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 Wednesday, August 7, 2013 Game #114 Road Game #56 Baltimore Orioles (62-51) vs. San Diego Padres (52-61) RH Miguel Gonzalez (8-5, 3.88) vs. LH Eric Stults (8-10, 3.55) TODAY’S GAME: The Orioles and Padres meet in the finale of their two-game set and the second game of an ODDS & ENDS eight-game, nine-day road trip that will take the Birds to San Francisco and Phoenix for more Interleague Home 33-25 Play…The Orioles are coming off a 4-5 homestand against the Red Sox (1-2), Astros (2-1) and Mariners (1-2). Away 29-26 Day 18-20 VS. SAN DIEGO: The Orioles trail in the season series, 1-2, going 0-2 in Baltimore and 1-0 in San Diego…The Night 44-31 all-time series is tied 6-6 as the Birds are 2-3 in Baltimore and 4-3 in San Diego…The Birds took two of three at vs. LHP 17-18 home in 2002 and were 2-1 in San Diego in 2007 and 1-2 in San Diego in 2010. vs. RHP 45-33 GOOD AFTERNOON: The Orioles are 18-20 in day games in 2013, but have a 13-8 mark on the road…Adam Series Record 20-12-4 Jones’ .386 (59-153) average in day games is the best in the majors among players with 25 or more games First game of series 23-14 played…Chris Davis leads the majors in homers (14) and RBI (42) in day games and Jones is fourth in homers Last game of a series 19-17 (12) and tied for second in RBI (36)…The Birds are tied with Detroit for the highest team batting average in day Last 10 games 5-5 games (.280) and are third in the AL with 53 day game home runs. Win/Loss streak W1 ROUGH STRETCH: Miguel Gonzalez has lost consecutive decisions as a starter for the first time in his career Longest win streak 5 (7/14-22) th Longest losing streak 6 (5/14-20) (today is his 35 start)...In those two outings, he has allowed 17 hits and 15 runs (10 earned)…Prior to his last two Most games + .500 14 (57-43) starts, Gonzalez had never allowed as many as 15 runs in even a three-start span in his career…Opponents have Most games - .500 1 (3-4) recorded eight or more hits in each of his last three outings, equaling the number of times he allowed three or more hits in his first 32 major league starts. Extra innings 5-3 Shutouts 5-5 GREAT IN GREYS: The Orioles own the best road record in the AL (75-61, .551) since the start of 2012…On One-run games 14-17 the road this season, the O’s lead the majors in slugging (.447), OPS (.767) and average (.272, tied with the Two-run games 13-5 Dodgers)…The Orioles lead the AL in doubles (121) and are second in the AL in homers (70)…The Birds have Lead after 7 innings 51-5 scored five or more runs on the road 28 times, the most in the AL and second-most in the majors (St. Louis-29). Tied after 7 innings 7-5 MORE DAVIS HISTORY?: Chris Davis is batting .514 (19-37) in Interleague Play this year with 10 games Trail after 7 innings 4-41 remaining…According to STATS, Davis could become the second player ever to hit .500 or better in interleague Lead after 8 innings 53-7 Tied after 8 innings 6-5 play in a single season (min. 35 PA), joining Kansas City’s Joe Randa (.508 in 1999). Trail after 8 innings 3-39 nd BAT MAN: Nick Markakis (.344, 165-479) has the 2 -highest batting average in the history of Interleague Play Orioles score first 40-20 (min. 300 PA), just behind Larry Walker (.346), but ahead of Mike Piazza (.340) and Dustin Pedroia (.334). Opponent scores first 22-31 HELPING HAND: The 27th annual OriolesREACH Food and Funds Drive to benefit the Maryland Food Bank, Score four or more runs 51-21 Score fewer than four runs 11-30 held July 26-28 at Oriole Park, generated $34,271 in cash donations and 9,870 pounds of non-perishable food items…The 2013 food and cash donations far exceeded the 2012 totals of 4,000 pounds of food and $20,000. Orioles homer 51-37 Out-hit opponents 39-13 CALIFORNIA LOVE: The Orioles are 11-6 against California teams this year (5-2 against the Angels, 3-1 Equal hit total 9-3 against the Athletics, 2-1 against the Dodgers and 1-2 against the Padres)…The Birds are 7-2 in the Golden State, Out-hit by opponents 14-35 going 3-1 in both Anaheim and Oakland and 1-0 in San