WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 • GAME #49 • HOME GAME #28 BALTIMORE ORIOLES (21-27) Vs
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 • GAME #49 • HOME GAME #28 BALTIMORE ORIOLES (21-27) vs. ATLANTA BRAVES (29-20) LHP Keegan Akin (0-1, 4.61) vs. LHP Cole Hamels (7-7, 3.81 in ‘19) O’s SEASON BREAKDOWN ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The O’s fell to the Braves by a score of 5-1 on Tuesday night...The Orioles TIP OF THE CAP Overall 21-27 are now 0-17 when scoring three runs or fewer, compared to 21-10 when scoring at least four runs. In May of this year, longtime Baltimore Sun sports- Home 11-16 writer, Peter Schmuck retired...Schmuck began HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH: The Orioles and Major League Baseball will celebrate Hispanic his writing career in California, covering the An- Road 10-11 gels and Dodgers for the Orange County Register, Day 8-6 Heritage Month by focusing on the contributions to baseball by Latino players past and present... The O’s will recognize Hispanic heritage on Saturday...Orioles Hall of Famer Dennis Martínez before moving to Baltimore and joining The Sun in Night 12-21 1990...A six-time recipient of the Maryland Sports- Current Streak L1 will throw out a virtual ceremonial first pitch prior to that evening’s game against the Tampa Bay writer of the Year Award, Schmuck has been a Last 5 Games 1-4 Rays...Martínez, nicknamed “El Presidente,” will also join the MASN and Orioles Radio Network household name in the Maryland sports world for Last 10 Games 4-6 pregame shows to discuss his work aiding COVID-19 relief efforts in his native Nicaragua. the past three decades...Please join us in wishing July 3-3 all the best to Schmuck, enjoy your retirement! RACE FOR .400: INF José Iglesias is hitting .374 (46-for-123) through his first 32 games with August 12-16 HERE’S THE (FIRST) PITCH September 6-8 the Orioles...Among players with at least 100 at-bats, Iglesias’ .374 average ranks second in the Batting average leaders on an 0-0 count: vs. LHSP 4-5 majors...Tim Anderson of the Chicago White Sox leads the majors with a .377 mark (min. 100 vs. RHSP 17-22 AB)...The last player in the majors to hit over .390 in a season was San Diego’s Tony Gwynn, 1. BALTIMORE ORIOLES .421 Series Opener 6-11 who hit .394 during 110 games of the strike-shortened 1994 season.. 2. San Diego Padres .4170 Series Opener at Home 3-7 Iglesias went 4-for-4 in Monday night’s win while driving in four runs...According to the 3. Atlanta Braves .4166 Series Opener on Road 3-4 Elias Sports Bureau, he became the first Orioles starting shortstop to be perfect at the 4. San Francisco Giants .3914 By Series 5-8-3 plate with at least four RBI in a regular-season game since August 16, 1969, when Chi- 5. New York Mets .3908 By Home Series 2-5-2 co Salmon went 4-for-4 and knocked in six runs in the O’s 15-3 victory over the Seattle By Road Series 3-3-1 Pilots...Kiko Garcia also accomplished the feat after going 4-for-4 with four RBI during NOTHING AVERAGE ABOUT IT Rubber Games 1-1 Baltimore’s Game 3 win in the 1979 World Series. Batting average leaders (min. 100 AB): Sweeps/Were Swept 3-6 1. Tim Anderson, CWS .377 WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS: According to teamrankings.com the O’s remaining Scored First 15-9 2. JOSÉ IGLESIAS, BAL .374 strength of schedule (as of Sept. 16) ranks as the toughest in the AL and third-toughest in the majors. Opponent Scored First 6-18 3. DJ LeMahieu, NYY .363 1-run games 6-11 During the month of September, O’s hitters rank seventh in the AL in OPS (.760), rank 4. Freddie Freeman, ATL .352 Comeback Wins 9-13 sixth in batting average (.257), and rank fourth in home runs (21). Last AB Wins 4-9 OF DJ Stewart’s seven home runs lead the AL lead in September and INF/OF Ryan SEPTEMBER TO REMEMBER Walk-off Wins 2-3 Mountcastle ranks fifth in the AL with 14 RBI, Stewart is tied for eighth in the AL with 12 Home run leaders in September in the majors: Extra Innings 4-4 RBI, and INF Rio Ruiz is tied for 15th in the AL with 10 RBI during the month. Led After 6 16-1 The O’s 4.10 ERA (53 ER/116.1 IP) during September ranks sixth-best in the AL...O’s 1. Adam Duvall, ATL 10 HR Led After 7 17-1 pitchers have allowed 53 earned runs during the month to tie for fifth-fewest in theAL. 