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 Friday, April 4, 2014 Game #4 Road Game #1 Baltimore Orioles (1-2) vs. Detroit Tigers (1-1) RH Miguel Gonzalez (0-0, 0.00) vs. RH Anibal Sanchez (0-0, 0.00) TONIGHT’S GAME: The Orioles and Tigers begin a three-game series in the Motor City…The Birds dropped ODDS & ENDS two of three to Boston to open the season…RH Miguel Gonzalez will make his first start of 2014, squaring off Home 1-2 against RH Anibal Sanchez. Away 0-0 Day 1-0 VS. DETROIT: In 2013, the Orioles won the season series, 4-2, as the Orioles went 2-1 in Baltimore and 2-1 in Night 0-2 Detroit…The O’s lead the all-time series 436-396 (225-191 in Baltimore and 211-205 in Detroit)…The Orioles vs. LHP 1-1 are 59-39 against the Tigers at Oriole Park (opened in 1992) and 25-23 at Comerica Park (opened in 2000)…In 30 vs. RHP 0-1 career games against the Orioles, new Tigers manager Brad Ausmus hit .313 (31-99), his highest mark against any opponent except Oakland (.338 in 23 games). Series Record 0-1-0 First game of series 1-0 Last game of a series 0-1 FUN IN THE SUN: The Birds begin a stretch of five consecutive day games this afternoon…It is their longest Last 10 games 1-2 stretch of consecutive day games this season…Their second longest stretch is three, August 22-24, when the team visits the Chicago Cubs for a three game set…According to Elias, the five consecutive day games is the longest Win/Loss streak L2 stretch since the Orioles played five in a row from April 9-14, 1994. Longest win streak 1 (3/31) Longest losing streak 2 (4/2-current) TIGER HUNTER: In his last eight games against the Tigers, dating back to August 18, 2012, Chris Davis is Most games over .500 1 (1-0) batting .394 (13-33) with two doubles, six homers, eight runs scored and 12 RBI. Most games under .500 2 (1-2) Extra innings 0-0 ON THE ROAD AGAIN: The Orioles begin their first road trip of the season with a three game set against the Shutouts 0-0 Tigers…Last season the Orioles were 39-42 in games outside of Baltimore…Chris Davis ranked second in the One-run games 1-1 major leagues with 25 road home runs…Manny Machado was tied for second in the bigs with 26 road Two-run games 0-0 doubles…Adam Jones led current Orioles in away batting average with a .279 mark (95-341)…Darren O’Day led the Orioles in road ERA, posting a 1.60 ERA (33.2IP, 6ER) in away games. Lead after 7 innings 1-0 Tied after 7 innings 0-0 POWERFUL BEGINNING: Nelson Cruz homered in his first two games as an Oriole…According to Elias, he Trail after 7 innings 0-2 is the fifth Oriole to do so, joining Frank Robinson (1966), Rafael Palmeiro (1994), Pete Incaviglia (1996) and Lead after 8 innings 1-0 Sal Fasano (2005)…Cruz became the 25th Oriole to hit a home run in his first game as an Oriole and the first to Tied after 8 innings 0-0 Trail after 8 innings 0-2 homer in his Birds debut on Opening Day since Cesar Izturis (April 6, 2009 vs. NYY). Orioles score first 1-0 ON OPENING DAY: RF Nick Markakis made his eighth consecutive Opening Day start in RF, extending his Opponent scores first 0-2 club record (set with his seventh in 2013)…CF Adam Jones collected two hits, his fourth multi-hit Opening Day Score four or more runs 0-0 as an Oriole…In his last six Opening Day games, Jones is batting .500 (12-24 with four doubles, a triple, a home Score fewer than four runs 1-2 run, six runs and five RBI)…DH Delmon Young became the Orioles 12th Opening Day designated hitter in the last 12 seasons…CA Matt Wieters made his fifth consecutive Opening Day start behind the plate, tying him for Orioles homer 1-1 the fourth-longest start streak for an O’s catcher in club history (Rick Dempsey - 10 (’77-86); Chris Hoiles - 7 Outhit opponents 0-0 (’92-98); Gus Triandos - 6 (’57-62) and Andy Etchebarren - 5 (’66-70))…RH Chris Tillman was the O’s fifth Equal hit total 0-0 Outhit by opponents 1-2 Opening Day starting pitcher in the last five seasons. Most hits in a game 9 (4/3) Fewest hits in a game 6 (3/31, 4/2) SEEING STARS: This off-season, the Orioles added a trio of former All-Stars in OF Nelson Cruz (Texas ’09 and ’13) and RHPs Ubaldo Jimenez (Colorado ’10) and Evan Meek (Pittsburgh ’10)…Last season, the