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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 51-36, FIRST PLACE IN A.L. EAST (+2.0) Special thank you to the Elias Sports Bureau and STATS, LLC. for their assistance with these notes HEY NOW, YOU’RE AN ALL-STAR: Five Orioles were named American League All-Stars on Tuesday, July WINNING WAYS 5, including RHP Brad Brach, LHP Zach Britton, 3B Manny Machado, OF Mark Trumbo, and C Matt Most wins since 2012 among AL clubs: Wieters...Brach will make the first All-Star Game appearance of his career...Britton and Trumbo will make their 1. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 406 second All-Star Game appearances...Machado is an All-Star for the third time (also 2013, 2015) and Wieters is 2. New York Yankees 395 making his fourth All-Star Game appearance (also 2011, 2012, 2014)…Machado was voted by fans as the starting 3. Texas Rangers 393 third baseman for the American League team in this season’s Mid-Summer Classic. 4. Detroit Tigers 391 5. Kansas City Royals 387 BIRDS OF A FEATHER: The Orioles have had 20 All-Stars over the last five seasons (since 2012)...According 5. Los Angeles Angels 387 to STATS, LLC., the 20 Baltimore All-Stars since 2012 ranks second in the majors behind St. Louis (24)...In that SUPER SAVER same time, 12 different Orioles have been named All-Stars, tied for third most in the majors (St. Louis – 16, San Francisco – 13). American League saves leaders: 1. ZACH BRITTON, BAL 27 DERBY DETAILS: OF Mark Trumbo competed in the T-Mobile Home Run Derby on Monday 2. Francisco Rodriguez, DET 24 night...Trumbo, the No. 1 seed, defeated SS Corey Seager of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the opening round of the 3. David Robertson, CWS 23 bracket-style format, 16-15, before falling to No. 5 seed and eventual Home Run Derby champion Giancarlo Stanton of the Miami Marlins in the semifinals, 17-14. OH, WHAT A RELIEF IT IS Lowest bullpen ERA in the majors: BEASTS OF THE EAST: With a record of 51-36 (.586), the Orioles are in first place of the American League East division and own a 2.0 game lead over the second-place Boston Red Sox (49-38, .563) and third-place 1. Los Angeles Dodgers 2.83 Toronto Blue Jays (51-40, .560)…The O’s lead AL East clubs with a 22-13 (.629) record in games within the 2. Kansas City Royals 2.92 3. Washington Nationals 3.07 division…Prior to the June 30 loss at Seattle, the Orioles were a season-high 17 games over .500…The Orioles 4. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 3.12 have been in first place (or tied) of the division since June 5. JUST A LITTLE CRUSH THIRD TIME’S THE CHARM-CITY: The Orioles have enjoyed three winning streaks of at least seven games Major League home run leaders since 2012: during the first half...The three winning streaks came from Opening Day-April 12 (seven games), May 7-14 (seven games), and June 22-29 (seven games)...According to STATS, LLC., 2016 marks the eighth time in Orioles 1. CHRIS DAVIS, BAL 181 history that the team has had at least three winning streaks of seven or more games within the same season (also: 2. Edwin Encarnacion, TOR 174 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1979, 1982, 1993). 3. Nelson Cruz, SEA 158 4. Mike Trout, LAA 152 THE SKIPPER: Three-time Manager of the Year (1994, 2004, 2014), Buck Showalter is currently in his TEAM HOME RUN LEADERS seventh season as O’s manager...He has managed the Yankees (1992-95), D-backs (1998-2000), Rangers (2003- th Most team home runs in the majors: 06) and Orioles (August 2010-current)...Showalter’s 1,391 career victories rank 29 all-time...His 509 wins as Orioles manager are third-most in club history behind Earl Weaver (1,480) and Paul Richards (517). 1. