Orioles Game Information • August 26, 2008
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BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 West Camden Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Sunday, May 25, 2014 Game #48 Home Game #23 Baltimore Orioles (24-23) vs. Cleveland Indians (24-26) RH Miguel Gonzalez (2-3, 4.53) vs. RH Trevor Bauer (1-1, 2.25) TODAY’S GAME: The Orioles and Indians meet in the series finale of their four-game set…The Indians took ODDS & ENDS the season series lead (2-1) with an 9-0 victory yesterday…The Orioles are coming off a 3-3 road trip to Kansas Home 10-12 City (2-2) and Pittsburgh (1-1)…Following this series, the Orioles will embark on a 10-game, 11-day road trip to Away 14-11 Milwaukee (three games), Houston (four) and Texas (three). Day 5-12 Night 19-11 VS. CLEVELAND: The Indians lead the series, 2-1…In 2013, the Orioles dropped the season series, 3-4, going vs. LHP 5-6 2-2 in Baltimore and 1-2 in Cleveland…The Orioles trail in the all-time series, 393-430 (212-204 in Baltimore and vs. RHP 19-17 181-226 in Cleveland)…At Camden Yards against the Tribe, the O’s are 47-54 and at Progressive Field, the Birds Series Record 6-6-3 are 24-53. First game of series 9-7 Last game of a series 7-8 USO BARBECUE FOR THE TROOPS: Today, fans can join the USO, Darren and Elizabeth O'Day, and Last 10 games 4-6 OriolesREACH for a barbecue and Orioles game to support the troops…Enjoy a pregame barbecue picnic with the opportunity to meet some of your favorite O’s players, and then stay to watch the O's take on Cleveland from the Win/Loss streak L1 left field lower box seats…Net proceeds will go directly to USO programs that support deployed troops, military Longest win streak 5 (5/6-10) families, wounded, ill and injured troops and their caregivers and families of the fallen…The BBQ begins at noon Longest losing streak 4 (5/11-14) Most games over .500 6 (20-14) and fans can purchase tickets through www.orioles.com/community. Most games under .500 3 (last 2-5) BEHIND THE DISH: Yesterday the Orioles acquired CA Nick Hundley from the San Diego Padres in exchange Extra innings 4-1 for LH Troy Patton… Hundley, 30, batted .271 (16-59) with a homer and three RBI in 33 games for the Padres. Shutouts 3-4 Over seven seasons with the Padres, Hundley is a career .238 hitter (392-1644) with 47 homers and 195 RBI in One-run games 10-6 510 games. In 467 major league games behind the plate, he has a .990 fielding percentage and has thrown out 130 Two-run games 4-5 of 470 runners attempting to steal (28 percent). Lead after 7 innings 18-2 Tied after 7 innings 6-2 SHUTOUT: The Orioles were shut out by the Indians Saturday…It was the fourth time this season that the Trail after 7 innings 0-19 Orioles were blanked and the third time at home…It was the first time the team was shut out by the Indians since Lead after 8 innings 21-1 September 27, 2009 in Cleveland (also, 9-0) and was the first time The Birds were blanked at home by the Tribe Tied after 8 innings 3-2 since April 3, 2003 (3-0). Trail after 8 innings 0-20 FIRST IS THE BEST: Nick Markakis is now batting .435 (20-46) with four runs, two doubles, and an RBI in Orioles score first 15-7 the first inning this season…20 of his 59 hits this year have come in the first frame of the game. Opponent scores first 9-16 Score four or more runs 16-7 CLIMBING THE CHARTS: With a season-high four hits on Friday night, Nick Markakis (1,429) passed Paul Score fewer than four runs 8-16 Blair (1,426) for sole possession of eighth place on the Orioles’ all-time hit list…Brian Roberts (1,452) is Orioles homer 18-11 seventh on the list. Outhit opponents 16-5 Equal hit total 4-3 O’DAY NOMINATED: Orioles reliever Darren O’Day has been nominated for the annual Bob Feller Act of Outhit by opponents 4-15 Valor Award…The award honors three individuals that reflect the values, integrity, and dedication to serving our Most hits in a game 20 (4/8) country that Bob Feller himself possessed…The award is presented to one U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer, one Fewest hits in a game 3 (5/17) Baseball Hall of Fame member, and one active MLB player…Finalists for the active player award will be No errors 18-11 