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

Monday, June 30, 2014  Game #82  Home Game #41 (42-39) vs. (37-44) RH Ubaldo Jimenez (2-8, 4.70) vs. LH Joe Saunders (0-4, 5.19)

TONIGHT’S GAME: The Orioles and Rangers meet in the opener of their four-game set and the eighth game of ODDS & ENDS an 11-game homestand that began with the Orioles taking two of three from Chicago before dropping three of four Home 19-21 against Tampa Bay over the weekend. Away 23-18 Day 13-17 VS. TEXAS: The Orioles lead the season series, 2-1…In 2013, the Orioles won the season series, 5-2, going 2-2 Night 29-22 in Baltimore and 3-0 in Arlington…The Orioles lead the all-time series, 243-194, going 120-98 in Baltimore (53- vs. LHP 11-12 52 at OPACY) and 123-96 in Arlington (42-49 at Globe Life Park)…The O’s have won two straight at OPACY. vs. RHP 31-27

SUSPENSION UPDATE: MLB today informed the Orioles that they have upheld a five-game suspension for Series Record 11-9-6 INF Manny Machado, who will begin serving the suspension tonight. First game of series 14-12 Last game of a series 13-13

Last 10 games 5-5 QUICK WORK: RH Tommy Hunter recorded three outs on three pitches yesterday, becoming the first Oriole to do that since LH John Parrish, September 27, 2003 vs. the Yankees (Elias). Win/Loss streak L2 Longest win streak 5 (5/6-10) THE CENTURY CLUB: reached the 100 mark in yesterday’s game and became the eighth Longest losing streak 4 (last 5/27-30) player in franchise history to collect at least 100 hits in nine separate seasons with the team, joining Cal Ripken Most games over .500 6 (20-14) Jr. (19), (16), (12), , , and Boog Most games under .500 3 (last 2-5) Powell (nine each)…Entering 2014, he has collected at least 125 hits in each of his eight previous seasons with Extra 6-3 the team…With 24 more hits, Markakis would become the fourth player in franchise history to record at least 125 Shutouts 7-6 hits in nine different years with the club, joining Ripken (17), Robinson (15) and Murray (11). One- games 14-12 Two-run games 9-9 th BOMBS AT THE BREAK: blasted his 25 of the season Friday, passing (24 in 1969) and moving into fourth place in Orioles history in HR before the All-Star break… set the Lead after 7 innings 32-5 club record with 37 in 2013, topping Brady Anderson’s 30 (‘96) and ’s 26 (‘98). Tied after 7 innings 7-2 Trail after 7 innings 3-32 BALTIMORE BASHERS: The Orioles lead the majors with 42 long balls in June and are third in the majors Lead after 8 innings 36-3 this season (96, trailing Toronto’s 108 and Colorado’s 98)…The Orioles have hit two or more homers in 29 Tied after 8 innings 4-3 Trail after 8 innings 2-33 games this season, with 22 of those 29 coming in the last 39 games. Orioles score first 28-9 RELYING ON THE LONG BALL: Since May 1, the Orioles are 30-27, homering at least once in all 30 Opponent scores first 14-30 wins…According to STATS, the Orioles have lost their last 11 games in which they have been held without a Score four or more runs 32-12 homer, last winning without going deep on April 26, a 3-2 win against Kansas City in 10 innings. Score fewer than four runs 10-27

IN A PINCH: OF is batting .538/.571/.846 as a this season (7-13), the most pinch Orioles homer 36-21 hits by an Oriole since Jeff Conine collected nine in 1999…Since 1974, the most pinch hits in a season for the Outhit opponents 31-8 Orioles is 13, by Terry Crowley in 1978. Equal hit total 5-4 Outhit by opponents 6-27

MAC ATTACK: T.J. McFarland’s 0.57 June ERA (15.2IP, ER) leads the AL this month (min. 10.0IP). Most hits in a game 20 (4/8) Fewest hits in a game 2 (6/10)

STRANGE COMBO: The Orioles (42-39, 19-21) are one of three teams in the majors that are three or more No errors 28-19 games over .500, but have a losing record at home, joining Kansas City (42-39, 21-22) and Seattle (44-38, 21-22). With one error 14-15 With two errors 0-3 TURN IT: The Birds have turned an MLB-leading 95 plays, eight more than second place San Francisco. With three or more errors 0-2