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 137 2. Seattle Mariners 132 JUNE BOON: At 19-9 (.679), the Orioles finished with a June record that ranked fourth in the majors…The 3. Toronto Blue Jays 131 Orioles led the majors with 56 home runs in June…The Orioles set the Major League record for most home runs 4. Washington Nationals 124 in June (with 56) and passed the 1996 Oakland Athletics, who hit 55 home runs in June…The 56 home runs in MANAGERIAL WINS June is the third-highest total in any month behind the 58 hit by Baltimore in May 1987 and Seattle in May 1999. Most all-time managerial wins: HOMER’S ODYSSEY: The Orioles own 137 team home runs and lead the majors…OF Mark Trumbo leads 28. Wilbert Robinson, HOF 1,399 the majors with 28 home runs…1B Chris Davis is tied for ninth in the majors and tied for sixth in the AL with 22 29. BUCK SHOWALTER 1,391 th home runs…INF Manny Machado is tied for 10 in the AL with 19 home runs…The 137 home runs before the 30. Davey Johnson 1,372 All-Star break are the most in Orioles history, passing the 134 hit by the 1996 Orioles. BIRD BOSS QUARTERMASTER: OF Mark Trumbo hit his 28th home run of the season in Saturday's 3-2 win...According Most all-time wins as Orioles manager: to the Elias Sports Bureau, Trumbo has become just the third non-rookie in Major League history to hit more than 1. Earl Weaver, HOF 1,480 25 home runs before the All-Star break in his first season with a new team...He joins OF Nelson Cruz, who did so 2. Paul Richards 517 for the Orioles in 2014 and 3B Todd Frazier (CWS) who hit 25 home runs prior to this season’s All-Star break. 3. BUCK SHOWALTER 509 4. Hank Bauer 407 BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: The Orioles have scored 147 runs this season in the seventh inning or later to lead the American League and rank third in the majors...The Orioles also own a share of the Major League lead FIRST HALF with 43 home runs in the seventh inning or later, tied with the St. Louis Cardinals and Washington Record 51-36, .586 Nationals…The Toronto Blue Jays (41) are the next closest American League team in such situations. Team Average .272 (820-for-3012) HOME COOKIN’: The Orioles are tied for second in the AL with 47 home games played this season (with Runs per Game 5.1 (442 R/87 G) Houston and Toronto, behind only Boston; 50)…The Orioles lead the majors with 33 wins at home this Fielding Errors 48, .985 season…At 33-14 (.702), the Orioles also own the best record at home in the majors…The Orioles have hit 74 Team ERA 4.35 (374 ER/773.0 IP) home runs at home this season to lead the majors…The Orioles finished the month of June with a 14-3 record at home...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the 14 home wins mark the most in one month by the Orioles since Starters W-L 29-28 Starters ERA 5.15 (269 ER/470.0 IP) they went 15-3 at Memorial Stadium in June 1979. Bullpen W-L-S 22-8-31 SEVENTH HEAVEN: The Orioles began the year 7-0 to mark the best start, without a loss, in Orioles history Bullpen ERA 3.12 (105 ER/303.0 IP) (since 1954)…According to STATS, LLC., the 2015 Kansas City Royals were the last Major League team to open Saves/Opps 31/42 the season 7-0...The last team from the American League East division to open the season 7-0 was the 1987 Best homestand 5-0 (1.000), 4/4-10 Milwaukee Brewers, who began the year 13-0. Worst homestand 4-3 (.571), 5/12-19 Best road trip 2-0 (1.000), 5/10-11 th ZACH ATTACK: LHP Zach Britton recorded his 27 consecutive save to begin the season on Sunday, going Worst road trip 0-1 (.000), 6/20 27-for-27...According to STATS, LLC., Britton owns the club record for consecutive saves in as many chances to begin a season…Britton also became the fifth pitcher in club history to record 100 career saves with the O’s, UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS joining Gregg Olson (160), Jim Johnson (122), Tippy Martinez (105), and Stu Miller (100)…He now ranks INF Ryan Flaherty Turns 30 on 7/27 tied for fourth on the Orioles all-time saves list with Miller and is one of two left-handed pitchers in Orioles OF Adam Jones Turns 31 on 8/1 history with 100 or more career saves with the club (also, Tippy Martinez)…Britton’s 27 saves this season lead the AL and are tied for second in the majors…He is one of two relievers this season to own 27 or more saves with MILESTONE TRACKER a 100.0% save percentage (also, NYM’s Jeurys Familia, 31-for-31) Buck Showalter Needs 8 wins for 1,399* Needs 8 wins for 517 with BAL** GENUINE DRAFT: In the 2016 First-Year Player Draft, the Orioles selected RHP Cody Sedlock from the Mychal Givens Needs 12 K for 100 J.J. Hardy Needs 3 HR for 100 with BAL University of Illinois with their first selection at No. 27...The O's also selected LHP Keegan Akin at No.