SAN DIEGO PADRES (8-8) at SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (11-4-3)

Sunday, March 18, 2012 Scottsdale Stadium Scottsdale, Ariz. RHP Edinson Volquez (0-0, 5.40 ERA) vs. LHP Madison Bumgarner (0-1, 3.72 ERA) Game 17 Road Game 10 860 AM 1090 AM
CACTUS LEAGUE ACTION: The Padres enter todays action at 8-8over the Spring, 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)... have four remaining split-squad dates (March 22, 24, 27, 31). YESTERDAYS GAME: The Padres, thanks to a five-run first inning, won 8-5 last night over the Royals at the Peoria Sports Complex Cory Luebke allowed six hits and two runs over 4.0 inningshas allowed eight hits and two runs in 9.0 innings total this Spring Yonder Alonso was 2-for-3 with three RBIAndy Parrino went 2-for-3 and scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning. TODAYS STARTER: RHP Edinson Volquez, acquired in December in a five-player trade from the Cincinnati Reds, makes his third start of the Spring todayhe has allowed three hits and three runs over 5.0 previous inningsgave up one hit and two runs over 3.0 innings on Tuesday at home vs. the Chicago White Soxmade his first Cactus League start on 3/8 vs. the Giants, working 2.0 innings, allowing one run on two hits. HOT STREAK: San Diego has won five of its past six games. TWO MAGIC WORDS: The Padres have their lone scheduled off day Mondaythe team returns to game action Tuesday night at home at the Peoria Sports Complex at 7 oclock against National League West rival Colorado. MINOR WORK: With the clubs lone scheduled off day this Spring, LHP Clayton Richard and RHP Ernesto Frieri are both scheduled to pitch in a minor league game tomorrow. NO MINOR MATTER: Mark Kotsay was 2-for-4 with a walk for Single-A Lake Elsinore yesterday in a minor league appearance as designated hitter. FAST CASH: Andrew Cashner has worked five scoreless outings and 5.0 innings this Spring, allowing just four hits and two walks while striking out six. WILLING AND ABLE: Will Venable is hitting .310 (9-for-29) with four doubles in 10 games played. YES, ITS SPELLED CORRECTLY: Jaff Decker is hitting .345 (10for-29) in 14 games, including .368 (7-for-19) his past 10 games he leads the team in hits and RBI (8)tied for the club lead in runs (7) and doubles (5). ROSTER TALK: The Padres currently have 46 players in Big League camp, including 32 players on the 40-man roster and 14 non-roster inviteesthe squad currently features 21 pitchers (four southpaws), four catchers, 13 infielders and eight outfielders... entering camp, the club had 16 players on the 40-man roster who were not at the beginning of 2011 Spring. THE FUTURE: Five of the Padres Top 10 prospects, according to Baseball America, are currently in Big League camp...list includes INF Yonder Alonso (1), C Yasmani Grandal (2), RHP Casey Kelly (4), INF Jedd Gyorko (7) and RHP Joe Wieland (8)...Baseball Americas ranking of the Top 100 prospects also included Alonso (33), Grandal (53), Kelly (76) 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). ROOKIE ROUND-UP: 15 of the 46 players currently in camp will qualify as rookies in the 2012 season, with five of those 16 on the 40-man roster...the five consist of Brad Brach, Yasmani Grandal, James Darnell, Andy Parrino and Jeudy Valdez. 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

Sunday, March 18 at San Francisco Giants RHP Edinson Volquez LHP Madison Bumgarner RHP Anthony Bass RHP Shane Loux RHP Dale Thayer RHP Ramon Ortiz RHP Micah Owings RHP Clay Hensley LHP Alex Hinshaw LHP Jeremy Affeldt RHP Casey Kelly Monday, March 19 - Off Day (minor league game) LHP Clayton Richard Tuesday, March 20 vs. Colorado Rockies RHP Dustin Moseley RHP Jhoulys Chacin RHP Rafael Betancourt RHP Edgmer Escalona RHP Matt Belisle

Wednesday, March 21 at Los Angeles Dodgers RHP Tim Stauffer TBA Thursday, March 22 vs. Cleveland Indians TBA

