BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 West Camden Street Baltimore, MD 21201
Friday, May 2, 2014 Game #27 Road Game #14 Baltimore Orioles (14-12) vs. Minnesota Twins (12-14) RH Ubaldo Jimenez (0-4, 6.59) vs. RH Ricky Nolasco (2-2, 6.67)
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Orioles and Twins meet in the opener of a three-game set and the first game of a ODDS & ENDS seven-day, six-game road trip for the Birds…The Orioles will head to Tampa Bay for three games Tuesday Home 7-6 through Thursday following a day off on Monday…The Orioles went 3-2 on their recently completed homestand Away 7-6 against Kansas City (1-2) and Pittsburgh (2-0). Day 6-6 Night 8-6 VS. MINNESOTA: In 2013, the clubs split the season series, 3-3, with the visiting club in each series taking two vs. LHP 1-3 of three…The Orioles lead the all-time series, 320-273 (169-127 in Baltimore and 151-146 in vs. RHP 13-9
Minneapolis)…Since April 19, 2011, the Orioles are 14-6 against the Twins, including a 6-3 mark at home and a Series Record 4-4-1 8-3 mark in Minneapolis…The Orioles are 10-5 at Target Field since it opened in 2010. First game of series 4-5 Last game of a series 6-3 13 AND COUNTING: Since the start of the 2012 season, Adam Jones has hit in all 13 games against the Twins, Last 10 games 6-4 batting .411 (23-56) with five doubles, a triple, four homers, 12 runs scored and 13 RBI…At Target Field since the start of 2012, he is 12-for-32 (.375) with two doubles, a triple, three homers and seven RBI. Win/Loss streak W2 Longest win streak 3 (4/14-18)
Longest losing streak 4 (4/2-5) NICK THE STICK: Nick Markakis recorded multi-hit games in all six meetings with the Twins last year, going Most games over .500 2 (last 14-12) 14-for-26 (.538) with four doubles…Since the start of the 2012 season, is batting .519 (27-52) with four doubles, a Most games under .500 3 (last 2-5) triple, two homers and eight RBI in 13 games against the Twins…He has 10 multi-hit games in those 13 contests…Markakis homered in both games Thursday, marking the first time he has homered in consecutive Extra innings 3-0 games since May 22-23, 2013 and the 12th time in his career…He has never homered in three straight games… Shutouts 1-2 Since April 16, he has hit safely in 12 of 13 games, including seven multi-hit efforts…He is batting .373 (19-51) One-run games 6-3 Two-run games 2-3 with 10 walks, three doubles, two homers and seven RBI over that span. Lead after 7 innings 10-0 BUSY DAY: Orioles closer Tommy Hunter recorded his seventh save of the year in game one of Thursday’s Tied after 7 innings 4-2 doubleheader before notching his first victory in the nightcap…According to Elias, he is the first Oriole to Trail after 7 innings 0-10 accomplish the feat since Jorge Julio on August 3, 2004 against Seattle...The last major leaguer to claim a win Lead after 8 innings 11-0 and save in the same day was Philadelphia’s Jonathan Papelbon on September 9, 2012 against Tied after 8 innings 3-1 Trail after 8 innings 0-11 Colorado…According to baseball-reference.com, Hunter was the first to do it facing three or fewer batters since Minnesota’s Ray Corbin on July 26, 1973 against Oakland. Orioles score first 12-5 Opponent scores first 3-7 BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: Matt Wieters hit the third walk-off home run of his career Thursday night in Score four or more runs 9-3 game two…His other walk-off blasts came September 16, 2009 off Tampa Bay’s Russ Springer and April 18, Score fewer than four runs 5-9 2013 off Tampa Bay’s Brandon Gomes…His last two walk-off homers came in the 10th inning…Over his last six Orioles homer 8-5 games (since April 20), Wieters has five multi-hit games and is batting .393 (11-28) with two doubles, two homers Outhit opponents 8-2 and seven RBI. Equal hit total 2-1 Outhit by opponents 4-9 ROAD WARRIORS: The Orioles have won seven of their last 11 road games, but are just 1-3 in road series Most hits in a game 20 (4/8) openers…The Birds are 4-2 in road night games (3-4 in road day games). Fewest hits in a game 5 (last 4/27)
RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY: On Tuesday and Wednesday, the Orioles had consecutive games postponed by rain No errors 13-5 for the first time since April 13-14, 2004 at Boston…The Birds sat through a 20 minute rain delay during game With one error 1-5 With two errors 0-1 one of Thursday’s doubleheader before waiting through a 50-minute delay before starting game two. With three or more errors 0-1
AWESOME APRIL: Nelson Cruz has 24 RBI in 24 games played in April, marking the first time in his career vs. AL 12-12 he has posted 20 or more RBI in April…It is the fifth time in his career he has driven in 20+ runs in a month as he vs. AL East 10-8 also accomplished the feat in June of 2013 (22), May of 2012 (23), July of 2011 (26) and September of 2008 vs. AL Central 2-4 (23)…Miguel Tejada holds the club record for RBI in April with 31 in 2005…Cruz’s six homers in April are the vs. AL West 0-0 vs. NL 2-0 tied for third-most in a month in his career: seven times, April of 2010 and 2011 and six times, April of 2013 and 2009…Cruz also homered on Opening Day, March 31. Largest home crowd *46,685 (3/31) Largest road crowd *48,142 (4/07) RBI GUY: Nelson Cruz has recorded six multi-RBI games in his last 12 contests and ranks third in the American League with 25 RBI this season…He now has seven multi-RBI games, as many as the next two highest Orioles’ LAST HOMESTAND totals combined (Matt Wieters-four and Chris Davis-three)…For the year, there have been 25 multi-RBI games Record 3-2 by Orioles batters, of which Cruz has seven (28.0%). Team Average .241 (41-170) E’s = L’s: The Orioles are 13-5 in games in which they do not make an error and 1-7 when making at least one Runs per Game 3.4 (17R/5G) defensive miscue…The Birds have made at least one error in each of their last five losses. Fielding Errors 3
MAY 24 GAME TIME: The O’s have announced that the May 24 game vs. Cleveland will begin at 12:35 p.m. Team ERA 4.02 (47.0IP, 21ER)
CLIMBING THE CHARTS: On Thursday, Nick Markakis recorded the 1,403rd hit of his career, tying Al Starters W-L 1-2 Bumbry for ninth place on the Orioles’ all-time hits list…Markakis has 438 extra-base hits in his career and Starters ERA 4.03 (29.0IP, 13ER) trails Paul Blair (446) for seventh place on the list. Bullpen W-L-S 2-0-1
Bullpen ERA 4.00 (18.0IP, 8ER) MATT’S BAT: Among American League catchers, Matt Wieters leads in batting average (.342), slugging Saves/Opps 1/1 percentage (.582), is tied for first in home runs (five), is second in RBI (17) and on-base percentage (.372), and third in hits (27). Best homestand 3-2 (4/11-16) Worst homestand 1-2 (3/31-4/3) DON’T. RUN. EVER.: The Orioles and Twins lead the major leagues with eight outfield assists…The Birds have Best road trip 4-3 (4/18-24) cut down five runners at second base, one at third and two at home…David Lough leads the club with three Worst road trip 3-3 (4/4-9) assists, while Delmon Young and Nick Markakis have two each, and Adam Jones has one.
CLOSE CALLS: The Orioles have had 14 of their first 26 games decided by one (6-3) or two (2-3) runs…In 2013, the Orioles had 82 of their 162 games decided by one (20-31) or two runs (20-11).
WORTH THE WAIT: The Orioles have won their first three extra innings games of the year…The Birds were 8-7 in extra innings in 2013 after going 16-2 in 2012…Since the start of the 2012 season, the Birds are 27-9 in extra innings contests…In games that have gone 12 or more innings since the start of 2012, the Orioles are 12-3 (13-3 including the 2012 postseason).
TOMORROW’S STARTING PITCHER: LH Wei-Yin Chen will make his sixth start of the season, and third on the road…In his two road starts in 2014, Chen is 2-0 with a 6.30 ERA (10.0IP, 7ER) with his wins coming at New York and Boston…In his two career starts against the Twins (both at Target Field), Chen is 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA (12.0IP, 3ER) and has walked just one batter while striking out eight…Has not allowed a homer against Minnesota…Left his last start against the Twins (May 12, 2013) after five scoreless innings with a right oblique strain that landed him on the 15-day disabled list.
UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS DAY OPPONENT TIME TV RADIO O’S STARTER OPP. STARTER May 3 at Minnesota 2:10 p.m. MASN2-HD/WJZ 1090 AM WBAL LH Wei-Yin Chen (3-1, 4.34) RH Kevin Correia (0-3, 7.33) May 4 at Minnesota 2:10 p.m. MASN2-HD 1090 AM WBAL RH Miguel Gonzalez (1-2, 5.19) RH Phil Hughes (2-1, 5.14) TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER: #31 UBALDO JIMENEZ
JIMENEZ’S 2014 SPLITS Height: 6-5 Weight: 210 Bats: Right Throws: Right Opening Day Age: 30 Home: 0-3, 6.75 ERA vs. LH: .258 (16-62), 2 HR Born: January 22, 1984 in Nagua, D.R. Resides: Santo Domingo, DR Away: 0-1, 6.30 ERA vs. RH: .354 (17-48), 3 HR
Acquisition Date: February 19, 2014 JIMENEZ’S CAREER NUMBERS
How Acquired: Signed as a free agent to a four-year contract. W-L ERA G IP H R ER BB SO 2014 0-4 6.59 5 27.1 33 20 20 17 21 QUICK HITS: Making his sixth start of the season and his third on the road…His four-year 2013 13-9 3.30 32 182.2 163 75 67 80 194 Career 82-79 3.98 217 1303.0 1176 629 576 590 1193 contract is the longest contract ever given to a pitcher by the Orioles…Made his MLB debut September 26, 2006 against the Dodgers and recorded his first MLB win July 29, 2007 against Home: 43-34, 3.71 ERA vs. LH: .238 (597-2510), 59 HR Away: 39-45, 4.24 ERA vs. RH: .244 (579-2371), 49 HR the Dodgers…Pronounced oo-BAHL-doh hih-MEHN-ehz. RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING IN 2014
CAREER vs. MINNESOTA: Making his seventh career start against the Twins…Is the owner 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Tot of a 3-3 record with a 2.90 ERA (40.1IP, 13ER) and has allowed just one homer against the 3 0 3 3 4 5 2 0 0 20
Twins (Justin Morneau on July 29, 2012 at Target Field)…Made two starts against the Twins RUN SUPPORT WHILE IN GAME IN 2014 last year, going 1-1 with a 2.13 ERA (12.2IP, 3ER)…Last started against the club on September 0R 1R 2R 3R 4R 5R 6R 7R 8R 9R 10+ 29, 2013, his last start of the season…Earned the win, going 6.2 innings and allowing an earned 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 run on five hits with a walk and tied his career-high with 13 strikeouts. LAST TIME LAST START: Started on April 25 at home against the Royals…Matched his season-high with Date & Opp Final Line Win: 9/29/13 @MIN 6.2IP, 5H, 1ER, 1BB, 13K 6.0 innings, but took his fourth loss of the year…Surrendered four earned runs on six hits with Loss: 4/25/14 vs. KC 6.0IP, 6H, 4ER, 4BB, 3K four walks and three strikeouts…Faced three batters in the seventh, before T.J. McFarland ND: 4/20/14 at BOS 5.1IP, 4H, 3ER, 3BB, 5K replaced him. CG: 6/1/11 at LAD 9.0IP, 4H, 7K SHO: 6/1/11 at LAD 9.0IP, 4H, 7K AT ORIOLE PARK: Is 1-3 with a 5.96 ERA (22.2IP, 15ER) in four career starts at Oriole Park…Has made three starts at home as an Oriole and suffered the loss in all three, owning a 6.75 2014 SEASON HIGHS No. Date(s) & Opp. ERA (17.1IP, 13ER)…He has yet to log a Quality Start at OPACY, allowing two runs in 5.1 Innings Pitched: 6.0 4/25 vs. KC innings as a member of the Cleveland Indians in his lone win at Oriole Park…Has allowed at Hits Allowed: 10 4/13 vs. TOR least two home runs in three of his four starts at OPACY. Runs Allowed: 5 4/13 vs. TOR Strikeouts: 6 4/2 vs. BOS ON THE ROAD: Has made two starts on the road this year…Is 0-1 with a 6.30 ERA (10IP, Walks: 5 4/7 @ NYY 7ER) this season…Last started on April 20 at Boston, tossing 5.1 innings and allowing three HR allowed: 2 4/13 vs. TOR earned runs on four hits with three walks and five strikeouts…Owns a 39-45 career record on the Winning Streak: N/A N/A road with a 4.24 ERA (659.2IP, 311ER). Losing Streak: 4 4/2-current Shortest start: 4.2 4/7 @ NYY SPRING TRAINING: Made four starts and was 1-1 with a 5.28 ERA (15.1IP, 9ER) and made Pitches thrown: 109 4/7 @ NYY one start in a minor league game due to a rain out. CAREER HIGHS No. Date(s) & Opp. EARLY STRUGGLES: Owns a 10-13 record with a 5.23 ERA (173.2IP, 101ER) in 32 starts Innings Pitched: 9.0 5x, last: 6/1/11 @ LAD during his career in March/April…It is his highest ERA for any month during his career…In 185 Hits Allowed: 12 5/27/11 vs. STL Runs Allowed: 9 8/9/07 vs. CHC games (184 starts) outside of March/April, Jimenez owns a 72-66 record with a 3.79 ERA Strikeouts: 13 5/3/10 & 9/29/13 (1129.1IP, 475ER). Walks: 6 7x, last: 5/1/12 @ CWS HR allowed: 3 6/12/11 vs. LAD STRONG SECOND HALF: Jimenez went 6-5 with a 1.82 ERA (84.0IP, 17ER) in 12 starts Winning Streak: 9 5/15-7/8/10 after the All-Star break in 2013…His second half ERA was the 2nd-lowest in MLB behind Losing Streak: 8 8/14/12-4/16/13 Clayton Kershaw’s 1.59. Shortest start: 1.0 7/30/11 @ SD Pitches thrown: 128 4/17/10 at ATL & 5/31/10 @ SF A SEPTEMBER TO REMEMBER: Jimenez was named AL Pitcher of the Month for JIMENEZ VS. TWINS September 2013 (third career award), as he went 4-0 with 1.09 ERA (41.0IP, 5ER, 7BB, 51K) in PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI six starts…Tied career-high with 13 strikeouts September 29 against Minnesota (6.2IP, ER) in Colabello .------AL Wild Card-clinching win. Dozier .375 8 3 0 0 Escobar .------DOMINANT DOWN THE STRETCH: Ended the 2013 season having allowed three earned Florimon .250 4 1 0 1 runs or fewer in 13 straight starts from July 22 through the end of the season…Allowed three Fuld .000 1 0 0 0 earned runs or fewer in 27 of his 32 starts, going 12-6 with a 2.15 ERA (163.1IP, 39ER) in those Herrmann .500 6 3 0 1 27 starts…Posted a 2.41 ERA (138.0IP, 37ER) over his final 23GS from May 27 through the end Kubel .200 5 1 0 0 of the season…Allowed two runs or fewer in 21 of his last 28 starts…Became the third Cleveland Mauer .125 8 1 0 1 hurler since 1979 to record three 10+ strikeout efforts in a span of four starts (August 23- Pinto .------September 9). Plouffe .000 8 0 0 0 Suzuki .500 2 1 1 1 NOLASCO VS. ORIOLES A BANNER YEAR: Finished 2013 among AL leaders in ERA (10th, 3.30), strikeouts (9th, 194), walks (T-3rd, 80), wins (T-15th, 13), HR/9.0IP (12th, .79), K/9.0IP (4th, 9.56), lowest SLG PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI % (8th, .367), road ERA (8th, 2.95) and AVG against with RISP (6th, .205 – 31-for-151). Clevenger .------Cruz .------Flaherty .------POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE: Has made five postseason starts, making three Division Series Hardy .250 4 1 0 1 starts (one in 2007 and two in 2009), one League Championship Series start (2007 at Arizona) Jones .333 3 1 1 1 and one World Series start (2007, game two at Boston)…Is 0-2 with a 3.54 ERA (28.0IP, 11ER) Lough .------in those five starts. Machado .------Markakis .000 10 0 0 0 QUITE A YEAR: In 2010, Jimenez was a National League All-Star and finished third in the NL Pearce .000 2 0 0 0 Cy Young Award balloting behind Roy Halladay and Adam Wainwright…Finished 23rd in NL Schoop .------MVP balloting…Became the first Colorado pitcher to throw a no-hitter, April 17 at Atlanta Weeks .250 4 1 0 0 (6BB, 7K, 128P) and was the starting pitcher for the NL in the All-Star Game…He was the first Wieters .400 5 2 0 0 Rockies pitcher to start an All-Star Game and the fourth Dominican pitcher to throw a no- Young .333 6 2 0 1 hitter…Set Rockies single season record for wins by a starter (19), ERA (2.88), strikeouts (214), average against (.209) and fewest HR (10)…Was the first NL pitcher to win 13 of his first 14 starts in 98 years, since Rube Marquard of the New York Giants won his first 18 starts in 1912.
SOLID AS A ROCK(IE); Left Colorado as the all-time franchise leader in strikeouts (773), second in ERA (3.66), third in wins (56) and fourth in innings (851.0) and starts (137).
OPENING DAY STARTER: Was the Rockies’ Opening Day starter in 2010 and 2011.
WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC: Started one game for the Dominican Republic in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, striking out a WBC-record 10 batters against the Netherlands.
JIMENEZ’S 2014 STARTS DATE OPP SCORE WHEN LEFT DEC IP H R ER BB K HR PIT STR NOTES 4/2 vs. BOS 2-6 2-4 L 6.0 5 4 4 3 6 2 96 63 First start for Orioles 4/7 @ NYY 2-4 1-3 L 4.2 8 4 4 5 4 0 109 65 Left with two outs and the bases loaded in the fifth 4/13 vs. TOR 11-3 1-5 L 5.1 10 5 5 2 3 2 98 57 Allowed season-highs in runs (five) and hits (10) 4/20 @ BOS 5-6 5-3 ND 5.1 4 3 3 3 5 1 107 65 Left after allowing a three-run homer in the sixth 4/25 vs. KC 0-5 0-3 L 6.0 6 4 4 4 3 0 104 61 Left in 7th without recording an out TOTALS 0-4 27.1 33 20 20 17 21 5 514 311 (60.5%)
