BATTING NOTES
#23 - Yonder Alonso - INF
LAST GAME: 0-4, 2 E CURRENT STREAK: 0 G (0-6)PHI SERIES:
2-13, R, 2B, RBI, 3 BB, 2 E
SEASON STREAK: 5 G (4/7-13)HOMESTAND:
2-13, R, 2B, RBI, 3 BB, 2 E
LAST HR: 9/17/11 vs. MIL (Gallardo)• Over his last 12 games against right-handed pitching since 4/8, has hit .265(9-for-34)…against lefties, is 2-for-12 (.167) so far this season.• Hit in seven of eight games from 4/7-16 (.321, 9-for-28).• Career-high two doubles 4/13 at LAD…career-high
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ve-game hitting streakfrom 4/7-13 (.316, 6-for-19).• On his
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rst career Opening Day roster…turned 25 years old on 4/8.
#21 - John Baker - C
LAST GAME: DNP CURRENT STREAK: 0 G (0-5)PHI SERIES: 0-4 SEASON STREAK: 2 G (4/8-13)HOMESTAND: 0-4 LAST HR: 9/4/09 at WSH (Mock)• Played in three games so far this year…two starts with LHP Clayton Richardstarting and one with RHP Joe Wieland.• Is 6-for-22 (.273) in six career games at Petco Park, including one this year…made his Big League debut here on 7/9/08 for FLA.• Active on an Opening Day roster for the
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rst time since 2010…was acquiredin the offseason from MIA for LHP Wade LeBlanc.
#8 - Jason Bartlett - INF
LAST GAME: 0-4 CURRENT STREAK: 0 G (0-4)PHI SERIES: 1-10, R, 2B, RBI, 3 BB, E SEASON STREAK: 5 G (4/7-13)HOMESTAND:
1-10, R, 2B, RBI, 3 BB, E
LAST HR: 8/3/11 vs. LAD (Lilly)• Made 14 starts in the Padres 17 games so far, all at shortstop.• Started on Opening Day…over parts of nine years in the Big Leagues, hasmade seven Opening Day starts, all at shortstop, including each of the lastsix seasons since 2007 (also, 2005).
#13 - Chris Denor
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a - OF
LAST GAME: 0-1 (PH-LF) CURRENT STREAK: 0 G (0-8)PHI SERIES: 0-4, HBP SEASON STREAK: 3 G (4/10-13)HOMESTAND: 0-4, HBP LAST HR: 6/14/11 at COL (Nicasio)• On the last road trip, hit .467 (7-for-15) with three doubles and three runs.• Is 2-for-3 as a pinch-hitter…hit .364 (8-for-22) in the pinch last year and is acareer .316 (18-for-57) pinch-hitter…among all active players, his .316 careeraverage as a pinch-hitter is
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fth best (min. 50 PA as PH).• Hit the game-winning two-run homer in the eighth inning on 4/11 vs. ARI, togive the Padres the lead in the 2-1 win.• Started Opening Day in RF, his
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rst career Opening Day start.
#15 - Jesus Guzman - INF/OF
LAST GAME: 0-1 (PH) CURRENT STREAK: 0 G (0-1)PHI SERIES:
2-6, 2 RBI SEASON STREAK: 4 G (4/5-4/8)HOMESTAND:
2-6, 2 RBI
LAST HR: 8/5/11 at PIT (McCutchen)• Has not started the last two games for the Padres, appearing in both as a PH(1-for-2)…is a career .375 (9-for-24) pinch-hitter.• Has started 12 games, 10 in LF and two at 1B.• Is a career .310 (45-for-145) hitter in 47 games at Petco Park.• The 27-year-old made his
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rst career Opening Day roster this year.
#7 - Chase Headley - INF
LAST GAME:
1-2, 2 R, 2B, RBI, 2 BB
CURRENT STREAK: 5 G (4/18)PHI SERIES:
4-12, 3 R, 2B, RBI, 4 BB, SB
SEASON STREAK: 8 G (4/8-16)HOMESTAND:
4-12, 3 R, 2B, RBI, 4 BB, SB
LAST HR: 4/18/12 at COL (Nicasio)• Hit safely in 13 of his past 14 games since 4/8, batting .362 (17-for-47) with sixdoubles, four home runs, 12 RBI, 13 runs and 13 walks in that span.• Reached base safely via hit or walk in 14 of his 17, including 14 of his last 15.• Walked 15 times so far, second-most in the Majors behind Joey Votto (16).• Is a career .305 (25-for-82) hitter vs. WSH, his third-best average againstany team (min. 15 AB).• First multi-homer game of his career 4/18 at COL.• Overall on the last six-game road trip, hit .391 (9-for-23) with four doubles,three homers, seven RBI and seven runs scored.• Career-high tying three doubles 4/16 at COL (2x, also 9/21/09 at PIT)…tied formost ever in a game by a Padre (35x, last: Nick Hundley on 8/31/10 at ARI).• Snapped a season-opening 0-for-12 streak with a grand slam in the eighthon 4/8 vs. LAD, his
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rst hit of the season…
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rst Padre to hit a grand slam forhis
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rst hit of a season since Aaron Cunningham also did on 6/15/10 vs. TOR.• Grand slam was the second of his career (also, 8/5/11 at PIT).