TBA

Thursday, March 22 vs. Colorado Rockies (at Tucson, Ariz.) TBA TBA

STARTS BY POSITION
Pos. 1B: 2B: SS: 3B: C: LF: Players Alonso (10), Blanks (3), Clark (1), Guzman (2) Cabrera (2), Galvez (2), Hudson (6), Parrino (6) Bartlett (5), Cabrera (4), Parrino (4), Valdez (3) Darnell (7), Headley (5), Gyorko (4) Baker (6), Davis (2), Grandal (2), Hundley (6) Blanks (1), Darnell (1), Decker (1); Guzman (6), Kotsay (1), Quentin (5), Venable (1) CF: Cabrera (1), Decker (2), Maybin (10), Tekotte (1), Venable (2) RF: Blanks (1), Guzman (1), Hermida (3), Kotsay (3), Liriano (1), Venable (7) DH: Alonso (1), Blanks (2), Darnell (1), Grandal (1), Guzman (1), Hermida (2), 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 3/12 Reassigned ve players to minor league camp, including Cs Ali Solis and Eddy Rodriguez, INF Cory Spangenberg and RHPs Cory Burns and Jorge Reyes 3/15 Optioned OF Blake Tekotte to Triple-A Tucson 3/15 Optioned LHPs Jose De Paula and Juan Oramas, RHP Erik Hamren and INF Edinson Rincon to Double-A San Antonio 3/15 Optioned OF Rymer Liriano to Single-A Lake Elsinore 3/15 Reassigned LHP Robbie Erlin and C Jason Hagerty to minor league camp 3/16 Optioned LHP Josh Spence and RHP Nick Vincent to Triple-A Tucson

40-MAN ROSTER (32) 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 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 7 Chase Headley, INF 1 Orlando Hudson, INF 4 Nick Hundley, C 14 Mark Kotsay, INF/OF 52 Cory Luebke, LHP 24 Cameron Maybin, OF 26 Dustin Moseley, RHP 27 Micah Owings, RHP 3 Andy Parrino, INF/OF 18 Carlos Quentin, OF 33 Clayton Richard, LHP 46 Tim Stauffer, RHP 16 Huston Street, RHP 54 Joe Thatcher, LHP 60 Jeudy Valdez, INF 25 Will Venable, OF 37 Edinson Volquez, RHP NON-ROSTER (14) 76 Brad Boxberger, RHP 89 Matt Clark, INF/OF 66 Brad Davis, C 72 Jaff Decker, OF 73 Jonathan Galvez, INF 70 Jedd Gyorko, INF 47 Jeremy Hermida, OF 85 Alex Hinshaw, LHP 68 Casey Kelly, RHP 79 Miles Mikolas, RHP 82 Matt Palmer, RHP 38 Jeff Suppan, RHP 86 Dale Thayer, RHP 74 Joe Wieland, RHP REASSIGNED (7) 77 Cory Burns, RHP 83 Ali Solis, C 84 Eddy Rodriguez, C 87 Jorge Reyes, RHP 90 C. Spangenberg, INF 75 Robbie Erlin, LHP 78 Jason Hagerty, C OPTIONED (8) 40 Erik Hamren, RHP 62 Rymer Liriano, OF 61 Juan Oramas, LHP 65 Jose De Paula, LHP 63 Edinson Rincon, INF 44 Josh Spence, LHP 9 Blake Tekotte, OF 64 Nick Vincent, RHP

PITCHING LOGS
Player Bass Date 3/4 3/8 3/13 3/5 3/8 3/11 3/14 3/17 3/4 3/7 3/9 3/14 3/16 3/4 3/7 3/10 3/14 3/17 3/5 3/8 3/11 3/14 3/4 3/7 3/10 3/13 3/16 3/4 3/7 3/9 3/12 3/15 3/7 3/14 3/7 3/12 3/17 3/6 3/9 3/13 3/16 IP 2.0 2.0 3.0 0.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.1 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 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 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.1 2.0 3.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 H ER R BB SO PIT 1 1 1 0 1 20 2 1 0 0 2 33 3 1 1 1 3 50 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 1 6 5 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 4 4 2 4 1 1 0 0 25 13 29 -2 6 ---35 10 ---9 26 27 13 -20 10 -16 10 16 14 -------63 17 -9 11 Player Moseley Date 3/5 3/10 3/15 3/5 3/8 3/11 3/15 3/4 3/7 3/9 3/14 3/6 3/11 3/16 3/7 3/10 3/13 3/17 3/7 3/12 3/17 3/7 3/11 3/14 3/16 3/4 3/7 3/9 3/12 3/15 3/8 3/13 3/7 3/14 IP 2.0 3.0 4.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 H ER R BB SO PIT 2 2 2 0 1 28 1 0 0 0 3 -4 1 1 0 2 -3 1 1 4 1 0 2 3 2 0 2 5 1 0 1 2 1 3 5 2 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 2 0 0 5 1 0 1 2 1 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 3 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 4 32 22 20 -28 ---24 58 67 19 -14 13 23 -64 20 21 -12 12 ----31 48 40 52

