Colorado Rockies-San Diego Padre Tid Bits

Colorado Rockies at San Diego Padres

June 28-30, 2010

Comfort Zone

Visiting Teams, Highest Win Pct. at Petco Park – All-Time

(min. 5 games)

 

Philadelphia Phillies   15-4 (.789)

Seattle Mariners                     12-6 (.667)

Atlanta Braves                                    15-9 (.625)

Florida Marlins                        11-8 (.579)

Colorado Rockies                    30-28 (.517)

 

Third Time Charm

Rockies have won four of six from Padres this season, two of three at Coors Field April 9-11, the Rockies home opening series, and two of three at Petco Park May 3-5.

Rockies hosted Padres in their home opening series, April 9-11, and took two of three. They visited San Diego May 3-5 and also took two of three.

Ubaldo Jimenez is 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA, having started in both series. Brad Hawpe hit .571 in the six games, Ian Stewart .4325, and Clint Barmes, Todd Helton and Miguel Olivo .333. At the other end, Carlos Gonzalez and Seth Smith both hit .231.

Rockies have a 2.48 ERA against San Diego, which is third best of an opponent. Washington is 1.63 and St. Louis 1.82. Rockies have scored 28 runs, most of any opponent. Seattle is second at 25 and Arizona third at 20. Rockies have hit six home runs, tied with Mets, one behind Arizona. Rockies have hit .250 against Padres, sixth best. St. Louis has the top average against Padres at .283.

Chase Headley, out of Fountain-Fort Carson, has hit .417 agaisnt Rockies this year and former Rockies C Yorvit Torrealba has hit .364. At other end is Tony Gwynn, Jr., at .053 and David Eckstein at .120. The Brothers Hairstone are a combined 5-for-36. Jerry has hit .190 and Scott has hit .067.

Padres have scored 17 rins on the six games and have not hit a home run. The .218 average ranksed 14^th out of 17 teams Rockies have played. Toronto has lowest BA against Rockist his year at .186.

 

 PADRES OF LATE

Padres are coming off a road trip to Florida in which they won 5 of 6, 2 of 3 at Tampa and sweeping the Marlins, their first sweep at Florida since 2000. But then Padres have best road record in baseball.

Max Venable has an eight-game hitting streak in which he is 8-for-27 with 4 home runs and 13 RBI. And he has some big home runs. He had game-winning two-run home run both Friday and Sunday in Florida.

Padres bullpen has a 1.81 ERA for the month of June.

Over the long haul, however, this is the Adrian Gonzalez show. Gonzalez is hitting .383 in the month of June with 12 doubles, seven home runs and 21 RBI, and could become first Padre to win a Player of the Month Award since Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn in May of 1997. Consider that Gonzalez is hitting .383 in June and the rest of the Padres are a combined .220.

Five Padres are on the disabled list:

OF Matt Stairs, right knee strain.

RHP Tim Stauffer, appendectomy.

OF Kyle Banks, strained right elbow.

RHP Chris Young, right shoulder tightness.

2B Matt Antonelli, left hand surgery.

The American Way

Padres were able to handle inter-league play, going 9-6, allowing them to tie the Rockies for best inter-league record in the NL West. Padres did, however, gain some breathing room with their success against the NL. They picked up two games on the Giants and five games on the Dodgers.

A look at the NL West standings based off various situations:

NL West Standings

Team                     W            L              GB

Padres                  45           30           –

Giants                   40           34           -4 ½

Dodgers               40           35           -5

Rockies                                39           36           -6

Dbacks                  30           46           -15 ½

NL West vs. AL

Team                     W            L              GB

Padres                  9              6              –

Rockies                                9              6              –

Giants                   `7            8              -2

Dbacks                  6              9              -3

Dodgers               4              11           -5

NL West vs. NL

Padres                  36           24           –

Dodgers               36           24           –

Giants                   33           26           -1 ½

Rockies                                30           30           -6

Dbacks                  26           35           -10 ½

UnAmerican

Rest assured, the Rockies relievers won’t iss facing American League teams.

Rockies relievers had a 5.04 ERA in the 15 inter-league games

Rockies relievers have a 3.32 ERA against the NL teams.

Close Counts

Most Wins in Games Decided by 2 Runs or Less – 2010

Team                         W    L   PCT

San Diego Padres            24   16  .600

Cincinnati Reds             24   18  .571

Texas Rangers               22   14  .611

Washington Nationals        22   23  .489

Los Angeles Angels          21   12  .636

 Padre Past

Rockies have won the season series from the Padres three of the last four years, seven of the last nine, and nine times overall. They also have split the season series to the Padres twice.

Rockies have won season series at Petco in three of five years it has been opened. They are 67-71 all-time in San Diego, but 30-28 at Petco.

Rockies have swept a series from San Diego eight times, including four times in Denver, but only twice at Coors Field: May 21-23, 2003 (three games) and April 18-20, 2003 (three games). They also swept them twice at Mile High Stadium: May 1-3, 1995 (three games) and July 11-14, 1996 (four games).

Padres have swept a series from the Rockies seven times, including twice in Denver: April 6-8, 2001 (three games) and July 19-20, 2004 (two games).

