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BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 West Camden Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Saturday, June 3, 2017 Game #54 Home Game #28 Baltimore Orioles (29-24) vs. Boston Red Sox (29-25) RHP Dylan Bundy (6-3, 2.89) vs. LHP David Price (0-0, 5.40) WINNING WAYS HOME COOKIN’: The Orioles own the best home record in the American League and own the third-best home record in the majors with an 19-8 (.704) mark…Beginning on Monday, the Orioles returned home for a 10-day, Most wins since 2012 among AL clubs: nine-game homestand against the New York Yankees (2-1), Boston Red Sox (2-0), and Pittsburgh Pirates (two 1. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 473 games)…From May 19-June 7, the Orioles will have played 15 of 18 games at home. 2. New York Yankees 466 3. Texas Rangers 460 UPPER DECK IS THE TOPPS: 3B Manny Machado hit his 11th home run of the season on Friday, a solo home 4. Detroit Tigers 457 run in his first at-bat...The home run reached the second deck in left field, the first home run hit to the second deck HOME GOODS of Oriole Park since Mark Reynolds did so on August 7, 2011 vs. Toronto...According to Statcast, Machado's homer measured an estimated 465 feet...He is the only player with three home runs of at least 460 feet this season. Best home records in the AL: 1. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 19-8 (.704) BEASTS OF THE EAST: The Orioles own a record of 29-24 (.547) and are in second place of the American 2. New York Yankees 17-8 (.680) League East division...The Orioles lead AL East clubs with a 21-11 (.656) record in games within the division…In 3. Houston Astros 20-10 (.667) the AL East, four of the five teams have records better than .500, while only three of the remaining 10 AL clubs 4. Boston Red Sox 17-10 (.630) have records better than .500 (Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, and Houston Astros). THE GAME OF RISP RISP-Y BUSINESS: Orioles hitters lead the American League and rank second in the majors with a batting average Top team batting averages with runners in of .305 (113-for-370) with runners in scoring position…OF Adam Jones leads the majors with a .467 (14-for-30) scoring position in the majors: mark with runners in scoring position. 1. Colorado Rockies .318 2. BALTIMORE ORIOLES .3054 ORIOLE PARK HOME RUN KING: OF Adam Jones hit his eighth home run of the season on May 22…The 3. New York Mets .3049 th home run was the 125 of his career at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, passing Rafael Palmeiro for the most in the ballpark's history…Oriole Park at Camden Yards opened in 1992 and is celebrating its 25th anniversary season. RISP MANAGEMENT Top batting averages with runners in scoring th VS. BOSTON: The Orioles and Red Sox play the 12 game of 19 matchups between the two clubs this season…The position in the majors (qualifying only): Orioles lead the season series, 7-4…The Red Sox won the 2016 season series, 11-8…Baltimore trails Boston in the 1. ADAM JONES, BAL .467 all-time series, 486-558, with the O’s trailing 249-275 at home and trailing 236-284 at Boston. 2. Gerardo Parra, COL .455 3. Charlie Blackmon, COL .438 CATCH THIS: Orioles catchers lead the American League and rank second in the majors with a .301 (62-for-206) Matt Wieters, WAS .438 batting average...When catching, Welington Castillo, Caleb Joseph, and Francisco Peña have combined to notch 13 doubles, a triple, eight home runs, and 27 RBI. CLOSING TIME Most saves in the majors this season: SERIES-LY SPEAKING: The Orioles defeated the Yankees on Wednesday and won the three-game series, 2- 1...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Orioles have now won their last 11 series against the Yankees in 1. Colorado Rockies 22 Baltimore...The Yankees last won a series at Oriole Park in September 2013, when they won three of four games. 2. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 18 Houston Astros 18 St. Louis Cardinals 18 SECOND BEST: In Monday's 3-2 win over the Yankees, 2B Jonathan Schoop provided the game-winning hit for the Orioles in the third inning with a two-run double...Schoop has produced 31 RBI in his 50 games against the JUST A LITTLE CRUSH Yankees, his highest RBI total against any opponent...