ORIOLES POST-GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards  333 West Camden Street  Baltimore, MD 21201

Sunday  August 10, 2014  Game #117  Home Game #58 Baltimore Orioles (67-50) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (62-54)

R H E LOB WP: Lynn (12-8) TIME: 3:39 CARDINALS 8 17 0 10 LP: GAUSMAN (6-4) ORIOLES 3 10 1 8 SV: None

CARDINALS HR HR# Inn Count On Base Made score Last Home Peter Bourjos 4 9 3-1 2 Britton 8-3 7/20 vs. LAD

ORIOLES HR HR# Inn Count On Base Pitcher Made score Last

GETTING STARTED: Today’s first was at 1:38 p.m.…Game-time temperature was 84 degrees.

TODAY’S ATTENDANCE was 27,779…The 57-date season total is 1,752,967…Average attendance is 30,753.

OUCH: J.J. Hardy was scratched from today’s line-up with a sprained left thumb.

UNDER REVIEW: In the seventh , Cardinals manager Mike Matheny challenged second base umpire ’s call at second base that Jhonny Peralta was out on a 6-4 ...After a 2:33 review, the call was overturned and Peralta was ruled safe.

EJECTION: Orioles manager Buck Showalter was ejected in the top of the seventh inning by second base umpire Jeff Nelson following an overturned call after St. Louis’ challenge…It was his first ejection of the season.

SERIES FINALES: The Orioles are 22-17 in series finales with a 9-10 mark at OPACY…The Cardinals are 20-18 in series finales and have won five straight finales.

ORIOLES NOTES

VS. ST LOUIS: The Orioles are 3-6 in nine all-time head-to-head meetings with the Cardinals.

DAY BASEBALL: The Orioles are now 18-22 in day games with a 6-12 mark at home…The Birds are batting .249 (334-1344) during the day compared to a .264 clip (718-2722) at night.

INTERLEAGUE PLAY: The Orioles are now 9-5 in Interleague Play this season including a 5-2 mark at OPACY…The Orioles have a 146-171 record in Interleague Play since its inception in 1997…As a team this season, the Orioles are batting .308 (158-513) in Interleague Play and averaging 6.4 runs per game, while the pitching staff has posted a 4.55 ERA (128.2IP, 65ER).

DOUBLE FIGURES: The Orioles have recorded 10 or more hits in three straight games, tied for the second-longest streak of the season…The club’s season-high is five straight games from May 18-23.

PITCH COUNTS: Orioles threw 191 pitches today, setting a new season-high for a 9.0-inning game and surpassing the previous season-high of 190 set on April 18 in Boston…The club’s overall season-high is 234 pitches thrown during a 12.0-inning game in Boston on July 6.

SMALL BALL: The Orioles snapped a streak of eight consecutive games with a home run, the second-longest stretch of the season behind a 12-game span from June 21-July 2.

STREAK SNAPPED: Zach Britton snapped a club record streak of 35.2 consecutive scoreless at home dating back to September 27, 2013 after allowing a three-run home run to Peter Bourjos…His stretch of 27 straight scoreless home appearances prior to today’s outing was tied for the longest streak in club history (also Brian Matusz, June 16, 2013-May 25, 2014; 19.0 scoreless IP).

THE STARTER: Kevin Gausman is now 6-4 with a 3.90 ERA (67.0IP, 29ER) overall and 4-3 with a 4.38 ERA (39.0IP, 19ER) at OPACY this season…His six today tied his career-high at Oriole Park (also June 6 vs. Oakland) and his eight hits allowed were also a career-high at OPACY.

STREAKIN’: Caleb Joseph extended his career-high hitting streak to six games today, batting .409/.409/1.136 during the stretch with a , five home runs, and nine RBI…He snapped a career-high streak of five consecutive games with a home run.

CAN I HELP YOU?: Adam Jones registered his fifth outfield of the season and first since July 12 vs. New York (AL) in the first inning when he threw out Matt Adams at the plate…It was the Orioles’ 28th outfield assist of the season and ninth at the dish.

CLIMBING THE CHARTS: Nick Markakis posted his 427th career multi-hit game, passing Brady Anderson for sole possession of fourth place on the Orioles all- time list…Cal Ripken, Jr. holds the club record with 845 multi-hit games, followed by Brooks Robinson (745), and Eddie Murray (596)…His four hits today tied his season-high for the fourth time (most recently July 19 at Oakland)…It was his 44th multi-hit game of the season and ninth game with three or more hits this season…Markakis has also hit safely in four straight games (.467/.579/.533) and nine of his last 10 (.436/.532/.641).

CARDINALS NOTES

JUNIOR CIRCUIT: The Cardinals are 8-12 in Interleague Play this season, going 3-7 at home and 5-5 on the road.

BIRD WATCHER: In 67 career games against the Orioles, Jhonny Peralta is batting .290 (73-252) with 16 doubles, eight home runs, and 40 RBI…He is a career .291 (43-148) hitter at OPACY with five home runs and 20 RBI.

QUALITY CONTROL: Lance Lynn snapped a career-high streak of six consecutive Quality Starts since July 4, pitching to a 1.63 ERA (38.2IP, 7ER) during that span…He had not allowed more than two earned runs in any of those starts prior to allowing three earned runs today.

TABLE SETTER: Kolten Wong logged his 17th multi-hit game of the season…His four hits tied his career-high (also May 28 vs. )…Today was his fourth game of the season with three or more hits and third over his last eight games.

CARDINALS PITCHING IP H R ER BB K HR WP HB PIT/STR 1st Batter Inherited/Scored Lance Lynn (W) 5.2 9 3 3 1 6 0 1 0 103/62 N/A N/A 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4/3 0/1 2/1 Kevin Siegrist 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 1/1 2/0 Pat Neshek 2.0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 25/18 1/1 N/A 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14/9 1/1 N/A Totals 9.0 10 3 3 1 12 0 1 0 - - -

ORIOLES PITCHING IP H R ER BB K HR WP HB PIT/STR 1st Batter Inherited/Scored Kevin Gausman (L) 5.0 8 3 3 2 6 0 1 0 104/64 N/A N/A T.J. McFarland 2.0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 51/39 0/1 N/A Andrew Miller 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 14/9 0/1 N/A Zach Britton 1.0 2 3 3 1 2 1 0 0 22/11 1/1 N/A Totals 9.0 17 8 8 3 10 1 1 0 - - -