Rockies four-game sweep of Padres in 1996 combined with three game sweep of Giants gave Rockies 7-0 home stand, the best in franchise history.

 Long and Short of It

Rockies set a franchise record with a 2-1, 22-inning win at San Diego on April 17, 2008. It was a record for innings played and also time of game, which was 6 hours, 16 minutes.

In that game, Todd Helton and Troy Tulowitzki set franchise record with 10 plate appearances. Helton set a club record with 25 putouts. Yorvitt Torrealba set the club record for putouts by a catcher with 18 and Willy Taveras set the record for putouts by an outfielder with 10.

Rockies took 3 hours, 55 minutes for a 15-11 win against San Diego at Coors Field on Sept. 24, 2001, the eighth longest nine-inning game in franchise history.

At the other end of the spectrum, the Rockies lost a 2-0 game at San Diego on June 24, 1995 in 1 hour, 55 minutes, second quickest nine-inning game in franchise history.

Rockies beat the Padres 4-0 in 1 hour, 58 minutes on July 1, 2008, quickest nine-inning game in Coors field history.

Record Book

   –20 runs scored by Rockies against San Diego on Sept. 20, 2005 equaled franchise record. The Rockies also scored 20 against Arizona on Sept. 23, 2003, and against San Francisco on Sept. 18, 2006. They were all three played at Coors Field.

   –11 runs scored by Rockies in seventh inning of July 12, 1996 game at Coors Field is biggest inning in franchise history. Rockies also scored nine runs in third inning against Padres on Sept. 27, 2001, equaling third biggest inning in franchise history, and scored eight runs in third inning of June 19, 1993 game against Padres, equaling eighth biggest inning in franchise history.

   –23 hits by Rockies on Sept. 20, 2005 ranks tied for second in franchise history, one shy of record set against Montreal on May 3, 2000 and equaled at Pittsburgh on Aug. 3, 2003.

   –10 extra base hits in a  game against San Diego three times – Sept. 20, 2005, April 4, 2005 and ct. 1, 2007 (13 innings), two shy of Rockies single game record of 12 set against Florida on July 4, 2008. They have had 11 extra-base hits in a game four times.

   –5 runs scored by Walt Weiss Sept. 20, 1995 at San Diego, and Larry Walker Sept. 24, 2001 vs. San Diego, tied for club record It has been done four times.

Rally Time

   –8 run deficit overcome in a 13-9 win against San Diego at Coors Field on Sept. 27, 2001, and also in a 10-9, win against San Diego at Mile High Stadium on June 28, 1994 in the first game of a double header. Those are second biggest deficits erased in franchise history. Rockies rallied from nine runs down for an 18-17 win against Florida on July 4, 2008 at Coors Field.

–In Sept. 27, 2001 game, Rockies trialed 8-0 going into the bottom of the second. They scored two in the second and then nine in the third en route to the 13-8 win.

–In June 28, 1994 game, Rockies trialed 8-0 going into bottom of fourth, and scored six in fourth and three in fifth. After Padres tied the game with a run in the sixth, Rockies scored in the bottom of the eighth.

–Rockies also rallied from a seven-run deficit against Padres in a 13-12 win on July 12, 1996, scoring 11 runs in the bottom of the seventh to take a 13-9 lead and then withstanding a three-run Padres ninth.

      Stop Thief

2 of the Rockies 14 steals of home have come against the Padres.

   –Ellis Burks, Coors Field, July 14, 1996, fifth inning off Fernando Valenzuela and John Flaherty.

   –Kevin Ritz, Coors Field, June 5, 1997, fourth inning off Sterling Hitchcock and Carlos Hernandez.

Zip, Nada, Nil

Three of the Rockies six 1-0 wins at Coors Field have come against the Padres:

July 9, 2005 vs. Padres, Jason Jennings won , Brian Lawrence lost

June 11, 2008 vs. Padres, Brian Fuentes won and Keiichi Yabu lost.

Sept. 17, 2008 vs. Padres, Livan Hernandez won and Jose Geer lost.

Darryl Kile also earned a 1-0, 11-inning win at San Diego on Sept. 20, 1998.

Pitching In

   –10 pitchers used by Rockies Sept. 7, 2007 against San Diego set a National League record and tied major league record.

   –12 strikeouts by John Thomson at San Diego on Oct. 7, 2001 equaled third best single-game total for a Rockies pitcher. Club record is 14 by Darryl Kile at Montreal Aug. 20, 1998.

   –2 of the 15 two-hitters in franchise history came at San Diego, including one of the five nine-inning complete-game two-hitters (club record is a one-hitter). Jason Jennings went the distance on May 9, 2006. Denny Stark combined with Aaron Cook, Jason Young and Chin-hui Tsao on Sept. 27, 2003.

   –Rockies have been two-hit by San Diego three times, including at Coors Field when Odalis Perez, Brian Lawrence, Mike Holtz, Steve Reed and Trevor Hoffman combined on July 7, 2002. Rockies were two hit in San Diego by Chris Young and Hoffman on May 30, 2006, and Randy Wolf and Kevin Cameron, April 15, 2008.

