SAN DIEGO PADRES (20-23) at LOS ANGELES DODGERS (25-16) Saturday, May 23, 2015 • 7:10 p.m. PT • Dodger Stadium • Los Angeles, CA RHP Ian Kennedy (2-3, 6.75) vs. RHP Mike Bolsinger (2-0, 1.04) Game 44 • Road Game 21 • 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. SO-CAL SERIES: The Padres continue this two-city, six-game Southern California road trip with the second of three PADRES AT A GLANCE tonight at Dodger Stadium after falling in the series opener by a score of 2-1…following tomorrow afternoon’s game the club will head south (31 miles down “The 5”) to Orange County where they will play three interleague games Overall Record: 20-23 against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Angel Stadium (Monday-Wednesday). NL West Standing: 4th (-6.0) Home Record: 11-12 • Following the current road trip, the club will return to Petco Park for a seven-game homestand against the Road Record: 9-11 Pittsburgh Pirates (four games) and New York Mets (three games). Day Record: 6-7 Night Record: 14-16 WILD, WILD WEST: The Padres, to this point in the season, have played 28 of their 43 games, including a stretch of 27 of their fi rst 33 games, against National League West opponents…the club has gone 15-13 this season against Road Trip: 0-1 divisional opponents, including 7-5 in their last 12 divisional games since April 26 vs. Los Angeles. Last Five Games: 1-4 • Following these next two games against the Dodgers, after which the Padres will have played 30 games Last 10 Games: 3-7 against NL West opponents, the club will have 46 games remaining against divisional opponents. Streak: L3 • The Padres remaining schedule against NL West opponents includes 12 games in June, including a weekend series All-Time Record: 3,418-3,951-2 at Petco Park against the Dodgers June 12-14, six games in July, just three games in August, 22 games in September All-Time at Home: 1,850-1,838-1 and three games in October with the regular season ending for the Padres and Dodgers with three at Dodger Stadium. All-Time at Petco Park: 481-433 • The club will play 22 of its 26 games in September against NL West foes, with those 22 coming in consecutive All-Time on Road: 1,568-2,113-1 games from September 3-27. 2015 vs. LAD: 2-5 2015 vs. LAD at Home: 1-2 PADRES vs. DODGERS: With these next two games, the Padres have 12 games remaining against the Dodgers, 2015 vs. LAD on Road: 1-3 with 10 to play after this series. • The next meeting between the two clubs will come with a weekend series at Petco Park next month (6/12-14). All-Time vs. LAD: 371-417-1 All-Time vs. LAD at Dodger Stadium: 175-122 • After that the clubs will meet up again at Petco Park in September for four games (9/3-6) before wrapping up All-Time vs. LAD in Los Angeles: 175-122 the season series and the regular season with three games at Dodgers Stadium in October (10/2-4). All-Time vs. LAD at Petco Park: 50-53 All-Time vs. LAD in San Diego: 196-195-1 40-MAN ROSTER MOVE: The Padres today claimed LHP Eury De La Rosa off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers and optioned him to Triple-A El Paso. • De La Rosa made his Major League debut in 2013 for the Arizona Diamondbacks, pitching in 19 games in PADRES RECORD WHEN... 2013 for Arizona. Last season for the D-Backs, he went 2-0 with a 2.95 ERA (12 ER, 36.2 IP) and 32 strikeouts Sunday 4-2 Thursday 1-4 against 14 walks in 25 relief appearances. Monday 1-4 Friday 4-3 • Traded to the Oakland Athletics after being designated for assignment in December 2014 before being ac- Tuesday 4-3 Saturday 3-3 quired by the Dodgers off waivers on 4/30/15. Wednesday 3-4 • In addition, the club transferred RHP Josh Johnson from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day DL. April 11-12 August 0-0 GAME RECOGNIZE GAME: Entering play today, the Padres have played 35 of their fi rst 43 games this season May 9-11 September 0-0 against teams with a record .500 or better (16-19), the highest total in Major League Baseball…eight of the next 12 June 0-0 October 0-0 games on the club’s schedule are against teams with a record .500 or better, as San Diego will take on the Dodgers July 0-0 (25-16), Angels (22-20) and Mets (24-19) in three of their next four