SAN DIEGO PADRES (19-15) vs.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS (15-15)

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 Petco Park San Diego, Calif. LHP Clayton Richard (0-1, 9.00) vs. LHP Jonathan Sanchez (1-2, 8.10) Game 35 XX 1090 PROBABLE PITCHERS
Padres Opponent Tuesday, April 3 vs. Kansas City Royals at Petco Park, 7:00 p.m. LHP Clayton Richard LHP Jonathan Sanchez Wednesday, April 4 vs. Kansas City Royals at Lake Elsinore, 2:00 p.m. TBA RHP Luis Mendoza Regular Season Thursday, April 5 vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, 4:05 p.m. RHP Edison Volquez LHP Clayton Kershaw Friday, April 6 vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, 7:05 p.m. LHP Cory Luebke RHP Chad Billingsley Saturday, April 7 vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, 5:35 p.m. RHP Dustin Moseley LHP Chris Capuano Sunday, April 8 vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, 1:05 p.m. LHP Clayton Richard RHP Aaron Harang

HELLO SAN DIEGO: Heading into two exhibition games in Southern California this week, the Padres ended Cactus League action at 1915play two games against the Royals (4/3 at Petco Park and 4/4 in Lake Elsinore)...the Padres played six split-squad days this Spring (3/7, 3/14, 3/22, 3/24, 3/27, 3/31). HOT STREAK: The Padres have won 16 of their last 24 gamesSan Diego came into today ranking second in the National League and fourth in the Cactus League with a .559 winning percentage. HAPPY OPENING DAY: Opening Day for the Padres is set for Thursday, April 5 with a 4:05 p.m. game against the Los Angeles Dodgers the game is sold outOpening Day pregame ceremonies are scheduled to begin at approximately 3:30 p.mPadres manager Bud Black announced that RHP Edinson Volquez is the Opening Day starter. HURLERS: In addition to Edison Volquez, Padres manager Bud Black announced that LHP Cory Luebke, RHP Dustin Moseley and LHP Clayton Richard will make out the Padres starting rotation this weekend against Los Angelesafter an off day Monday, the Padres play three games vs. the Arizona Diamondbacksthe rotation beyond Sunday has not been announced. LAST GAME: The Padres dropped their final Cactus League Spring Training game on Sunday in Surprise, 5-3, to the Texas Rangers LHP Cory Luebke allowed six hits and five runs over 2.0 innings in falling to 1-1he walked two and fanned threeRHP Casey Kelly pitched 5.0 scorless innings, allowing six hits with no walks and three strikeoutsMatt Clark and Jesus Guzman homered for the Padres, who had eight hits. MOVES: Yesterday, the Padres announced that RHPs Casey Kelly, Jeff Suppan and Jeff Wieland and infielder Matt Clark were reassigned to minor league camp. TONIGHTS STARTER: LHP Clayton Richard, who will start Sunday against the Los Angeles Dodgers, pitches tonight for San Diego tonight is his fifth official Spring start (had one minor league outing) had allowed 14 earned runs in 14 innings RUN SUPPORT: The Padres rank first in the Majors in runs scored at 193their 39 home runs this Spring rank second in the Big Leagues. GETTING ON: The Padres rank first in the Majors in on-base percentage (.361), slugging (.477) and OPS (.838)the club is first in the NL and fourth in the Majors in batting average (.290). ROSTER TALK: The Padres currently have 30 players on the roster, including 29 players on the 40-man roster and one non-roster invitee (Jeremy Hermida)the squad features 13 pitchers (three southpaws), two catchers, eight infielders and seven outfielders...the club entered camp with 16 players on the 40-man roster who were not at the beginning of 2011 Spring. SPRING FORWARD: Coming in to today, eight players currently in Major League camp with 10-or-more games were batting .300-or-better the list includes Nick Hundley (.412), Chris Denorfia (.357), Mark Kotsay (.345), Will Venable (.339), Kyle Blanks (.333), Yonder Alonso (.319) and Jeremy Hermida (.319). WILLING AND ABLE: Will Venable came in to today hitting .339 (20for-59) with six doubles and seven stolen bases in 20 gamesleads the squad this Spring in stolen bases and is tied for first in doubles (Yonder Alonso)his hits rank second on the team behind Alonso (23)Venable is hitting .367 (11-for-30) his past 10 games. OUT YONDER: Yonder Alonso is hitting .319 (23-for-72) on the Spring, leading the club in hitsis hitting .464 (13-for-28) over his last 10 contests, getting hits in eight games. FAST CASH: RHP Andrew Cashner has worked 9.0 innings, allowing just one run on seven hits and three walks while striking out 13 in nine appearances. SINGLE-GAME TICKETS: Single-game tickets for 2012 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. SEE YOU NEXT YEAR: 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.

