ORIOLES POST-GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards  333 West Camden Street  Baltimore, MD 21201

Sunday  June 29, 2014  Game #81  Home Game #40 (42-39) vs. (35-49)

R H E LOB WP: Cobb (3-6) TIME: 3:51 RAYS 12 18 0 9 LP: MEEK (0-3) ORIOLES 7 13 0 5 SV: -

RAYS HR HR# Inn Count On Base Made score Last 4 3 2-0 0 Gonzalez 2-0 5/11 vs. CLE Ben Zobrist 6 5 2-2 0 Gonzalez 3-3 6/5 vs. MIA Kevin Kiermaier 6 6 2-2 0 Meek 4-4 6/28 vs. BAL 2 6 0-0 1 Matusz 10-4 6/28 vs. BAL Matt Joyce 5 7 0-0 1 Matusz 12-4 -

ORIOLES HR HR# Inn Count On Base Pitcher Made score Last Home Run 7 4 1-0 1 Cobb 3-2 6/28 vs. TB 3 9 1-1 2 Ramos 12-7 6/9 vs. BOS

GETTING STARTED: Today’s first pitch was at 1:40 p.m.…Game-time temperature was 82 degrees.

TODAY’S ATTENDANCE was 32,665…The 39-date season total is 1,175,342…Average attendance is 30,136.

VS. TAMPA BAY: The Orioles lead the season series, 8-4, going 3-3 in Baltimore and 5-1 in St. Petersburg…In 2013, the Orioles went 6-13 against the Rays, going 3-6 in Baltimore and 3-7 in St. Petersburg…The Rays lead the all-time series, 145-144, with the Orioles going 75-68 in Baltimore and 69-77 at the Trop.

ORIOLES NOTES

DAY : The Orioles move to 13-17 during the day including a 4-10 mark at home.

SERIES FINALES: The Orioles are now 13-13 in series finales and 5-8 in the last game of a series at home.

GIVING THEM UP: The Orioles bullpen surrendered a season-high nine earned runs today…It is the most earned runs allowed by Orioles relievers since allowing 12 on July 16, 2012 at Minnesota…Orioles relievers had gone five straight outings without allowing an earned run prior to today’s game (20.1IP)…Brian Matusz allowed a season-high five earned runs, the most he has allowed in his career as a reliever and the most he has allowed in any outing since June 26, 2012 vs. Los Angeles (AL)…The four earned runs allowed by Evan Meek tied his season-high for the third time (last April 27 vs. Kansas City).

CAN I HELP YOU?: registered his team-leading sixth assist of the season…It was the 18th outfield assist for the Orioles and the fourth at third base…Matt Joyce’s outfield assist in the third was the ninth of the season for the Rays…It was Joyce’s fourth outfield assist of the season which ties Wil Myers for the team-lead.

THE LAKELAND LAUNCHER: Lakeland, FL native is batting .367 (11-30) with five doubles, three homers, five runs scored, and seven RBI against the Rays in 2014.

CENTURY MARK: Nick Markakis’ in the third inning was his 100th hit of the season…He becomes the eighth player in franchise history to collect at least 100 hits in nine separate seasons with the team…He becomes the second Oriole to reach 100 hits this season, joining who accomplished the feat Saturday.

MINIMIZE THE DAMAGE: Miguel Gonzalez has surrendered 13 home runs this season, 11 of which have been solo shots…His two home runs allowed today tied his season-high for the fourth time (last June 17 at Tampa Bay).

GREATER GOOD: Chris Davis’ sacrifice bunt in the second inning was the first of his career…Davis had gone 661 games to start his career without recording a sacrifice hit.

ERASED: According to StatsPass, Nick Hundley recorded his first catcher pickoff of the season when he caught Desmond Jennings at first base…It was the third catcher pickoff of his career (also September 3, 2011 vs. Colorado and May 4, 2012 vs. Miami)…It was the second catcher pickoff of the season (also Steve Clevenger, April 12 vs. Toronto).

RAYS NOTES

COMING UP EMPTY: The Rays’ pitching staff has now struck out 278 batters in the month of June, surpassing the 1998 Astros (272) for the fourth-most in a single month in MLB history.

ARMS RACE: Over their last 21 games since June 8, Rays starters have posted a 2.92 ERA (129.2IP, 42ER), entering today’s game with the second-best mark in the majors during that span.

EXTRA, EXTRA: The Rays recorded 11 extra-base hits today, the most by an Orioles opponent since September 15, 2006 (Detroit)…It is the seventh time in club history the Orioles have allowed 11 or more extra-base hits in a game…The club record of 12 extra-base hits has been surrendered twice (last September 14, 1987, Toronto)…The five home runs by the Rays today tied their season-high (also April 19 vs. )…The last opponent to hit five or more home runs in a game against the Orioles was Houston (six), June 5, 2013.

UNDER REVIEW: In the bottom of the sixth, J.J. Hardy was ruled safe at first base…Rays challenged the play and after a 0:53 review, the call was overturned and Hardy was ruled out on a 5-3 putout.

BREAKING OUT: The seven runs scored by the Rays in the sixth inning were a single-inning high by an Orioles opponent this season...The seven runs scored and seven hits collected by the Rays in the sixth inning were each a season-high.

CAREER DAY: Matt Joyce set a career-high with five hits today…His five hits tied the club record for the seventh time (last Ben Zobrist, June 10, 2013 vs. Boston) and his 12 total bases tied the club record for the fifth time and also set the club record for total bases in a road game…It was the third multi-homer game of his career (last September 29, 2012 at Chicago White Sox).

SETTING THE PACE: The 12 runs scored by the Rays today set a season-high for an Orioles opponent…The 12 runs allowed by the Orioles pitching staff is the most since allowing 12 to Boston on September 27, 2013.

RAYS PITCHING IP H R ER BB K HR WP HB PIT/STR 1st Batter Inherited/Scored (W) 5.0 8 4 3 0 3 1 0 0 82/58 N/A N/A Brad Boxberger 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13/8 1/1 N/A Kirby Yates 1.1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 25/20 0/1 N/A Cesar Ramos 1.1 3 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 45/25 1/1 1/0 Joel Peralta 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7/4 1/1 2/0 Totals 9.0 13 7 6 2 10 2 0 0 - - -

ORIOLES PITCHING IP H R ER BB K HR WP HB PIT/STR 1st Batter Inherited/Scored Miguel Gonzalez 4.2 8 3 3 4 2 2 0 0 88/52 N/A N/A Evan Meek (L) 1.0 3 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 24/14 1/1 3/0 Brian Matusz 2.1 7 5 5 0 2 2 0 0 47/34 0/1 2/2 Tommy Hunter 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3/3 1/1 N/A Totals 9.0 18 12 12 5 5 5 0 0 - - -