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 April 17, 2010 • McAfee Coliseum • Game #12 • Road Game #6 Baltimore Orioles (1-10) vs. Oakland Athletics (8-4) RHP Jeremy Guthrie (0-2, 4.05) vs. RHP Justin Duchscherer (1-0, 3.46) TODAY’S GAME: The Orioles and Athletics meet in game three of their four-game series and the third game of ODDS & ENDS a 10-game road trip that includes visits to Seattle and Boston…The Birds are off to their worst start since the 1988 Home 0-6 season, when they began 0-21…The Birds look to end an eight game losing skid since winning April 8 at Tampa Away 1-4 Bay. Day 0-3 Night 1-7 VS. OAKLAND: The Athletics lead the season series 2-0…The A’s also won the season series in 2009, 5-1, as vs. LHP 0-3 vs. RHP 1-7 the Orioles were swept in three games in Oakland and won one of three in Baltimore…The Orioles have lost their last eight games in Oakland and have not won there since July 22, 2007, when Jeremy Guthrie, Chad Bradford Series Record 0-3-0 and Jamie Walker combined on a two-hit shutout…The all-time series is now tied at 234, with the O’s going First game of series 0-4 111-118 in Baltimore and 123-116 in Oakland. Last game of a series 1-2 Last 10 games 1-9 ROSTER MOVE: The Orioles yesterday placed outfielder Felix Pie on the 15-day disabled list with an upper Win/Loss streak L8 back muscle strain…OF Lou Montanez has been recalled from Triple-A Norfolk, where he was batting .259 (7- Longest win streak 1 27) with five RBI in seven games…Montanez batted .319 (15-47) with three doubles and eight RBI in 20 spring Longest losing streak 8 training games for the O’s…Montanez appeared in 29 games for the Orioles in 2009 but missed most of the Most games over .500 0 (0-0) Most games under .500 9 (1-10) season after tearing ligaments in his right thumb attempting a diving catch at Toronto on May 2…Montanez rejoined the Orioles on September 19. Extra innings 0-1 Shutouts 0-1 GOLD GLOVES: Despite 3 errors in the last two games, the Orioles are tied for the fourth-highest fielding One-run games 1-3 Two-run games 0-2 percentage in the major leagues (.987) as they have made just five miscues in 11 games…All five AL East clubs are in the top half in all of baseball in fielding percentage: New York (3rd, .988), Baltimore (T-4th, .987), Lead after 7 innings 1-4 Tampa Bay (T-4th, .987), Boston (T-11th, .984) and Toronto (T-11th, .984). Tied after 7 innings 0-1 Trail after 7 innings 0-6 Lead after 8 innings 1-2 BROKEN BATS: Through 11 games, the Orioles are 1-for-38 (.026) with runners in scoring position and two Tied after 8 innings 0-0 outs, the lowest average in the majors…The O’s are 10-for-78 (.128) with runners in scoring position and have left Trail after 8 innings 0-8 79 runners on base (7.2 per game)…Baltimore batted .284 with RISP in 2009, finishing second in the A.L. Orioles score first 1-5 Opponent scores first 0-5 DOING THEIR PART: Orioles starting pitchers lead the AL in strikeouts (62) and trail only the Los Angeles Score four or more runs 1-2 Dodgers (64) in all of baseball…The starters are 22nd in the majors with a 4.86 ERA (13th in the AL) after being th Score fewer than four runs 0-8 tied for 29 in the majors in 2009 (5.37, last in the AL)…They have walked just 17 batters, the third-lowest total in the big leagues and best in the AL…The 63.0 innings pitched are 11th in the majors and are 8th best in the AL Orioles homer 1-7 Outhit opponents 1-1 after finishing last in the majors in 2009 (877.2 IP). Equal hit total 0-1 Outhit by opponents 0-8 EARLY WORK: The Orioles have scored eight times in the first inning this year and just 23 runs in the other Most hits in a game 11 innings combined. Fewest hits in a game 5 No errors 1-6 MAKE ‘EM WORK: The Orioles are 28th in the major leagues in pitches seen per plate appearance th With one error 0-3 (3.68)…Nick Markakis is 12 in the majors in pitches seen per plate appearance (4.46)…Opposing starting With two errors 0-1 pitchers have pitched 6.0 innings or more nine