SAN DIEGO PADRES GAME INFORMATION PETCO PARK 100 PARK BLVD SAN DIEGO, CA 92101 PROVIDED BY THE PADRES COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT SAN DIEGO PADRES (66-72) vs. ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS (58-81) Thursday, September 4, 2014 • 6:10 p.m. PT • Petco Park • San Diego, CA RHP Ian Kennedy (2-6, 2.37) vs. RHP Randall Delgado (2-3, 5.85) Game 139 • Home Game 71 • 1090 AM • XEMO 860 • FOX Sports SD PADRES AT A GLANCE All Padres game information including game notes and rosters is available at http://padrespressbox.com. Overall Record: 66-72 SAN DIEGO, DRINK IT IN: The Padres will close-out the third and fi nal leg of their 11-day, 10-game homestand NL West Standing: 3rd (-11.0) tonight in the fourth game of a four game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Petco Park...the Padres won Home Record: 40-30 each of the fi rst two games of the current series, winning Monday by a score of 3-1 and yesterday by a score of 2-1, Road Record: 26-42 but losing last night by a score of 6-1...following tonight’s game with the Snakes, the Padres will embark on a three- Day Record: 21-23 city, 10-day, nine-game road trip around the National League West Division to Colorado (Sep 5-7), Los Angeles (Sep Night Record: 45-49 8-10) and Arizona (Sep 12-14). • The Padres are coming off a series victory against the Dodgers over the weekend, having taken two of three Homestand: 6-3 games from Los Angeles at Petco Park...the series victory was the Padres fi rst against the Dodgers in San Last Five Games: 3-2 Diego since earning a three-game sweep against Los Angeles on September 6-8, 2010. Last 10 Games: 7-3 • The Friars kicked-off the current homestand with a three-game series with the Milwaukee Brewers, from whom Streak: L1 the Padres took two of three games. All-Time Record: 3,387-3,915-2 MINOR TRANSACTION: The Padres announced today that INF Chris Nelson, who was designated for assignment All-Time at Home: 1,831-1,823-1 on Tuesday, cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A El Paso. All-Time at Petco Park: 462-418 WITH A WIN TONIGHT: With a Padres win this evening against the Diamondbacks, the Padres would improve to All-Time on Road: 1,556-2,092-1 9-4-1 in 14 series since the All-Star Break and 7-0-0 in seven series at home in that time...a Padres win tonight would 2014 vs. ARI: 6-9 give them their fi rst series victory over the Diamondbacks this season and their fi rst at Petco Park since winning three 2014 vs. ARI at Home: 4-5 of four games against the Snakes from September 23-26 of last season. 2014 vs. ARI on Road: 2-4 PLAYING WITH SNAKES: Today the Padres will square-off with the Diamondbacks at Petco Park for the fourth All-Time vs. ARI: 139-155 and fi nal game of a four-game set against their National League West Division rival as well as the 16th of 19 sched- All-Time vs. ARI at Petco Park: 61-40 uled meetings against Arizona this season…the Friars have dropped all four of their series against the Snakes this season. All-Time vs. ARI in San Diego: 88-61 • Since the Diamondbacks were formed before the 1998 season, the Padres have posted an all-time 88-61 All-Time vs. ARI at Chase Field: 51-94 (.591) record against the Snakes in San Diego, their second-best record against any National League oppo- All-Time vs. ARI in Phoenix: 51-94 nent at home, trailing their 35-20 (.636) record against Milwaukee at home. • The Padres will face-off against the D-Backs for the fi nal time this season from September 12-14 at Chase RECORD WHEN... Field in downtown Phoenix. Sunday 12-11 Thursday 4-9 SEÑOR SEPTEMBER: Ian Kennedy, tonight’s starting pitcher for the Padres, owns a lifetime 10-2 record (.833) with a Monday 8-6 Friday 11-11 2.63 ERA (42 ER, 144.0 IP) with 132 strikeouts against 45 walks in 24 games, 23 starts, during the month of Septem- Tuesday 9-13 Saturday 11-11 ber...among active Major League pitchers with at least 140.0 career innings pitched during the month of September, Wednesday 11-11 his 2.63 ERA is the fourth-lowest behind only Clayton Kershaw (2.04), Clay Buchholz (2.49) and Johan Santana (2.61), while his .833 winning percentage is the best in the Majors. March 1-0 July 12-13 • Additionally, among active