announced and recognized at the July 5th Indians vs. Royals game in Cleveland…Winners will be honored in a With one error 6-9 Veterans Day ceremony in Washington, D.C. at the United States Navy Memorial…The award was created in With two errors 0-2 2013 with the support of the United States Navy, the Cleveland Indians, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and With three or more errors 0-1 Museum, the Battleship USS Alabama, and Mrs. Anne Feller. vs. AL 21-22 STREAKER: Adam Jones had his season-high 14-game hitting-streak (May 6-20) snapped Wednesday…He vs. AL East 13-8 batted .356 (21-59) during the streak with 10 runs, a double, five home runs, and 12 RBI…It was the second vs. AL Central 6-13 longest hitting-streak of his career (20 games, May 10-29, 2012)...It was the second longest by an Oriole this vs. AL West 2-1 vs. NL 3-1 season (Nick Markakis, 18 games)…Jones has safely reached base in 18 straight games since May 6, hitting .364 (28-77) with four doubles, five homers, 12 RBI, a walk and was hit by a pitch twice…He has safely hit in Largest home crowd *46,685 (3/31) 20 of his last 22 games. Largest road crowd *48,142 (4/07) CURRENT HOMESTAND QUITE A PACE: In his last 162 games, dating back to September 27, 2012, Nelson Cruz is batting .277/.337/.540 with 44 HR and 124 RBI. Record 1-2 HARDY HAR HAR: After batting .241 (14-58) in 15 games in April, J.J. Hardy is hitting .333 (29-87) in Team Average .287 (35-122) May…In addition, he has a .319 (37-116) average with seven doubles and 12 RBI against right-handers, compared Runs per Game 5 (15R/3G) to a .212 (7-33) mark with two doubles and an RBI against left-handers…He is currently on a six-game hitting- Fielding Errors 1 streak, which matches his season-high (May 7-12)…He is batting .500 (12-24) with three runs, two doubles, four RBI, and two walks in that span…In addition, he has recorded multi-hit games of five of the six contests. Team ERA 6.10 (31.0IP, 21ER) SOUTHPAW SLAYER: Adam Jones (.477) leads the AL in batting average against left-handed Starters W-L 1-1 Starters ERA 7.56 (16.2IP, 14ER) pitching…Jones’ .864 slugging percentage against lefties is also third in the AL behind only Toronto’s Jose Bautista (.867) and teammate Nelson Cruz who leads the league with a .871 mark. Bullpen W-L-S 0-1-0 Bullpen ERA 4.47 (14.1IP, 7ER) THREE FOR C.D.: Chris Davis collected his second career three-home run game for the Orioles Tuesday, the Saves/Opps 0/1 13th time an Oriole accomplished the feat on the road and the first time since Cal Ripken, Jr., May 28, 1996 at Seattle…Davis joins Boog Powell and Eddie Murray (three times each) as the only players in club history with Best homestand 3-2 (4/25-5/1) Worst homestand 2-4 (5/9-14) multiple three-homer games…Fifteen different Orioles have now recorded a total of 20 three-homer games in club th Best road trip 4-2 (5/2-8) history…Davis became the 12 active player with multiple three-HR games, joining Albert Pujols, Aramis Worst road trip 3-3 (4/4-9) Ramirez, and Alex Rodriguez (four each); Alfonso Soriano and Mark Teixeira (three each); and Ryan Braun, Miguel Cabrera, Jonny Gomes, Carlos Gonzalez, Evan Longoria, and Joey Votto (two each). NOCTURNAL BIRDS: The Orioles are 19-11 (.633) in night games, which is only behind Detroit (16-9, .640) for the best mark in baseball, while going just 5-12 in day games (.294), the worst mark in baseball. DEALING DUO: Zach Britton (0.70; 25.2IP, 2ER) and Darren O’Day (0.95; 19.0IP, 2ER) rank first and second, respectively, in ERA among all AL relievers…Lonnie Chisenhall’s sixth inning PH-home run Thursday night snapped O’Day’s 10 scoreless appearances streak (10.1IP)…Britton has made 10 straight scoreless appearances (10.2IP) with eight strikeouts (three walks)…They are two of the three AL relievers with ERA’s lower than 1.00 this season. TOMORROW’S STARTER: RH Chris Tillman will make his 11th start of the season and his seventh on the road (third straight)…He is the owner of a 4-2 record with a 4.21 ERA (57.2IP, 27ER)…On the road, Tillman is 4-0 with a 5.14 ERA (35.0IP, 20ER)….Is making his third career start against Houston and his second this season…He has a 1-1 record with a 3.00 ERA (12.0IP, 4ER) against the Astros.