45 • STEVE CLEVENGER • CA (L) 5/1 vPIT (1): 1-3, BB, 2B, 2R vPIT: 1-3, BB, 2B, 2R STAND: 1-6, 2BB, 2B, 2R
2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-Hit 2 3 4 5 T 2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-RBI 2 3 4 5 T Hit Game 2 4/22 @TOR Games 1 - - - 1 RBI Game 2 4/5 @DET Games 1 - - - 1
Current Hit Streak: 1G (since 5/1; 1-3, BB, 2B, 2R)…Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 2G (last 4/21-4/22; .429, 3-for-7, BB, 2-2B, 2R, RBI) Collected his first multi-hit game of the season, April 22 @TOR, reaching base safely three times (walk, single, double) Hit pinch 2-RBI double, April 5 @DET…Made 2014 debut, April 4 @DET, collecting his first career major league triple, adding an RBI and run scored Acquired from CHC with RHP Scott Feldman in exchange for RHPs Jake Arrieta and Pedro Strop on July 2, 2013 Became the 22nd Maryland-born Oriole in club history when he debuted for the Birds, September 13, 2013 @TOR Collected first hit and RBI with a game-tying two-run double in the 7th inning of that game Hit safely in all four games in which he played for the Birds, with the team going 3-1 in those games In four minor league stops in the Cubs and Orioles organizations, batted .327/.405/.453 (49-150) with four homers and 21 RBI in 43 games Selected by the Cubs in the 7th round in 2006 out of Chipola (FL) JC…Attended Baltimore’s Mount St. Joseph’s HS
23 • NELSON CRUZ • OF (R) 5/1 vPIT (2): 2-5 vPIT: 3-9 STAND: 4-20, BB, 2R, HR, 2RBI, BB
2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-Hit 2 3 4 5 T 2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-RBI 2 3 4 5 T Hit Game 2 5/1 vs. PIT (2) Games 9 - - - 9 RBI Game 5 4/23 @TOR Games 5 1 - 1 7
Current Hit Streak: 3G (since 4/27; .250, 4-for-13, R, HR, 2RBI)…Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 7G (4/18-4/25; .417, 10-for-24, 2BB, 3HR, 2B, 6R, 16RBI) Hit his 7th career Grand Slam, April 23 at Toronto, part of his 11th career two-HR game…Batted .414/.485/.862 with 4 HR & 16 RBI on last road trip (7G, 4/18-24) Hit team-leading 7th HR, April 27 vs. KC…Recorded 500th career RBI, April 19 at Boston Became the 5th Oriole in franchise history to hit a HR in each of his first two games with the club (F. Robinson ’66; Palmeiro ’94; Incaviglia ’96; Fasano ‘05) Made his O’s debut on Opening Day vs. BOS, playing LF…Became the 1st Oriole since Cesar Izturis (April 6, 2009) to HR on Opening Day in his O’s debut Signed by the Orioles as a free agent to a one-year contract, February 24, 2014…Named an AL All-Star for the 2nd time in his career in 2013 (also 2009), hitting 27 HR (109G) Is one of 13 MLB players with 20+ HR in each of the last 5 seasons…Ranked 7th in the AL, with a 5.43 AB/RBI ratio (min. 400 AB) Had at least 20 HR and 75 RBI for the fifth consecutive season…Had season-long 10-game hit streak, May 24-June 5
3 • RYAN FLAHERTY • INF (L) 5/1 vPIT: 1-3, 2RBI vPIT: 1-3, 2RBI STAND: 3-11, 2RBI
2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-Hit 2 3 4 5 T 2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-RBI 2 3 4 5 T Hit Game 3 4/8 @NYY Games 2 1 - - 3 RBI Game 2 5/1 (1) vs. PIT Games 2 - - - 2
Current Hit Streak: 3G (since 4/25; .273, 3-for-11, 2RBI)…Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 3G (4/25-current; .273, 3-for-11, 2RBI) Snapped season-opening 0-for-17 with 9th inning single, April 6 @DET…Also began the 2013 season going 0-for-his-first-17 Made his 1st career Opening Day start, March 31 vs. BOS…Had three stints with the Orioles in 2013 (3/31-5/18, 5/29-8/27 and 9/3-end of the season) Had career-high eight-game hit streak, June 18-29, batting .483 (14-29) with a walk, four HR, six runs and nine RBI…Hit streak included six multi-hit games Collected 1st career multi-HR game and season-high three RBI, June 23 @TOR…Had career-high three hits, August 2 vs. SEA Snapped an 0-for-17 streak to begin season, April 10 @BOS, with two-out 9th inning single that started a four run rally in the O’s comeback win
2 • J.J. HARDY • SS (R) 5/1 vPIT (2): 2-3, BB, 2RBI vPIT: 3-6, BB, R, 2RBI STAND: 6-16, 2BB, R, 2RBI
2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-Hit 2 3 4 5 T 2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-RBI 2 3 4 5 T Hit Game 3 4/14 vs. TB Games 5 1 - - 6 RBI Game 2 5/1 vs. PIT (2) Games 1 - - - 1
Current Hit Streak: 2G (since 5/1; .500, 3-for-6, BB, R, 2RBI)…Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 3G (4/24-4/26; .333, 4-for-12, BB, 2B) Logged a season-high three hits and collected his first RBI, April 14 vs. TB…Made his 4th straight Opening Day start for the Birds, March 31 vs. BOS In 2013, earned 1st career start as AL SS (5,283,144 votes, 8th highest total in the AL) at the All-Star Game, his 2nd career ASG (also 2007)…Went 0-for-2 with an RBI Won his 2nd career Gold Glove, becoming the 3rd SS in O’s history to win the award in consecutive years, joining Cal Ripken, Jr. (1991-92) and Mark Belanger (1973-78) Led all AL SS in games (159) and DP turned (108), was 2nd in assists (403), 3rd in putouts (230) and total zone runs (4) and 4th in fielding % (.981) Also honored with his 1st career Silver Slugger Award (as AL SS)…Is 5th active player with multiple SS Gold Gloves (Jeter 5, Rollins 4, Rodriguez & Tulowitzki 2) Became the 4th active player (and 9th since 1901) with three 25+ HR seasons at SS (Rodriguez, Tejada and Tulowitzki) Is the only SS in MLB with at least 20 HR in each of the last three seasons…Leads all MLB SS with 77 HR and 231 RBI since joining the O’s in 2011
10 • ADAM JONES • CF (R) 5/1 vPIT (2): 2-5, 2B, R, RBI vPIT: 2-9, 2B, R, RBI STAND: 3-21, 2B, R, 3RBI
2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-Hit 2 3 4 5 T 2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-RBI 2 3 4 5 T Hit Game 4 4/20 @BOS Games 7 - 1 - 8 RBI Game 3 4/24 @TOR Games 1 1 - - 2
Current Hit Streak: 1G (since 5/1 (2), .400, 2-5, 2B, R, RBI)…Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 5G (last 4/16-21; .476; 10-for-21, 2-2B, 3R, 4RBI) Tied career-high (11th time) with four hits, April 20 at Boston…Collected his 1,000th career hit, April 13 vs. TOR, with a 3rd inning single off of Mark Buehrle Has batted .500 (12-for-24) with four doubles, a triple, a homer, five runs scored and five RBI in his last six Opening Day games (2009-14) Last year, in his 6th season with the O’s, was named to 3rd AL All-Star Team, won 3rd career Gold Glove and 1st Silver Slugger Award Was the leading vote getter among all AL OF (6,793,577), the 3rd highest vote total for any AL player…Went 1-for-3 with a 2B & R in All-Star Game Was the 1st Oriole OF in club history to be honored with a Silver Slugger Award…Led AL outfielders in HR (33) and RBI (108) and was 3rd in doubles (35) and SLG (.493) Joined Paul Blair (seven straight, 1969-75) as the only O’s OF to receive a Gold Glove in consecutive seasons Led AL CF in games (156), assists (11) and putouts (352 – led AL CF for 3rd time in the last 4 seasons) and ranked 3rd in fielding % (.995) Finished the season in the AL top-10 in: AB (2nd – 653); RBI (3rd – 108); R (4th – 100); G (T-4th – 160); HR (6th – 33) & H (8th – 186) Joined Chris Davis, Miguel Cabrera and Paul Goldschmidt with a 30-HR, 100-R, 100-RBI season in 2013 Jones/Davis posted the 10th and 11th “30/100/100” seasons in club history (1st since Tejada in 2004) Became the 2nd O’s OF with three 25+ HR seasons (also Frank Robinson)…On September 25 vs. TOR, snapped 322 consecutive games played streak (dating back to 9/26/11)
9 • DAVID LOUGH • OF (L) 5/1 vPIT (2): 0-3 vPIT: 0-3 STAND: 1-14
2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-Hit 2 3 4 5 T 2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-RBI 2 3 4 5 T Hit Game 3 4/24 @TOR Games 1 1 - - 2 RBI Game 1 4/20 @BOS Games - - - - -
Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-his-last-3, since 5/1 (2))…Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 2G (last 4/20-21; .222, 2-for-9, 2B, R, RBI) Collected a season-high three hits, going 3-for-4 with BB, 2B, 3R and 2SB, April 24 at Toronto…Leads the team with four stolen bases Hit walk-off RBI single in the 12th inning, April 12 vs. TOR…Was his first multi-hit game of the year, going 2-for-5 with R, RBI Made O’s debut, April 2 vs. BOS, starting in LF and going 0-for-4…Acquired from KC in exchange for INF Danny Valencia, December 18, 2013 Finished 8th in the 2013 AL Rookie of the Year balloting, leading AL rookies in WAR per both Baseball-Reference (2.7) and FanGraphs (2.4, tied with TB’s Wil Myers) Ranked 3rd among AL rookies (min. 300 AB) in average (.286), 2nd in triples (4), T-4th in doubles (17), and 5th in slugging percentage (.413) Among all OF that played 500 or more innings in 2013, he ranked 9th overall with a +14.5 Ultimate Zone Rating Hit .294 (50-170) with a .447 SLG before the All-Star Break…Blasted 1st Major League HR on June 11 (solo shot off DET’s Max Scherzer) Became the first Royals rookie to collect four hits in a game on May 27 vs. STL, going 4-for-5…Also went 4-for-4 with three doubles and a homer @MIN on June 30 Became the first Royal to collect four extra-base hits in a game since Johnny Damon did it vs. CHC, July 18, 2000
