Orioles Game Information • August 26, 2008
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BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME NOTES ED SMITH STADIUM 2700 12th STREET SARASOTA, FL 34237 MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2015 ED SMITH STADIUM SARASOTA, FL BALTIMORE ORIOLES (2-5) vs. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (2-3) 1:05 PM ET TODAY’S GAME PROGRESS REPORT: RH Ubaldo Jimenez now leads all AL pitchers with seven strikeouts this spring after fanning five yesterday against the Twins…With his two hits yesterday, INF Jimmy The Orioles matchup against the Paredes is now tied for second among AL Grapefruit League leaders with five hits. Phillies today for the first of two contests between the two clubs this GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE SLATE: The Orioles have 34 scheduled games, with 16 in Sarasota and spring…RH Chris Tillman will start for 18 on the road…The Orioles will wrap up Spring Training with a game at Champion Stadium the O’s and RH Aaron Harang will against the Atlanta Braves on April 4. start for the Phillies…The two clubs GETTING STARTED: The Orioles opened the exhibition schedule with 57 players on their major last squared off against each other in league camp roster (16 non-roster invitees)…30 players from the current 40-man roster were in Interleague Play in 2012 with the major league camp with the O’s last spring. Orioles winning the season series, 2- 1…The O’s have won each of the last DEFENDING CHAMPS: Last season, the Orioles won their ninth AL East title in club history...It three season series against was their second-earliest date of a clinch (September 16), and tied for the third-earliest game Philadelphia in 2012, 2009 (3-0), and number (151) to wrap up the East...It also marked the third division clinch in Baltimore (first since 2006 (2-1)…Yesterday, the Orioles fell 1979/first via a win in Baltimore since 1969). to the Twins in Fort Myers, 2-1. HOMER HAPPY: The Orioles led the majors in 2014 with 211 home runs, 25 more than second place Colorado and 34 more than the next highest AL club (Toronto, 177)...The O's went deep at TODAY’S PITCHERS least 200 times in three straight seasons for the first time in club history (2014, 2013, 2012, 1999, ORIOLES: RH Chris Tillman, LH Brian 1998, 1996, 1987 and 1985)...The Orioles hit at least 210 home runs for the third straight Matusz, RH Darren O'Day, LH Zach season...Only the Yankees and White Sox (both in 2012) have hit at least 210 in any one of the Britton. last three years...Adam Jones became the first outfielder in club history with four straight seasons of 25 or more homers. PHILLIES: RH Aaron Harang, RH Paul Clemens, LH Adam Morgan, RH PITCH PERFECT: The Orioles pitched to a 3.43 ERA in 2014, their lowest in a full season since Justin De Fratus, RH Phillippe 1979, when the AL champs posted a 3.26 mark...The Birds finished third in the AL in ERA behind Aumont, RH Luis Garcia. Seattle (3.17) and Oakland (3.22)...Baltimore posted 13 shutouts, their most in a season since blanking the opposition 16 times in 1992. TUESDAY’S PITCHERS COACHING STAFF: The Orioles have hired Scott Coolbaugh as hitting coach…This year will be ORIOLES: LH Wei-Yin Chen, TBD. the second for Dave Wallace (pitching coach) and Dom Chiti (bullpen coach)…Bobby Dickerson YANKEES: RH Chase Whitley, RH (third base) and Einar Diaz (assistant hitting coach) return for their third years, while Wayne Kirby Esmil Rogers, LH Chasen Shreve, RH (first base) and John Russell (bench) return for their fifth years on the coaching staff. Jose Ramirez. WELCOME BACK: Pitchers on the 40-man roster that saw regular season action for Baltimore in WEDNESDAY’S PITCHERS 2014 (13): Brach, Britton, Chen, Gausman, Gonzalez, Hunter, Jimenez, Matusz, McFarland, Norris, O’Day, Tillman and Webb…Returning Baltimore position players on the 40-man roster ORIOLES: RH Miguel Gonzalez, TBD. that played for the O’s in 2014 (15): Clevenger, Davis, De Aza, Flaherty, Hardy, Jones, Joseph, BLUE JAYS: RH Drew Hutchison, RH Lough, Machado, Paredes, Pearce, Schoop, Walker, Wieters and Young. Miguel Castro, RH Chad Jenkins, RH PROSPECTING: The Orioles have two of MLB.com’s Top 100 Prospects in RH Dylan Bundy (20) Todd Redmond, LH Colt Hynes, LH and RH Hunter Harvey (41)…Baseball America has both righties in their Top 100, with Bundy at Rob Rasmussen, RH Scott Copeland. 48 and Harvey at 68…Baseball Prospectus has Bundy at No. 8 and Harvey at No. 20 in their Top 101 Prospects…Also making the list was O’s minor league CA Chance Sisco (101). THURSDAY’S PITCHERS ORIOLES: TBD. OFFSEASON ADDITIONS: Since the end of the 2014 season, the Orioles traded for two players (RH Jason Garcia and OF Travis Snider)…The club signed five players as free agents (INF CARDINALS: TBD. Everth Cabrera, OF Alex Hassan, INF Rey Navarro, OF Delmon Young, LH Wesley Wright)…The Birds selected RH Logan Verrett in the Rule 5 draft from the Mets…RH Oliver BIRDLAND SOUTH Drake, RH Eddie Gamboa, RH Tyler Wilson and RH Mike Wright had their contracts selected. This season marks the sixth for the UNITED NATIONS: The Orioles have players from eight different countries in camp: Cuba O’s in Sarasota, and the fifth in (Alvarez and Urrutia), Curacao (Schoop), Dominican Republic (Almanzar, De Aza, Jimenez and renovated Ed Smith Stadium. Called Paredes), Mexico (Gonzalez), Nicaragua (Cabrera), Puerto Rico (Navarro), Taiwan (Chen) and the "Augusta National of Spring the United States of America (several). Training," the facility features modern amenities, historical architecture, and THE SKIPPER: Buck Showalter, who recently won his third Manager of the Year award (1994, first-class playing surfaces. 