SAN DIEGO PADRES GAME INFORMATION PETCO PARK 100 PARK BLVD SAN DIEGO, CA 92101 PROVIDED BY THE PADRES COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT SAN DIEGO PADRES (64-71) vs. ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS (57-79) Monday, September 1, 2014 • 1:10 p.m. PT • Petco Park • San Diego, CA RHP Tyson Ross (12-12, 2.64) vs. RHP Trevor Cahill (3-9, 4.98) Game 136 • Home Game 68 • 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: 64-71 SWEET HOME, SAN DIEGO: The Padres will open up the third and fi nal leg of their 11-day, 10-game homestand NL West Standing: 3rd (-12.0) today as they welcome the Arizona Diamondbacks to “America’s Finest City” for a four game series at Petco Park.. Home Record: 38-29 following this four game set with the Snakes, the Padres will embark on a three-city, 11-day, 10-game road trip to Road Record: 26-42 Colorado (Sep 5-7), Los Angeles (Sep 8-10) and Arizona (Sep 12-14). Day Record: 20-23 • The Padres are coming off a series victory against the Dodgers over the weekend, having taken two of three Night Record: 44-48 games from Los Angeles at Petco Park...the series victory was the Padres fi rst against the Dodgers in San Diego since earning a three-game sweep against Los Angeles on September 6-8, 2010. Homestand: 4-2 • The Friars kicked-off the current homestand with a three-game series with the Milwaukee Brewers, from whom Last Five Games: 4-1 the Padres took two of three games. Last 10 Games: 5-5 Streak: L1 TODAY’S TRANSACTIONS: The Padres today announced they have recalled LHP Robbie Erlin from Triple-A El Paso and selected the contracts of RHP Leonel Campos and INF Cory Spangenberg....to make room on the 40-man All-Time Record: 3,385-3,914-2 roster, the Padres also transferred INF Yonder Alonso and OF Carlos Quentin from the 15-day disabled list to the All-Time at Home: 1,829-1,822-1 60-day disabled list. All-Time at Petco Park: 460-417 • Campos, 27, pitched to a 2-7 record with a 6.34 ERA (58 ER, 82.1 IP) with 108 strikeouts against 51 walks in All-Time on Road: 1,556-2,092-1 42 games, between Double-A San Antonio and Triple-A El Paso...in parts of three minor league seasons, the Valera, Venezuela, native owns a lifetime 5-8 record with a 4.40 ERA (74 ER, 151. IP) in 97 games, 15 starts... 2014 vs. ARI: 4-8 Campos will wear jersey number 57. 2014 vs. ARI at Home: 2-4 • Spangenberg, 23, hit .331/.365/.470 (93-for-281) with 17 doubles, eight triples, two home runs, 22 RBI and 38 2014 vs. ARI on Road: 2-4 runs scored in 66 games for Double-A San Antonio this season...the Padres fi rst-round draft pick in 2011 (10th All-Time vs. ARI: 137-154 overall), the left-handed hitting infi elder is a lifetime .296 hitter with 69 doubles, 28 triples, 12 home runs, 161 All-Time vs. ARI at Petco Park: 59-39 RBI and 220 runs scored in parts of four minor league seasons...Spangenberg will wear jersey number 15. All-Time vs. ARI in San Diego: 86-60 • Erlin, 23, returns to the Padres roster for the second time this season, having also made the club’s opening day roster...the left-handed pitcher was placed on the 15-day disabled list on May 22 (retro May 18) and then All-Time vs. ARI at Chase Field: 51-94 transferred to the 60-day DL on June 26 with left elbow soreness...pitched to a 3-4 record with a 4.53 ERA (24 All-Time vs. ARI in Phoenix: 51-94 ER, 47.2 IP) with 39 strikeouts against 11 walks in nine games, eight starts, for the Padres this season before being placed on the disabled list. RECORD WHEN... Sunday 12-11 Thursday 4-9 HAPPY LABOR DAY!: In 44 all-time games on Labor Day, the Padres own a 22-22 (.500) record. Monday 7-6 Friday 11-11 Tuesday 8-13 Saturday 11-11 WINNING WAYS: With a series win over the Dodgers over the weekend, the Padres improved to 8-4-1 in 13 series since the All-Star Break and 6-0-0 in six series at home in that time. Wednesday 11-10 March 1-0 July 12-13 IN THE SECOND HALF: Since the second half of the season began on July 18, the Padres own an 23-17 record April 12-16 August 16-11 (.575), tied for the second-best record in the NL, behind only Washington (26-16, .619) and tied for the fi fth-best in May 13-14 September 0-0 the Majors. June 10-17 October 0-0 THE MONTH THAT WAS: The Padres posted a 16-11 record during the month of August, their fi rst winning Leading after six 48-1 month of the 2014 campaign...prior to last month, the last time the Padres had a