13 • MANNY MACHADO • INF (R) 5/1 v PIT (2): 0-5 vPIT: 0-5 STAND: 0-5
2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-Hit 2 3 4 5 T 2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-RBI 2 3 4 5 T Hit Game - - Games - - - - - RBI Game - - Games - - - - -
Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-his-last-5, since 5/1)…Longest 2014 Hit Streak: N/A Reinstated from the DL, May 1…Appeared in three rehab games for Class-A Frederick, batting .667/.692/1.167 (8-12) with 4-2B, a 3B, 5R, 2RBI and a SB Placed on the DL, retro to 3/21, after an arthroscopy and open reconstruction of the medial patellar femoral ligament on 10/14/13, performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache Suffered a torn medial patellofemoral ligament in his left leg, suffered on September 23, 2013 @TB In 2013, led the AL and became the 2nd player in ML history to record 50+ doubles (51) in a season during which he was 20 years old, joining Alex Rodriguez (54 in 1996) Named to 1st career All-Star team as reserve 3B (went 0-for-1), collecting the 9th most votes in the AL (4,101,089) Won his 1st career Gold Glove Award, the first O’s third baseman to win the award since Brooks Robinson in 1975, after leading all AL 3B in fielding % (.973), assists (355), double plays turned (42) and range factor per game (3.02)…Also finished 2nd in putouts (116) Also won the Platinum Glove, given annually to the best individual defender in each league His 32 Total Zone Runs (the number of runs above or below average the player was worth based on the number of plays made) was the highest total for any defender in the majors in 2013 and tied for the 12th best season of all-time…It was also the highest number of TZR by an AL infielder since Mark Belanger’s 35 in 1975 Finished the season leading the AL in 2B (51) and AB (667), 6th in H (189), 7th in multi-hit games (55), T-7th in XBH (68), 10th in TB (288) and T-16th in R (88) Made 1st O’s Opening Day roster…Became the 4th Oriole to start on Opening Day at 20 or younger (Powell ‘62, B. Robinson ’57 & ’58, Hansen ’58)
21 • NICK MARKAKIS • RF (L) 5/1 vPIT (2): 2-5, HR, 2R, RBI vPIT: 3-8, BB, 2HR, 3R, 2RBI STAND:8-19, 3BB, 2HR, 4R, 4RBI
2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-Hit 2 3 4 5 T 2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-RBI 2 3 4 5 T Hit Game 2 5/1 vs. PIT (2) Games 11 - - - 11 RBI Game 2 4/26 vs. KC Games 1 - - - 1
Current Hit Streak: 9G (since 4/21; .361, 13-for-36, 6BB, 2B, 2HR, 8R, 6RBI, SB)…Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 9G (4/21-current; .361, 13-for-36, 6BB, 2B, 2HR, 8R, 6RBI, SB) Current nine-game hitting streak is an Orioles season-long…Snapped an eight-game hitting streak on April 14. Hit his first two home runs of the season, one in each half of a doubleheader May 1 vs. PIT Hit 10th inning walk-off RBI single vs. Kansas City, giving the O’s a 3-2 win Has hit safely in 12 of his last 13 (.373/.475/.549) with seven multi-hit games…Leads the club, and is T-4th in the AL, with 11 multi-hit games Collected his 1,400th career hit on April 27 vs. KC going 1-for-3 with a walk….Is tied with Al Bumbry (1,403) for 9th on the all-time hit list. Made 8th consecutive Opening Day start in RF on March 31 vs. BOS…Added to his franchise-leading total (set new mark in 2013 with his 7th) Is in 6th place in franchise history with 293 doubles…Moved into top 10 in hits (T-9th – 1,403), total bases (9th - 2,115), extra-base hits (8th - 438), RBI (9th - 618) Is tied for 5th in club history with Ken Singleton with eight seasons of 20+ 2B & 10+ HR…Was a Gold Glove finalist among AL RF (1.000 fielding %) Had season-long 12-game hit streak, May 15-27, 2013 batting .377 (20-53) with three walks, four doubles, two HR, seven runs and 11 RBI Snapped career-long 31-game streak without an extra-base hit, August 25, 2013 vs. OAK, with a double and HR
28 • STEVE PEARCE • INF/OF (R) 5/1 vPIT (2): 1-4, 2B, R vPIT: 4-8, 2B, R, 2RBI STAND: 4-8, 2B, R, 2RBI
2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-Hit 2 3 4 5 T 2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-RBI 2 3 4 5 T Hit Game 3 5/1 vs. PIT (1) Games - 1 - - 1 RBI Game 2 5/1 vs. PIT (1) Games 1 - - - 1
Current Hit Streak: 3G (since 4/13; .417, 5-for-12, 2-2B, R, 2RBI)…Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 3G (4/13-current; .417, 5-for-12, 2-2B, R, 2RBI) Tied his career-high for the sixth time with three hits, going 3-for-4 with 2RBI vs. PIT (GM1) on May 1 Signed by the Orioles as a free agent, April 29, after being DFA on April 22 and released April 27 Collected 1st hit of the season, April 13 vs. TOR…Made season debut as PH, April 4 @DET, going 0-for-2 after staying in game in LF Made 1st O’s Opening Day roster in 2013 and went 0-for-4 in 1st career Opening Day start, April 2 @TB Was 0-for-17 to open the season before hitting HR off Jake McGee, April 18 vs. TB…Tied career-high with three hits, including 10th inning GW RBI, May 4 @LAA Had two DL stints stemming from left wrist tendinitis, June 20-July 31 and August 28-September 17 Batted .455/.625/1.000 in 16 plate appearances after his second DL stint to end the season
6 • JONATHAN SCHOOP • INF (R) 5/1 vPIT (2): 0-2, 2HB vPIT: 0-2, 2HB STAND: 1-12, R, 3HB
2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-Hit 2 3 4 5 T 2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-RBI 2 3 4 5 T Hit Game 4 4/18 @BOS Games 3 - 1 - 4 RBI Game 3 4/9 @NYY Games 1 1 - - 2
Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-his-last-5 since 4/27)…Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 7G (4/7-17; .429, 12-for-28, 6-2B, HR, 4R, 7RBI) Scored GW run in the bottom of the 10th, April 26 vs. KC…Collected career-high four hits, April 18 @BOS…Hit 1st HR of the season, April 9 @NYY (Tanaka) Made 1st career Opening Day start for the Birds, March 31 vs. BOS, playing 2B and going 1-for-3 Recalled, September 3, 2013 from Triple-A Norfolk and made his ML debut, September 25 vs. TOR…Went 2-for-3, with a BB, HR, 3R and RBI in his debut Became the 2nd Oriole in club history to hit a HR in his first ML game (Larry Haney, 7/27/66 vs. CLE) Batted .256/.301/.396 with nine home runs and 34 RBI in 289 plate appearances while playing second base and shortstop for Triple-A Norfolk Did not play, May 13-July 25, due to a stress fracture in his lower back Named the Orioles #5 overall prospect by Baseball America after the season…Also named a top 100 overall prospect by Baseball Prospectus (82) and ESPN.com (86)
1 • JEMILE WEEKS • INF (S) 5/1 vPIT: 0-3 vPIT: 0-3 STAND: 3-11, 3B, 2R
2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-Hit 2 3 4 5 T 2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-RBI 2 3 4 5 T Hit Game 2 4/26 vs. KC Games 1 - - - 1 RBI Game - - Games - - - - -
Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-his-last-3 since 5/1 (1))…Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 2G (4/26-4/27; .375, 3-for-8, 3B, 2R) Made his O’s debut, April 26 vs. KC, leading off as DH and going 2-for-4 with a triple and run scored Recalled from Triple-A Norfolk, April 26, after batting .296/.451/.481 (16-54) with four doubles, three triples and seven RBI in 17 games for the Tides
32 • MATT WIETERS • CA (S) 5/1 vPIT (2): 2-5, HR, 2R, 2RBI vPIT: 2-5, HR, 2R, 2RBI STAND: 4-13, HR, 2R, 2RBI
2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-Hit 2 3 4 5 T 2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-RBI 2 3 4 5 T Hit Game 3 4/23 @TOR Games 5 3 - - 8 RBI Game 3 4/8 @NYY Games 3 1 - - 4