2004, 2014), returns for his sixth season as Orioles manager…He has a 1259-1161 (.520) record in 16 seasons as manager of the Yankees (313-268; 1992-95), Diamondbacks (250-236; 1998- O’s ON THE TUBE 2000), Rangers (319-329; 2003-2006) and Orioles (377-328, August 2010-current)…On May 10, The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network 2013, Showalter became the 49th manager in MLB history to win 1,100 games…His 377 wins as (MASN) will broadcast six remaining Orioles manager are fourth-most in club history behind Earl Weaver (1480), Paul Richards (517), Orioles spring training games (seven and Hank Bauer (407)…Last season, Showalter passed former Orioles manager Johnny Oates, total); 3/10, 3/14, 3/17, 3/25, 4/1, 4/3. who won 291 games with Baltimore. O’s ON THE AIR LAST SPRING: In their fifth season in Sarasota, the Orioles drew 89,448 fans for 12 home games (average of 7,454, which marked the highest average by the Orioles franchise and set a Sarasota CBS RADIO’s 105.7 The Fan (WJZ- Spring Training record)…In 2013, the Orioles drew a franchise and Sarasota Spring Training FM), the flagship station of the Orioles attendance record 120,455 fans for 17 home games (average of 7,086)…The Birds went 13-9-4 Radio Network, will broadcast 12 during the exhibition schedule, including a 6-5-1 record at Ed Smith Stadium…Entering 2015, the Orioles spring training games. O’s are 819-796-21 all-time in Spring Training, with a home attendance total of 3,892,701. BREAKDOWN vs. OPPONENTS NO MINOR FEAT: Orioles minor leaguers utilize the Buck O’Neil Baseball Complex at Twin Lakes Park...Minor league pitchers and catchers reported on March 6, while position players report on OPP. HOME ROAD TOTAL March 10...The first minor league game will be played on March 18. ATL (3) 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 BOS (2) 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 SPRING TRAINING IN SARASOTA: The Orioles are the sixth major league team to train in DET (3) 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-2-0 Sarasota since the New York Giants began training in the Sun Coast City in 1924…The Giants MIN (5) 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 called Sarasota home from 1924-27 and the Boston Red Sox trained in Sarasota from 1933-58 NYY (2) 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 (with the exception of four years during World War II)…The Dodgers came to Sarasota for the PHI (2) 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 PIT (4) 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1959 season before the White Sox began a 28-year run from 1960-97…Cincinnati trained at Ed STL (2) 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Smith Stadium from 1998-2009...Ed Smith Stadium was built in 1989 and renovated prior to the TB (5) 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 2011 spring season...According to a 2014 analysis by Sarasota County Government, the Orioles’ TOR (6) 1-0-0 0-1-0 1-1-0 annual economic impact in the Sarasota area is more than $59 million. TOTAL (34) 1-2-0 1-2-0 2-4-0 MONDAY, MARCH 9 TUESDAY, MARCH 10 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 THURSDAY, MARCH 12 vs. Philadelphia – 1:05 vs. New York (AL) – 1:05 vs. Toronto – 1:05 at St. Louis – 1:05 BAL starter: RH Chris Tillman BAL starter: LH Wei-Yin Chen BAL starter: RH Miguel Gonzalez BAL starter: TBD PHI starter: RH Aaron Harang NYY starter: RH Chase Whitley TOR starter: RH Drew Hutchison STL starter: TBD CLUBHOUSE OPEN TO MEDIA: CLUBHOUSE OPEN TO MEDIA: CLUBHOUSE OPEN TO MEDIA: CLUBHOUSE OPEN TO MEDIA: 8:00-9:00 a.m., post-game 8:00-9:00 a.m., post-game 8:00-9:00 a.m., post-game 8:00-9:00 (Sarasota), post-game TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER BIRDS ON THE BUMP BIRDS ON THE BUMP #73 TIM BERRY LHP #31 UBALDO JIMENEZ RHP #30 CHRIS TILLMAN RHP Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K 3/06 @TOR1.0 1 1 1 2 1 3/03 @DET 1.1 2 6 5 2 2 2014 HIGHLIGHTS 3/08 @MIN 2.0 2 1 1 3 5 Tied for the ML lead with a career-high 34 starts, also posting a #35 BRAD BRACH RHP career-high 207.1IP and 21 Quality Starts Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K #52 STEVE JOHNSON* RHP Became the first Oriole to record consecutive 200-inning seasons 3/05 vTOR 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K since Jeremy Guthrie turned in three straight, 2009-11 3/08 @MIN 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 3/06 @TOR1.0 1 1 0 1 2 th His 38 wins since 2012 are T-11 in the AL and his 3.42 ERA in th that time is 15 #53 ZACH BRITTON LHP #75 CHRIS JONES* LHP Posted a 2.54 ERA (113.1IP, 32ER) in 18 starts at OPACY, the Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K second-best single-season mark in park history (Bud Norris, 2.44 3/05 vTOR 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/03 @DET 1.2 1 1 1 0 2 also in 2014) 3/05 vTOR 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 Has allowed a total of two stolen bases since the beginning of #49 DYLAN BUNDY RHP 2013, tied for the fewest in the majors in the last two seasons Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K #17 BRIAN MATUSZ LHP (min.