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 Saturday, April 21, 2012 • Game #15 • Road Game #9 Baltimore Orioles (8-6) vs. Los Angeles Angels (5-9) RH Jake Arrieta (1-0, 2.66) vs. RH Jered Weaver (2-0, 2.18) ODDS & ENDS TONIGHT’S GAME: The Orioles and Angels meet in game two of their three-game set and the ninth game of the Birds’ 10-game road trip…The Birds are 5-3 on the trip so far, having gone 2-1 in Toronto and 3-1 in Chicago Home 3-3 before losing the series opener Friday night in Anaheim…The O’s earned their first series win north of the border Away 5-3 since June 6-8, 2008 and snapped an 11-series losing streak in Toronto to kick off the trip…With Thursday’s win Day 4-1 in Chicago, the O’s improved to 3-1 in their four series in 2012…A series win in Anaheim would mark the first Night 4-5 time the O’s have won each series of a three-city road trip since August 7-16, 1998 (2-1 at Minnesota; 2-1 at vs. LHP 2-1 vs. RHP 6-5 Tampa Bay; and 3-1 at Cleveland)…The Birds have won two series on the same road trip for the first time since September 6-12, 2010 (2-1 at New York and Detroit). Series Record 3-1-0 First game of series 3-2 VS. LOS ANGELES: The Angels lead the season series, 1-0, and have won the last four meetings between the Last game of a series 2-2 clubs at the Big A…The clubs meet nine times this season, with two games in Baltimore (June 26-27) followed by Last 10 games 5-5 a four-game series in Anaheim (July 5-8)…The Angels won the 2011 season series, 6-3…The Orioles lead the all- time series, 338-282 (182-126 in Baltimore and 156-156 in Anaheim). Win/Loss streak L1 Longest win streak 3 (4/6-8) WADA SHUT DOWN: The Orioles have stopped the rehabilitation assignment of LHP Tsuyoshi Wada…Wada Longest losing streak 3 (4/9-11) has been on the disabled list since March 28 with a left elbow impingement…He will return to Baltimore to be Most games over .500 3 (last: 8-5) examined by team doctors…No timetable has been set for his return to throwing. Most games under .500 0 (0-0) HAVING HIMSELF QUITE A MONTH: Orioles batting practice pitcher Rudy Arias is being inducted into the Extra innings 1-2 Miami (FL) Senior High School Hall of Fame tonight…Born in Cuba, Arias became a United States citizen on Shutouts 0-0 th March 23…Arias is in his 13 season as a BP pitcher for the Birds. One-run games 1-1 Two-run games 5-1 SIXTH INNING STRUGGLES: The Orioles have allowed 25 runs in the sixth inning this year, the most in one inning by any club…According to Elias, four clubs have allowed 19 runs in a particular inning: Brewers (3rd Lead after 7 innings 5-0 inning), Yankees (1st inning), Rays (8th inning) and Blue Jays (9th inning). Tied after 7 innings 0-2 Trail after 7 innings 3-4 CLOSING IN: Adam Jones’ next RBI will be the 300th of his career…Endy Chavez needs three stolen bases to Lead after 8 innings 6-0 reach 100 in his career…Wilson Betemit needs two RBI for 250 in his career…Mark Reynolds is 19 strikeouts Tied after 8 innings 1-2 away from becoming the 246th player in major league history to strikeout 1,000 times…Tommy Hunter’s next Trail after 8 innings 1-4 th strikeout will be the 200 of his career…Ryan Flaherty is in search of his first major league hit. Orioles score first 7-2 THE BOMB SQUAD: The Orioles’ 22 home runs are good for third in the majors behind the Yankees (24) and Opponent scores first 1-4 Score four or more runs 6-2 Rangers (23)…The O’s have the second-most solo homers in baseball (15) behind the Yankees’ 16...The Orioles’ Score fewer than four runs 2-4 10 home runs in the seventh inning or later lead the