BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 West Camden Street Baltimore, MD 21201
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BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 West Camden Street Baltimore, MD 21201 BALTIMORE ORIOLES FIRST HALF SUMMARY/HIGHLIGHTS 44-44, THIRD PLACE IN A.L. EAST (-4.0) Special thank you to the Elias Sports Bureau and STATS, LLC. for their assistance with these notes THE SKIPPER: Buck Showalter (1303) passed Cap Anson-HOF (1295) for sole possession of 32nd place on ODDS & ENDS the all-time managerial wins list…His 421 wins as O’s manager are third-most in club history, ahead of Hank Home 27-18 Bauer (407)…He trails Earl Weaver (1480) and Paul Richards (517) on the club’s all-time list. Away 17-26 Day 19-14 HOMER HAPPY: The Orioles rank fifth in the majors and fourth in the American League with 110 home Night 25-30 runs…Chris Davis and Manny Machado each rank tied for seventh in the American League with 19 home vs. LHP 12-8 runs…Baltimore led the majors last season with 211 homers. vs. RHP 32-36 RISP-Y BUSINESS: The Orioles .290 (184-635) team batting average with runners in scoring position ranks Series Record 15-12-3 First game of series 15-16 fourth in the majors this season (second in the AL)...Baltimore trails the Toronto Blue Jays (.298), Colorado Last game of a series 17-13 Rockies (.294), and San Francisco Giants (.290, 221-762). Last 10 games 2-8 OH, WHAT A RELIEF IT IS: Since April 29, the Orioles bullpen ranks second in the majors and leads the Win/Loss streak L2 American League with a 2.39 ERA (55 ER/207.0 IP)…In that same time, Baltimore relievers have held opponents Longest win streak 6 (6/7-13) to a .217 clip, tied for second in the majors…This season, Orioles relievers currently rank sixth in the majors and Longest losing streak 5 (last 5/30-6/3) third in the AL with a 2.90 ERA (88 ER/273.1 IP)…Their .224 opponents’ batting average against is the fifth- Most games over .500 7 (41-34) th Most games under .500 6 (23-29) lowest in the majors…The Orioles bullpen ranks tied for 11 in the Major Leagues this season with a 2.71 (274 K/101 BB) strikeout-to-walk ratio. Extra innings 1-2 Shutouts 6-6 MAKE NO MISTAKE: The Birds have committed the fewest errors in the AL (39) and are tied for the second- One-run games 12-14 fewest errors in the Major Leagues with the Miami Marlins, behind only the Los Angeles Dodgers (35)…The Two-run games 7-13 Orioles lead the AL and rank third in the majors with a .988 team fielding percentage. Lead after 7 innings 37-0 Tied after 7 innings 6-5 HAPPY TO ASSIST: The Orioles lead the majors with 26 outfield assists...Adam Jones has six outfield assists, Trail after 7 innings 1-38 Travis Snider has five, and Chris Davis, David Lough, Nolan Reimold, Steve Pearce and Chris Parmelee Lead after 8 innings 40-0 each have one. Tied after 8 innings 4-4 Trail after 8 innings 0-39 DISABLED LIST: RHP Jason Garcia (retroactive to May 11, right shoulder tendinitis) is currently the only Orioles player on the 60-day disabled list. Orioles score first 34-19 Opponent scores first 10-25 KING OF EUTAW STREET: Chris Davis hit his seventh career (second this season) Eutaw Street home run on Score four or more runs 39-12 Score fewer than four runs 5-32 June 16 vs. Philadelphia, surpassing Luke Scott for the most Eutaw Street home runs by an individual in Oriole Park history (Luke Scott-6, Rafael Palmeiro-5, Brady Anderson-3, Jason Giambi-3)…It was the 81st Eutaw Orioles homer 37-23 Street home run in the history of Oriole Park and 32nd hit by an Oriole. Outhit opponents 32-9 Equal hit total 6-4 STAYING HUNGRY: Adam Jones hit his 179th and 180th career home run as an Oriole on July 12, surpassing Outhit by opponents 6-31 Frank Robinson for sole possession of eighth place on the Orioles all-time home run list…It was Jones’ seventh Most hits in a game 20 (4/26) Fewest hits in a game 3 (last 7/2) career multi-home run game and first of the season (last, September 20, 2014 vs. Boston)…He became the first Oriole since 1954 and second player in franchise history (since 1914) to record three four-hit (or more) games No errors 31-28 within the club’s first 23 games since Baby Doll Jacobson (St. Louis Browns, 1924)…In April, Jones led the AL With one error 12-9 in batting average (.400), finished second in slugging percentage (.707), and third in on-base percentage (.440) and With two errors 1-5 With three or more errors 0-2 total bases (53). th vs. AL 39-37 MOST VALUABLE MANNY: 3B Manny Machado ranks second on the Orioles and 13 in the American vs. AL East 24-20 League with a .298 batting average (101-339)…Machado posted an Orioles season-high tying 12-game hitting vs. AL Central 8-7 streak (.412/.455/.706; June 18-30), the second-longest of his career (14 games; June 2-16, 2013)…He earned AL vs. AL West 7-10 Player of the Week honor for the period ending June 14 after batting .458/.519/.750 (11-24) with a double, two vs. NL 5-7 home runs, nine runs scored, and five RBI…Collected a club-high 29 multi-hit games in the first half…Has set Largest home crowd 46,289* (7/10) career-highs in walks (35), home runs (19), and stolen bases (13) this season…Is one of 10 Major League hitters Largest road crowd 46,092* (6/21) to have three or more multi-homer games this season (three)…Has hit four lead-off home runs this season and 11 of his 19 homers have led off an inning (most in the majors)…Since April 21, Machado has hit safely in 59 of 75 UPCOMING MILESTONES games, batting .320/.382/.568 (94-294) with 36 extra-base hits, 43 RBI, and 52 runs scored. Buck Showalter Needs 10 wins for 1313* rd Adam Jones Needs 2 HR for 182** A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY: 3B Manny Machado celebrated his 23 birthday on July 6 by homering to lead J.J. Hardy Needs 9 HR for 100*** off the game at Minnesota...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Machado became the third player this season to Nolan Reimold Needs 4 HR for 50 lead off the top or bottom of the first inning with a homer on his birthday, joining Alejandro De Aza (April 11) Matt Wieters Needs 5 HR for 100 and Brandon Phillips (June 28)...No Major Leaguer had done so in the previous 12 seasons (2003-14)...According Steve Pearce Needs 5 HR for 50 Caleb Joseph Needs 4 hits for 100 to Elias, Machado became the youngest Oriole to hit a home run on his birthday since Cal Ripken, who did so Ryan Flaherty Needs 2 RBI for 100 with a game-tying shot in the 10th inning against the Blue Jays in 1983 on the day he turned 23...Later that season, Ubaldo Jimenez Needs 5 wins for 100 Wei-Yin Chen Needs 16 K for 500 the Orioles won the World Series and Ripken was named the American League's Most Valuable Player. st *1313 wins, HOF Ned Hanlon, 31 All-Time th HAVING A PAREDES: Jimmy Paredes ranks first on the club and 12th in the AL with a .299 batting average **182 HR with BAL, Ken Singleton, 7 All-Time ***100 HR with BAL, 23 have 100 HR with BAL (78-261)…Paredes ranks eighth in the majors (third in the AL) with a .389 average (21-54) with RISP…He has set career-highs in games (68), runs (36), hits (78), doubles (12), home runs (10), RBI (39), and walks (14)…Paredes posted a career-high 12-game hitting streak (.347/.385/.571) from May 1-13 (tied for an Orioles season-high)…Paredes reached base safely in a career-high 20 consecutive games from May 1-23...He became the first Oriole to log at least 20 RBI (22 RBI) in his first 25 games of a season, after never previously having had a 20-RBI season in the majors, since Jim Traber (22RBI) did so in 1986. COMING HOME: On May 27 against the Astros, Jimmy Paredes stole home in the fourth inning as part of a double steal, becoming the first Oriole to accomplish the feat since August 28, 2014 against Tampa Bay (Adam Jones)…Per STATS, LLC., Paredes is one of five players to steal home this season (also, Starling Marte, PIT; Russell Martin, TOR; A.J. Pollock, ARI; and Domingo Santana, HOU). CLOSING TIME: LHP Zach Britton has converted a career-high 19 consecutive save opportunities (since May 3), going 1-0 with a 1.65 ERA (27.1IP, 5ER) in that span…Britton currently ranks tied for sixth in the majors in save percentage (min. 20 save opportunities) with a 95.8% success rate…He is tied for third in the AL and tied for eighth in the majors with 23 saves and has held opponents to a .216 average this season. QUALITY CONTROL: LHP Wei-Yin Chen ranks first among Orioles pitchers and is tied for eighth in the AL with 12 Quality Starts…He has logged an Orioles season-high five consecutive Quality Starts (since June 15), going 2-1 with a 1.95 ERA (37.0IP, 8ER) and holding opponents to a .203 batting average in that span.