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BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards  333 West Camden Street  Baltimore, MD 21201 BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 West Camden Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Saturday, April 5, 2014 Game #5 Road Game #2 Baltimore Orioles (1-3) vs. Detroit Tigers (3-0) RH Bud Norris (0-0, 0.00) vs. RH Rick Porcello (0-0, 0.00) TODAY’S GAME: The Orioles and Tigers meet in the second game of their three-game series in the Motor ODDS & ENDS City…The Birds dropped the series opener yesterday, after losing two of three to Boston to open the season…RH Home 1-2 Bud Norris will make his first start of 2014, squaring off against RH Rick Porcello. Away 0-1 Day 1-0 YESTERDAY: The Orioles dropped their third consecutive game, allowing a season-high 10 runs to Night 0-1 Detroit…The O’s were involved in their first challenge review of the season, when Tigers manager Brad Ausmus vs. LHP 1-1 challenged a bobbled catch on a fielder’s choice at second base…Steve Lombardozzi was called safe on the Nick vs. RHP 0-2 Markakis grounder, and the call stood as initially ruled. Series Record 0-1-0 VS. DETROIT: The Tigers lead the season series, 1-0…In 2013, the Orioles won the season series, 4-2, going 2- First game of series 1-1 1 in Baltimore and 2-1 in Detroit…The O’s lead the all-time series 436-397 (225-191 in Baltimore and 211-206 in Last game of a series 0-1 Detroit)…The Orioles are 59-39 against the Tigers at Oriole Park (since 1992) and 25-24 at Comerica Park (since Last 10 games 1-3 2000)…In 30 career games against the Orioles, new Tigers manager Brad Ausmus hit .313 (31-99), his highest Win/Loss streak L3 mark against any opponent except Oakland (.338 in 23 games). Longest win streak 1 (3/31) FUN IN THE SUN: The Birds are in the midst of five consecutive day games…It is their longest stretch of Longest losing streak 3 (4/2-current) Most games over .500 1 (1-0) consecutive day games this season…According to Elias, the five consecutive day games is the longest stretch Most games under .500 2 (1-3) since the Orioles also played five in a row from April 9-14, 1994…Their second longest stretch is three, August 22-24, when the team visits the Chicago Cubs for a three game set. Extra innings 0-0 Shutouts 0-0 TIGER HUNTER: In his last nine games against the Tigers, dating back to August 18, 2012, Chris Davis is One-run games 1-1 batting .389 (14-36) with three doubles, six homers, eight runs scored and 14 RBI. Two-run games 0-0 ON THE ROAD AGAIN: The Orioles begin their first road trip of the season with a three game set against the Lead after 7 innings 1-0 Tigers…Last season the Orioles were 39-42 in games outside of Baltimore…Chris Davis ranked second in the Tied after 7 innings 0-0 major leagues with 25 road home runs…Manny Machado was tied for second in the bigs with 26 road Trail after 7 innings 0-3 doubles…In 2013, Adam Jones led all current Orioles in road batting average with a .279 mark (95- Lead after 8 innings 1-0 341)…Darren O’Day led the Orioles in road ERA, posting a 1.60 ERA (33.2IP, 6ER) in away games last season. Tied after 8 innings 0-0 Trail after 8 innings 0-3 POWERFUL BEGINNING: Nelson Cruz homered in his first two games as an Oriole…According to Elias, he is the fifth Oriole to do so, joining Frank Robinson (1966), Rafael Palmeiro (1994), Pete Incaviglia (1996) and Orioles score first 1-1 Sal Fasano (2005)…Cruz became the 25th Oriole to hit a home run in his first game as an Oriole and the first to Opponent scores first 0-2 homer in his Birds debut on Opening Day since Cesar Izturis (April 6, 2009 vs. NYY). Score four or more runs 0-1 Score fewer than four runs 1-2 ON OPENING DAY: RF Nick Markakis made his eighth consecutive Opening Day start in RF, extending his club record (set with his seventh in 2013)…CF Adam Jones collected two hits, his fourth multi-hit Opening Day Orioles homer 1-1 Outhit opponents 0-0 as an Oriole…In his last six Opening Day games, Jones is batting .500 (12-24 with four doubles, a triple, a home th Equal hit total 0-0 run, six runs and five RBI)…DH Delmon Young became the Orioles 12 Opening Day designated hitter in the Outhit by opponents 1-3 last 12 seasons…CA Matt Wieters made his fifth