Current Hit Streak: 1G (since 5/1 (2), .400, 2-5, HR, 2R, 2RBI)…Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 8G (3/31-4/9; .367, 11-for-30, 2BB, 2B, 2HR, 5R, 6RBI) Hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th in the second half of a doubleheader vs. PIT on May 1 Reached base safely in each of his first 11 games to begin the season (March 31-April 14; .366/.400/.634) Made 5th straight O.D. start as a CA, March 31, T-4th longest streak in O’s history (Dempsey 10 (’77-86), Hoiles 7 (’92-98), Triandos 6 (’57-62) and Etchebarren 5 (’66-70)) In 2013, led AL catchers in G (140), AB (496), HR (21) and RBI (76), was 2nd in R (58) and H (121), and 3rd in 2B (29) and SLG (.429) Set career-highs in G (148) and 2B (29) and defensive career-highs in games caught (140), innings caught (1201.0) and total chances (1021) Caught 22 of 66 attempted base stealers (33.3%)…33.3% caught stealing rate and 22 CS were 2nd in the AL Is the only catcher in baseball with 50 or more extra-base hits in each of the last three seasons, 2011-2013 Made 4th straight Opening Day start, April 2 @TB, reaching base safely four times…Hit 10th inning walk-off Grand Slam (2nd career GS), April 18 vs. TB (Gomes) Became the 1st player in club history with three consecutive seasons of 20+ HR as a catcher, September 6 vs. CWS…Was a Gold Glove finalist (award won by Perez, KC)
27 • DELMON YOUNG • OF (R) 5/1 vPIT (2): 1-1, entered in 8th as PH vPIT:2-5, R STAND: 3-6, 2B, R
2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-Hit 2 3 4 5 T 2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-RBI 2 3 4 5 T Hit Game 3 4/9 @NYY Games 1 2 - - 3 RBI Game 3 4/8 @NYY Games - 1 - - 1
Current Hit Streak: 3G (since 4/27; .500, 3-for-6, 2B, R)…Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 6G (4/3-18; .423, 11-for-26, BB, 2-2B, HR, 3R, 4RBI) Collected back-to-back three-hit games for the 10th time in his career, April 8-9 @NYY (first time since July 19-20, 2013 with PHI) Made O’s debut on O.D. as DH, the 12th different O.D. DH in the last 12 years…Signed by the O’s as a minor league FA, January 14, 2014…Contract selected, March 30 In 2013, played in 80 of PHI 119 games before his release…Began the 2013 season on the 15-day DL recovering from off-season right ankle surgery; activated on April 30 Homered in his first AB as a Phillie, April 30 @CLE…Collected his 1,000th career hit, July 3 @PIT (single) and his 500th RBI, June 26 @SD (2-run HR) DFA, August 9, and released on August 14…TB’s #1 pick in the 2003 June Draft rejoined the Rays on September 1 According to the Elias, became the third player all-time to play in 3 different tiebreaking games or series, joining Dodgers C. Furillo (‘46, ‘51, ‘59) & D. Snider (‘51, ‘59, ‘62) September 27 @TOR, he hit his 100th career home run (2nd inning off R.A. Dickey)
2014 ORIOLES HOME RUNS PLAYER 1R 2R 3R GS Tot LHP RHP Home Road Tie Go-Ahead Record Car. Most Recent HR Almanzar ------Clevenger ------1 06/29/12, B4 vs. HOU (B. Norris) Cruz 3 2 1 1 7 1 6 3 4 1 4 2-4 164 04/27, B6 vs. KC (J. Shields) Davis 2 - - - 2 - 2 1 1 - 1 1-1 132 04/23, T1 @TOR (D. McGowan) Flaherty ------16 09/25/13, B8 vs. TOR (R. Romero) Hardy ------158 09/05/13, B5 vs. CWS (J. Quintana) Jones - 1 - - 1 - 1 - 1 - - 1-0 141 04/08, T1 @NYY (I. Nova) Lombardozzi ------5 08/30/13, B8 vs. NYM (D. Gee) Lough ------5 09/26/13, T4 @CWS (A. Rienzo) Machado ------21 09/14/13, T3 @TOR (E. Rogers) Markakis 2 - - - 2 - 2 2 - 1 - 2-0 129 05/02/14, B7 vs. PIT (G2: Morris) Pearce ------17 09/25/13, B4 vs. TOR (E. Rogers) Peguero ------1 09/29/13, B9 vs. SD (H. Street) Reimold ------41 07/11/13, B3 vs. TEX (R. Wolf) Schoop 1 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 1 2-0 3 04/24, T5 @TOR (D. Hutchison) Wieters 4 1 - - 5 2 3 2 3 - 1 4-1 92 05/01, B10 vs. PIT (G2, Pimentel) Young - 1 - - 1 1 - - 1 - - 1-0 101 04/08, T6 @NYY (V. Nuno) TOTALS 10 5 2 1 18 4 14 6 12 1 6
GRAND SLAMS (1): Cruz, 4/23 @TOR (T5, Redmond)…MULTI-HR GAMES (1): Cruz, 4/23 @TOR…BACK-TO-BACK HR (1): Davis & Wieters, 4/13 vs. TOR (B8)…LEADOFF HR (): …WALKOFF HR (1): Wieters, 5/1 vs. PIT; GM2 (B10, Pimentel) STARTING PITCHER RUN SUPPORT
PITCHER STARTS RUNS RUNS/START RUN SUPP AVG O’S W-L QUALITY STARTS Q.S. % Chen 5 28 5.60 8.69 4-1 2 40.0 Gonzalez 5 13 2.60 4.50 2-3 2 40.0 Jimenez 5 9 1.80 2.96 0-5 0 0.0 Norris 5 14 2.80 4.25 3-2 2 40.0 Tillman 6 19 3.17 4.66 5-1 2 33.3 TOTAL 26 83 3.19 5.02 14-12 8 30.8
BIRDS IN THE BULLPEN
53 • ZACH BRITTON • LH 5/1 vPIT: 1.0IP, BB, K, HB vPIT: 1.0IP, BB, K, HB STAND: W, 1.1IP, BB, 2K, HB
2014 1R 2R 3R GS T LAST HOME RUN LAST WIN LAST LOSS LAST SAVE 2014 IP HIGH 2014 K HIGH HR 1 - - - 1 4/21 (D. Ross) 4/26 vs. KC 7/9/13 vs. TEX - 3.0, 4/16 vs. TB 2, 4/20 @BOS
vs. 1st batter (Retired-Faced): 10-11…Runners (Inherited/Scored): 4/1…Is 4th in the AL in relief IP (15.1IP)…Allowed first ER of season, April 21 @BOS (Ross solo HR) Tossed season-high 3.0 scoreless innings, April 16 vs. TB…Earned his second win of the season, tossing two no-hit innings in a 2-1, 12-inning victory vs. TOR, April 12 Made two scoreless outings vs. BOS (2.0IP each)…Made 2014 debut on Opening Day vs. BOS, earning the win by retiring 6 of 7 batters faced, all on ground balls Had three stints with the Orioles in 2013 (April 25-30, June 18-July 9 and September 2-5), making seven starts Combined to pitch 11.0 innings and allow two earned runs in his two victories (June 18 @DET, 5.1IP, ER and 6/29 vs. NYY, 5.2IP, ER) Struck out season-high five, June 24 vs. CLE…Tossed season-long 7.0 innings, July 4 @CWS Went 6-5 with a 4.27 ERA (103.1IP, 49ER) in 19 starts for Triple-A Norfolk…Held AAA left-handed hitters to a line of .208/.299/.317 in 101 at-bats Posted a 2.98 groundout/flyout ratio, but finished 12.0 innings shy of qualifying among minor league leaders, where that ratio would have been tops at the AA and AAA levels
29 • TOMMY HUNTER • RH 5/1 vPIT (2): W, 0.2IP, K vPIT: W, SV, 1.0IP, 2K STAND: W, SV, 2.2IP, H, 2K
2014 1R 2R 3R GS T LAST HOME RUN LAST WIN LAST LOSS LAST SAVE 2014 IP HIGH 2014 K HIGH HR 1 - - - 1 4/12 (C. Rasmus) 5/1/14 vs. PIT (2) 9/23/13 @TB 5/1/14 vs. PIT (1) 1.2, 4/26 vs. KC 1, 5/1 vs. PIT (2)
vs. 1st batter (Retired-Faced): 8-11…Runners (Inherited/Scored): 6/0…Tossed season-high 1.2IP, April 26 vs. KC…Earned 7th SV in 8 opps, May 1 vs. PIT: GM1 (0.1IP, K) Had converted his first 3 SV opportunities before blowing 4/12 vs. TOR save opportunity…Earned Opening Day save vs. BOS, March 31 (IP, H, K, HB) Made his 2nd O’s Opening Day roster in 2013 and pitched out of the bullpen…Tossed 86.1 relief innings, 2nd most in the AL, in his 68 appearances (T-2nd on the club) Tossed 2.0 or more innings 13 times, pitching to a 0.30 ERA (29.1IP, 13H, ER, 3BB, 22K) in those games…Allowed one or fewer runs in 61 of his 68 games Recorded 1st ML save, April 20 vs. LAD (3.0IP, 3H, BB, 2K)…Posted a 2.06 ERA (43.2IP, 10ER) in 34 games at OPACY Held right-handed hitters to a line of .141/.190/.154 in 159 plate appearances while lefties hit .294/.322/.535 in 177 plate appearances Posted a combined 2.18 ERA (33.0IP, 8ER) in 27 games vs. BOS (11G), TB (9G) and NYY (7G)
17 • BRIAN MATUSZ • LH 5/1 vPIT (2): 0.2IP, H, 2BB vPIT: 1.1IP, 2H, 3BB, K STAND: 1.2IP, 2H, 3BB, K
2014 1R 2R 3R GS T LAST HOME RUN LAST WIN LAST LOSS LAST SAVE 2014 IP HIGH 2014 K HIGH HR - - - - - 4/8 (K. Johnson) 4/9 @NYY 4/20 @BOS None 2.2, 4/18 @BOS 2, 4/18 @BOS
vs. 1st batter (Retired-Faced): 11-13…Runners (Inherited/Scored): 9/0…Has stranded MLB-best 55 of 60 inherited runners (91.7%) dating back to 2012 Took the loss by allowing UER, April 20 @BOS…Earned 1st win of the season, April 9 @NYY, stranding a runner on third after entering with one out in the 8th In 2013, posted career bests with a 24.0% K rate, 8.82 K/9, 3.13 K/BB, a 28.3% swing-and-miss rate, a 2.89 FIP and 3.53 ERA, .230/.295/.321 line against Stranded 32 of 37 inherited runners in 2013, the 7th best mark in the majors (3rd in AL) Held LHH to a line of .168/.225/.277 in 112 plate appearances (average against was 5th best in AL…Posted a 1.35 ERA (26.2IP, 4ER) in 34 games at OPACY
56 • DARREN O’DAY • RH 5/1 vPIT (2): 1.2IP, BB, 2K vPIT: 2.1IP, H, BB, 2K STAND: 2.2IP, H, BB, 2K
2014 1R 2R 3R GS T LAST HOME RUN LAST WIN LAST LOSS LAST SAVE 2014 IP HIGH 2014 K HIGH HR 1 - - - 1 4/21 (M. Napoli) 7/7/13 @NYY 8/24/13 vs. OAK 4/18/14 @BOS 1.2, 5/1 vs. PIT (2) 2, 5/1 vs. PIT (2)
vs. 1st batter (Retired-Faced): 8-12…Runners (Inherited/Scored): 10/2…Recorded first save since 7/21/13 @TEX on April 18 @BOS Posted a 2.18 ERA (62.0IP, 15ER) in 2013, 11th best among AL relievers, in 68 games in his 2nd season with the O’s…Did not allow an ER in 56 of his 68 appearances Entering the season, ranked 2nd among AL relievers with 12 wins since 2012 and 12th with a 2.20 ERA (131.0IP, 32ER) in 139 games Posted a 0.66 ERA (13.2IP, ER) in 14 games in April in 2013…On May 5 @LAA, recorded 1st SV (1.1 scoreless IP) since September 8, 2009 In 31 games vs. the AL East in 2013, pitched to a 1.33 ERA (27.0IP, 4ER) and held hitters to a .168/.233/.295 line in 104 plate appearances In 2012-13, he went 6-0 with a 1.21 ERA (59.2IP, 8ER) in 67 games in the division holding hitters to a line of .150/.219/.282