Diego. Most hits in a game 18 (5/10, 7/22) Fewest hits in a game 2 (6/7) ROAD WARRIORS: Manny Machado is tied for second in the AL with 72 hits on the road…Adam Jones’ 71 hits on the road are fourth-most in the AL…Chris Davis’ 37 extra-base hits on the road lead the majors, while No errors 47-38 Jones’ 28 are tied for fourth and Machado’s 25 are tied for ninth. With one error 13-9 With two errors 2-4 DYNAMIC DUO: Chris Davis (56) and Adam Jones (51) are the only pair of teammates this season to each With three or more errors 0-0 have at least one RBI in 50 or more games…The only other players with 50 or more are Allen Craig, Jay Bruce, Miguel Cabrera and Paul Goldschmidt. (STATS) vs. AL 56-47 vs. AL East 24-23 CRUSH DAVIS: Chris Davis hit his 40th home run of the season Friday, becoming the fifth Oriole to hit 40 vs. AL Central 13-13 homers in a season (Brady Anderson, 50 in 1996; Frank Robinson, 49 in 1966; Jim Gentile, 49 in 1961; and vs. AL West 19-11 vs. NL 6-4 Rafael Palmerio, 43 in 1998)…According to STATS, Davis is the first player in MLB history to have at least 30 doubles and 40 home runs through August 2…He reached those milestones 16 days earlier than any previous Largest home crowd 46,653 (4/5) player (Ken Griffey Jr., August 18, 1997). Largest road crowd 45,214 (6/23) 100+ RBI CLUB: Chris Davis has 103 RBI on the season, the 39th 100+ RBI season in club history and first CURRENT ROAD TRIP th since Nick Markakis drove in 101 in 2009…He is the 20 different player to drive in 100 in a season for the Record 1-0 Birds…Davis’ 103 RBI in 2013 would have led 37 teams in Orioles history and tied one other…He is on pace to drive in 148 runs, which is two shy of Miguel Tejada’s club record set in 2004…Davis’ 71 extra-base hits in 113 Team Average .278 (10-36) games (40-HR and 31-2B) puts him on pace for 102 XBH, which would shatter Brady Anderson’s club record of Runs per Game 4.0 (4R/1G) 92 in 1996 (37-2B, 5-3B and 50HR). Fielding Errors 1 THE IRONMEN: The Orioles have three players that lead the major leagues in innings played at their position Team ERA 1.00 (9.0IP, 1ER) and three more that lead the AL at their position: Manny Machado (1000.1 innings at third base), J.J. Hardy Starters W-L 1-0 (989.1 innings at shortstop), Matt Wieters (835.1 innings at catcher) and Adam Jones (966.1 innings in Starters ERA 1.50 (6.0IP, 1ER) centerfield) lead the majors at their position, while Chris Davis (955.1 innings at first base) and Nick Markakis (950.1 innings in right field) lead the AL at their positions...The Orioles have pitched 1005.1 innings in 2013. Bullpen W-L-S 0-0-1 Bullpen ERA 0.00 (3.0IP, 0ER) SELECT COMPANY: Chris Davis is on pace to score 112 runs in 2013…The only Orioles to score 112 or more Saves/Opps 1/1 runs in a season are Roberto Alomar (132 in 1996), Frank Robinson (122 in 1966), Cal Ripken, Jr. (121 in 1983 Best homestand 4-1 (5/29-6/2) and 116 in 1985), Al Bumbry (118 in 1980), Brady Anderson (117 in 1996) and Eddie Murray (115 in 1983). Worst homestand 2-6 (5/14-22) THE SAVE-IOR: Jim Johnson leads the majors with 39 saves and has 111 career saves, the second-most in club Best road trip 2-1 (last 5/10-12) history behind Gregg Olson (160)…Since the start of 2012, Johnson has 90 saves, 13 more than the second-best Worst road trip 2-4 (last 7/2-7) save total over that time (Craig Kimbrel, 77)…Eric Gagne holds the MLB record for most saves in consecutive seasons with 107 during the 2002-03 seasons…Orioles reliever Francisco Rodriguez is second on the list with 102 (2007-08)…Johnson became the all-time saves leader at Camden Yards with his 44th on June 16. THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME?: The Orioles have made 34 errors in 113 games, which puts them on pace to make 49 errors in 162 games…The major league record for fewest errors in a 162-game season is 65 by the 2003 Seattle Mariners…The 2013 Orioles lead the majors with a .992 fielding percentage, which, if maintained through the entire season, would be the best fielding percentage in baseball history, topping the 2007 Rockies’ .989 mark.