STARTS BY POSITION
Pos. 1B: 2B: SS: 3B: C: LF: Players Alonso (22), Blanks (3), Clark (4), Guzman (5) Cabrera (8), Galvez (5), Hudson (10), Parrino (11) Bartlett (15), Cabrera (8), Parrino (8), Valdez (3) Darnell (10), Headley (16), Gyorko (8) Baker (14), Davis (2), Grandal (6), Hundley (12) Blanks (2), Darnell (4), Decker (2); Guzman (12), Hermida (1), Kotsay (7), Quentin (5), Venable (1) CF: Cabrera (1), Decker (3), Denorfia (3), Maybin (21), Tekotte (1), Venable (5) RF: Blanks (2), Carroll (1), Denorfia (6), Guzman (1), Hermida (5), Kotsay (4), Liriano (1), Venable (14) DH: Alonso (1), Blanks (3), Darnell (1), Grandal (2), Guzman (1), Hermida (3), 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 five 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 3/20 Agreed to terms with C Nick Hundley on a contract extension through 2014 with a club option for 2015 3/25 Reassigned RHPs Miles Mikolas and Matt Palmer, INF Jedd Gyorko and OF Jaff Decker to minor league camp 3/25 Optioned INF Jeudy Valdez to Double-A San Antonio 3/26 Placed INF Logan Forsythe on the 15-day DL with a left foot sesamoid fracture 3/26 Reassigned RHP Brad Boxberger to minor league camp 3/28 Optioned C Yasmani Grandal to Triple-A Tucson and reassigned LHP Alex Hinshaw to minor league camp 3/29 Reassigned INF Jonathan Galvez to minor league camp 3/31 Reassigned RHP Dale Thayer and C Brad Davis to minor league camp. 4/1 Optioned INF James Darnell to Triple-A Tucson 4/2 Reassigned RHPs Casey Kelly, Jeff Suppan, Joe Wieland and INF Matt Clark to minor league camp

40-MAN ROSTER (29) 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 13 Chris Denorfia, OF 11 Logan Forsythe, INF* 39 Ernesto Frieri, RHP 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 25 Will Venable, OF 37 Edinson Volquez, RHP * 15-Day DL NON-ROSTER (1) 47 Jeremy Hermida, OF REASSIGNED (20) 76 Brad Boxberger, RHP 77 Cory Burns, RHP 89 Matt Clark, INF/OF 66 Brad Davis, C 72 Jeff Decker, OF 75 Robbie Erlin, LHP 73 Jonathan Galvez, INF 70 Jedd Gyorko, INF 78 Jason Hagerty, C 85 Alex Hinshaw, LHP 68 Casey Kelly, RHP 79 Miles Mikolas, RHP 82 Matt Palmer, RHP 84 Eddy Rodriguez, C 87 Jorge Reyes, RHP 83 Ali Solis, C 90 C. Spangenberg, INF 38 Jeff Suppan, RHP 86 Dale Thayer, RHP 74 Joe Wieland, RHP OPTIONED (11) 22 James Darnell, INF 65 Jose De Paula, LHP 12 Yasmani Grandal, C 40 Erik Hamren, RHP 62 Rymer Liriano, OF 61 Juan Oramas, LHP 63 Edinson Rincon, INF 44 Josh Spence, LHP 9 Blake Tekotte, OF 60 Jeudy Valdez, INF 64 Nick Vincent, RHP RECORD DAY: 15-14-0 NIGHT: 4-1-0 HOME: 10-7-0 ROAD: 9-8-0 VS. NL: 13-8-0 VS. AL: 6-7-0 ATTENDANCE HOME TOTAL: 92,828 HOME AVG.: 5,460 ROAD TOTAL: 113,878 ROAD AVG.: 6,699 TOTAL: 206,706 AVERAGE: 7,128