Boxberger

Owings

Palmer Brach Richard (L) Stauffer Cashner

2.0 2 2.0 5 2.2 11 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 2.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 2.0 4.0 2 1 1 0 1 7 5 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 6 2

Street

Frieri

Suppan

Gregerson

Thatcher (L)

Hinshaw (L)

Thayer

Kelly Luebke (L)

Volquez Wieland

Mikolas

0 0 2 11 1 0 1 0

2012 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE/RESULTS

DATE 3/4 3/5 3/6 3/7 OPP. D/N RESULT REC WP @SEA^ D L4-5 0-1 Grube (1-0) SEA D L7-13 0-2 Iwakuma (1-0) @KC D L4-7 0-3 Hochevar (1-0) TEX D L2-6 0-4 Reynolds (1-0) @CIN D W5-0 1-4 Luebke (1-0) 3/8 Thursday SF D L2-5 1-5 Affeldt (1-0) 3/9 Friday @LAA D W6-3 2-5 Mikolas (1-0) 3/10 Saturday @CLE D W5-2 3-5 Moseley (1-1) 3/11 Sunday ARI D L7-8 3-6 Lorin (1-0) 3/12 Monday @COL D L2-11 3-7 Rogers (1-0) 3/13 Tuesday CWS D W6-3 4-7 Bass (1-0) 3/14 Wednesday @ARI D W8-0 5-7 Brach (1-1) @CIN D W9-4 6-7 Kelly (1-0) 3/15 Thursday @MIL D L4-6 6-8 Peralta (1-1) 3/16 Friday LAA D W8-7 7-8 Brach (2-1) 3/17 Saturday KC N W8-5 8-8 Boxberger (1-1) 3/18 Sunday @SF D AM 1090, AM 860 COL* D (Postponed until 3/22) 3/19 Monday Off Day 3/20 Tuesday COL N AM 1090 3/21 Wednesday @LAD D AM 1700 3/22 Thursday CLE D AM 1700 COL* D 3/23 Friday CIN N AM 1090 3/24 Saturday CIN D AM 1090, AM 860 @CHI D 3/25 Sunday ARI D AM 1090, AM 860 3/26 Monday @CHI D AM 1700 3/27 Tuesday LAD D AM 1700 @TEX D 3/28 Wednesday @CWS D AM 1700 3/29 Thursday CHI D AM 1700 3/30 Friday SF N AM 1090 3/31 Saturday MIL D AM 1700, AM 860 @SEA D 4/1 Sunday @TEX D AM 1090, AM 860 4/2 Monday Workout** 4/3 Tuesday KC** N AM 1090 4//4 Wednesday KC^^ D AM 1700 ^Charity Game * at Tucson ** at Petco Park ^^ at Lake Elsinore DAY Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday 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) Suppan (0-1) Leesman (0-1) Saito (0-1) Arredondo (1-1) Owings (0-1) Meyer (0-1) Wood (1-2) ATT 10,490 3,628 2,781 2,910 1,643 4,336 9,562 4,257 8,736 8,203 3,687 11,032 2,271 5,636 6,398 6,116

RECORD DAY: 7-8-0 NIGHT: 1-0-0 HOME: 3-4-0 ROAD: 5-4-0 VS. NL: 3-4-0 VS. AL: 5-4-0 ATTENDANCE HOME TOTAL: HOME AVG.: ROAD TOTAL: ROAD AVG.: TOTAL: AVERAGE:

35,811 5,116 55,875 6,208 85,570 5,705