40 • TROY PATTON • LH 5/1 vPIT (2): 0.1IP, 2H, 1ER vPIT: 0.1IP, 2H, 1ER STAND: 0.1IP, 2H, 1ER
2014 1R 2R 3R GS T LAST HOME RUN LAST WIN LAST LOSS LAST SAVE 2014 IP HIGH 2014 K HIGH HR - - - - - 8/31/13 (R. Cano) 8/11/13 @SF 8/12/11 vs. DET None 0.1, 5/1 vs. PIT (2) -
vs. 1st batter (Retired-Faced): 1-1…Runners (Inherited/Scored): 2/0 Reinstated from the Restricted List, May 1, after the first game of the O’s-PIT doubleheader In 2013, had a 26-game walk-less streak, June 1-August 14, the 2nd longest streak in club history (Uehara, 36G in 2011) Posted a 2.76 ERA, June 1-end of season (34G, 1-0, 32.2IP, 10ER, 3BB, 30K) Pitched to a 2.20 ERA (28.2IP, 7ER) in 30 games at OPACY In 12 games vs. the AL Central, posted a 1.23 ERA (14.2IP, 2ER) and held hitters to a .561 OPS Suspended 25 games by MLB for amphetamines, December 20, 2013
58 • RYAN WEBB • RH 5/1 vPIT (2): 1.0IP, H, 2K vPIT: 2.0IP, H, 2K STAND: 3.0IP, 3H, ER, 2K
2014 1R 2R 3R GS T LAST HOME RUN LAST WIN LAST LOSS LAST SAVE 2014 IP HIGH 2014 K HIGH HR - 1 - - 1 4/4 (M. Cabrera) 9/3/13 @CHC 9/4/13 @CHC - 1.2, 4/4 @DET 3, 4/21@BOS
vs. 1st batter (Retired-Faced): 10-12…Runners (Inherited/Scored): 6/1…Has retired 24 of the last 30 batters faced since April 7, spanning 10 outings (8.2IP, 4H, ER, BB, 9K) Struck out the side in order for the first time in his career, April 21 @BOS Tossed season-high 1.2IP, April 4 @DET, allowing the 2,000th hit of Miguel Cabrera’s career (HR)…Made O’s debut, April 2 vs. BOS (0.2IP, 3H, 2ER, BB, K) Signed as a free agent to a two-year contract, December 10, 2013…Spent the 2013 season with Miami after being in the minors and majors each season, 2009-12 Last season, set career-highs in games (66), IP (80.1), K (54) and WHIP (1.21)…Ranked 4th in the NL in relief IP (80.1) Had a 35-game stretch without allowing more than one ER in any outing, June 15-September 19, posting a 2.27 ERA (43.2IP, 11ER) Held lefties (.244/.324/.390 in 141 PA) and righties (.244/.297/.384 in 191 PA) to nearly identical lines Posted a 2.65 ERA (37.1IP, 11ER) and 4.67 K/BB ratio in 37.1IP after the All-Star Game after posting marks of 3.14 and 1.24, respectively, in 43.0IP in the first half
- W-L BY POSITION (STARTS) BY BATTING ORDER (STARTS)
PLAYER CA 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
Almanzar Clevenger 3-3 2-2 1-1 Cruz 5-4 2-2 7-5 8-5 1-0 3-4 2-2 Davis 11-11 9-6 2-5 Flaherty 6-4 4-4 4-2 4-4 3-2 Hardy 10-8 1-1 5-4 4-3 Jones 13-12 1-0 2-5 12-7 Lombardozzi 8-9 4-3 4-2 0-4 Lough 8-7 1-0 1-2 0-2 1-0 1-1 2-0 4-2 Machado 1-0 1-0 Markakis 1-1 12-10 1-1 11-9 1-1 2-1 0-1 Pearce 2-0 0-1 1-1 1-0 Peguero Reimold Schoop 5-3 7-8 1-0 0-1 3-6 7-4 Weeks 1-0 1-1 2-1 Wieters 11-9 8-5 3-3 0-1 Young 1-1 4-4 3-3 1-0 0-1 1-1
2014 ORIOLES & OPPONENTS HIGHS TEAM BATTING ORIOLES OPPONENT Runs in a game/inning G: 14 (4/8 @NYY)…I: 6 (4/23 @TOR, T5) G: 11 (4/13, TOR)…I: 6 (4/23, TOR, B2) Hits in a game/inning G: 20 (4/8 @NYY)…I: 7 (4/21 @BOS, T3) G: 17 (4/13, TOR)…I: 6 (4/13, TOR, T6) 2B in a game 5 (4/24 @TOR) 5 (4/8, NYY) 3B in a game 2 (4/5 @DET) 1 (5/1, PIT; GM2) HR in a game 4 (4/23 @TOR) 3 (4/23, TOR) XBH in a game 7 (4/8 @NYY) 7 (4/13, TOR) SB in a game 3 (4/24 @TOR) 2 (5/1, PIT; GM1) LOB in a game 11 (4/20 @BOS) 15 (5/1, PIT; GM2) K in a game 12 (4/9 @NYY) 14 (5/1, PIT; GM2) BB in a game 5 (4/22 @TOR) 8 (5/1, PIT; GM2)
TEAM PITCHING ORIOLES OPPONENT K in a game 12 (4/24 @TOR) 12 (4/9, NYY) BB in a game 8 (5/1 vs. PIT; GM2) 5 (4/22, TOR) Pitchers Used 7 (5/1 vs. PIT; GM2) 5 (5/1, PIT; GM2) Total Quality Starts 8 (last Gonzalez, 4/27 vs. KC) 15 (last Shields, 4/27, KC)
TEAM FIELDING ORIOLES OPPONENT Errors in a game 3 (4/20 @BOS) 2 (5/1, PIT; GM1) DP Turned in a game 3 (4/19 @BOS) 3 (4/21, BOS)
IND. BATTING ORIOLES OPPONENT Hits in a game 4, Jones (4/20 @BOS) 4, G. Sanchez (5/1, PIT; GM2) Runs in a game 3, Lough (4/24 @TOR) 3, Aoki (4/27, KC) 2B in a game 2, Markakis & Schoop (4/18 @BOS) 2, G. Sanchez (5/1, PIT; GM2) 3B in a game 1, Weeks (4/26 vs. KC) 1, G. Sanchez (5/1, PIT; GM2) HR in a game 2, Cruz (4/23 @TOR) 1, Infante (4/27, KC) RBI in a game 5, Cruz (4/23 @TOR) 6, Infante (4/27, KC) XBH in a game 2, Cruz & Wieters (4/23 @TOR) 3, G. Sanchez (5/1, PIT; GM2) SB in a game 2, Lough (4/24 @TOR) 2, Marte (5/1, PIT; GM1) BB in a game 2, Flaherty (4/23 @TOR) 3, Walker (5/1, PIT; GM2) K in a game 3, Cruz (4/26 vs. KC) 4, Francisco (4/23, TOR) Hitting Streak 9, Markakis (4/21-current) - Consec. G w/ a HR 2, Cruz (4/22-23 @TOR & 3/31-4/2 vs. BOS) 3, Hunter (4/4-current, DET)
IND. PITCHING ORIOLES OPPONENT K, Starter/Reliever S: 8, Tillman (5/1 vs. PIT; GM2)…R: 3, Webb (4/21 @BOS) S: 10, Tanaka (4/9, NYY)…R: 3, Happ (4/23, TOR) BB, Starter/Reliever S: 5, Jimenez (4/7 @NYY)…R: 3, Stinson (4/27 vs. KC) S: 4, Peavy (4/20, BOS)…R: 2, Cecil (4/24, TOR) IP, Starter/Reliever S: 8.1, Tillman (4/6 @DET)…R: 3.0, McFarland (4/25 vs. KC) S: 8.0, Ventura (4/25, KC)…R: 3.2, Badenhop (4/21, BOS) Fewest Hits (CG) - - Consec. Quality Starts 2 (Tillman, 4/6-4/11) -
MISCELLANEOUS Walk-Offs: Win (3): 4/26 vs. KC, 4/12 vs. TOR & 5/1 vs. PIT…Loss (1): 4/20 @BOS
Biggest Comeback Win/Lost Lead: Win: 5R (4/23 @TOR)…Loss: 5R (4/20 @BOS)
Largest Margin of Victory/Defeat: Win: 9R (4/8 @NYY)…Loss: 8R (4/13 vs. TOR)
Longest/Shortest Game Time/Most Inn: Long (9 Inn): 3:28 (4/8 @NYY)…Long (Ex-In): 3:57 (5/1 vs. PIT (GM2 10))…Short: 2:20 (4/11 vs. TOR)…Innings: 12 (4/12 vs. TOR)
Largest Crowd, Home/Road: Home: 46,685* (3/31 vs. BOS)…Road: 48,142* (4/7 @NYY)
OF Assists (8): HP: 2…1B: 0…2B: 5…3B: 1… Markakis (2); last 4/16 vs. TB…Young (2); last 4/13 vs. TOR…Jones (1); last 4/4 @DET…Lough (3); last 4/24 @TOR
2014 BALTIMORE ORIOLES CUMULATIVE ROSTER
PITCHERS (15) CATCHERS (2) OUTFIELDERS (7) Britton, Zach (3/30- ) Clevenger, Steve (3/30- ) Cruz, Nelson (3/30- ) Chen, Wei-Yin (3/30- ) Wieters, Matt (3/30- ) Jones, Adam (3/30- ) Escalona, Edgmer** (DL 3/30- ) Lough, David (3/30- ) Gonzalez, Miguel (3/30- ) INFIELDERS (9) Markakis, Nick (3/30- ) Hunter, Tommy (3/30- ) Almanzar, Michael*# (DL 3/30- ) Peguero, Francisco* (DL 3/30- ) Jimenez, Ubaldo (3/30- ) Davis, Chris* (3/30- ) (DL 4/26- ) Reimold, Nolan** (DL 3/30- ) Matusz, Brian (3/30- ) Flaherty, Ryan (3/30- ) Young, Delmon (3/30- ) McFarland, T.J. (4/22-25) Hardy, J.J. (3/30- ) Meek, Evan (3/30-5/1) Lombardozzi, Steve (3/30-5/1) Norris, Bud (3/30- ) Machado, Manny (3/30- (DL 3/30-5/1)) O’Day, Darren (3/30- ) Pearce, Steve (3/30-4/22, 4/29- ) Patton, Troy (5/1- (RL 3/30-5/1)) Schoop, Jonathan (3/30- ) Stinson, Josh (3/30-5/1) Weeks, Jemile (4/26- ) Tillman, Chris (3/30- ) Webb, Ryan (3/30- )
* = 15-day DL (3)…** = 60-day DL (2)…# = ML Debut (1)…^ = Restricted List (1) SCORING BY INNINGS
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Extras Total ORIOLES 16 8 13 10 16 18 12 11 12 3 119 OPPONENTS 8 15 10 18 14 19 16 14 6 - 120
2014 BY THE NUMBERS 2014 TRANSACTIONS
HOME AWAY TOTAL Date Player(s) & Transaction(s) Overall 7-6 7-6 14-12 02/15 Jimmy Paredes (INF/OF); Claimed off waivers from MIA Day 3-2 3-4 6-6 02/17 Suk-min Yoon (RHP); Signed as a free agent to a three-year contract…Jimmy Paredes (INF/OF); Night 4-4 4-2 8-6 Claimed on waivers by KC 02/19 Ubaldo Jimenez (RHP); Signed as a free agent to a four-year contract…Liam Hendriks (RHP); DFA Extra Innings 3-0 0-0 3-0 02/21 Liam Hendriks (RHP); Claimed on waivers by TOR Shutouts 1-2 0-0 1-2 02/24 Nelson Cruz (OF); Signed as a free agent to a one-year contract…Chris Jones (LHP); DFA One-Run Games 4-1 2-2 6-3 03/01 Chris Jones (LHP); Released Two-Run Games 0-1 2-2 2-3 03/07 Mike Belfiore (LHP); Optioned to AAA NFK vs. RHP Starters 6-4 7-5 13-9 03/10 Michael Ohlman (CA) & Tim Berry (LHP); Optioned to AA BOW vs. LHP Starters 1-2 0-1 1-3 03/14 Dylan Bundy (RHP); Optioned to AA BOW Lead After 7 5-0 5-0 10-0 03/19 Suk-min Yoon (RHP) & Johnny Monell (CA); Optioned to AAA NFK 03/22 David Adams (INF); Claimed off waivers from CLE…Kelvin De La Cruz (LHP); DFA Tied After 7 2-0 2-2 4-2 03/23 David Adams (INF); Optioned to AAA NFK Trail After 7 0-6 0-4 0-10 03/24 Steve Lombardozzi (INF); Acquired from DET in exchange for MiLg INF Alex Gonzalez…Johnny Lead After 8 5-0 6-0 11-0 Monell (CA); DFA Tied After 8 2-0 1-1 3-1 03/25 Kelvin De La Cruz (LHP); Cleared waivers and outrighted to AAA NFK…Brad Brach (RHP); Trail After 8 0-6 0-5 0-11 Optioned to AAA NFK O’s Starter Goes 6+ IP 3-4 3-1 6-5 03/26 Steve Johnson (RHP) & Henry