SAN DIEGO PADRES (3-6) at COLORADO ROCKIES (2-6-1)

Monday, March 12, 2012 Salt River Fields at Talking Stick Scottsdale, AZ LHP Cory Luebke (1-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Jeremy Guthrie (0-0, 6.00 ERA) Game 10 Road Game 6 1700 AM
CACTUS LEAGUE ACTION: The Padres enter todays game at 3-6...over the Spring slate, the Friars play a total of 34 games in Arizona before heading home for a workout on 4/2 followed by two games against the Royals (4/3 at Petco Park and 4/4 in Lake Elsinore)...the clubs Cactus League schedule includes five remaining split-squad games (March 14, 18, 24, 27, 31). LAST TIME OUT: The Padres dropped an 8-7 decision to the Diamondbacks yesterday, letting a one-run lead slip away in the ninth...the Friars threatened in the bottom half of the inning, beginning with a solo shot by Blake Tekotte and finally going down with the tying and winning runs on base...Robbie Erlin (2.0), Ernesto Frieri (1.0), Joe Thatcher (1.0) and Cory Burns (1.0) each tossed scoreless ball for the Friars...in addition to Tekotte, Orlando Hudson also connected, hitting a two-run shot in the fourth inning. TODAYS STARTER: Cory Luebke takes the hill today, making his second start of the Spring...he struck out four over 2.0 scoreless innings in his first outing 3/7 at CIN...signed as the 63rd overall pick in 2007, he made his first Opening Day roster in 2011, beginning the season in the bullpen before making his way to the starting rotation...he finished the year with 17 starts and 29 relief appearances, going 5-8 with a 3.31 ERA (37 ER/100.2 IP) as a starter... limited opponents to a .209 average on the year, fifth-best ever by a Padres pitcher with 100-or-more innings pitched and the best ever by a Padres rookie. ON THE MEND: INF Logan Forsythe underwent a procedure Friday, performed by Dr. Heinz Hoenecke at the Scripps Surgery Center Carmel Valley, to have a bone in his left foot removedrecovery time is estimated at six to eight weeks. THE FUTURE: Eight of the Padres top 10 prospects, according to Baseball America, are in camp this Spring...that list includes INF Yonder Alonso (1), C Yasmani Grandal (2), OF Rymer Liriano (3), RHP Casey Kelly (4), INF Cory Spangenberg (5), INF Jedd Gyorko (7), RHP Joe Wieland (8) and LHP Robbie Erlin (9)...Baseball America also recently released their ranking of the top 100 prospects in baseball, including Alonso (33), Grandal (53), Kelly (76), Spangenberg (78) and Gyorko (98)in total, the club had six players featured in the top 100 which were tied for the most among all clubs (also, Athletics, Cardinals and Rangers). ROSTER TALK: The Padres have 61 players in Big League camp...with a full 40-man roster and 21 non-roster invitees, the squad features 29 pitchers (eight southpaws), seven catchers, 15 infielders and 10 outfielders...entering camp, the club has 16 players on the 40-man roster who were not at the beginning of 2011 Spring Training. ROOKIE ROUND-UP: 29 of the 61 players in camp will qualify as rookies in the 2012 season, with 13 of those 29 on the 40-man roster...the 13 consist of Brad Brach, Erik Hamren, Nick Vincent, Jose De Paula, Juan Oramas, Yasmani Grandal, James Darnell, Andy Parrino, Edinson Rincon, Cory Spangenberg, Jeudy Valdez, Rymer Liriano and Blake Tekotte. PADRES ON THE RADIO: Each day there is a Padres game, you will be able to hear it broadcast in English on 1090 AM or 1700... one game will be broadcast on days there are split squad games... the action will be brought to you by Ted Leitner, Jerry Coleman, Andy Masur and newcomer Bob Scanlan...in addition, all Saturday and Sunday games will be broadcast in Spanish on AM 860, with Eduardo Ortega and Juan Avila calling the action. SINGLE-GAME TICKETS: Single-game tickets for the Padres 2012 season are currently on sale and can be purchased online at www.padres.com/tickets, by phone at 619-795-5555 or at the Petco Park box office. SPRING HOME: The Padres, Mariners and city of Peoria announced an extension earlier this month, keeping Spring Training baseball at the Peoria Sports Complex until 2034...the Padres have called Peoria home since relocating from Yuma in 1994. 11,000 PADRES: The Little League season has kicked off in San Diego, with players all over the county sporting their new Padres uniforms thanks to the clubs Youth Baseball Initiative...the program has supplied over 11,600 Little Leaguers with Padres uniforms, representing 20 different styles from throughout the clubs history.