2. DJ STEWART, BAL 7 HR Led After 8 16-1 3. Ronald Acuña, Jr., ATL 6 HR Tied After 6 3-5 IF YOU AIN’T FIRST, YOU’RE LAST: The Orioles rank first in the majors in batting average Freddie Freeman, ATL 6 HR Tied After 7 1-7 (.421), and lead the AL and ranks third in the majors in OPS (1.127), and rank sixth in the majors Marcell Ozuna, ATL 6 HR Tied After 8 3-5 in extra-base hits (28) on the first pitch of an at-bat...The O’s are tied for third in the AL and are Jared Walsh, LAA 6 HR Behind After 6 2-21 tied for fourth in the majors in doubles (17), and second in the AL and sixth in the majors in hits Behind After 7 2-15 (72) as a team on the first pitch. SMALL BALL Behind After 8 1-17 Leaders in the majors in bunt hits: vs. A.L. Teams 11-18 SMALL BALL FOR ALL: The O’s lead the majors with 14 bunt hits this season...OF Cedric 1. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 14 vs. N.L. Teams 10-9 Mullins leads the majors with eight bunt hits, while INF Hanser Alberto ranks fourth in the majors 2. Colorado Rockies 8 Hit 0 HR 4-11 with four bunt hits and INF/OF Andrew Velazquez is tied for eighth in the majors with two bunt hits. Hit 1+ HR 17-16 3. San Diego Padres 7 LEFT IS RIGHT: Since the start of the 2019 season, INF Hanser Alberto leads the majors with Scored 3 or Fewer Runs 0-17 Texas Rangers 7 101 hits off of left-handed pitching...In that time, he leads the majors with a .391 (101-for-258) Scored 4 or More Runs 21-10 th EXTRA, EXTRA! Allowed 3 or Fewer Runs 13-4 average against lefties...This season, Alberto ranks 14 in the AL among qualifying hitters with a Team extra-base hit leaders in the AL: Allowed 4 or More Runs 8-23 .294 (52-for-177) average against all pitchers. More Hits than Opponent 18-6 CATCH THIS: The O’s catching corps of Pedro Severino, Chance Sisco, and Bryan Holaday 1. Boston Red Sox 169 Fewer Hits than Opponent 1-18 ranks among league leaders in many offensive categories...O’s catchers ranks (while catching): 2. Tampa Bay Rays 166 Committed No Errors 12-15 Batting Average .248 5th in AL 9th in MLB 3. Chicago White Sox 165 Committed 1 or More Errors 9-12 On-Base Percentage .347 5th in AL 9th in MLB 4. Houston Astros 155 5. Los Angeles Angels 153 VS. ATLANTA Slugging Percentage .424 5th in AL 10th in MLB Record in 2020 1-1 OPS (on-base plus slugging) .772 4th in AL 9th in MLB Toronto Blue Jays 153 at Home 1-1 Hits 41 T-4th in AL T-7th in MLB 7. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 150 8. New York Yankees 152 at Atlanta 0-0 Extra-Base Hits 16 3rd in AL T-6th in MLB th th Team AVG/OBP/SLG .279/.364/.485 RBI 24 5 in AL 8 in MLB LEFTY-LOOSEY Runs per Game 7.5 (15 R/2 G) Most hits against left-handed pitching since 2019: INTERLEAGUE INFO: The O’s will play a total of 20 games against National League oppo- All-Time Record (since 1997) 22-22 nents this season, including contests with the Miami Marlins (0-4), Washington Nationals (4-2), 1. HANSER ALBERTO, BAL 101 All-Time at Home 8-9 Philadelphia Phillies (3-0), New York Mets (2-2), and Atlanta Braves (1-1)...Since Interleague 2. Charlie Blackmon, COL 94 All-Time at Atlanta 14-13 Play began in 1997, the O’s are 207-235...The O’s went 7-13 in Interleague Play last season... 3. Ketel Marte, ARI 75 ORIOLES - BRAVES HEAD-TO-HEAD Baltimore’s 14 Interleague victories in 2016 were the most in club history. BALTIMORE ..............................ATLANTA CURRENT HOMESTAND 1-1 .....................Record .......................1-1 INJURED LIST: Six players are on the Injured List...RHP Shawn Armstrong (left SI joint inflamma- Record 1-1 .279 ..................Average .................... .265 tion), INF Chris Davis (left knee patellar tendinitis), and OF Anthony Santander (right oblique strain) Team AVG/OBP/SLG .279/.364/.485 15 ........................Runs............................ 6 are on the 10-day Injured List...LHP Wade LeBlanc (left elbow stress reaction), INF/OF Trey Mancini Runs per Game 7.5 (15 R/2 G) 19 .........................Hits ........................... 18 (colorectal cancer recovery/treatment), and INF Richie Martin (right wrist fracture) are on the 60-day IL. Fielding Errors 0 4 ....................Home Runs ...................... 2 COACHING STAFF: The O’s named Fredi González as Major League Coach, Darren Holmes as Team ERA 3.00 (6 ER/18.0 IP) 3.52 ....................