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 Tuesday, August 6, 2013 Game #113 Road Game #55 Baltimore Orioles (61-51) vs. San Diego Padres (52-60) RH Bud Norris (7-9, 3.89) vs. RH Edinson Volquez (8-8, 5.56) TONIGHT’S GAME: The Orioles and Padres meet in the opener of their two-game set and the first game of an ODDS & ENDS eight-game, nine-day road trip that will take the Birds to San Francisco and Phoenix for more Interleague Home 33-25 Play…The Orioles are coming off a 4-5 homestand against the Red Sox (1-2), Astros (2-1) and Mariners (1-2). Away 28-26 Day 18-20 VS. SAN DIEGO: The Orioles trail in the season series 0-2…The Orioles trail in the all-time series 5-6 as the Night 43-31 Birds are 2-3 in Baltimore and 3-3 in San Diego…The Birds took two of three at home in 2002 and were 2-1 in vs. LHP 17-18 San Diego in 2007 and 1-2 in San Diego in 2010. vs. RHP 44-33 BAT MAN: Nick Markakis (.348, 165-474) has the highest batting average in the history of Interleague Play Series Record 20-12-4 (minimum of 300 PA), just ahead of Larry Walker (.346), Mike Piazza (.340) and Dustin Pedroia (.334). First game of series 22-14 th Last game of a series 19-17 HELPING HAND: The 27 annual OriolesREACH Food and Funds Drive to benefit the Maryland Food Bank, Last 10 games 4-6 held July 26-28 at Oriole Park, generated $34,271 in cash donations and 9,870 pounds of non-perishable food items…The 2013 food and cash donations far exceeded the 2012 totals of 4,000 pounds of food and $20,000. Win/Loss streak L2 Longest win streak 5 (7/14-22) DOWN ON THE FARM: The Baltimore Orioles Player Development department has named Double-A Bowie Longest losing streak 6 (5/14-20) RH Tyler Wilson Pitcher of the Month and Short-Season A Aberdeen OF Mike Yastrzemski Player of the Most games + .500 14 (57-43) Month…Wilson, a 10th round pick in 2011 out of Virginia, was 3-1 with a 2.27 ERA (35.2IP, 9ER) in six July Most games - .500 1 (3-4) starts and is 8-2 with a 3.63 ERA (126.1IP, 51ER) in 22 starts between Class-A Frederick and Double-A th Extra innings 5-3 Bowie…Yastrzemski, a 14 round pick this year out of Vanderbilt and the grandson of Hall-of-Famer Carl, Shutouts 5-5 batted .344/.438/.544 with 15 runs and 12 RBI in July and is batting .321 with two homers and 13 RBI on the One-run games 14-17 year…The New York-Penn League has named four Aberdeen Ironbirds to the mid-season All-Star team…CA Two-run games 13-5 Austin Wynns, DH Trey Mancini, and Yastrzemski will start the game for the American League squad, while Lead after 7 innings 50-5 RH Jimmy Yacabonis will work in relief…The game will be held August 13 in Norwich, CT. Tied after 7 innings 7-5 HAPPY HOMECOMING: Six Orioles have strong California ties…Adam Jones was born in National City in Trail after 7 innings 4-41 San Diego County and attended Morse HS, Brian Matusz attended the University of San Diego, Miguel Lead after 8 innings 52-7 Tied after 8 innings 6-5 Gonzalez resides in Pacoima, Chris Tillman was born in Anaheim and attended Fountain Valley HS, Scott Trail after 8 innings 3-39 Feldman attended Burlingame HS and the College of San Mateo and Bud Norris is from Greenbrae and attended Cal Poly. Orioles score first 39-20 Opponent scores first 22-31 CALIFORNIA LOVE: The Orioles are 10-6 against California teams this year (5-2 against the Angels, 3-1 Score four or more runs 50-21 against the Athletics, 2-1 against the Dodgers and 0-2 against the Padres)…The Birds are 6-2 in the Golden State, Score fewer than four runs 11-30 going 3-1 in both Anaheim and Oakland. Orioles homer 50-37 ROAD WARRIORS: Manny Machado is third in the AL with 71 hits on the road…Adam Jones’ 67 hits on the Out-hit opponents 38-13 road are tied for sixth in the AL…Chris Davis’ 36 extra-base hits on the road lead the majors, while Jones’ 27 are Equal hit total 9-3 tied for sixth and Machado’s 25 are tied for 13th. Out-hit by opponents 14-35 Most hits in a game 18 (5/10, 7/22) DOUBLES MACHINE: Manny Machado’s 40 doubles marks the 15th season of 40 or more doubles by a player Fewest hits in a game 2 (6/7) 21 or younger (age as of