Game Notes vs. COL (09.09) Padres Hope to Build upon Walk-off Win against Rox

4 min readSep 10, 2015

By Friar Wire

Following an exciting walk-off win on Tuesday, the Friars are back in action on Wednesday and hope to build a winning streak over the remainder of their current 11-game homestand.

With only two games left before heading back out on the road, the Padres (66–73) are hoping to keep themselves in the “win column” with another victory over the Rockies (57–81) tonight.

Toeing the rubber for San Diego will be RHP James Shields (10–6, 3.83 ERA), who owns a 2–0 record with a 4.96 ERA over three starts against the Rockies this season. Shields has also won both of his starts against the Rockies at Petco Park this season. Opposing Shields will be a formidable opponent in LHP Chris Rusin (5–7, 4.78 ERA). Rusin owns a 1–0 record with a 0.00 ERA (0 ER, 15.1 IP) in two career starts against San Diego, including a complete game shutout victory over the Padres earlier this season in Colorado.

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Here’s a look at some notable notes and highlights from today’s game notes to get you ready for Wednesday night’s matchup between the Rox and Friars down at Petco Park:

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner — Last night the Padres earned their second walk-off win of the season after Brett Wallace slapped an RBI fielder’s choice on the infield to score Cory Spangenberg. The Padres walk-off last night was the first such win since Derek Norris hit a game-ending grand slam against the Pittsburgh Pirates on May 29th. For Wallace, last night marked the first walk-off plate appearance of his career, and for the Padres it was the first pinch-hit walk-off since Spangenberg did so on September 2nd of last season against Arizona. Spangenberg has scored the game-winning run in each of the Padres last three walk-off wins, the longest such streak by a Padres player since Scott Hairston accomplished the same feat during the 2008 season.
A Whirling Dervish of Playoff Fury — Last night, the Padres’ Short-Season Single-A affiliat Tri-City Dust Devils earned a best-of-three series sweep over the Everett Aqua Sox (Seattle) in the Northwest League North Division Championship Series, and will now advance to the Northwest League Championship. The Dust Devils will await the winner of the Salem Keizer Volcanoes (San Francisco) and the Hillsboro Hops (Arizona) to see who they will face off in the Championship Series.
Rea-ted Rookie — Rookie RHP Colin Rea threw 7.0 innings of shutout baseball last night against Colorado, allowing just two hits while walking three and striking out four. With his outing, Rea became the 14th rookie in franchise history to have an outing of 7.0 shutout innings or more while allowing two hits or fewer, and the first since Odrisamer Despaigne did so on September 19th of last season vs. San Francisco. With Rockies rookie Jon Gray also throwing 5.0 shutout innings and allowing just two hits, yesterday marked only the second time since 1900 that opposing rookie starters each allowed no runs and two or fewer hits.
Going Kemping (Again) — As has been mentioned in the last several Padres game notes, outfielder Matt Kemp is working on a season-best and career-long 28-game on-base streak, during which he is hitting .319/.363/.593 with eight home runs and 32 RBI over that 28-game span. After extending his streak to 28-straight games, Kemp now holds the longest on-base streak by a Padres player since Chase Headley also reached base safely in 28 straight games during the 2012 season. The last player to reach base safely in 29-or-more straight games within a single season was Adrian Gonzalez — who reached base safely in 30 straight games during the 2006 season — when the Padres won their fifth National League West Division title.
Padres vs. Rockies, at a Glance — This season, the Padres own a 10–4 record (.714) against the Rockies while also holding a 6–1 record (.857) at home against Colorado in 2015. Overall, the Padres own a 55–53 record (.509) against the Rockies in 108 meetings at Petco Park since it opened in 2004.