IT HAD BEEN A WHILE: The O’s bullpen allowed nine earned runs in 4.1 innings of work yesterday, their vs. AL 38-36 most earned runs allowed in a game since July 6, 2012 vs. Minnesota (12ER in 7.1IP)…In the eight games vs. AL East 22-16 before yesterday (June 21-28), the Orioles bullpen had posted a 0.30 ERA (29.2IP, 14H, ER, 4BB, 18K). vs. AL Central 9-14 vs. AL West 7-6 SLUGGED: Oriole pitching surrendered 11 extra-base hits in yesterday’s game (six doubles and five home runs), vs. NL 4-3 their most since September 15, 2006 vs. Detroit (also 11)…The club record for extra-base hits allowed in a game Largest home crowd *46,685 (3/31) is 12, done twice (most recently September 14, 1987 vs. Toronto – two doubles and 10 home runs). Largest road crowd *48,142 (4/07)

BEASTS OF THE EAST: The Orioles have the fifth-highest in-division winning percentage in the majors (22- CURRENT HOMESTAND

16, .579 vs. the AL East)…Oakland and Atlanta (both 21-14, .600) lead the majors, with the Dodgers (23-16, Record 3-4 .590) and Cincinnati (20-14, .588) ranking third and fourth, respectively. Team Average .285 (70-246) A JOB WELL DONE: The O’s rotation has recorded 11 Quality Starts in the last 20 games, including eight Runs per Game 4.3 (30R/7G) straight, June 9-15 (the O’s longest stretch since nine straight, September 29, 2010-April 4, 2011)…The starters Fielding Errors 2 have posted a Quality Start in 13 of the last 23 games since June 6, pitching to a 3.32 ERA (135.2IP, 50ER) in those 23 games…Birds starters have posted a 1.54 ERA (87.2IP, 15ER) in those 13 Quality Starts. Team ERA 4.64 (66.0IP, 34ER)

A GRAND OLD TIME: Nelson Cruz hit his second of the season Wednesday night…The last Oriole Starters W-L 1-3 with multiple grand slams in the same season was in 2009 (August 20 at Tampa Bay and Starters ERA 5.68 (38.0IP, 24ER)

September 12 at New York)…The last Oriole with three grand slams in a season was in 1998 (July Bullpen W-L-S 2-1-0 14 against Toronto and twice on August 14 at Cleveland)…The club record for grand slams in a season is Jim Bullpen ERA 3.21 (28.0IP, 10ER) Gentile’s five in 1961 (two on May 9 at MIN, July 2 against DET, July 7 against KC and September 22 at CWS). Saves/Opps 0/0

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: The Orioles have scored in the eighth or ninth in 10 of the last 13 Best homestand 3-2 (4/25-5/1) games and have scored in the ninth inning in four of the last eight games. Worst homestand 2-4 (5/9-14) Best road trip 4-2 (5/2-8, 6/16-22) JONESIN’: hit his 151st home run as an Oriole on June 23, tying him with Chris Hoiles for 10th Worst road trip 3-3 (4/4-9) place on the Orioles’ all-time list…Melvin Mora is ninth on the list with 158 homers…Jones’ eight homers in June are tied with , Andrew McCutchen and Todd Frazier for the second-most in the majors this month (Jose Abreu – 10)…Jones has 81 career homers at OPACY, the fifth-most all time, trailing Rafael Palmeiro (124), Brady Anderson (91), Melvin Mora (89) and Cal Ripken, Jr. (85).

NEVER SAY DIE: The Orioles’ win on Wednesday was their second of the series vs. Chicago when trailing after seven…Prior to last week, the O’s were 0- 15 at home when trailing after seven innings (now 2-18 at home and 3-32 overall)…The Birds are 1-18 when trailing after eight innings at home (2-33 overall).

FIRST IS THE BEST: Nick Markakis is batting .380 (30-79) with seven runs, three doubles, and an RBI in the first inning this season…30 of his 101 hits this year have come in the opening frame…Markakis is a .312/.365/.419 hitter in 163 career games in the leadoff spot…He has never hit a lead-off home run.

TOMORROW’S STARTER: Tomorrow’s starter has not yet been announced, but LH T.J. McFarland is one candidate to come of the bullpen to make the start…He has made one start in his career, June 28, 2013 vs. the Yankees (2.2IP, 7H, 3ER, BB, 4K).

UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS DAY OPPONENT TIME (ET) TV RADIO O’S STARTER OPP. STARTER July 1 vs. Texas 7:05 p.m. MASN-HD 1090 AM WBAL TBA RH Nick Martinez (1-5, 4.65) July 2 vs. Texas 7:05 p.m. MASN2-HD 1090 AM WBAL RH Chris Tillman (7-4, 4.18) RH Nick Tepesch (3-3, 3.65) July 3 vs. Texas 7:05 p.m. MASN-HD 1090 AM WBAL LH Wei-Yin Chen (7-3, 4.19) RH Yu Darvish (8-4, 2.42)