Urrutia (OF); Optioned to AAA NFK Opp. Starter Goes 6+ IP 3-4 2-4 5-8 03/28 Johnny Monell (CA); Cleared waivers and outrighted to AAA NFK 03/30 Delmon Young (OF) & Evan Meek (RHP); Contracts selected from Triple-A Norfolk…Mike O’s Starter Goes 7+ IP 2-1 1-0 3-1 Belfiore (LHP); DFA…Edgmer Escalona (RHP); Placed on the 60-day DL (right shoulder Opp. Starter Goes 7+ IP 2-3 2-0 4-3 impingement)…Michael Almanzar (INF); Placed on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 23 (left patellar O’s Score First 5-0 5-5 10-5 tendinitis)…Manny Machado (INF); Placed on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 21 (recovering from left Opp. Scores First 2-6 2-1 4-7 knee surgery)…Francisco Peguero (OF); Placed on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 21 (right wrist O’s Score 3 or Fewer 4-6 1-3 5-9 tendinitis)…Nolan Reimold (OF); Placed on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 26 (recovering from O’s Score 4 or More 3-0 6-3 9-3 cervical spine fusion surgery) O’s Out-Hit Opp. 3-1 5-1 8-2 04/03 Mike Belfiore (LHP); Claimed on waivers by DET 04/07 Nolan Reimold (OF); Transferred to the 60-day DL…Preston Guilmet (RHP); Acquired from CLE Equal Hit Total 2-0 0-1 2-1 in exchange for MiLg OF Torsten Boss & optioned to AAA NFK Opp. Out-Hit O’s 2-5 2-4 4-9 04/22 T.J. McFarland (LHP); Recalled from AAA NFK…Steve Pearce (INF/OF); DFA O’s 10+ Hits 2-0 6-2 8-2 04/25 T.J. McFarland (LHP); Optioned to AAA NFK (post-game) Opp 10+ Hits 2-5 5-2 7-7 04/26 Jemile Weeks (INF); Recalled from AAA NFK O’s Score 10+ Runs 0-0 3-0 3-0 04/27 Chris Davis (INF); Placed on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 26 (left oblique strain)…Steve Opp. Scores 10+ Runs 0-1 0-1 0-2 Pearce (INF); Released O’s Hit a HR 3-3 5-2 8-5 04/29 Steve Pearce (INF); Signed as a free agent 05/01 Manny Machado (INF); Reinstated from 15-day DL…Steve Lombardozzi (INF); Optioned to AAA O’s Make 0 Errors 6-2 7-3 13-5 NFK…Josh Stinson (RHP); Outrighted to AAA NFK (post-game GM1)…Troy Patton (RHP); Reinstated O’s Make 1 Error 1-3 0-2 1-5 from restricted list (post-game GM1)…Evan Meek (RHP); Optioned to AAA NFK (post-game GM2) O’s Make 2+ Errors 0-1 0-1 0-2 Series Record 2-3 2-1-1 4-4-1 First Game of Series 3-2 1-3 4-5 Series Finale 2-3 4-0 6-3
MONTH HOME AWAY TOTAL March/April (24) 5-6 7-6 12-12 May (2) 2-0 0-0 2-0 June (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 July (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 August (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 September (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 TOTAL (26) 7-6 7-6 14-12
DAY OF WEEK HOME AWAY TOTAL Monday (4) 2-0 1-1 3-1 Tuesday (2) 0-0 1-1 1-1 Wednesday (4) 1-1 2-0 3-1 Thursday (4) 2-1 1-0 3-1 Friday (4) 0-2 1-1 1-3 Saturday (4) 2-0 0-2 2-2 Sunday (4) 0-2 1-1 1-3 TOTAL (26) 7-6 7-6 14-12
VS. A.L. EAST HOME AWAY TOTAL Boston Red Sox (7) 1-2 2-2 3-4 New York Yankees (3) 0-0 2-1 2-1 Tampa Bay Rays (2) 2-0 0-0 2-0 Toronto Blue Jays (6) 1-2 2-1 3-3 TOTAL (18) 4-4 6-4 10-8
VS. A.L. CENTRAL HOME AWAY TOTAL Chicago White Sox (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 Cleveland Indians (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 Detroit Tigers (3) 0-0 1-2 1-2 Kansas City Royals (3) 1-2 0-0 1-2 Minnesota Twins (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 TOTAL (6) 1-2 1-2 2-4
VS. A.L. WEST HOME AWAY TOTAL Houston Astros (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 Los Angeles Angels (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 Oakland Athletics (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 Seattle Mariners (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 Texas Rangers (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 TOTAL (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0
VS. N.L. HOME AWAY TOTAL Chicago Cubs (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 Cincinnati Reds (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 Milwaukee Brewers (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 Pittsburgh Pirates (2) 2-0 0-0 2-0 St. Louis Cardinals 0-0 0-0 0-0 Washington Nationals (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 TOTAL (2) 2-0 0-0 2-0
THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED
BATTING ORIOLES OPPONENT Eutaw St. Home Run Ryan Flaherty, 9/25/13 vs. TOR (Rogers) Curtis Granderson, NYY, 9/11/13 (Feldman) Second Deck Home Run in LF @OPACY Mark Reynolds, 8/7/11 vs. TOR (Romero) Rex Hudler, CAL, 6/11/95 (Moyer) Grand Slam Nelson Cruz, 4/23/14 @TOR (Redmond) Jason Castro, HOU, 7/31/13 (Gonzalez) Two Grand Slams in One Game Palmeiro/Mora, 6/4/05 @DET (Ledezma/Creek) Byrd/Metcalf, TEX, 8/22/07 (Burres/Bell) Pinch Hit Home Run Luke Scott, 4/18/11 vs. MIN (Capps) James Loney, @TB, 9/23/13 (Hunter) Pinch Hit Walk-Off Home Run Larry Sheets, 8/24/88 vs. SEA (Schooler) James Loney, @TB, 9/23/13 (Hunter) Pinch Hit Grand Slam Dwight Evans, 7/26/91 vs. OAK (Nelson) Jorge Posada, @NYY, 6/6/01 (Trombley) Inside the Park Home Run Robert Andino, 9/26/11 vs. BOS (Beckett) Jacoby Ellsbury, @BOS, (G2) 9/19/11 (Accardo) LH & RH Home Run, Same Game Roberto Alomar, 7/25/96 vs. CLE (Plunk/Assenmacher) Lance Berkman, STL, 6/30/11 (Matusz/Simon) Individual 2-Home Run Game Nelson Cruz, 4/23/14 @TOR (McGowan/Redmond) Alfonso Soriano, NYY, 9/10/13 (Gonzalez/Gausman) Individual 3-Home Run Game Chris Davis, 8/24/12, vs. TOR (Villanueva (2), Delabar) Ryan Zimmerman, WAS, 5/29/13 (Tillman (3)) Individual 4-Home Run Game Never Josh Hamilton, TEX, 5/8/12 (Arrieta (2), Phillips, O’Day) Home Run in Consecutive Games Nick Markakis, 5/1 (GM1 & GM2) vs. PIT Colby Rasmus, TOR, 4/12-13 & Kelly Johnson, NYY, 4/8-9/14 (active) Home Run in 3 Consecutive Games Adam Jones, 7/12-14/13 vs. TOR Brett Lawrie, TOR, 4/13-23/14 & Torii Hunter, DET, 4/4-6/14 (active) Home Run in 4 Consecutive Games Chris Davis, 7/11-14/13 vs. TEX & TOR Miguel Cabrera, DET, 9/23/11-7/13/12 Home Run in 5 Consecutive Games Melvin Mora, 9/30/05-4/5/06 @TB & vs. TB Adam Lind, TOR, 6/5-7/26/11 Home Run in 6 Consecutive Games Chris Davis, 9/26-10/2/12 vs. TOR, BOS & TB Albert Belle, CLE, 6/28-7/28/94 Multi-Home Run Game, Teammates Chris Davis & Manny Machado, 9/26/12 vs. TOR Saltalamacchia/Vasquez, TEX, 8/22/07 4-Home Run Game, Team 4/23/14 @TOR 8/16/13, COL 5-Home Run Game, Team 5/10/12 vs. TEX (G1) 6/1/13, DET 6-Home Run Game, Team 9/6/12 vs. NYY 6/5/13, HOU 7+-Home Run Game, Team 9/26/12 vs. TOR 9/14/87, TOR (10 HR) Back-to-Back HR Davis-Wieters, 4/13/14 vs. TOR Ortiz-Carp, 6/13/13, BOS Back-to-Back HR to Start a Game Hairston-Bordick, 6/6/01 @NYY Rios-Catalanotto, 6/14/06, TOR Back-to-Back-to-Back HR Flaherty-Hardy-Markakis, 5/10/12 vs. TEX (G1, Lewis) Martinez-Peralta-Avila, 6/1/13, DET Back-to-Back-to-Back HR to Start a Game Flaherty-Hardy-Markakis, 5/10/12 vs. TEX (G1, Lewis) - Lead-Off Home Run Nate McLouth, 8/16/13 vs. COL (Nicasio) David DeJesus, 9/22/13, TB (Feldman) Walk-Off Home Run Matt Wieters, 10th Inn, 5/1/14 vs. PIT (GM2) James Loney, 9th Inn, 9/23/13 @TB (Hunter) Walk-Off Grand Slam Matt Wieters, 4/18/13 vs. TB (Gomes) Alex Rodriguez, NYY, 4/7/07 Walk-Off Home Run, Eutaw St. Luke Scott, 7/19/08 vs. DET N/A Home Run, 15th Inning or later Adam Jones, 5/16/12 @KC - Home Run, 17th Inning or later Adam Jones, 5/6/12 @BOS - Hit a HR for 1st Oriole Hit Nelson Cruz, 3/31/14 vs. BOS N/A Home Run by a Pitcher Zach Britton, 7/3/11 @ATL Stephen Strasburg, WAS, 5/20/12 2-Home Run Game by a Pitcher Milt Pappas, 8/27/61 @MIN Sonny Seibert, BOS, 9/2/71 Oriole to Hit a Home Run, 1st ML AB Lou Montanez, 8/6/08 @LAA N/A Oriole w/ 2 hits in one inning Adam Jones, 5/25/11 vs. KC N/A 5-Hit Game J.J. Hardy, 5/6/12 @BOS Jose Lopez, CLE, 6/30/12 6-Hit Game Cal Ripken, Jr., 6/13/99 @ATL Ian Kinsler, TEX, 4/15/09 (cycle) 5-RBI Game Nelson Cruz, 4/23/14 @TOR Torii Hunter, DET, 4/5/14 6-RBI Game Nick Markakis, 6/10/11 vs. TB Omar Infante, KC, 4/27/14 7-RBI Game Luke Scott, 7/7/09 @SEA Shane Victorino, BOS, 8/27/13 8-RBI Game Chris Hoiles, 8/14/98 @CLE Josh Hamilton, TEX, 5/8/12 9-RBI Game Eddie Murray, 8/26/85 @CAL Danny Tartabull, NYY, 9/8/92