pitchers with at least 140.0 IP during the month of September, Kennedy’s .218 op- April 12-16 August 16-11 ponents average is tied for seventh-lowest in the Majors. May 13-14 September 2-1 #NUNCHUCK’D: After going 2-for-4 in last night’s game against the Diamondbacks, Alexi Amarista has reached base June 10-17 October 0-0 safely in 12 consecutive games, the longest streak of his career and the sixth-longest active streak in the National Leading after six 49-1 League...during the streak, the “Little Ninja” has posted a .341/.400/.390 (14-for-41) line with a triple, four RBI and Tied after six: 8-11 four walks. Trailing after six: 9-60 • Since he started to see more time at shortstop on July 1, Amarista has posted a .829 zone rating in the fi eld, Leading after seven: 50-2 tied for the sixth-best mark among Major League shortstops in that time (min 350 innings played)...also boasts a .983 fi elding percentage at shortstop in that time, tied for the sixth-best mark in the Majors and tied for fourth- Tied after seven: 9-8 best in the National League. Trailing after seven: 6-63 Leading after eight: 52-1 CASH > GOLD: After last night’s performance of allowing two earned runs in 7.0 innings of work, Andrew Cashner Tied after eight: 9-6 has allowed two or fewer earned runs in 16 consecutive starts at home, extending his franchise record...his streak Trailing after eight: 5-65 surpasses the 14 game streak put together by Randy Jones from September 2, 1977 - June 24, 1978. • The streak is the second-longest active streak in the Majors behind only Miami’s Jose Fernandez who has done Scoring fi rst: 43-17 so in 20 consecutive games at Marlins Park. Opponents score fi rst: 23-55 • 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 Shutouts: 7-16 77 strikeouts against 21 walks while limiting the opposition to a .210 batting average...his ERA at home in that Home crowds of 20,000+: 30-21 time ranks second in the Major Leagues to Jose Fernandez (0.95). Home crowds of 30,000+: 16-9 ZEROING IN: Padres reliver Nick Vincent has worked 21 consecutive scoreless outings and 19.2 IP since being Home crowds of 40,000+: 4-3 reinstated from the DL on July 19, the longest active scoreless innings streak in the National League and the longest by a Padres pitcher this season, passing Joaquin Benoit’s 19.0 inning streak. Scoring less than three: 12-53 Scoring three or four: 25-13 HOLDING DOWN THE MISSION: Through 70 games at Petco Park this season, the Padres own a 40-30 (.571) Scoring fi ve or more: 29-6 record, the eighth-best home record in Major League Baseball and the fourth-best mark in the National League. • Since June 29, the Padres have won 21 of their last 28 games at Petco Park...their .750 winning percentage at One-run games: 27-18 home in that time is the best mark in Major League Baseball. Two-run games: 11-21 • Since the second-half began on July 18, the Padres own a 16-5 record at Petco Park (.762), tied for the best Games decided in last AB: 18-12 mark in Major League Baseball in that time. Extra Innings W-L: 10-4 • The Padres pitching staff has pitched to a 2.58 ERA (186 ER, 649.0 IP) and has limited the opposition to a .219 batting average at Petco Park, the best home ERA and opponents batting average n Major League Baseball. Playing series opener: 20-24 Playing series fi nale: 20-23 MINOR LEAGUE PLAYOFF UPDATE: Last night, both of the Padres’ Single-A affi liates, the Fort Wayne TinCaps (Midwest League) and Lake Elsinore Storm (Advanced-A) participated in the fi rst game of best-of-three playoff series. Series W-L-T (Home): 10-9-3 • Fort Wayne, who has appeared in the playoffs a MWL-leading six consecutive years, won their fi rst game over Series W-L-T (Road): 5-14-2 West Michigan (DET), 7-5... Dustin Peterson went 3-for-3 with two doubles, two RBI and two runs scored while Series W-L-T (Total): 15-23-5 Josh VanMeter went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored. Series Sweeps (Home): 3-1 • Lake Elsinore dropped Game One of their best-of-three series, 4-2, against the Inland Empire 66ers (LAA)… Series Sweeps (Road): 0-1 Jeremy Baltz and Dane Phillips each logged an RBI while Alberth Martinez and Jeudy Valdez each logged Series Sweeps (Total): 3-2 multiple hits.