PROBABLE PITCHERS
Padres Opponent

Monday, March 12 at Colorado Rockies LHP Cory Luebke RHP Jeremy Guthrie RHP Jeff Suppan RHP Esmil Rogers RHP Luke Gregerson LHP Matt Reynolds RHP Erik Hamren RHP Rafael Betancourt LHP Alex Hinshaw LHP Edwar Cabrera RHP Jorge Reyes Tuesday, March 13 vs. Chicago White Sox RHP Edinson Volquez RHP Gavin Floyd Wednesday, March 14 at Arizona Diamondbacks RHP Casey Kelly TBA Wednesday, March 14 at Cincinnati Reds LHP Clayton Richard LHP Aroldis Chapman LHP Clayton Tanner LHP Donnie Joseph RHP Jose Arredondo LHP Ron Mahay RHP Andrew Brackman RHP Kyle Lotzkar Thursday, March 15 at Milwaukee Brewers RHP Dustin Moseley TBA Friday, March 16 vs. Los Angeles Angels RHP Tim Stauffer TBA

STARTS BY POSITION
Pos. 1B: 2B: SS: 3B: C: LF: CF: RF: DH: Players Alonso (6), Blanks (2), Guzman (1) Cabrera (1), Hudson (5), Parrino (3) Bartlett (1), Cabrera (3), Parrino (3), Valdez (2) Darnell (5), Gyorko (3), Headley (1) Baker (2), Davis (1), Grandal (2), Hundley (4) Blanks (1), Guzman (3), Kotsay (1), Quentin (3), Venable (1) Cabrera (1), Decker (1), Maybin (5), Tekotte (1), Venable (1) Blanks (1), Hermida (3), Kotsay (1), Venable (4) Alonso (1), Blanks (1), Darnell (1), Grandal (1), Guzman (1), Hermida (1), Kotsay (1), Quentin (1)

TRANSACTIONS
Date Transaction 3/3 Agreed to terms with OF Cameron Maybin on a contract extension through 2016 with a club option for 2017 3/8 Agreed to terms with 20 players on one-year contracts for 2012

40-MAN ROSTER (40) 23 Yonder Alonso, INF 21 John Baker, C 8 Jason Bartlett, INF 45 Anthony Bass, RHP 88 Kyle Blanks, INF/OF 58 Brad Brach, RHP 2 Everth Cabrera, INF 34 Andrew Cashner, RHP 22 James Darnell, INF 65 Jose De Paula, LHP 13 Chris Denora, OF 11 Logan Forsythe, INF 39 Ernesto Frieri, RHP 12 Yasmani Grandal, C 57 Luke Gregerson, RHP 15 Jesus Guzman, INF/OF 40 Erik Hamren, RHP 7 Chase Headley, INF 1 Orlando Hudson, INF 4 Nick Hundley, C 14 Mark Kotsay, INF/OF 62 Rymer Liriano, OF 52 Cory Luebke, LHP 24 Cameron Maybin, OF 26 Dustin Moseley, RHP 61 Juan Oramas, LHP 27 Micah Owings, RHP 3 Andy Parrino, INF/OF 18 Carlos Quentin, OF 33 Clayton Richard, LHP 63 Edinson Rincon, INF 44 Josh Spence, LHP 46 Tim Stauffer, RHP 16 Huston Street, RHP 9 Blake Tekotte, OF 54 Joe Thatcher, LHP 60 Jeudy Valdez, INF 25 Will Venable, OF 64 Nick Vincent, RHP 37 Edinson Volquez, RHP NON-ROSTER (21) 76 Brad Boxberger, RHP 77 Cory Burns, RHP 89 Matt Clark, INF/OF 66 Brad Davis, C 72 Jaff Decker, OF 75 Robbie Erlin, LHP 73 Jonathan Galvez, INF 70 Jedd Gyorko, INF 78 Jason Hagerty, C 47 Jeremy Hermida, OF 85 Alex Hinshaw, LHP 68 Casey Kelly, RHP 79 Miles Mikolas, RHP 82 Matt Palmer, RHP 87 Jorge Reyes, RHP 84 Eddy Rodriguez, C 83 Ali Solis, C 90 Cory Spangenberg, INF 38 Jeff Suppan, RHP 86 Dale Thayer, RHP 74 Joe Wieland, RHP

