SAN DIEGO PADRES GAME INFORMATION PETCO PARK 100 PARK BLVD SAN DIEGO, CA 92101 PROVIDED BY THE PADRES COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT SAN DIEGO PADRES (68-80) vs. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (69-80) Monday, September 15, 2014 • 7:10 p.m. PT • Petco Park • San Diego, CA RHP Andrew Cashner (3-7, 2.40) vs. RHP Jerome Williams (3-1, 3.44) Game 149 • Home Game 72 • 1090 AM • XEMO 860 • FOX Sports San Diego PADRES AT A GLANCE All Padres game information including game notes and rosters is available at http://padrespressbox.com. Overall Record: 68-80 HOME IS WHERE THE FRIAR IS: The Padres have returned home for their fi nal homestand of the 2014 campaign, NL West Standing: 3rd (-16.5) a 10-day, 10-game stay at Petco Park, where they will fi rst welcome the Philadelphia Phillies to “America’s Finest Home Record: 40-31 City” for a four-game series (Mon-Thurs)...this weekend, the Friars will welcome their National League West division Road Record: 28-49 rival San Francisco Giants to town for a three-game set (Fri-Sun) and will conclude their 2014 home schedule next Day Record: 21-25 Monday-Wednesday when the Colorado Rockies come to town. Night Record: 47-55 • The Padres are coming off a 10-day, nine-game, three-city road trip, during which they went 2-7...the Friars kicked off the trip in Colorado (Sep 5-7), where they were on the wrong side of a three-game sweep before Roadtrip: 2-7 heading to Los Angeles-NL (Sep 8-10) where they dropped two of three games against the divisonal rival Last Five Games: 2-3 Dodgers...the Padres closed out the roadtrip losing two of three games in Phoenix (Sep 12-14) against the Last 10 Games: 2-8 Diamondbacks. Streak: L2 • Following the current homestand, the Padres will conclude their 2014 schedule with a four-game trip to San Francisco (Sep 25-28). All-Time Record: 3,389-3,924-2 All-Time at Home: 1,831-1,824-1 HOMESTAND HAPPENINGS: The Padres’ fi nal homestand of the season will feature a variety of different events, All-Time at Petco Park: 462-419 highlighted by Fall Beerfest presented by Alaska Airlines (Sep. 19) and Belly Up at the Ballpark presented by San All-Time on Road: 1,558-2,099-1 Diego Toyota Dealers, a postgame concert featuring O.A.R and DJ Chris Cote (Sep 20). • Tomorrow, September 16, will be ¡Fiesta Padres! presented by Verizon Wireless, celebrating Mexican Inde- 2014 vs. PHI: 0-3 pendence Day and Hispanic Heritage Month....the event kicks off at 4:30 p.m. at Park at the Park headlined by 2014 vs. PHI at Home: 0-0 appearances by 10 Lucha Libre wrestlers. 2014 vs. PHI on Road: 0-3 • Following Tuesday’s game, fans are invited to stay for the annual Shirts off their Backs fundraiser ceremony, presented by Sycuan..throughout the homestand, fans will be able to buy $1 Shirts off their Backs scratcher All-Time vs. PHI: 201-253 tickets for the chance to win the opportunity to take part in Tuesday’s ceremony...following the game, approxi- All-Time vs. PHI at Petco Park: 7-26 mately 44 winners will receive a game-worn jersey off the back of one Padres player or coach...all proceeds All-Time vs. PHI in San Diego: 104-95 from the scratcher ticket sales will go to the Padres Foundation. All-Time vs. PHI at Citizens Bank Park: 13-23 All-Time vs. PHI in Philadelphia: 97-132 HOLDING DOWN THE MISSION: Through 71 games at Petco Park this season, the Padres own a 40-31 (.563) record, tied for the eighth-best home record in Major League Baseball and tied for the fourth-best mark in the National League. RECORD WHEN... • Since June 29, the Padres have won 21 of their last 29 games at Petco Park...their .724 winning percentage at Sunday 12-13 Thursday 4-10 home in that time is the best mark in the National League and second-best in Major League Baseball, trailing only Baltimore who is 79-9 (.750) at home in that time. Monday 8-7 Friday 12-12 • Since the second-half began on July 18, the Padres own a 16-6 record at Petco Park (.727), the best mark in Tuesday 10-13 Saturday 11-13 the National League and second best in Major League Baseball (Baltimore, 20-6) in that time. Wednesday 11-12 • The Padres pitching staff has pitched to a 2.61 ERA (191 ER, 668.0 IP) and has limited the opposition to a March 1-0 July 12-13 .221 batting average at Petco Park, the best home ERA and second-best opponents batting average in Major