SAN DIEGO PADRES (29-29) at ATLANTA BRAVES (27-29) Monday, June 8, 2015 • 4:10 p.m. PT • Turner Field • Atlanta, GA RHP Ian Kennedy (3-5, 6.60) vs. RHP Shelby Miller (5-2, 1.89) Game 59 • Road Game 29 • 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. #VOTENORRIS | #VOTEUPTON | #VOTEKEMP | PADRES.COM/VOTE PADRES AT A GLANCE WHERE THE PLAYERS PLAY: The Padres will open up the second leg of their two-city, seven-game road trip Overall Record: 29-29 this evening as they have made their way to Atlanta for a four-game series against the Braves at Turner Field…the NL West Standing: 3rd (-3.5) Friars started their current road swing with a thee-game series victory over the Reds in Cincinnati, taking two of three Home Record: 15-15 games at Great American Ball Park, but losing yesterday’s fi nale by a score of 4-0. Road Record: 14-14 • Following the current roadtrip, the Padres will head back to “America’s Finest City” where they will welcome Day Record: 8-8 the Los Angeles Dodgers (6/12-14) and Oakland Athletics (6/15-16) to Petco Park. Night Record: 21-21 • The Padres posted a 4-3 record over their last seven-game homestand as they split a four-game set with the Roadtrip: 2-1 Pittsburgh Pirates (2-2) and took two of three games from the New York Mets (2-1). Last Five Games: 4-1 Last 10 Games: 6-4 TODAY’S TRANSACTIONS: The Padres announced this afternoon they have reinstated OF Melvin Upton Jr. from Streak: L1 the 15-day disabled list (sesamoiditis, left foot) and optioned OF Abraham Almonte to Triple-A El Paso. • Upton, 30, has played parts of 10 Major League seasons with the Tampa Bay Rays (2004-11) and Atlanta All-Time Record: 3,428-3,956-2 Braves (2013-14) and owns a lifetime .243/.324/. 400 line (1090-for-4478) with 235 doubles, 25 triples, 139 All-Time at Home: 1,854-1,841-1 All-Time at Petco Park: 485-436 home runs and 508 RBI in 1,233 career games. All-Time on Road: 1,574-2,115-1 • Upton appeared in 13 rehab games for Triple-A El Paso since May 18, hitting .280/.333/.380 (14-for-50) with two doubles, one home urn and six RBI for the Chihuahuas. 2014 vs. ATL: 4-3 • Upton hit .208 (108-for-519) with 19 doubles, fi ve triples, 12 homers and 35 RBI in 141 games for the Braves 2014 vs. ATL on road: 1-3 in 2014. 2014 vs. ATL at home: 3-0 All-Time vs. ATL: 263-337 WE CHOOSE YOU!: Major League Baseball will hold day one of the 2015 MLB Draft tonight at MLB Network’s Studio All-Time vs. ATL at Turner Field: 23-42 42 in Secaucus, New Jersey…this year’s Draft, which marks the 50th anniversary of the event, will begin live on MLB All-Time vs. ATL in Atlanta: 120-177 Network and MLB.com at 4:00 p.m. (PT)… tonight will feature the fi rst round, Competitive Balance Round A, the All-Time vs. ATL at Petco Park: 20-19 second round and Competitive Balance Round B… tomorrow will be rounds 3-10 (starting at 10 am PT) , with All-Time vs. ATL in San Diego: 143-160 one minute and day three of the Draft on Wednesday will be rounds 11-40 (9 am PT), with no time delay between selections. • The Padres do not have a fi rst round pick in 2015 as they forfeited their pick when they signed RHP James PADRES RECORD WHEN... Shields this offseason…the Friars also traded their 41st overall pick (Competitive Balance A pick) to the Braves in the deal that sent Justin Upton and Craig Kimbrel to San Diego. Sunday 6-3 Thursday 1-5 • The Padres will make their fi rst selection tonight 51st overall, the ninth pick of the second round. Monday 1-6 Friday 6-3 Tuesday 6-3 Saturday 4-5 PADRES VS. THE GAUNTLET: Tonight’s game against the Braves will be just the 12th game this season and the Wednesday 5-4 fourth in a row that the Padres have played against a team below .500 (won two of three against the Reds over the April 11-12 August 0-0 weekend). May 14-15 September 0-0 • Entering play today, the Padres have played 47 of their fi rst 58 games this season against teams with a record June 4-2 October 0-0 .500 or better (23-24), the highest total in Major League Baseball, 10 more games than the team with the July 0-0 second-most (New York Yankees, 36) Leading