consecutive Opening Day start behind the plate, tying him for Most hits in a game 9 (4/3) the fourth-longest start streak for an O’s catcher in club history (Rick Dempsey - 10 (’77-86); Chris Hoiles - 7 Fewest hits in a game 6 (3/31, 4/2) (’92-98); Gus Triandos - 6 (’57-62) and Andy Etchebarren - 5 (’66-70))…RH Chris Tillman was the O’s fifth Opening Day starting pitcher in the last five seasons. No errors 1-2 With one error 0-1 SEEING STARS: This off-season, the Birds added three former All-Stars in OF Nelson Cruz (TEX ’09 & ’13) With two errors 0-0 and RHPs Ubaldo Jimenez (COL ’10) & Evan Meek (PIT ’10)…In 2013, the O’s sent five to the Midsummer With three or more errors 0-0 Classic: 1B Chris Davis, 3B Manny Machado, SS J.J. Hardy, CF Adam Jones & RHP Chris Tillman. vs. AL 1-3 DISABLED LIST: Four O’s began the season on the 15-day DL: INF Michael Almanzar (retroactive to 3/23 – vs. AL East 1-2 left patellar tendinitis), INF Manny Machado (retro to 3/21 – recovering from left knee surgery), OF Francisco vs. AL Central 0-1 Peguero (retro to 3/21 – right wrist tendinitis), and OF Nolan Reimold (retro to 3/26 – cervical spine fusion vs. AL West 0-0 vs. NL 0-0 surgery)…RHP Edgmer Escalona was placed on the 60-day DL (right shoulder impingement). DE-FENSE: The O’s 119 errorless games last season set a ML record, surpassing the 2008 Houston Astros (113 Largest home crowd *46,685 (3/31) Largest road crowd 23,625 (4/4) in 161 games) for most errorless games in a season since 1900…The Birds made 54 errors, also setting a ML record for fewest errors in a 162-game season (previous record – 65, 2003 Seattle Mariners)…The O’s led MLB CURRENT ROAD TRIP with a .991 fielding percentage, setting a major league record for highest fielding percentage in baseball history, Record 0-1 topping the 2007 Rockies’ .989 mark…The Orioles were the first team in MLB history to post 100 errorless games by the end of August (they had 101)…The O’s previous season-low for team errors was 104 in 1998. Team Average .206 (7-34) Runs per Game 4.0 (4R/1G) AS GOOD AS GOLD: The Orioles had six finalists for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award in 2013: Chris Davis, J.J. Hardy, Adam Jones, Manny Machado, Nick Markakis and Matt Wieters, the most of any club…Hardy Fielding Errors 0 won his second Gold Glove (also 2012), while Jones won his third (also 2009 and 2012) and Machado claimed his Team ERA 11.25 (8.0IP, 10ER) first…The Birds became the first AL team since the 2002-03 Mariners to win at least three Gold Gloves in consecutive seasons and Jones and Hardy became the first set of AL teammates to win in back-to-back years since Starters W-L 0-1 Adrian Beltre and Ichiro Suzuki for the Mariners in 2007-08…2013 was the 19th time the Orioles had multiple Starters ERA 18.90 (3.1IP, 7ER) Gold Glove winners in the same season…Machado is the 17th different Oriole to win a Gold Glove. Bullpen W-L-S 0-0-0 SILVER SLUGGERS: The Orioles led the majors with three Silver Slugger Award winners in 2013 as Chris Bullpen ERA 5.79 (4.2IP, 3ER) Davis, J.J. Hardy and Adam Jones each received their first awards…The three winners were the most in a single Saves/Opps 0/0 season in Orioles history and the first since DH Aubrey Huff in 2008…Jones is the first Orioles outfielder to Best homestand 1-2 (3/31-4/3) claim a Silver Slugger Award, while Hardy is the third shortstop (Cal Ripken, Jr. eight times and Miguel Tejada Worst homestand 1-2 (3/31-4/3) twice) and Davis is the third first baseman (Eddie Murray twice and Rafael Palmeiro once)…The Orioles have Best road trip 0-1 (current) now had 11 players win Silver Sluggers (20 total awards) since the award began in 1980. Worst road trip 0-1 (current) THE SKIPPER: Buck Showalter, a two-time Manager of the Year (1994 and 2004), returns for his fifth season as Orioles manager…He was named 2012 AL Manager of the Year by the Sporting News…Showalter has a 1,163-1,095 (.515) record in 15 seasons as manager of the New York Yankees (313-268; 1992-95), Arizona Diamondbacks (250-236; 1998-2000), Texas Rangers (319-329; 2003-2006) and Orioles (281-262, 2010-current)…On May 1, 2012 in New York, Showalter became the 58th manager in MLB history to win 1,000 games.
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