PITCHING ORIOLES OPPONENT Perfect Game Never Never No-Hitter 7/13/91 (Milacki/Flanagan/Williamson/Olson vs. OAK) 9/1/07 (Clay Buchholz @BOS) 1-Hitter 9/28/12 (Tillman/Patton vs. BOS) 6/18/12 (R.A. Dickey, NYM) Complete Game 9/14/13 (Tillman @TOR, 8.0 IP loss) 9/19/13 (John Lackey, BOS) Complete Game Shutout 9/06/13 (Feldman vs. CWS) 5/3/13 (Jason Vargas, LAA) Team Shutout 4/16/14 (Gonzalez, Britton, Hunter vs. TB) 4/25/14 (Ventura, Holland, TOR) Consecutive CG, Pitcher Sidney Ponson (2), 5/16-22/04 Mark Hendrickson (2), TB, 10/1/05-4/6/06 Consecutive Shutouts, Pitcher Mike Mussina (2), 9/26-10/1/95 Oil Can Boyd (2), BOS, 9/21/84-6/9/85 Consecutive CG, Team 5/13-14/11 (Guthrie/Bergesen) Toronto, 8/12-13/05 (Towers/Bush) Consecutive Shutouts, Team 9/3-4/12 (@TOR) 7/7-8/12 (LAA) 10+ Strikeout Game, Pitcher 8/30/12 (Britton vs. CWS, 10) 4/9/14 (Masahiro Tanaka, NYY, 10) 15+ Strikeout Game, Pitcher 7/07/07 (Bedard @TEX, 15) 10/2/12 (James Shields, TB, 15) 10+ Strikeout Game, Team 5/1/14 vs. PIT (14) 4/9/14, NYY (12) 15+ Strikeout Game, Team 9/18/12 @SEA (18 in 18.0IP) 8/14/13, ARI (15 in 14.0IP) Individual 4-Strikeout Inning Mike Cuellar, 5/29/70 @CAL (4th Inn) Ryan Cook, 4/27/13, OAK (8th Inn)
MISCELLANEOUS ORIOLES OPPONENT Hit for the Cycle Felix Pie, 8/14/09 vs. LAA (4th in club history) Ian Kinsler, 4/15/09, TEX (9th by an opponent) Steal of Home Robert Andino, 6/14/09 vs. ATL Jonathan Villar, 7/30/13, HOU (straight steal) Position Player to Pitch Chris Davis, 5/6/12 @BOS (W, 2.0IP, 2H, BB, 2K) Darnell McDonald, 5/6/12, BOS (L, IP, 2H, 3ER, 2BB, HR) Triple Play Turned 9/1/00, Bottom 2nd @CLE (S. Alomar batting) 4/12/13, Top 8th @NYY (M. Machado batting) Scoring: 6-4-4-3 Scoring: 4-6-5-6-5-3-4
WINNING SWEEPS ORIOLES OPPONENT 3-Game, @OPACY June 28-30, 2013 vs. NYY May 17-19, 2013 (TB) 3-Game, Road July 19-21, 2013 @TEX August 12-14, 2013 (ARI) 4-Game, @OPACY April 4-7, 2008 vs. SEA September 22-24, 2008 (TB) 4-Game, Road August 22-25, 2011 @MIN September 20-23, 2013 (TB) Doubleheader May 1, 2014 vs. PIT July 30, 2011 (NYY)
O’S EJECTIONS DATE OPP. REASON UMPIRE
O’S REVIEWS PLAY RULING 1) 4/19 @BOS Cruz grounder to third, ruled out at first base Overturned 2) 5/1 vs. PIT T. Sanchez (PIT) hit by pitch Overturned (foul ball) ORIOLES 2014 DAY BY DAY RESULTS H/R Winning Losing GA G Date Opp. D/N W-L Score Pitcher Pitcher Save Rec. Pos. GB Att. 1 03/31 vs. BOS H-D W 2-1 BRITTON-r (1-0) Lester-s (0-1) HUNTER (1) 1-0 T1 0.0 *46,685 04/01 off day 2 04/02 vs. BOS H-N L 2-6 Lackey-s (1-0) JIMENEZ-s (0-1) - 1-1 T2 -0.5 25,708 3 04/03 vs. BOS H-N L 3-4 Doubront-s (1-0) CHEN-s (0-1) Uehara (1) 1-2 T4 -1.0 20,880 4 04/04 @DET R-D L 4-10 Smyly-r (1-0) GONZALEZ-s (0-1) - 1-3 5 -1.5 23,625 5 04/05 @DET R-D L 6-7 Porcello-s (1-0) NORRIS-s (0-1) Nathan (1) 1-4 5 -2.5 32,041 6 04/06 @DET R-D W 3-1 TILLMAN-s (1-0) Verlander-s (0-1) HUNTER (2) 2-4 T4 -2.5 34,261 7 04/07 @NYY R-D L 2-4 Kuroda-s (1-1) JIMENEZ-s (0-2) Kelley (1) 2-5 5 -2.0 *48,142 8 04/08 @NYY R-D W 14-5 CHEN-s (1-1) Nova-s (1-1) - 3-5 T4 -1.5 35,864 9 04/09 @NYY R-N W 5-4 MATUSZ-r (1-0) Kelley-r (0-1) HUNTER (3) 4-5 T3 -1.0 39,412 10 04/11 vs. TOR H-N L 0-2 McGowan-s (1-1) TILLMAN-s (1-1) Santos (4) 4-6 5 -1.5 22,327 11 04/12 vs. TOR H-N W 2-1 (12) BRITTON-r (2-0) Redmond-r (0-1) - 5-6 4 -1.5 30,446 12 04/13 vs. TOR H-D L 3-11 Buehrle-s (3-0) JIMENEZ-s (0-3) - 5-7 4 -1.5 39,281 13 04/14 vs. TB H-N W 7-1 CHEN-s (2-1) Archer-s (1-1) - 6-7 4 -1.0 15,799 04/15 vs. TB PPD BY RAIN, MAKE-UP DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED 14 04/16 vs. TB H-D W 3-0 GONZALEZ-s (1-1) Odorizzi-s (1-2) HUNTER (4) 7-7 3 -1.5 22,611 04/17 off day 15 04/18 @BOS R-N W 8-4 TILLMAN-s (2-1) Lackey-s (2-2) O’DAY (1) 8-7 T2 -1.0 36,408 16 04/19 @BOS R-D L 2-4 Tazawa-r (1-0) NORRIS-s (0-2) Uehara (4) 8-8 4 -1.0 37,689 17 04/20 @BOS R-N L 5-6 Mujica-r (1-1) MATUSZ-r (1-1) - 8-9 T3 -2.0 33,947 18 04/21 @BOS R-D W 7-6 CHEN-s (3-1) Buchholz-s (0-2) HUNTER (5) 9-9 3 -1.5 37,513 19 04/22 @TOR R-N L 3-9 Delabar-r (2-0) MEEK-r (0-1) - 9-10 4 -2.5 14,866 20 04/23 @TOR R-N W 10-8 TILLMAN-s (3-1) Redmond-r (0-2) HUNTER (6) 10-10 3 -1.5 15,202 21 04/24 @TOR R-N W 11-4 NORRIS-s (1-2) Cecil-r (0-1) - 11-10 2 -1.5 16,283 22 04/25 vs. KC H-N L 0-5 Ventura-s (2-1) JIMENEZ-s (0-4) - 11-11 2 -1.5 22,478 23 04/26 vs. KC H-N W 3-2 (10) BRITTON-r (3-0) Duffy-r (1-1) - 12-11 2 -1.5 34,941 24 04/27 vs. KC H-D L 3-9 Shields-s (3-2) GONZALEZ-s (1-2) - 12-12 2 -2.5 38,368 04/29 vs. PIT H-N PPD BY RAIN, MADE UP AS PART OF A DOUBLEHEADER ON MAY 1 04/30 vs. PIT H-N PPD BY RAIN, MADE UP AS PART OF A DOUBLEHEADER ON MAY 1 MAR/APR REC: 12-12 AVG: .265 (223-843) HR: 17 R/G: 4.5 ERA: 4.49 (214.2IP, 107ER) SP ERA: 4.74 (138.2IP, 73ER) RP ERA: 4.03 (76.0IP, 34ER) 25 05/01 vs. PIT H-D W 5-1 NORRIS-s (2-2) Morton-s (0-4) HUNTER (7) 13-12 - - - 26 05/01 vs. PIT H-N W 6-5 HUNTER-r (1-0) Pimentel-r (2-1) - 14-12 2 -0.5 28,290 27 05/02 @MIN R-N 28 05/03 @MIN R-D 29 05/04 @MIN R-D 05/05 off day 30 05/06 @TB R-N 31 05/07 @TB R-N 32 05/08 @TB R-N 33 05/09 vs. HOU H-N 34 05/10 vs. HOU H-N 35 05/11 vs. HOU H-D 36 05/12 vs. DET H-N 37 05/13 vs. DET H-N 38 05/14 vs. DET H-D 39 05/15 @KC R-N 40 05/16 @KC R-N 41 05/17 @KC R-N 42 05/18 @KC R-D 05/19 off day 43 05/20 @PIT R-N 44 05/21 @PIT R-N 45 05/22 vs. CLE H-N 46 05/23 vs. CLE H-N 47 05/24 vs. CLE H- 48 05/25 vs. CLE H-D 49 05/26 @MIL R-D 50 05/27 @MIL R-N 51 05/28 @MIL R-N 52 05/29 @HOU R-N 53 05/30 @HOU R-N 54 05/31 @HOU R-D MAY RECORD: AVG: HR: R/G: ERA: SP ERA: RP ERA: 55 06/01 @HOU R-D 06/02 off day 56 06/03 @TEX R-N 57 06/04 @TEX R-N 58 06/05 @TEX R-N 59 06/06 vs. OAK H-N 60 06/07 vs. OAK H-N 61 06/08 vs. OAK H-D 62 06/09 vs. BOS H-N 63 06/10 vs. BOS H-N 64 06/11 vs. BOS H-N 65 06/12 vs. TOR H-N 66 06/13 vs. TOR H-N 67 06/14 vs. TOR H-D 68 06/15 vs. TOR H-D 69 06/16 @TB R-N 70 06/17 @TB R-N 71 06/18 @TB R-D 06/19 off day 72 06/20 @NYY R-N 73 06/21 @NYY R-D 74 06/22 @NYY R- 75 06/23 vs. CWS H-N 76 06/24 vs. CWS H-N 77 06/25 vs. CWS H-N 06/26 off day 78 06/27 vs. TB H-N 79 06/28 vs. TB H-D 80 06/29 vs. TB H-D 81 06/30 vs. TEX H-N JUNE RECORD: AVG: HR: R/G: ERA: SP ERA: RP ERA: 82 07/01 vs. TEX H-N 83 07/02 vs. TEX H-N 84 07/03 vs. TEX H-N 85 07/04 @BOS R-D 86 07/05 @BOS R-N 87 07/06 @BOS R-D 88 07/07 @WAS R-N 89 07/08 @WAS R-N O'S HITTERS 2013 VS. MINNESOTA TWINS CAREER VS. MINNESOTA TWINS PLAYER G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO AVG OBP SLG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO AVG OBP SLG Steve Clevenger 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 Nelson Cruz 4 14 1 5 1 0 0 2 2 0 5 .357 .438 .429 41 145 20 43 17 0 7 17 6 0 37 .297 .333 .559 Ryan Flaherty 3 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .200 .111 7 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .063 .118 .063 J.J. Hardy 6 24 3 7 2 0 1 4 2 0 2 .292 .346 .500 32 126 21 36 6 0 6 12 10 2 15 .286 .338 .476 Adam Jones 6 27 6 12 3 0 1 7 2 1 4 .444 .483 .667 39 135 22 41 7 1 6 23 7 1 22 .304 .333 .504 David Lough 11 38 6 13 5 0 1 6 1 0 7 .342 .350 .553 15 58 11 20 6 1 1 6 1 0 9 .345 .350 .534 Manny Machado 6 28 6 12 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 .429 .448 .500 6 28 6 12 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 .429 .448 .500 Nick Markakis 6 26 8 14 4 0 0 4 3 1 1 .538 .567 .692 54 208 33 65 11 1 10 30 26 1 22 .313 .393 .519 Steve Pearce 2 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 .167 .286 .667 4 12 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 .167 .286 .417 Jonathan Schoop Jemile Weeks 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 12 46 6 12 2 1 0 1 3 0 7 .261 .306 .348 Matt Wieters 6 19 1 4 0 0 1 2 3 2 1 .211 .304 .368 27 92 13 25 6 0 5 16 15 2 18 .272 .376 .500 Delmon Young 5 18 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 5 .167 .286 .167 42 164 15 43 6 0 7 24 5 0 25 .262 .285 .427
O'S PITCHERS 2013 VS. MINNESOTA TWINS CAREER VS. MINNESOTA TWINS PLAYER W L SV G GS INN H R ER HR BB SO ERA AVG W L SV G GS INN H R ER HR BB SO ERA AVG Zach Britton 2 0 0 3 3 15.0 17 8 8 1 13 8 4.80 .288 Wei-Yin Chen 1 0 0 1 1 5.0 5 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 .278 2 0 0 2 2 12.0 11 3 3 0 1 8 2.25 .244 Miguel Gonzalez Tommy Hunter 1 0 0 2 0 3.1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0.00 .091 4 1 0 7 4 32.1 26 11 9 2 5 18 2.51 .218 Ubaldo Jimenez 1 1 0 2 2 12.2 10 3 3 0 4 23 2.13 .208 3 3 0 6 6 40.1 37 15 13 1 13 42 2.90 .245 Brian Matusz 0 0 0 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.00 .000 0 2 0 6 3 16.2 22 12 12 2 7 14 6.48 .314 Evan Meek 0 0 0 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 .200 Bud Norris Darren O'Day 0 0 0 2 0 2.1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0.00 .250 0 0 0 15 0 12.2 14 4 4 0 7 11 2.84 .286 Troy Patton Chris Tillman 0 0 0 1 1 3.2 7 5 5 1 4 4 12.27 .467 0 3 0 4 4 16.1 24 17 11 1 9 11 6.06 .348 Ryan Webb 0 0 0 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 .100 0 0 0 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 .100