after six 17-1 Tied after six: 5-2 RUNS OF THE CLUTCH VARIETY: The Padres have scored 112 runs this season with two outs, the second-highest Trailing after six: 7-26 total in the National League and the fourth-highest total in baseball, trailing only Arizona (118), Toronto (116) and Leading after seven: 20-1 New York-AL (113). Tied after seven: 7-5 Trailing after seven: 2-23 UP(TON), UP(TON) AND AWAY: Justin Upton will be making his fi rst appearance Leading after eight: 26-0 at Turner Field since being traded to the Padres on December 19 of last year… HR/AB RATIO, Tied after eight: 3-3 owns a lifetime .280/.360/.498 (170-for-608) with 31 doubles, three triples, 32 TURNER FIELD (min 400 AB) Trailing after eight: 0-26 home runs and 95 RBI in 168 games at Turner Field. Scoring fi rst: 20-6 • Owns a lifetime 19.00 home runs per at-bat ratio in Atlanta (608 AB/32 HR), Player HR/AB Javy Lopez 16.84 Opponents score fi rst: 9-23 the sixth-best ratio in ballpark history (see chart). Shutouts: 2-10 • Upton has hit 12 home runs and driven in 37 RBI in 57 games for the Pa- Andres Galarraga 17.03 dres this season, the eighth-best home run total in the National League and Chipper Jones 17.20 Home crowds of 20,000+: 15-13 tied for the ninth-most RBI. Gary Sheffi eld 17.49 Home crowds of 30,000+: 6-7 • Upton, who has 12 homers and 11 stolen bases, was the fi rst Major League Andruw Jones 18.52 Home crowds of 40,000+: 4-5 player this season to reach the 10+ HR and 10+ SB plateau and has since Justin Upton 19.00 Scoring less than three: 1-17 been joined by CHC Anthony Rizzo (11 HR, 10 SB) and PIT Starling Marte Scoring three or four: 6-8 (11 HR, 10 SB). Scoring fi ve or more: 22-4 One-run games: 7-8 WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE: Craig Kimbrel secured his 199th career save Saturday night in what was his 317th Two-run games: 7-2 career game…with one more save, Kimbrel would become the quickest pitcher in Major League history to Games decided in last AB: 7-6 reach the 200 save plateau, as the current record is held by Jonathan Papelbon, who reached 200 saves in his Extra Innings W-L: 2-2 359th career game. • Kimbrel, who turned 27 years old last week, would be the second-youngest pitcher to ever record 200 saves, Playing series opener: 6-12 behind only Francisco Rodriguez, who reached 200 saves at 26 years and 239 days old…Huston Street is the Playing series fi nale: 11-7 next youngest pitcher to reach the 200 save plateau, having done so at 29 years and 52 days old. Series W-L-T (Home): 4-4-1 Series W-L-T (Road): 3-3-3 #VOTENORRIS: Derek Norris leads NL catchers in many categories, both offensive and defensive (see below) (stats Series W-L-T (Total): 7-7-4 are based on players to have played at least 75% of their games as a catcher). • Has 56 hits on the season, the second-highest total of any catcher in baseball (Buster Posey, 57). Series Sweeps (Home): 1-1 • Has 24 extra-base hits this season the highest total of any Major League catcher this season and nine Series Sweeps (Road): 0-0 Series Sweeps (Total): 1-1 more than the second place catcher in the National League (Buster Posey, 15). • Norris has 17 doubles on the season, by far the highest total by a Major League catcher and almost White Jerseys: 9-10 double that of the second-place NL catcher (STL Yadier Molina has nine)…his doubles total is also tied Gray Jerseys: 4-6 for the eighth-highest total of any player in Major League Baseball and tied for the fourth-most in the Blue Jerseys: 12-11 National League this season, regardless of position. Camoufl age Jerseys: 4-1 • Norris’ 35 RBI are the most by a NL catcher and tied for the second-most in baseball (Stephen Vogt, 39)…all Retro Jerseys: 0-1 positions included, his RBI total ranks tied for 11th in the National League. • Has tossed out 19 attempted base stealers, tied for the most in the Majors (Russell Martin, 17) and a HIGHS AND LOWS... career-high…his 19 CCS this season surpass his previous career high of eight, which came in 114 games and 870.1 innings played behind the plate last season.