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 Saturday, September 28, 2013 Game #161 Home Game #80 Baltimore Orioles (83-77) vs. Boston Red Sox (97-63) LH Wei-Yin Chen (7-7, 4.03) vs. LH Jon Lester (15-8, 3.67) TONIGHT’S GAME: The Orioles and Red Sox meet in game two of their three-game series and the fifth game ODDS & ENDS of a season-ending six game homestand that began with the Birds taking two of three from the Blue Jays…The Home 44-35 Orioles have clinched consecutive winning seasons for the first time since 1996-97. Away 39-42 Day 26-29 VS. BOSTON: The Orioles lead the season series, 9-8, with the Orioles going 4-4 in Baltimore and 5-4 in Night 57-48 Boston…The Orioles trail in the all-time series 447-527 (230-259 in Baltimore and 217-268 on Yawkey vs. LHP 26-26 Way)…The Birds are 22-13 against Boston since the start of the 2012 season, outscoring them 154-141…The vs. RHP 57-51 Orioles have won 18 of the last 29 and 28 of the last 44 games overall against the Red Sox, including 14 of their last 20 at Fenway Park…Buck Showalter is 33-26 against the Red Sox as Orioles manager (16-13 in Baltimore Series Record 28-19-4 First game of series 30-22 and 17-13 at Fenway Park)…The Orioles have won 10 of the last 13 series against Boston, dating back to Last game of a series 28-23 September 19, 2011…The O’s had won five straight series at Fenway prior to the August 27-29 series, a streak Last 10 games 3-7 that was tied with four other clubs for the longest series win streak at Fenway since 1969, most recently by the Braves from 1997-2002…The Birds are 28-16 in their last 44 games against Boston dating back to July 19, Win/Loss streak L1 2011…The Birds are 39-32 against the Red Sox since the beginning of 2010. Longest win streak 5 (7/14-22) Longest losing streak 6 (5/14-20, 9/19-24) NEED ONE MORE: The Orioles are one win shy of clinching the season series against Boston for second Most games + .500 14 (57-43) straight year for the first time since the 1991-92 seasons. Most games - .500 1 (3-4) CHEN-SATIONAL: Wei-Yin Chen has allowed three or fewer earned runs in 41 of his 54 major league starts Extra innings 8-7 (76%), and three or fewer earned runs in 18 of his 22 starts this season. Shutouts 6-6 One-run games 18-31 CAREER YEAR: Adam Jones hit his career-high 33rd home run Friday night…He has 185 hits, which is one Two-run games 20-11 shy of his career-high 186 set last year…His 108 RBI are a career-high and if he records four hits in his next eight Lead after 7 innings 67-9 at-bats, he will set a career-high with a .288 average (hit .287 last year). Tied after 7 innings 12-10 HOLDING THEIR OWN: The Orioles (9-8) are the only AL East team to post a winning record against the Red Trail after 7 innings 4-58 Sox in 2013…The Yankees were 6-13, the Rays were 7-12 and the Blue Jays were 8-11. Lead after 8 innings 71-9 Tied after 8 innings 9-11 SHOWING SOME POP: The Orioles have recorded 200+ homers and 200+ doubles for the second consecutive Trail after 8 innings 3-57 season…Prior to 2012, the Birds had done that only three times in franchise history: 1999 (203 homers and 299 Orioles score first 48-28 doubles), 1998 (214 homers and 303 doubles) and 1996 (257 homers and 299 doubles). (STATS) Opponent scores first 35-49 GOLD GLOVES: The Orioles’ 119 errorless games this season are a new major league record, surpassing Score four or more runs 67-31 Score fewer than four runs 16-46 the 2008 Houston Astros (113 in 161 games) for most errorless games in a season since 1900…The Birds have made 52 errors in 160 games, a pace for 53 errors in 162 games…The major league record for fewest errors Orioles homer 67-57 in a 162-game season is 65 by the 2003 Seattle Mariners…The Orioles lead the majors with a .991 fielding Out-hit opponents 54-24 percentage, which would be the best fielding percentage in baseball history, topping the 2007 Rockies’ .989 Equal hit total 9-3 mark…Per STATS, the Orioles are the first team in MLB history to post 100 errorless games by the end of Out-hit by opponents 20-50 August (they had 101)…The