series. Leading after six 12-1 Tied after six: 3-2 I VOTE WE DO CALL IT A COMEBACK: The Padres have 11 come-from-behind victories this season, the third- Trailing after six: 5-20 highest total in the National League, trailing only the Nationals (13), Dodgers (12) and Cardinals (12). Leading after seven: 14-1 • With the Padres 20 wins on the season, 55% of their victories have come in come-from-behind fashion, the Tied after seven: 4-4 second-best rate in Major League Baseball, trailing only the Chicago White Sox (68%, 13-of-19). Trailing after seven: 2-18 Leading after eight: 19-0 QUALITY STARTS: Andrew Cashner turned in his seventh quality start of the season last night with 6.0 innings, Tied after eight: 1-2 allowing just one unearned run. Trailing after eight: 0-21 • Cashner’s seven quality starts rank tied with James Shields for most on the team and tied with multiple others Scoring fi rst: 14-6 for fi fth in the National League behind Zack Greinke (nine), Aaron Harang (eight), Max Scherzer (eight) and Opponents score fi rst: 6-17 Jordan Zimmermann (eight). Shutouts: 1-7 • The Padres have now had quality starts from the starting pitchers in each of the last four games, the club’s Home crowds of 20,000+: 11-10 longest streak since having a run of seven-straight quality starts from April 10-17. Home crowds of 30,000+: 6-6 • Overall this season, the Padres lead all of Major League baseball with 28 quality starts. Home crowds of 40,000+: 4-4 #VOTENORRIS: Derek Norris leads NL catchers in many categories, both offensive and defensive (see chart and Scoring less than three: 1-13 below). Scoring three or four: 5-7 • Has 20 extra-base hits this season the highest total of any Major HITS, NL CATCHERS Scoring fi ve or more: 14-3 League catcher and almost double the total of the second place Player Team H One-run games: 6-7 catcher in the NL…regardless of position, his extra-base hit total ranks Yadier Molina STL 42 Two-run games: 6-1 tied for ninth in the Majors and tied for fi fth in the National League. Derek Norris SD 41 Games decided in last AB: 5-5 • Norris has 25 RBI, the most by a National League catcher and the sec- Wilson Ramos WSH 38 Extra Innings W-L: 1-2 ond-most in Major League Baseball (OAK Stephen Vogt has 31). XBH, NL CATCHERS Playing series opener: 5-9 • Norris has 16 doubles on the season, by far the highest total by Player Team XBH Playing series fi nale: 7-6 a Major League catcher (TOR Russell Martin is second with 10)…al- Derek Norris SD 20 Series W-L-T (Home): 3-4-0 ready ranks tied for second in franchise history for doubles by a Yasmani Grandal LAD 10 Two tied with 9 Series W-L-T (Road): 1-2-3 catcher before the All-Star Break…Terry Kennedy belted 26 doubles Series W-L-T (Total): 4-6-3 prior to the ASB in 1982 and 16 in 1985. DOUBLES, NL CATCHERS • According to Baseball-Reference.com, has posted a 1.5 WAR (wins Series Sweeps (Home): 1-1 Player Team 2B Series Sweeps (Road): 0-0 Derek Norris SD 16 above replacement) this season, the second-highest mark among Major Series Sweeps (Total): 1-1 League catchers (see chart). Yadier Molina STL 8 Francisco Cervelli PIT 7 • Tossed out 14 attempted base stealers, most in the Majors and a ca- White Jerseys: 6-8 reer-high…his 14 CCS this season surpass his previous high of eight, which RBI, NL CATCHERS Gray Jerseys: 4-4 Blue Jerseys: 7-9 came in 114 games and 870.1 innings played behind the plate last season. Player Team RBI Camoufl age Jerseys: 3-1 Derek Norris SD 25 REMEMBER ME?: Matt Kemp, in seven games against the Dodgers this season, Wilson Ramos WSH 20 Retro Jerseys: 0-1 has gone 10-for-27 (.370) against his former team with three doubles, three RBI, Two tied with 17 three walks and fi ve runs scored. WAR, NL CATCHERS HIGHS AND LOWS... Player Team WAR “JUSTIN” CASE YOU’RE A “SWING” VOTER: #VOTEUPTON: Justin Upton Team Batting Highs Buster Posey SF 2.0 Runs: 14 (2x, 5/1) 2B: 5 (2x, 5/9) has 11 home runs this season, ranking tied for the sixth in Major League Baseball Derek Norris SD 1.5 Hits: 20 (4/11) HR: 3 (4x, 5/17) and the fourth-most in the National League…additionally, Upton has tallied 29 Wilson Ramos WSH 0.9 RBI, ranking tied for the 13th in the Majors and seventh in the National League.