winning month was Sep- Tied after six: 7-11 tember of last season (16-11). Trailing after six: 9-59 • The Friars’ .593 winning percentage in August was the second-best mark in the National League, behind only Leading after seven: 49-2 Washington (19-10, .655). Tied after seven: 8-8 • The Padres posted a 10-2 (.833) record at home during the month of August, the club’s third-best monthly Trailing after seven: 6-62 record at home in franchise history, behind only May of 2005 (11-1, .917) and May of 2009 (11-2, .846). Leading after eight: 51-1 Tied after eight: 8-6 HOLDING DOWN THE MISSION: Through 67 games at Petco Park this season, the Padres own a 38-29 (.567) Trailing after eight: 5-64 record, the ninth-best home record in Major League Baseball and the fi fth-best mark in the National League. • Since June 29, the Padres have won 19 of their last 25 games at Petco Park...their .760 winning percentage Scoring fi rst: 42-17 at home in that time is the best mark in Major League Baseball. Opponents score fi rst: 22-54 • The Padres pitching staff has pitched to a 2.60 ERA (180 ER, 622.0 IP) and has limited the opposition to a Shutouts: 7-16 .220 batting average at Petco Park, the best home ERA and tied with Seattle for the best opponents batting average n Major League Baseball. Home crowds of 20,000+: 30-21 Home crowds of 30,000+: 16-9 NOW THAT’S QUALITY: Tyson Ross, today’s starting pitcher for the Padres, has thrown 13 consecutive quality Home crowds of 40,000+: 4-3 starts since June 21, the longest quality start streak in Padres franchise history…the streak surpasses the previ- Scoring less than three: 11-52 ous record of 11 games, done by Andrew Cashner from August 14, 2013-April 16, 2014, Ed Whitson from July 25 – September 18, 1990, Dennis Rasmussen from August 6, 1988 – April 7, 1989, Gaylord Perry from September Scoring three or four: 24-13 4, 1978 – April 27, 1979, Joe McIntosh from September 15, 1974 – May 21, 1975 and Dave Roberts from July 3 – Scoring fi ve or more: 29-6 August 21, 1971. One-run games: 26-18 • His 13 consecutive quality starts are the third-longest active streak in Major League Baseball behind only LAD Two-run games: 10-21 Clayton Kershaw and BOS/OAK Jon Lester (14). Games decided in last AB: 17-12 • In addition to the quality starts, Ross has allowed six or fewer hits in each of his last 13 starts...dating back to the 1914 season, the only Major League pitcher with a longer streak of quality starts allowing six or Extra Innings W-L: 10-4 fewer hits was HOU Mike Scott, who went 17 games from May 21 - August 8, 1986. Playing series opener: 19-24 • During the streak, Ross has pitched to a 6-6 record with a 1.96 ERA (19 ER, 87.1 IP) with 86 strikeouts against Playing series fi nale: 20-23 24 walks while limiting the opposition to a .207 average. Series W-L-T (Home): 10-9-3 KARDIAC KIDS: In 44 games this season decided by one run, the Padres own a 26-18 (.591) record, the second- Series W-L-T (Road): 5-14-2 best mark in Major League Baseball, trailing only Miami who is 32-21 (.604) in one-run games. Series W-L-T (Total): 15-23-5 DOUBLE TROUBLE: Rene Rivera logged his fi fth career multi-double game and his fourth of the season in his last Series Sweeps (Home): 3-1 game on Saturday against the Dodgers…his four multi-double games this season are the second-most by a Major Series Sweeps (Road): 0-1 League catcher this season, trailing only MIL Jonathan Lucroy (6). Series Sweeps (Total): 3-2 • His four multi-double games is a new franchise record for a Padres catcher, surpassing the three multi-double White Jerseys: 24-16 games by Nick Hundley in 2010, Josh Bard in 2007, Benito Santiago in 1992 and Gene Tenace in 1977. Gray Jerseys: 14-34 Blue Jerseys: 17-14 PADRES SOCIAL HOUR: The Padres debuted this season a new, multimedia hour-long pregame show, Padres Camoufl age Jerseys: 8-5 Social Hour, which will air live on padres.com and will be simulcast on FOX Sports San Diego and ESPN 1700… Retro Jerseys: 1-2 the club-produced show will air for an hour every day of the 2014 season prior to FOX Sports San Diego’s pregame show, Padres Live, and will feature heavy social media integration…host Jesse Agler will be joined by a rotation of co-hosts consisting of Padres alumni, broadcasters and members of the local media…each show will feature appearances by special guests, including players, coaches and front offi ce executives.