O’s previous season-low for team errors was 104 in 1998. Most hits in a game 18 (5/10, 7/22) Fewest hits in a game 2 (6/7, 9/19) MONSTER YEAR: Chris Davis’ homer Friday was his MLB-leading 96th extra-base hit of the season and No errors 64-55 extends his club record (he broke Brady Anderson’s mark of 92, set in 1996)...The only O’s to lead MLB in With one error 14-17 extra-base hits were Frank Robinson (85 in 1966) and Cal Ripken, Jr. (85 in 1991)…His 96 XBH are tied for th th With two errors 4-5 29 all-time and his next will move him into a tie for 25 place…The last player to reach 96 was Derrek Lee (99 With three or more errors 1-0 for the Cubs in 2005). vs. AL 72-68 RBI CHASE: Chris Davis leads the majors with 138 RBI…Davis’ 138 RBI are the fourth-most in a season in vs. AL East 34-40 Orioles history behind Miguel Tejada’s 150 in 2004, Rafael Palmeiro’s 142 in 1996 and Jim Gentile’s 141 in vs. AL Central 17-16 1961…Tejada (2004) is the only Oriole to lead the majors in RBI…Per Elias, 38 players in major league history vs. AL West 21-12 have led the majors in homers and RBI in the same season. vs. NL 11-9 NO BIG DEAL: Chris Davis has set a club record with 198 strikeouts, topping Mark Reynolds’ 196 in Largest home crowd 46,653 (4/5) Largest road crowd 45,214 (6/23) 2011…This year, Davis has 15 more doubles, 16 more homers, 18 more runs scored and 52 more RBI than Reynolds had in 2011…With two more strikeouts, he will become the fifth player in baseball history to fan 200 CURRENT HOMESTAND times, but his 2013 totals in hits, runs, doubles, homers, RBI and batting average are higher than any of the others Record 2-2 during their 200 strikeout seasons…He currently has nine more homers and 36 more RBI than anyone else in the 200-strikeout club and would be the first player to score 100 runs in a 200-strikeout season. Team Average .292 (40-137) Runs per Game 4.3 (17R/4G) QUITE A SEASON: Chris Davis leads the majors with 96 extra-base hits and leads second place Paul Goldschmidt by 21…Since 1871, only four players have led the majors in extra-base hits by a margin of 20 or Fielding Errors 4 more: Babe Ruth (+36 in 1921), Stan Musial (+22 in 1948), Albert Belle (+22 in 1995) and Lou Gehrig (+20 in Team ERA 5.11 (37.0IP, 21ER) 1927)…Davis became the third player in MLB history to hit 50 homers and 40 doubles in a season, joining Ruth (59-HR/44-2B in 152 games in 1921) and Belle (52-HR/50-2B for Cleveland in 143 games in 1995). Starters W-L 1-1 Starters ERA 5.31 (20.1IP, 12ER) CAMDEN CRUSHER: Chris Davis has 28 home runs at Oriole Park this year, setting a franchise Bullpen W-L-S 1-1-2 record…Frank Robinson hit 27 homers at Memorial Stadium in 1966. Bullpen ERA 4.86 (16.2IP, 9ER) SOUTHPAW SLUGGERS: Chris Davis is the fourth left-handed hitter in AL history to hit 53 or more homers Saves/Opps 2/2 and drive in 138 or more runs in the same season, joining Babe Ruth (1921, 1927, 1928), Ken Griffey, Jr. (1997 and 1998) and Roger Maris (1961). THE BIG BOPPER: Chris Davis hit his 53rd home run Friday, extending his franchise record…His 53 homers are 26th-most in baseball history and are the most in the majors since Jose Bautista hit 54 in 2010…He is the fifth player since 2003 to hit 53 or more, joining Bautista, Alex Rodriguez (54 in 2007), David Ortiz (54 in 2006) and Ryan Howard (58 in 2006)…Davis’ 50 home runs as a first baseman are the most in the AL since 1974 (the furthest back STATS LLC can search)…24 of Davis’ 53 home runs have either tied the game (five) or given the Orioles the lead (19). CLOSE CALLS: 17 of the Orioles’ last 20 games and 20 of their last 24 have been decided by two runs or fewer, with the team posting 7-10 and 8-12 records in those games…On the year, 84 percent (135 of 160) of the Orioles games have been decided by four or fewer runs (the most in the majors)…The O’s are 18-31 in one-run games, 20-11 in two-run games, 19-10 in three-run games and 12-14 in games decided by four runs…The White Sox are the only other team to play in 131+ games decided by four or fewer runs (131 in 160 games).