times and pitched 7.0 innings or more in six of 11 games in 2010. With three or more errors 0-0 vs. AL 1-10 LATE INNING WOES: The Orioles have allowed at least one run in the 8th inning or later in nine of their 11 th vs. AL East 1-8 games this season…22 of their 59 runs allowed this year have scored in the 8 inning or later…Tuesday marked vs. AL Central 0-0 the fifth game this year in which the Birds gave up the tying or go-ahead runs in the final two frames. vs. AL West 0-2 vs. NL 0-0 A WALK IN THE PARK: Nick Markakis is tied for fourth in AL in walks (10)…Markakis did not draw a Largest home crowd 48,891 (4/9) single walk in 63 spring training at-bats. Largest road crowd 36,973 (4/6) Total home attendance 125,646 (6 dates) SPLITS: Markakis (.333; 8-for-24) and Matt Wieters (.364; 8-for-22) are hitting a combined .348 with the Total road attendance 97,991 (5 dates) bases empty and .111 (Markakis - .077; 1-for-13 & Wieters - .143; 2-for-14) with men on base. CURRENT ROAD TRIP WEARING OUT THE BASEPATHS: Matt Wieters failed to reach base safely for the first time in his 10 Record 0-2 games played on Friday night at Oakland…Wieters became the first catcher in Orioles history to open a season Team Average .203 (13-64) with three consecutive multi-hit games…Wieters is 10-for-36 (.278) with a homer, three runs, three RBI and five Runs per Game 2.0 (4R/2G) walks in 10 games. Fielding Errors 3 THE RIFLEMEN: Felix Pie recorded his first outfield assist Monday night, throwing out Jason Bartlett at the Team ERA 4.50 (16.0IP, 8ER) plate…The Orioles have two outfield assists this year (both at the plate against the Rays) after leading the AL with nd Starters W-L 0-2 36 outfield assists in 2009…Nick Markakis recorded his 52 career assist from the outfield on Opening Starters ERA 5.73 (11.0IP, 7ER) Day…Since the start of the 2006 season, only Alfonso Soriano and Jeff Francouer (58 each) have more outfield assists than Markakis. Bullpen W-L-S 0-0-0 Bullpen ERA 1.80 (5.0IP, 1ER) Saves/Opps 0/0 CLOSE CALLS: Six of the first 11 games have been decided by one or two runs…In 2009, 72 of the 162 games (44%) were decided by one or two runs with the O’s going 29-43 in those games…The Birds were 17-22 in one- Best homestand 0-6 (4/9-14) run games in ‘09…24 of the last 49 losses in ’09 were by one or two runs. Worst homestand 0-6 (4/9-14) Best road trip 1-2 (4/6-8) Worst road trip 1-2 (4/6-8) SPRING TRAINING REPORT: The Orioles drew over 100,000 fans for the first time in franchise history in the Grapefruit League…The Birds went 12-17-1 during the exhibition schedule, including a 6-9 record at Ed Smith ON THE DISABLED LIST Stadium…Nolan Reimold’s .283 average led the club among players with 50 or more at-bats, despite starting the spring going 0-for-22 (went 15-31 after that)…Adam Jones’ five home runs led the club and his 12 RBI tied him 3/26 Koji Uehara (left hamstring strain) 4/10 Mike Gonzalez (left shoulder strain) with Luke Scott for the team lead…Brad Bergesen led the team with three wins, while Brian Matusz allowed 4/10 Brian Roberts (strained abdominal) fewer combined hits (19) and walks (3) than innings pitched (24.1)…Non-roster invitee Will Ohman made the 4/16 Felix Pie (upper back muscle strain) club by allowing just two hits and four walks in 8.2 innings (11 games). TOMORROW’S STARTER: LH Brian Matusz makes his third start of the season and second road start…Both of Matusz’ starts in 2010 have been come against Tampa Bay…He has walked six, including a career-high 5 in his first start of the season, and struck out 15 without allowing a home run…This will be his first start against Oakland, but Matusz is 1-1 with a 5.68 ERA and 11 K’s in 12.2 IP in 2 career starts against AL West opponents (LAA & TEX). UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS DAY OPPONENT TIME (ET) TV RADIO O’S STARTER OPP. STARTER April 18 @ Oakland 4:07 p.m. MASN-2HD 105.7 FM The Fan LH Brian Matusz (1-0, 4.38) LH Brett Anderson (1-0, 0.00) April 19 @ Seattle 10:10 p.m.