SAN DIEGO PADRES (37-43) vs. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (51-46) Thursday, July 2, 2015 • 4:10 p.m. PT • Busch Stadium • St. Louis, MO RHP Tyson Ross (5-7, 3.57) vs. LHP Tim Cooney (0-0, 11.57) Game 81 • Road Game 41 • Mighty 1090 AM • XEMO 860 • FOX Sports San Diego • MLB Network 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 YOU CAN FIND ME IN ST. LOUIS: The Padres have hit the road for their fi nal roadtrip before the All-Star Overall Record: 37-43 Break, kicking off an 10-game, 11-day trip tonight in St. Louis where they will play a four-game set (tonight- NL West Standing: 4th (-8.0) Sunday) against the Cardinals…following Sunday’s game, the Friars will head to the “Steel City” of Pittsburgh Home Record: 18-22 Road Record: 19-21 where they will play a three-game set (Monday-Wednesday) against the Pirates…fi nally, the Padres will head Day Record: 10-14 to Dallas next Wednesday night, where they will enjoy and off-day on Thursday before playing a three-game Night Record: 27-29 series against the Texas Rangers to conclude the fi rst half. • San Diego is coming off a fi ve-game, six-day homestand, during which they won two of three games Homestand: 2-3 Last Five Games: 2-3 against the Arizona Diamondbacks (2-1) and lost both games against the Seattle Mariners (2-2). Last 10 Games: 4-6 Streak: L3 NATIONAL STAGE TONIGHT: Tonight’s game in St. Louis will be MLB Network’s Thursday Night Showcase All-Time Record: 3,435-3,971-2 … Hall of Fame award-winning broadcaster Tim McCarver and Bob Costas will have the call, their fi rst All-Time at Home: 1,857-1,847-1 broadcast together since doing a pair of games together on NBC’s Game of the Week in 1980, 35 years ago. All-Time at Petco Park: 488-443 All-Time on Road: 1,578-2,123-1 PADRES VS. THE GAUNTLET: Through 80 games this season, the Padres have played 53 games (25-28) 2014 vs. STL: 3-4 against opponents with a .500 record or better, tied for the second-highest total in Major League Baseball., 2014 vs. STL at Home: 2-1 trailing only the Milwaukee Brewers, who have played 55 such games. 2014 vs. STL on Road: 1-3 • Each of the Padres fi nal 10 games of the fi rst half are against opponents currently with a record of .500 All-Time vs. STL: 186-270 or better as they will play the next four games against the Cardinals (51-26), three against the Pirates All-Time vs. STL at Busch Stadium: 8-23 (44-33) and three against the Rangers (40-39). All-Time vs. STL in St. Louis: 76-153 All-Time vs. STL at Petco Park: 18-16 NO HOMERS CLUB: So far this season, Tyson Ross, tonight’s starting pitcher for the Padres, has allowed All-Time vs. STL in SD: 110-117 just three home runs in 89.2 IP, good for a 0.30 HR per nine innings ratio, the second-best rate in Major League Baseball and the National League, trailing only A.J. Burnett (0.27 HR/9.0 IP). PADRES RECORD WHEN... • Has not allowed a home run in his last 10 starts and 66.0 innings pitched, with his last allowed in the fi rst inning on 4/28 vs. HOU (Evan Gattis). Sunday 6-6 Thursday 3-6 • Current streak of not allowing a home run in 10-straight starts is the longest streak by a Major League Monday 2-7 Friday 7-5 starting pitcher this season and is the longest by a Padres starter since 2007 when Jake Peavy and Tuesday 7-6 Saturday 7-5 Wednesday 5-8 Chris Young both went 12-straight starts. • 10-straight starts without a home run allowed is the longest such stretch of his career, surpassing his April 11-12 August 0-0 previous record of fi ve (3x, last: 7/13-8/3/14). May 14-15 September 0-0 June 12-15 October 0-0 • No other Padres starter has gone more than three-straight starts without allowing a homer this season July 0-1 (James Shields, three straight, 5/29-6/9). Leading after six 21-2 Tied after six: 6-3 HE GONE: Ross, through 16 starts and 95.2 IP this season, has recorded 105 strikeouts, the eighth-highest Trailing after six: 10-38 total in the National League and the second-most on the team (Shields, 123)…Ross also owns a 9.88 strike- Leading after seven: 24-3 outs per nine innings ratio, the fi fth-best mark in the National League and 10th-best in the Majors. Tied after seven: 8-6 • Ross has induced a