PITCHING LOGS
Player Bass Boxberger Date 3/4 3/8 3/5 3/8 3/11 3/4 3/7 3/9 3/5 3/8 3/11 3/4 3/7 3/10 3/6 3/9 3/6 3/11 3/5 3/8 3/11 3/4 3/7 3/10 3/4 3/7 3/9 3/4 3/7 3/9 3/7 3/7 3/6 3/9 3/5 3/10 IP 2.0 2.0 0.1 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 H ER R BB SO PIT 1 1 1 0 1 20 2 1 0 0 2 33 3 0 3 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 5 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 0 5 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 1 1 1 3 25 13 29 6 --17 21 14 10 --9 -33 19 26 27 13 20 10 -13 --16 14 ---17 -28 -Player Oramas (L) Owings Date 3/6 3/10 3/5 3/8 3/11 3/4 3/7 3/5 3/9 3/9 3/5 3/6 3/11 3/7 3/10 3/7 3/7 3/11 3/4 3/7 3/9 3/5 3/7 3/10 3/8 3/7 IP 2.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 0.1 2.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 H ER R BB SO PIT 3 3 3 1 2 36 4 1 1 0 1 -3 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 3 2 5 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 6 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 5 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 32 22 20 28 -30 --8 24 58 19 -23 20 21 12 --17 10 -31 40

Brach

Palmer Reyes Richard (L) Spence (L) Stauffer Street Suppan Thatcher (L) Thayer

Burns

Cashner

De Paula (L) Erlin (L) Frieri

Gregerson

Vincent

Hamren

Volquez Wieland

Hinshaw (L)

Kelly Luebke (L) Mikolas Moseley

2012 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE/RESULTS

DATE 3/4 3/5 3/6 3/7 3/8 3/9 3/10 3/11 3/12 3/13 3/14 3/15 3/16 3/17 3/18 3/19 3/20 3/21 3/22 3/23 3/24 3/25 3/26 3/27 DAY Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday OPP. D/N @SEA^ D SEA D @KC D TEX D @CIN D SF D @LAA D @CLE D ARI D @COL D CWS D @ARI D @CIN D @MIL D LAA D KC N @SF D COL* D Off Day COL N @LAD D CLE D CIN N CIN D @CHI D ARI D @CHI D LAD D @TEX D @CWS D CHI D SF N MIL D @SEA D @TEX D Workout** KC** N KC^^ D RESULT L4-5 L7-13 L4-7 L2-6 W5-0 L2-5 W6-3 W5-2 L7-8 AM 1700 AM 1700 REC 0-1 0-2 0-3 0-4 1-4 1-5 2-5 3-5 3-6 WP Grube (1-0) Iwakuma (1-0) Hochevar (1-0) Reynolds (1-0) Luebke (1-0) Affeldt (1-0) Mikolas (1-0) Moseley (1-1) Lorin (1-0) LP Brach (0-1) Moseley (0-1) Stauffer (0-1) Wieland (0-1) Arroyo (0-1) Frieri (0-1) Oye (0-1) Masterson (0-2) Boxberger (0-1) ATT 10,490 3,628 2,781 2,910 1,643 4,336 9,562 4,257 8,736

AM 1700 AM 1090 AM 1090 AM 1090, AM 860 AM 1090, AM 860

RECORD DAY: 3-6-0 NIGHT: 0-0-0 HOME: 0-4-0 ROAD: 3-2-0 VS. NL: 1-2-0 VS. AL: 2-4-0 ATTENDANCE HOME TOTAL: HOME AVG.: ROAD TOTAL: ROAD AVG.: TOTAL: AVERAGE:

AM 1090 AM 1700 AM 1700 AM 1090 AM 1090, AM 860 AM 1090, AM 860 AM 1700 AM 1700 AM 1700 AM 1700 AM 1090 AM 1700, AM 860 AM 1090, AM 860 AM 1090 AM 1700 ^^ at Lake Elsinore

19,610 4,902 28,733 5,747 48,343 5,371

3/28 3/29 3/30 3/31 4/1 4/2 4/3 4//4

^Charity Game

* at Tucson

** at Petco Park