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Saturday  June 5, 2021  Game #58  Home Game #29 (31-25) vs. Orioles (20-38) FIRST PITCH: 4:06 p.m.  TEMP: 91 degrees  TIME OF GAME: 3:28

R H E LOB WP: Civale (8-2) Attendance: 9,969 Indians 10 13 0 4 LP: Means (4-2) Season Total: 217,510 Orioles 4 11 1 8 SV: None Season Average: 8,056

ORIOLES NOTES  The Orioles fell to the Indians by a score of 10-4 today at , snapping their season-high tying three-game winning streak…Dropped to 20-38 overall this season and 9-20 at home…The O’s must win the rubber match tomorrow to clinch their second-straight series win for the first time since 4/30-5/5 when Baltimore took two of three from both Seattle and Oakland…Today’s game time temp of 91 degrees marked the warmest game of the year for the O’s, topping a previous high of 87 degrees on 5/23 at Washington.  LHP John Means exited the game after 0.2 innings with left shoulder fatigue…Suffered his second-straight loss, allowing two runs on three hits, while striking out one…His 0.2 innings matched the shortest start of his career (8/16/20 vs. WSH)…Gave up a leadoff home to DH Cesar Hernandez, was just the second leadoff Means has allowed and first since 6/11/19 vs. Tampa Bay (Eric Sogard)…Allowed a home run to C Harold Ramirez two batters later, was the second time this season Means has allowed multiple home runs in an inning (5/19 vs. TB)…Has given up 13 home runs this year, nine of which have been solo homers; entering today his 11 home runs allowed were tied for the fifth-most in the AL…Threw 29 pitches, 19 strikes.  CF Cedric Mullins went 5-for-5 recording his 16th multi-hit game of the year and tying a career-high with five hits (also 4/4 at BOS); entering today he was one of six MLB players to record a five-hit game this season, with no players having multiple five hit games…He is the third player in franchise history (since 1954) to record multiple five hit games in a season; is the first player with a five-hit game at Oriole Park since Anthony Santander on 8/25/19 vs. TB…Hit home runs in the third and fourth innings, marking his second multi-home run game of the season and first since 4/26 against New York- AL…Singled in the first inning to improve his average to .403 (21-52) in his first at-bats this year; entering today his 20 first inning hits led the majors, and were the most by any player in any inning in the majors…His 37-career lead off hits are the tied for the 12th-most in O’s history (since 1954)…Homered to lead off the third inning; the ball traveled 440 feet, the farthest home run of Mullins’ career and tied for the sixth-farthest at Oriole Park this year…Is batting .372 (32-86) when leading off an inning; entering today his 30 hits when leading off an inning were tied for the most in the big leagues…His three runs scored tied a career-high done four times prior (last 4/4 at BOS).  DH Ryan Mountcastle doubled in the fourth inning and homered in the sixth to extend his hitting streak to five games…He has homered in three-consecutive games dating back to 6/2 for the first time in his career; he is the first O’s player to do so since DJ Stewart homered in four-straight from 9/5/20-9/9/20, and is the first O’s rookie to homer in three-straight games since Jonathan Schoop did so from 9/2/14-9/4/14…His home run traveled 447 feet, the farthest of his career, the farthest by an O’s player this season, and the third farthest at Oriole Park this year…His had an exit velocity of 114.6 MPH, the hardest hit ball by an Oriole this season…Has recorded an extra-base hit in each of his five games during this current streak (4 HR, 2 2B); his five games with at least one extra-base hit is the longest such streak of his career…He is one of two rookies this year with an extra-base hit in five-straight games (Jazz Chisholm)…Entering today his 18 extra-base hits were the third- most among all MLB rookies.

INDIANS NOTES  The Indians beat the Orioles by a score of 10-4 tonight at Oriole Park, improving to 31-25 overall this season and 8-8 against Baltimore at Oriole Park since 2016…Are now 16-9 in games following a loss…Their win tonight forced a rubber match in tomorrow’s series finale; the Indians are 4-3-1 in road series this season and have not dropped a series to the O’s since 2016...Cleveland batters combined to hit three home runs, was the first time the Indians hit three home runs against the O’s since 4/21/18.  RHP earned his eighth win of the season, improving to 8-2 overall this year…Threw 6.0 innings, allowing four runs on seven hits, while striking out four…Did not issue a walk for the third time this season and the ninth time in his career; is the seventh time he has not issued a walk when throwing 6.0 innings-or-more…His win today marked his first-career win against an AL East team; was 0-2 in three prior such starts…Has allowed four-or-more runs in back-to-back starts for just the second time in his career and first since 9/21/20-9/26/20…Received nine runs of support tonight, has never lost in his career when receiving three-or-more runs of support in an outing (14-0)…The Indians improved to 9-3 as a team this season when Civale is on the mound…Threw 100 pitches, 69 strikes.  DH Cesar Hernandez homered in his first at-bat of the game, was his fourth leadoff home run of the season and the 17th of his career; entering today his 17-career lead off homers were tied for the 13th-most in since the start of 2013…Eight of his 17 leadoff home runs have been the first play of the game…Marked his ninth home run of the season; the ball traveled 414 feet, his farthest home run of the year.  RF Harold Ramirez went 3-for-5 today, his three hits marked a career-high done 10 times prior and last on 9/27/19 against Philadelphia…Homered in the first inning for his third home run of the season and first since 5/17 at Los Angeles-AL…The ball traveled 393 feet, his second-farthest homer this season and the seventh-farthest of his career…Has recorded an RBI in three-straight games, tying his career-high done twice prior (last: 6/1/19-6/4/19); singled in the third inning and scored SS to notch his fourth muti-RBI game of the year, and his second in his past three games.  1B hit a three-run home run, his first of the year, in the third inning…The home run was just the second of his career and his first since also hitting a three-run home run on 9/9/19 at Los Angeles-AL…The ball traveled 439 feet, topping his previous home run which traveled 432 feet…The ball left the bat at 108.9 MPH, the second hardest hit of his career.  3B José Ramírez singled in the third inning to extend his on-base streak to 20 games; entering today it was tied for the third longest such streak in MLB, and tied for first in the AL…Is batting .294 (20-for-68) during this streak (since 5/15).  PH-1B Bobby Bradley doubled in the eighth inning for his first hit since 7/13/19 against Minnesota…His at-bat in the eighth inning was first appearance since 7/15/19 against Detroit; he was recalled from Triple-A Columbus prior to today’s game.