   –17 times Rockies have shutout San Diego, including 12 times in San Diego.

   –12 times Padres have shutout Rockies, 11 times in San Diego.

Big Game

  –Matt Holliday tied club record with 8 RBI vs. San Diego Sept. 20, 2005. Record was set by Andres Galarraga against Dodgers June 27, 1996, and equaled by Larry Walker at St. Louis April 28, 1999, and by Ronnie Belliard against Arizona Sept. 23, 2003.

   –Darryl Kile worked club record 10 innings Sept. 20, 1998 at San Diego in a 1-0, 11-inning victory. Dave Veres earned the save.

   –Ben Petrick set a club record for RBI without a hit with four against SD Sept.20, 2000.

Deep Thinking

   –11 times Rockies have had back-to-back home runs against San Diego, six times at Coors Field. Todd Helton has been part of the back-to-backs at Coors Field five times, once with Vinny Castilla and four times with Larry Walker. Last time the Rockies had back-to-back against San Diego at Coors Field was Charles Johnson/Chris Stynes April 20, 2003.

   –5 times Rockies have had extra inning home runs against San Diego, but only twice at Coors Field, Dante Bichette off Trevor Hoffman on July 11, 1996, and Larry Walker off Terry Burros on June 5, 1997.

   –3 times Rockies have had walk-off home runs against San Diego:

   Dante Bichette, July 11, 1996, three-run home run off Trevor Hoffman for an 8-5, 10-inning victory.

   Larry Walker, June 5, 1997 two-run home run off Terry Barrows for a 9-7, 11^th inning victory.

   Clint Barmes, April 4, 2005, SEASON OPENER, two-run home run off Trevor Hoffman for 12-10, nine-inning victory.

   –2 times a Rockies leadoff hitter opened a game with a home run against the Padres:

   Eric Young off Chris Dishman, Aug. 6, 1995 at Coors Field.

   Darryl Hamilton off Woody Williams, April 12, 1999 at Coors Field.

   –2 of Rockies 12 inside-the-park home runs have come against San Diego.

   Mike Lansing, Sept. 6, 1998, sixth inning off Scott Sanders at Coors Field.

   Clint Barmes, Sept. 22, 2009, seventh inning off Luis Perdomo at Coors Field.

   –12 of Rockies 67 grand slams have been hit against Padres, including three at Mile High Stadium, five at Coors Field and four in San Diego. Among current Rockies, Chris Iannetta has hit two against San Diego, Troy Tulowitzki one and Todd Helton one.

   –10 of Rockies 100 pinch-hit home runs have been hit against the Padres, including three in San Diego, three in Mile High Stadium and four in Coors Field. Most recent was by Dustan Mohr off Dennys Reyes on July 10, 2005 and it was inside-the-park.

   –Andres Galarraga hit three home runs in consecutive at San Diego on June 25, 1995, first of 11 three home run games in franchise history, five in which it was done in consecutive at-bats.

   –Rockies hit three home runs in the seventh inning of a Sept. 28, 2003 game at San Diego, one of 22 three-home-run games in franchise history. Charles Johnson, Greg Norton and Jay Payton connected.

EX-PATRIOTS

Padres C Yorvit Torreabla, signed as a free-agent in the off-season, played with the Rockies 2-006-09.

Disabled Padres SS Evereth Cabrera was selected from the Rockies farm system at the Dec. 2008 Rule V Draft.

Padres Special Assignment Scout Bill Gayton was a scout with the Rockies for five years.

Padres director of player development Randy Smith was the Rockies original assistant general manager (1991-93).

Rockies 1B Todd Helton was 2^nd round draft choice of San Diego in 1992, but opted to attend Tennessee.

 Colorado Connection

Padres 3B Chase Headley attended Fountain-Fort Carson High School, where he was class valedictorian and all-conference in basketball.

Padres bullpen coach Darrell Akerfelds attended Columbine High School. Originally was a linebacker at Arkansas, but then transferred to Mesa State in Grand Junction to focus on baseball, and was a No. 1 pic of Seattle in 1984.

Mental skills coach and short-season Eugene manager Greg Riddoch, former big-league manager of the Padres (200-194, 1990-92), was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 1999. Native of Greeley now resides in Longmont.

Memories

Clint Barmes hit the second inside-the-park homer of his career on Sept. 22, 2009 vs. San Diego (last: 5/8/05 at Florida), the 12th in Rockies franchise history; he joins Ellis Burks as the two only players to record two inside-the-park home runs in a Rockies uniform (Burks: 5/15/94 vs. MON and 6/14/96 vs. PHI).

 Dexter Fowler tied modern day (since 1900) rookie record with 5 stolen bases vs. San Diego on April 27, 2009.

 Ubaldo Jimenez struck out career-best 13 batters at San Diego on May 3, 2010, two more than previous high set at San Diego in 2008.

 Seth Smith first major-league hit off Doug Brocail atf San Diego on Sept. 21, 2007.

 Ryan Spilborghs first career home run May 29, 2006 at San Diego off Jim Brower.

 Troy Tulowitzki first caeer home run Sept. 4, 2006, fourth inning, at San Diego off Woody Williams.