprague Jr each hit three 3)...according to STATS Inc., he is also the only player to hit nine Tied after seven: 3-5 extra-base hits in his first six games with a new team (Melvin Nieves, David Segui and Jose Trailing after seven: 3-35 Offerman each hit eight). Leading after eight: 18-0 Tied after eight: 3-4 CABBY: After going hitless in his first five games of the season, Everth Cabrera has hit .339 (20-for- Trailing after eight: 0-37 59) with seven doubles, two home runs, six RBI and eight runs scored in his last 17 games dating Scoring first: 11-14 back to 5/23...over that stretch, he is posting a .409 on-base percentage along with a .559 slugging Opponents score first: 9-27 percentage...he has also stolen five bases in five attempts, making him a perfect 20-for-20 between Shutouts: 2-6 his Triple-A Tucson and the Padres this year. Home Crowds of 20,000+: 7-15 STRANDED: Joe Thatcher has stranded 16 of the 18 runners he has inherited this season, allowing Home Crowds of 30,000+: 4-7 just 11.1 percent to score...Thatcher ranks first among all active relievers (min. 150 inherited runners) Home Crowds of 40,000+: 1-1 with a 21.0 IRS% over his career (38 of 180). Scoring less than three: 4-21 Scoring three or four: 5-11 WHERE THERE’S A WILL: In 26 games since 5/8, Will Venable has hit .321 (27-for-84) with 10 Scoring five or more: 11-9 doubles, three triples, four home runs, 12 RBI and 13 runs scored...he has posted a .387 on-base percentage and .655 slugging percentage (.1042 OPS)...Venable’s .480 slugging percentage on the One-run games: 7-9 season leads all qualifying Padres. Two-run games: 4-10 Games decided in last AB: 5-7 DOUBLE TROUBLE: Yonder Alonso has hit a career-high tying two doubles six times this season, Extra Innings W-L: 1-3 tying Tony Gwynn (1993) and Adrian Gonzalez (2007) for the most multi-double games in a season Playing series opener: 7-13 by a Padre...with his 16 doubles on the season, Alonso leads the club and all Major League rookies. Playing series finale: 6-14 PADRES COMMUNITY CALENDAR Series W-L-T (Home): 3-6-2 Series W-L-T (Road): 0-8-1 Date Details Series W-L-T (Total): 3-14-3 6/19 PLAY Campaign in association with PBATS Series Sweeps (Home): 0-1 6/19 Two players will make a visit to the STAR/PAL Baseball Camp @ Colina Park (STAR/PAL Series Sweeps (Road): 0-3 Headquarters: 4110 54th Street, San Diego) Series Sweeps (Total): 0-4 White Jerseys: 9-14 6/19 Andy Parrino will host 20 foster kids from Urban Surf 4 Kids to a batting practice visit and a Gray Jerseys: 4-17 game Blue Jerseys: 4-7 Camouflage Jerseys: 3-2 6/19 Homestand Charity: United Way will be honored in a pregame ceremony Retro Jerseys: 0-1 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS DAY DATE TIME (PT) OPP. PADRES STARTER OPPOSING STARTER TELEVISION Wed 6/13 7:10 p.m. at SEA RHP Jason Marquis (0-1, 3.00) RHP Hector Noesi (2-6, 5.99) Fox Sports SD Thurs 6/14 7:10 p.m. at SEA RHP Edinson Volquez (2-6, 3.91) TBA Fox Sports SD All games broadcast live in English on XX Sports Radio 1090 AM and in Spanish on XEMO 860 AM STARTING PITCHER LHP - Clayton Richard #33 (2-7, 4.58) LAST FIVE STARTS BY PADRES STARTING PITCHERS FOR STARTERS: The 28-year-old is set to make his 13th start of the season Date/OPP Pitcher (Dec.) IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit/St Score tonight against the Mariners at Safeco Field…will be his 115th Big League outing 6/10 at MIL Bass (L, 2-6) 5.2 5 4 4 3 6 1 97/55 L 5-6 and 98th career start. 6/9 at MIL Cashner (ND) 2.1 2 1 1 2 5 0 47/31 W 5-2 • Will be making his 12th career interleague start, his fi rst this year. 6/8 at MIL Volquez (L, 2-6) 5.0 6 6 6 4 4 3 82/46 L 5-9 • Has gone 1-2 with a 3.58 ERA (13 ER/32.2 IP) over his last fi ve starts. 6/7 vs. SF Marquis (L, 0-1) 6.0 9 4 2 1 6 1 116/76 L 3-8 • Posted six quality starts this season, including four of his last seven starts… 6/6 vs.