#47 - Jeremy Hermida - OF
LAST GAME: DNP CURRENT STREAK: 1 G (4/19)PHI SERIES: 1-4, 3B SEASON STREAK: 3 G (4/8-15)HOMESTABD:
1-4, 3B
LAST HR: 9/17/11 vs. ARI (Collmenter)• Has started batting cleanup in the lineup twice this season…coming into thisyear, had just three previous career starts batting fourth, all in 2009 for FLA.• Made three starts total this year, all in RF.• Hit a game-tying two-run pinch-hit single 4/15 at LAD…is 3-for-6 (.500) as aPH this year…is a career .250 (17-for-68) pinch-hitter.• Made an Opening Day roster this year for the
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rst time since 2010 with BOS.
#1 - Orlando Hudson - INF
LAST GAME: 2-3, 3B CURRENT STREAK: 6 G (4/15)PHI SERIES: 5-13, R, 2 3B, 2 RBI, BB SEASON STREAK: 6 G (4/15-current)HOMESTAND:
5-13, R, 2 3B, 2 RBI, BB
LAST HR: 9/17/11 vs. ARI (Collmenter)• Has a hit a triple in each of his last two games,
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fth time in his career to triple inback-to-back games (54th time in club history, last Maybin a day prior, 4/20-21).• Has three triples total, tied for most in the Majors…hit three all of last year.• Working on a six-game hitting streak (.333, 7-for-21).• Has made 14 starts this season, all at second base.• In his career, has started 1,212 games at second base, the second-most byany active player behind Adam Kennedy (1,239 starts at second base).
#4 - Nick Hundley - C
LAST GAME:
2-3, 2 R, 3B, HR, 4 RBI, SF
CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (4/21)PHI SERIES:
3-11, 2 R, 3B, HR, 4 RBI, SF
SEASON STREAK: 4 G (4/15-18)HOMESTAND:
3-11, 2 R, 3B, HR, 4 RBI, SF
LAST HR: 4/22/12 vs. PHI (Blanton)• Tripled and homered in his last game, knocking in a career-high four RBI on4/22 vs. PHI.• Hit 11 triples in his career, third-most all-time by a Padres catcher behindBenito Santiago (15) and Gene Tenace (13).• Hit in six of his last seven games, batting .385 (10-for-26) over that stretch.• Has started 14 of the Padres 17 games this season.• Hit a then-career-high tying three RBI 4/16 at COL (9x, last 9/28/11 vs. CHI)…
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rst HR of the season 4/17 at COL.• Started the season with an 0-for-21 streak, snapped 4/15 at LAD…was thethird-longest hitless streak ever to start a season by a Padres non-pitcher, andlongest since Ozzie Smith’s club-record 0-for-32 stretch to begin the 1979 sea-son…alsotied his career-long 0-for-21 streak that came in 2009 (6/17-8/20/09).
#14 - Mark Kotsay - OF
LAST GAME: 0-3, R CURRENT STREAK: 0 G (0-8)PHI SERIES: 0-7, R, BB SEASON STREAK: 1 G (4/17)HOMESTAND: 0-7, R, BB LAST HR: 9/16/11 at CIN (Arroyo)• Made three starts so far, all in LF…went 2-for-3 with a walk in his
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rst start ofthe season 4/17at COL.• In two PH appearances so far has gone 0-for-2…however, is a career .304(41-for-135) pinch-hitter, the
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fth-best average among all active players with100-or-more plate appearances, right behind Juan Pierre (.312).• Activated from the 15-day DL on 4/16 prior to the start of the game at COL…was placed on the DL with a strained right calf to start the season.• The 36-year-old also played for SD from 2001-03…went 10-for-29 (.345)this Spring.