League Baseball (Seattle, .220)... the Padres current home ERA is the second-best in franchise history (1978, April 12-16 August 16-11 2.50) while the .221 opponents batting average is the best. 68 May 13-14 September 4-9 June 10-17 October 0-0 CASH ACCEPTED AT PETCO PARK: Andrew Cashner, tonight’s starting pitcher for the Padres, has allowed two or fewer earned runs in 16 consecutive starts at home since June 11 of last season, a new franchise record...his streak Leading after six 51-1 surpasses the 14 game streak put together by Randy Jones from September 2, 1977 - June 24, 1978. Tied after six: 8-11 • The streak is the second-longest active streak in the Majors behind only Miami’s Jose Fernandez who has done Trailing after six: 9-68 so in 20 consecutive games at Marlins Park. Leading after seven: 52-2 • During this 16 start stretch at Petco Park, Cashner owns a 4-6 record with a 1.51 ERA (18 ER, 107.1 IP) with Tied after seven: 9-8 77 strikeouts against 21 walks while limiting the opposition to a .210 batting average...his ERA at home in that Trailing after seven: 7-70 time ranks second in the Major Leagues to Jose Fernandez (0.95). Leading after eight: 54-1 Tied after eight: 9-7 (B)EAST: In 19 games this season against National League East division opponents, Tommy Medica owns a Trailing after eight: 5-72 .364/.417/.591 (16-for-44) with one double, three home runs, seven RBI and six runs scored....among Major Leagu- ers with at least 40 AB against the NL East this season, Medica’s batting average ranks tied for sixth-best while his Scoring fi rst: 44-18 OBP ranks 11th and slugging percentage ranks seventh...Medica’s 1.008 OPS (on-base + slugging) vs. the NL East Opponents score fi rst: 24-62 is seventh-best in MLB. Shutouts: 7-19 SWEET-SWINGING SETH: Through 64 games at Petco Park this season, Seth Smith is hitting .274/.358/.489 (61- Home crowds of 20,000+: 30-21 for-223) with 16 doubles, four triples, eight home runs and 23 RBI...his .489 slugging percentage is the fourth-best Home crowds of 30,000+: 16-9 single season mark in Petco Park history, trailing only Will Venable in 2013 (.530), Mike Cameron in 2006 (.498) and Home crowds of 40,000+: 4-3 Mark Loretta in 2004 (.496). Scoring less than three: 12-57 FOR IT’S ONE, TWO, THREE STRIKES: Through 148 games this season, the Padres pitching staff has recorded Scoring three or four: 25-15 1,176 strikeouts, already surpassing their 2013 total of 1,172 and the sixth-highest total in franchise history...the fran- Scoring fi ve or more: 31-7 chise record for strikeouts in a single season is 1,295, done by the 2010 squad...entering play today, the 2014 Padres are on pace to record 1,287 strikeouts this season, which would be the second-most in franchise history. One-run games: 28-19 • As a team, the Padres boast a 8.04 strikeouts per nine innings, the best mark in franchise history...prior to this Two-run games: 11-21 season, the best mark in franchise history was 8.00 in 2010. Games decided in last AB: 18-13 • Tyson Ross (195) and Ian Kennedy (184) are both on pace to reach the 200 strikeout plateau this season... Extra Innings W-L: 10-5 only three players (fi ve instances) in franchise history have ever reached the 200 strikeout mark: Kevin Brown in 1998 (257), Jake Peavy in 2007, 2005 and 2006 (240, 216 and 215, respectively) and Clay Kirby in 1971 (231). Playing series opener: 21-26 • Since the 2000 season, only four sets of National League West teammates have accumulated 200+ Playing series fi nale: 20-27 strikeouts in a single season: SF Tim Lincecum (231) and Jonathan Sanchez (205) in 2010, ARI Randy Series W-L-T (Home): 10-9-4 Johnson (260) and Curt Schilling (316) in 2002, Johnson (372) and Schilling (293) again in 2001 and LAD Series W-L-T (Road): 5-17-2 Chan Ho Park (217) and Kevin Brown (216) in 2000. Series W-L-T (Total): 15-26-6 PREMIER PITCHING: Through 148 games this season, the Padres pitching staff owns a 3.28 ERA (480 ER, 1315.2 Series Sweeps (Home): 3-1 IP), the fi fth-best mark in the Majors and third-best in the National League, behind only Washington (3.08) and Los Series Sweeps (Road): 0-2 Angeles (3.25)...the team’s current ERA is tied for the second-best single season ERA in franchise history, behind only Series Sweeps (Total): 3-3 the 3.22 mark posted during the 1971 season (tied with 1978 and 1988 seasons).