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Schoop is one of two Active Major League home run leaders since 2012: players over the last 50 years to debut with the Orioles and have 30 or more RBI in their first 50 games against the 1. CHRIS DAVIS, BAL 209 Yankees...He joins Cal Ripken, Jr., who drove in 32 runners in his first 50 games against the Yankees...The Orioles 2. Edwin Encarnación, CLE 203 improved their all-time Memorial Day record against the New York Yankees to 4-0. 3. Nelson Cruz, SEA 190 4. Mike Trout, LAA 179 HIGH FIVE: Since the beginning of the 2012 season, the Orioles lead American League clubs and rank fourth in 5. Miguel Cabrera, DET 174 the majors with 473 wins, finishing with a .500 or better record in each of the last five seasons...In that span, Orioles 6. Giancarlo Stanton, MIA 167 hitters lead the majors with 1,182 home runs and have committed the fewest number of errors (435). 7. José Bautista, TOR 162 8. ADAM JONES, BAL 160 HOMER HAPPY: Since the beginning of the 2012 season, three current Orioles rank among active Major League 9. MARK TRUMBO, BAL 157 leaders in home runs...1B Chris Davis (209) leads the majors, while OF Adam Jones (160) ranks eighth and CURRENT HOMESTAND DH/OF Mark Trumbo (157) ranks ninth. Record 4-1 GENUINE DRAFT: The Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft will begin on Monday, June 12 at MLB Network’s Studio 42 in Secaucus, NJ...This year’s draft will air on MLB Network and MLB.com, beginning at 7:00 Team Average .289 (50-for-173) Runs per Game 5.2 (26 R/5 G) p.m. ET...The 40-round draft will resume at 1:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, June 13, with rounds 3-10...Day three of the draft, on Wednesday, June 14, will begin at 12:00 p.m. ET, with rounds 11-40…The Orioles own four selections Fielding Errors 3 within the first 100 picks of the 2017 Draft...The Orioles hold the No. 21, 60, 74, and 98 overall selections. Team ERA 4.00 (20 ER/45.0 IP) HOMER’S ODYSSEY: The Orioles led the majors with 253 home runs in 2016…OF Mark Trumbo led the Starters W-L 4-1 th Starters ERA 3.81 (12 ER/28.1 IP) majors with 47 homers…1B Chris Davis tied for 11 in the majors with 38 home runs and 3B Manny Machado tied for 11th in the American League with 37 home runs…For the fourth consecutive season, the Major League Bullpen W-L-S 0-0-2 leader in home runs was an Oriole (also Chris Davis in 2013, Nelson Cruz in 2014, and Chris Davis in 2015). Bullpen ERA 4.32 (8 ER/16.2 IP) Saves/Opps 2/2 VOTE ORANGE: Major League Baseball All-Star Game balloting is once again exclusively online at Best homestand 5/5-9 (5-0, 1.000) orioles.com/voteorange...Fans can cast their votes up to 35 times per email address, maximum of five votes in a 24- Worst homestand 5/19-24 (2-4, .333) hour period...Fans that Vote Orange will be entered into the 2017 Orioles All-Star Sweepstakes for a chance to win Best road trip 4/11-20 (6-3, .667) great O’s prizes and ticket offers...Voting concludes on Thursday, June 29, at 11:59 p.m. ET...Fans are encouraged Worst road trip 5/26-28 (0-3, .000) to promote the Vote Orange campaign on social media by using the hashtag #VoteOrange. UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS th 25 ANNIVERSARY OF ORIOLE PARK AT CAMDEN YARDS: Oriole Park at Camden Yards opened on Coach Scott Coolbaugh Turns 51 on 6/13 th April 6, 1992…The O’s are celebrating the 25 anniversary of Oriole Park this season by wearing a commemorative C Caleb Joseph Turns 31 on 6/18 jersey patch and using baseballs with the 25th anniversary logo...On August 19, the club will welcome at least 17 members from the 1992 Orioles…Select players will take part in a charity Home Run Derby at Oriole Park prior to UPCOMING MILESTONES the game and all fans will receive an Oriole Park at Camden Yards replica ballpark. Buck Showalter Needs 22 wins for 1,480* Chris Davis Needs 12 HR for 223 with BAL** DISABLED LIST: Four Orioles are currently on the disabled list...OF Anthony Santander (right forearm strain, Needs 7 HR for 124 at OPACY*** retroactive to 3/30), LHP Zach Britton (left forearm strain, retroactive to 5/5), INF Ryan Flaherty (right shoulder J.J. Hardy Needs 30 hits for 1,500 strain, retroactive to 5/19), and C Welington Castillo (testicular injury suffered in the May 30 game vs. New York- Adam Jones Needs 9 RBI for 766 with BAL# Chris Tillman Needs 6 wins for 79 with BAL^ AL, since 5/31) are on the 10-day DL.