June 30 of that season) since 1901 (most recently 21-year-old Ryan Zimmerman, 47 in No errors 47-38 2006)…The most doubles ever in a single season by a player 21 or younger is 54 (Alex Rodriguez at age 20 in th With one error 12-9 1996)…His 40 doubles also mark the 20 season of 40 or more doubles by an Oriole all-time…The last Oriole to With two errors 2-4 hit 40 or more doubles in a season was Nick Markakis (45 in 2010). With three or more errors 0-0 DYNAMIC DUO: Chris Davis (55) and Adam Jones (50) are the only pair of teammates this season to each vs. AL 56-47 have at least one RBI in 50 or more games…The only other players with 50 or more are Allen Craig, Jay Bruce, vs. AL East 24-23 Miguel Cabrera and Paul Goldschmidt. (STATS) vs. AL Central 13-13 th vs. AL West 19-11 CRUSH DAVIS: Chris Davis hit his 40 home run of the season Friday, becoming the fifth Oriole to hit 40 vs. NL 5-4 homers in a season (Brady Anderson, 50 in 1996; Frank Robinson, 49 in 1966; Jim Gentile, 49 in 1961; and Rafael Palmerio, 43 in 1998)…According to STATS, Davis is the first player in MLB history to have at least 30 Largest home crowd 46,653 (4/5) Largest road crowd 45,214 (6/23) doubles and 40 home runs through August 2…He reached those milestones 16 days earlier than any previous player (Ken Griffey Jr., August 18, 1997). LAST HOMESTAND 100+ RBI CLUB: Chris Davis has 102 RBI on the season, the 39th 100+ RBI season in club history and first Record 4-5 th since Nick Markakis drove in 101 in 2009…He is the 20 different player to drive in 100 in a season for the Team Average .236 (70-296) Birds…Davis’ 102 RBI in 2013 would have led 37 teams in Orioles history…He is on pace to drive in 148 runs, Runs per Game 4.0 (36R/9G) which is two shy of Miguel Tejada’s club record set in 2004…Davis’ 70 extra-base hits in 112 games (40-HR and 30-2B) puts him on pace for 101 XBH, which would shatter Brady Anderson’s club record of 92 in 1996 Fielding Errors 1 (37-2B, 5-3B and 50HR). Team ERA 4.78 (81.0IP, 43ER) THE IRONMEN: The Orioles have three players that lead the major leagues in innings played at their position Starters W-L 4-5 and three more that lead the AL at their position: Manny Machado (991.1 innings at third base), J.J. Hardy Starters ERA 5.26 (51.1IP, 30ER) (980.1 innings at shortstop), Matt Wieters (826.1 innings at catcher) and Adam Jones (957.1 innings in Bullpen W-L-S 0-0-3 centerfield) lead the majors at their position, while Chris Davis (946.1 innings at first base) and Nick Markakis Bullpen ERA 3.94 (29.2IP, 13ER) (941.1 innings in right field) lead the AL at their positions...The Orioles have pitched 996.1 innings in 2013. Saves/Opps 3/3 SELECT COMPANY: Chris Davis is on pace to score 113 runs in 2013…The only Orioles to score 113 or more Best homestand 4-1 (5/29-6/2) runs in a season are Roberto Alomar (132 in 1996), Frank Robinson (122 in 1966), Cal Ripken, Jr. (121 in 1983 Worst homestand 2-6 (5/14-22) and 116 in 1985), Al Bumbry (118 in 1980), Brady Anderson (117 in 1996) and Eddie Murray (115 in 1983). Best road trip 2-1 (last 5/10-12) Worst road trip 2-4 (last 7/2-7) THE SAVE-IOR: Jim Johnson leads the majors with 38 saves and has 110 career saves, the second-most in club history behind Gregg Olson (160)…Since the start of 2012, Johnson has 89 saves, 13 more than the second-best save total over that time (Craig Kimbrel, 76)…Eric Gagne holds the MLB record for most saves in consecutive seasons with 107 during the 2002-03 seasons…Orioles reliever Francisco Rodriguez is second on the list with 102 (2007-08)…Johnson became the all-time saves leader at Camden Yards with his 44th on June 16. THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME?: The Orioles have made 33 errors in 112 games, which puts them on pace to make 48 errors in 162 games…The major league record for fewest errors in a 162-game season is 65 by the 2003 Seattle Mariners…The 2013 Orioles lead the majors with a .992 fielding percentage, which, if maintained through the entire season, would be the best fielding percentage in baseball history, topping the 2007 Rockies’ .989 mark.