swing-and-miss on roughly one-third of his pitches this season (32.7%), the sec- Trailing after seven: 5-34 ond-best rate among starters in the National League and third-best in the Majors, trailing only CWS Leading after eight: 31-0 Chris Sale (34.4%) and PIT Francisco Liriano (33.5%)…for perspective purposes, the Major League Tied after eight: 5-5 Trailing after eight: 1-38 average whiff rate is 22.7%. Scoring fi rst: 27-10 BASH BROTHERS: The Padres are 9-2 this season in the 11 games that both Matt Kemp and Justin Upton Opponents score fi rst: 10-33 Shutouts: 2-13 record at least one RBI. Home crowds of 20,000+: 18-20 MR. ALONS-ROAD: Yonder Alonso is hitting .372/.469/.457 (35-for-94) with fi ve doubles, one home run and Home crowds of 30,000+: 9-13 Home crowds of 40,000+: 6-6 13 RBI in 27 road games this season, the third-best batting average, second-best on-base percentage and 15th-best OPS (.953) of any Major Leaguer with at least 100 plate appearances away from their Scoring less than three: 2-26 home ballpark. Scoring three or four: 9-10 Scoring fi ve or more: 26-7 • Has now reached base safely in 11 consecutive starts on the road since June 8, hitting .300 (12-for-40) in that time…dating back to July 26 of last season, Alonso has reached base safely in 30 of his One-run games: 9-11 last 31 starts on the road, hitting .400 (44-for-110) in that time. Two-run games: 11-5 Games decided in last AB: 11-9 • Overall, regardless of location, Alonso has hit .310/.396/.402 (57-for-184) this season, the 10th-best Extra Innings W-L: 5-3 batting average and fi fth-best on-base percentage of any NL players with at least 175 PA. • Since being activated from the 15-day disabled list on June 2, has hit .289/.367/.371 (28-for-97). Playing series opener: 9-16 Playing series fi nale: 12-13 THE TEAMS, THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’: Justin Upton, who has hit 14 home runs for the Padres, has hit the Series W-L-T (Home): 5-7-1 most home runs of any National League player to change teams last offseason…Derek Norris, who Series W-L-T (Road): 3-5-4 has 11, ranks fourth behind Upton, Marlon Byrd (13) and Yasmani Grandal (12). Series W-L-T (Total): 8-12-5 Series Sweeps (Home): 1-2 FEAR THE BEARD: Derek Norris’ 11 home runs are the third-most by a National League catcher this season, Series Sweeps (Road): 0-0 one shy of Yasmani Grandal and Buster Posey, who both have 12. Series Sweeps (Total): 1-1 • His 11 home runs are one shy of Mike Piazza’s 12 in 2006 as the most ever by a Padres catcher during White Jerseys: 10-14 the fi rst half of the season. Gray Jerseys: 5-8 • Norris also has 45 RBI on the season, the second-highest total by a NL catcher (Posey, 54) and the fourth- Blue Jerseys: 18-16 Camoufl age Jerseys: 4-3 most in the Majors (also Stephen Vogt 53 and Brian McCann 49).…his RBI total is also the fourth-most Retro Jerseys: 0-2 in franchise history by a catcher before the All-Star Break, trailing three instances of Terry Kennedy (57 in 1982, 49 in 1983 and 47 in 1985). HIGHS AND LOWS... • Has 20 doubles and 32 extra-base hits this season, both of which are the highest totals of any Major League catcher this season.…his doubles and XBH totals are both second-most by a Padres catcher Team Batting Highs before the All-Star Break in franchise history, trailing only Terry Kennedy who had 26 doubles and 37 Runs: 14 (2x, 5/1) 2B: 5 (4x, 6/27) extra-base hits before the All-Star Break in 1982 Hits: 20 (2x, 4/11 & 5/24) HR: 3 (6x, 6/28) • Norris has 24 catcher caught stealings on the season, the highest total in Major League Baseball and the Individual Batting Highs Hits: 4 (3x, Venable, 5/24) 2B: 2 (8x, Barmes, 6/20) fi fth-most in franchise history before the All-Star Break. Runs: 3 (6x, Norris, 6/6) RBI: 6 (Upton, 5/25) Team Pitching Highs LET’S PUT ANOTHER SHRIMP ON THE BARMEY: Over his last 19 games, Clint Barmes has hit Strikeouts: 15 (6/1) Runs: 16 (6/17) .377/.389/.604 (20-for-53) with nine extra-base hits (7 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run), seven RBI and six runs Walks: 8 (4/18) Hits: 20 (6/17) scored, raising his average on the season from .224 to his current mark of .297 in that span.