PITCHING LOGS
Player Bass Date 3/4 3/8 3/13 3/18 3/24 3/28 3/31 3/4 3/7 3/9 3/14 3/16 3/20 3/22 3/23 3/26 3/27 3/29 3/31 3/4 3/7 3/10 3/14 3/17 3/20 3/23 3/24 3/30 3/5 3/8 3/11 3/14 3/19 3/24 3/26 3/29 3/4 3/7 3/10 3/13 3/16 3/20 3/22 3/29 3/31 3/7 3/12 3/17 3/22 3/27 4/1 3/5 3/10 3/15 3/20 3/25 3/30 IP 2.0 2.0 3.0 2.0 4.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 0.2 1.0 0.1 1.0 0.2 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 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 4.1 2.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 4.1 6.0 5.0 H 1 2 3 2 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 3 4 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 6 4 8 6 2 1 4 4 7 9 R ER 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 5 2 0 1 4 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 5 2 0 1 0 1 4 BB 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 SO 1 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 3 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 4 2 4 6 6 3 1 3 2 5 3 2 PIT 20 33 50 ---25 6 ---35 7 8 14 -18 11 13 10 ---9 12 14 20 13 26 27 13 -25 --39 20 10 -16 10 19 28 11 8 --63 79 89 61 28 --79 85 80 Player Owings Date 3/5 3/8 3/11 3/15 3/18 3/21 3/24 3/27 3/31 3/9 3/14 3/19 3/24 3/29 3/6 3/11 3/16 3/21 3/26 3/31 3/7 3/10 3/13 3/17 3/22 3/24 3/27 3/28 3/31 3/7 3/11 3/14 3/16 3/20 3/23 3/24 3/27 3/29 3/31 3/4 3/7 3/9 3/12 3/15 3/18 3/22 3/24 3/27 3/31 3/8 3/13 3/18 3/23 3/28 IP 1.0 2.0 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.0 3.0 1.1 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 4.2 4.1 2.0 2.0 2.2 6.0 5.0 5.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.2 1.0 1.0 0.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 5.2 7.0 H 3 1 1 4 1 0 2 4 3 2 3 3 7 12 2 5 11 3 7 7 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 5 R ER 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 1 2 0 5 9 1 3 5 0 2 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 8 1 3 5 0 2 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 BB 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 3 SO 0 2 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 3 5 4 2 1 2 1 2 3 2 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 6 2 PIT 32 22 20 ----21 27 --65 84 87 24 58 67 --80 19 -14 13 19 9 9 -20 20 21 -12 19 12 16 8 6 22 12 ------11 12 11 31 48 -81 --

Brach

Richard (L)

Stauffer

Cashner

Street

Frieri

Thatcher (L)

Gregerson

Thayer

Luebke (L)

Volquez

Moseley

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 W5-1 9-8 Thayer (1-0) COL* D (Postponed until 3/22) 3/19 Monday Off Day 3/20 Tuesday COL N W10-6 10-8 Brach (3-1) 3/21 Wednesday @LAD D W3-0 11-8 Stauffer (1-1) 3/22 Thursday CLE D L4-9 11-9 Wheeler (2-0) COL* D W11-6 12-9 Kelly (2-0) 3/23 Friday CIN N W5-2 13-9 Volquez (1-0) 3/24 Saturday CIN D L0-6 13-10 Chapman (1-0) @CHI D W5-1 14-10 Bass (2-0) 3/25 Sunday ARI D W4-3 15-10 Moseley (2-1) 3/26 Monday @CHI D L0-2 15-11 Maholm (1-1) 3/27 Tuesday LAD D W6-5 16-11 Thatcher (1-0) @TEX D L9-10 16-12 Yan (1-0) 3/28 Wednesday @CWS D W13-2 17-12 Volquez (2-0) 3/29 Thursday CHI D W12-11 18-12 Gregerson (1-1) 3/30 Friday SF N W8-7 19-12 Cashner (1-0) 3/31 Saturday MIL D L7-10 19-13 Narveson (1-1) @SEA D W6-1 19-14 Millwood (3-1) 4/1 Sunday @TEX D L3-5 19-15 Lewis (1-2) 4/2 Monday Workout** 1:30 p.m. PT 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) Ortiz (0-2) Escalona (0-1) Coffey (0-1) Gregerson (0-1) Moscoso (0-2) Arroyo (1-2) Richard (0-1) Wood (1-2) Collmenter (0-3) Stauffer (1-2) Felix (0-1) Hinshaw (0-1) Axelrod (0-2) Cabrera (1-2) Romo (0-2) Stauffer (1-3) Wieland (0-2) Luebke (1-1) 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 10,748 6,071 6,328 5,309 5,051 5,670 5,092 12,872 8,821 7,122 4,740 4,564 3,637 5,325 6,651 4,287 5773 6,959