Orioles No errors 1-1 sent five players to the Midsummer Classic: 1B Chris Davis, 3B Manny Machado, SS J.J. Hardy, CF Adam With one error 0-1 Jones and RHP Chris Tillman. With two errors 0-0 With three or more errors 0-0 DISABLED LIST: Four Orioles opened the season on the 15-day disabled list: INF Michael Almanzar (retroactive to March 23 – left patellar tendinitis), INF Manny Machado (retroactive to March 21 – recovering vs. AL 1-2 from left knee surgery), OF Francisco Peguero (retroactive to March 21 – right wrist tendinitis), and OF Nolan vs. AL East 1-2 vs. AL Central 0-0 Reimold (retroactive to March 26 – cervical spine fusion surgery)…RHP Edgmer Escalona was placed on the vs. AL West 0-0 60-day DL (right shoulder impingement). vs. NL 0-0 DE-FENSE: The Orioles’ 119 errorless games last season set a major league record, surpassing the 2008 Houston Largest home crowd *46,685 (3/31) Astros (113 in 161 games) for most errorless games in a season since 1900…The Birds made 54 errors, also Largest road crowd 0 setting a major league record for fewest errors in a 162-game season (previous record was 65 by the 2003 Seattle LAST HOMESTAND Mariners)…The Orioles led the majors with a .991 fielding percentage, setting a major league record for highest fielding percentage in baseball history, topping the 2007 Rockies’ .989 mark…The Orioles were the first team in Record 1-2 MLB history to post 100 errorless games by the end of August (they had 101)…The O’s previous season-low for Team Average .216 (21-97) team errors was 104 in 1998. Runs per Game 2.3 (7R/3G) AS GOOD AS GOLD: The Orioles had six finalists for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award in 2013: Chris Davis, Fielding Errors 1 J.J. Hardy, Adam Jones, Manny Machado, Nick Markakis and Matt Wieters, the most of any club…Hardy Team ERA 3.67 (27.0IP, 11ER) won his second Gold Glove (also 2012), while Jones won his third (also 2009 and 2012) and Machado claimed his first…The Birds became the first AL team since the 2002-03 Mariners to win at least three Gold Gloves in Starters W-L 0-2 consecutive seasons and Jones and Hardy became the first set of AL teammates to win in back-to-back years since Starters ERA 5.00 (16.2IP, 9ER) Adrian Beltre and Ichiro Suzuki for the Mariners in 2007-08…2013 was the 19th time the Orioles had multiple Gold Glove winners in the same season…Machado is the 17th different Oriole to win a Gold Glove. Bullpen W-L-S 1-0-1 Bullpen ERA 1.62 (10.1IP, 2ER) SILVER SLUGGERS: The Orioles led the majors with three Silver Slugger Award winners in 2013 as Chris Saves/Opps 1/1 Davis, J.J. Hardy and Adam Jones each received their first awards…The three winners were the most in a single Best homestand 1-2 (3/31-4/3) season in Orioles history and the first since DH Aubrey Huff in 2008…Jones is the first Orioles outfielder to Worst homestand 1-2 (3/31-4/3) claim a Silver Slugger Award, while Hardy is the third shortstop (Cal Ripken, Jr. eight times and Miguel Tejada Best road trip 0-0 twice) and Davis is the third first baseman (Eddie Murray twice and Rafael Palmeiro once)…The Orioles have Worst road trip 0-0 now had 11 players win Silver Sluggers (20 total awards) since the award began in 1980. THE SKIPPER: Buck Showalter, a two-time Manager of the Year (1994 and 2004), returns for his fifth season as Orioles manager…He was named 2012 AL Manager of the Year by the Sporting News…Showalter has a 1,163-1,095 (.515) record in 15 seasons as manager of the New York Yankees (313-268; 1992- 95), Arizona Diamondbacks (250-236; 1998-2000), Texas Rangers (319-329; 2003-2006) and Orioles (281-262, 2010-current)…On May 1, 2012 in New York, Showalter became the 58th manager in MLB history to win 1,000 games. FIELD STAFF: Over the off-season, the Orioles hired Dave Wallace as pitching coach and Dom Chiti as bullpen coach…Bench coach John Russell, hitting coach Jim Presley and first base coach Wayne Kirby each return for their fourth season, while third base coach Bobby Dickerson and assistant hitting coach Einar Diaz return for their second season…Bullpen catcher Jett Ruiz is in his first season and batting practice pitcher Rudy Arias returns for his 15th year.