#24 - Cameron Maybin - OF
LAST GAME: 1-4, CS CURRENT STREAK: 3 G (4/20)PHI SERIES:
3-13, 2 R, 2 3B, 2 BB, SB, CS, SH
SEASON STREAK: 3 G (2x, 4/5-current)HOMESTAND
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3-13, 2 R, 2 3B, 2 BB, SB, CS, SH
LAST HR: 4/5/12 vs. LAD (Jansen)• Hit a triple in back-to-back games 4/20-21…second time in his career to triplein back-to-back games…hit three triples total this year, tied for most in theMajors (also, Orlando Hudson, Angel Pagan and Nate Schierholtz).• Snapped an 0-for-19 streak against left-handed pitchers on 4/20..• Started 16 of the Padres 17 games, all in CF.• Since the All-Star break last season, has stolen 32 bases (including four thisyear), third-most among all players.• Committed an error on Opening Day, 4/5 vs. LAD…last season committed just two errors in 68 games and 601.2 innings played at Petco Park, all in CF.
#3 - Andy Parrino - INF/OF
LAST GAME: DNP CURRENT STREAK: 4 G (4/15)PHI SERIES: 1-3, 2B SEASON STREAK: 4 G (4/15-current)HOMESTAND:
1-3, 2B LAST HR: 4/8/12 vs. LAD (Harang)• Hit in each of his last four games (.357, 5-for-14).• Started six games so far, three at 2B and three at SS.• Hit
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rst career homer 4/8 vs. LAD off former teammate Aaron Harang.• Made his
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rst career Opening Day roster this year…made his Major Leaguedebut for the Padres in August of last season.• In 30 games this Spring, hit .221 (15-for-68) with one double,
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ve home runs,nine RBI and 11 runs scored.
#25 - Will Venable - OF
LAST GAME: 1-4, R, E CURRENT STREAK: 2 G (4/21)PHI SERIES:
3-14, R, SB, CS, 2 E SEASON STREAK: 2 G (4x, 4/21-current)HOMESTAND:
3-14, R, SB, CS, 2 E LAST HR: 4/13/12 at LAD (Harang)• Made 11 starts so far, seven in RF, three in LF and one in CF…has startedthree games batting leadoff.• Hit safely in each of his 11 starts, batting .302 (13-for-43) in his starts.• So far, is 3-for-7 (.429) against left-handed pitching this season.• Committed his fourth error of the season on Sunday vs. PHI, already tyinghis career-high in errors from 2010…has played in 14 games and 102.1 in-nings this year…committed his four errors in 2010 over 121 games and 937.1innings played.• Three of his four errors have come at home…coming into the season, hadcommitted just two errors in his career at Petco Park (one in 2009 & 2011).• Hit his
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rst homer of the season on 4/13 at LAD off former teammate AaronHarang, snapping Harang’s streak of nine consecutive strikeouts.AlonsoBakerBartlettDenor
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2011 VS. WSH
AVG. AB H HR RBI.500 6 3 1 1.250 4 1 0 0.214 28 6 1 1.238 21 5 0 1--- -- -- -- --.261 23 6 1 3--- -- -- -- ----- -- -- -- --.100 10 1 0 0.182 11 2 0 0.000 4 0 0 0--- -- -- -- --.167 6 1 0 0
CAREER VS. WSH
AVG. AB H HR RBI.500 6 3 1 1.225 80 18 3 12.231 39 9 1 3.270 37 10 2 7--- -- -- -- --.305 82 25 3 12.262 191 50 7 30.288 146 42 8 24.308 39 12 1 7.303 277 84 6 35.230 74 17 1 2--- -- -- -- --.220 50 11 1 5
VS. GONZALEZ
AVG. AB H BB SO HR--- -- -- -- -- ----- -- -- -- -- --.667 6 4 3 0 0--- -- -- -- -- ----- -- -- -- -- ----- -- -- -- -- ----- -- -- -- -- --.000 2 0 1 2 0--- -- -- -- -- ----- -- -- -- -- ----- -- -- -- -- ----- -- -- -- -- ----- -- -- -- -- --
CAREER AT PETCO PARK
AVG. AB H HR RBI.176 34 6 0 2.273 22 6 0 4.222 293 65 1 10.272 302 82 5 25.310 145 45 4 29.229 911 209 16 94.243 74 18 4 9.237 392 93 5 37.261 509 133 22 77.189 37 7 0 3.229 288 66 3 13.250 32 8 1 4.225 587 132 17 62