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ORIOLES GAME NOTES at Camden Yards  333 West Camden Street  Baltimore, MD 21201

3B Wednesday, July 6  24th Birthday

#MANNYMAGIC: On Saturday, July 9, all fans in attendance for the 4:05 p.m. ET game between the Orioles and HOMER HAPPY

Los Angeles Angels will receive a Manny Machado Garden Gnome...To learn more about the origins and Most home runs by Orioles age 23 and younger: adventures of the Manny Machado Garden Gnome, visit orioles.com/mannymagic and be sure to spread 1. 88 #MannyMagic on social media and all across Birdland. 2. MANNY MACHADO 87 3. 79 th th EARLY BIRD: On Tuesday at Los Angeles, on the eve of his 24 birthday, 3B Manny Machado slugged his 19 4. Cal Ripken, Jr. 74 home of the season...Machado has 11 home runs as a and eight as a this year...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, he is the first Orioles player to homer at least eight times from those DRIVE ‘EM IN two positions in a season since Cal Ripken, Jr. hit 20 home runs as a shortstop and eight as a third baseman in Most RBI by Orioles age 23 and younger:

1982, when he won the Rookie of the Year Award. 1. Eddie Murray 282

2. Boog Powell 275 HEY NOW, YOU’RE AN ALL-STAR: On Tuesday, 3B Manny Machado was named the starting third baseman 3. MANNY MACHADO 268 for the All-Star Team…It marks his third All-Star appearance (also 2013, 2015) and his first as a 4. Cal Ripken, Jr. 257 starter…The 2016 All-Star Game will be played at in San Diego on Tuesday, July 12. TROUBLE

DERBY DETAILS: 3B Manny Machado was among the eight participants in last year's Derby...Last Most doubles by Orioles age 23 and younger: year’s Derby introduced a new format featuring brackets and timed rounds...Machado (No. 5 seed) was defeated by 1. MANNY MACHADO 132 Joc Pederson (No. 4 seed) in the first round of the bracket format, 13-12. 2. Cal Ripken, Jr. 107 A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Last season, 3B Manny Machado celebrated his 23rd birthday as he homered to 3. Eddie Murray 91 4. 78 lead off the game at Minnesota...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Machado became the third player of that 5. 68 season to lead off the top or bottom of the first with a homer on his birthday...He joined (April 11) and (June 28)...No Major Leaguer had done so in the previous 12 seasons (2003- EXTRA, EXTRA!

14)...According to Elias, Machado is the youngest Oriole to hit a home run on his birthday since Cal Ripken, Jr., Most extra-base hits by Orioles age 23 and younger: who did so with a game-tying shot in the 10th inning against the Blue Jays in 1983 on the day he turned 23...Later 1. MANNY MACHADO 226 that season, the Orioles won the and Ripken was named the American League's Most Valuable Player. 2. Cal Ripken, Jr. 194

th 3. Eddie Murray 177 SHARING HIS BIRTHDAY: Earlier this season, on his 30 birthday on May 21, C clubbed a two- 4. Boog Powell 159 out, three-run, ninth-inning home run off Joe Smith to overcome a 1-0 deficit and provide all the runs in the Orioles 5. Brooks Robinson 120 3-1 victory against the Angels...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it marked the first game in the majors in which a player overcame a 1-0 deficit with a home run in the ninth inning since Lucas Duda did so for the Mets over HIT PARADE the Astros on the next-to-last day of the 2014 season...The last such Orioles home run was also hit by a – Most hits by Orioles age 23 and younger: Javy Lopez connected off to give the Orioles a 2-1 lead at in 2004 (Boston won in the 1. MANNY MACHADO 616 bottom of the ninth inning). 2. Eddie Murray 526 3. Cal Ripken, Jr. 525 THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GLOVE: Last season, 3B Manny Machado led all American League third 4. Brooks Robinson 459 basemen in total chances (488), double plays (38), range factor per 9.0 (3.09), and range factor per game 5. Boog Powell 425 (3.01) to earn his second career ...He also ranked second in assists (337) and (132), as well as fourth in zone rating (.810)...According to , Machado finished second among American THE RUN AROUND

League third basemen with 14 defensive runs saved, and third in defensive runs above average (10.8) and ultimate Most runs by Orioles age 23 and younger: zone rating (8.4) in 2015...He became the second third baseman in club history to win the award multiple times (also 1. MANNY MACHADO 311 2013) along with 3B Brooks Robinson, who won 16 Gold Glove awards…Machado played in all 162 regular season 2. Cal Ripken, Jr. 290 games last season, the only player in the majors to accomplish the feat 3. Eddie Murray 256 4. Boog Powell 219 FIELD EXPERIENCE: Since making his Major League debut on August 9, 2012, 3B Manny Machado ranks fifth among all third basemen in putouts (381), fourth in assists (1048) and total chances (1476), tied for fourth in AVERAGE JOES double plays (109), and third in Zone Rating (.831)...Machado also has not committed an over his last 24 Highest batting average by Orioles age 23 games (11 games at shortstop and 13 games at third base, 72 total chances). and younger:

PLAYER OF THE MONTH: 3B Manny Machado was voted the Budweiser Presents American League Player 1. Nick Markakis .296 of the Month for April...Machado batted .344 (33-for-96) with 20 runs scored, 10 doubles, seven home runs and 16 2. Cal Ripken, Jr. .293 3. Eddie Murray .2879 RBI over 23 games to claim his first career Player of the Month Award and the first for the Orioles since 1B Chris 4. MANNY MACHADO .2875 Davis in April 2013...Among AL leaders in April (min. 70 at-bats), he finished first in hits, batting average and 5. Brooks Robinson .273 (.667), tied for first in extra-base hits (17), tied for second in runs scored, was third in doubles and tied for third in home runs...To begin the season, he posted a career-high 16-game (.397, 27-for- TOTAL RECALL

68) from April 4-23, becoming the first Orioles player to hit safely in the club’s first 16 games of a season...He led Most by Orioles age 23 and younger: the Orioles to a 7-0 record to begin the season, the best start without a loss in Orioles history. 1. MANNY MACHADO 1,023

20-20 VISION: 3B Manny Machado finished last season with 35 home runs and 20 stolen bases and notched the 2. Cal Ripken, Jr. 880 3. Eddie Murray 868 seventh 20/20 season (HR/SB) in Orioles history...It was also the second 30/20 season in O’s history...He joined 4. Boog Powell 766 (1969, 26/20), (1975, 25/32), (1976, 27/28), and – who 5. Brooks Robinson 646 did so three times for the O’s...Anderson accomplished the feat in 1992 (21/53), 1996 (50/21), and 1999 (24/36). Compiled with assistance MAKE MINE A DOUBLE: 3B Manny Machado became the youngest Oriole to reach 100 career doubles from STATS, LLC. (23.057), surpassing Cal Ripken, Jr. (23.332)...He accomplished the feat in the second-fewest games played (421).