majors. CLEAN IT UP: The Orioles tied their season-high with three errors Friday and have made at least one error in 10 Orioles homer 8-4 Outhit opponents 4-1 of the last 11 games…The Birds have made 12 errors in the eight games on the current road trip…The O’s are 3-0 Equal hit total 2-1 when they play errorless ball this season. Outhit by opponents 2-4 RAKIN’ REIMOLD: Since being held hitless on Opening Day, Nolan Reimold has hit in 10 straight games, Most hits in a game 13 (4/9), 15 (10 inn., 4/16) Fewest hits in a game 5 (4/18) going 17-for-42 (.405) with four doubles, five homers, 10 RBI and a 1.276 OPS…His streak of four consecutive games with a home run was snapped on Wednesday…He homered in each game from April 13-17 (did not play No errors 3-0 April 15)…The last Oriole to homer in four straight games was Luke Scott May 27-30, 2009…Reimold also saw With one error 3-5 his career-high streak of three straight multi-RBI games come to an end Wednesday…Of his five homers, two With two errors 1-0 gave the Orioles the lead, one made a one-run lead a two-run lead and one pulled the O’s to within a run. With three or more errors 1-1 th STRUGGLING: Since recording his 500 career RBI on the first game of the road trip (April 13), Nick vs. AL 8-6 Markakis is 5-for-29 with no RBI. vs. AL East 2-4 vs. AL Central 6-1 BIG FLY GUY: Among players with 10 or more games played, Nolan Reimold leads the AL in slugging at vs. AL West 0-1 .783…Reimold’s four homers in the seventh inning or later leads the major leagues and his nine extra-base hits are vs. NL 0-0 tied for second in the AL…He is homering once every 9.2 at-bats, the fifth-highest rate in the AL…Reimold’s five road homers are tied with Texas’ Mike Napoli for the MLB lead. Largest home crowd 46,773 (4/6) Largest road crowd 32,272 (4/20) CLOSING TIME: RH Jim Johnson has converted his last 15 save opportunities dating back to August 14, 2011, including all six chances in 2012…He leads the AL with six saves and is second in the majors behind Javy CURRENT ROAD TRIP Guerra of the Dodgers (seven). Record 5-3 A GOOD RUN: Since September 12, 2011, the Orioles have gone 7-1-1 in nine series…The Birds are 19-12 in Team Average .242 (67-277) their last 31 games. Runs per Game 4.6 (37R/8G) ROAD WARRIORS: Since August 22, 2011, the Orioles are 17-12 in their last 29 road games. Fielding Errors 12 KEYS TO VICTORY: The Birds are 7-2 when scoring first and 8-4 when hitting at least one home run in 2012. Team ERA 4.37 (70.0IP, 34ER) CLOSE CALLS: Eight of the O’s first 14 games have been decided by one or two runs (6-2 record). Starters W-L 2-3 Starters ERA 5.76 (45.1IP, 29ER) DOING IT ALL: Four of Adam Jones’ five homers have either tied the game or given the O’s the lead…With nobody on base, Jones is batting .400/.438/.867 and four of his five HR…With men on, he is batting Bullpen W-L-S 2-0-4 .185/.214/.370…Jones ranks among the top-10 in the American League in: Stolen bases (T-1; 3), Homers (T- Bullpen ERA 1.82 (24.2IP, 5ER) 2; 5), Go-Ahead RBI (T-2; 4), Total Bases (T-5; 36), Hits (T-8; 17), Slugging (10; .632) and Runs (T-9; 10). Saves/Opps 4/4 THAT’S ODD: Matt Wieters is batting .125 (1-8) with runners in scoring position this year but has six RBI with Best homestand 3-3 (4/6-11) the help of Monday’s grand slam. Worst homestand 3-3 (4/6-11) Best road trip 5-3 (4/13-current) THE COUNTDOWN: Buck Showalter is seven wins away from 1,000 in his career…Of the existing 57 Worst road trip 5-3 (4/13-current) managers with 1,000 wins, 29 are in the Hall of Fame and 13 others are not yet eligible for induction…Showalter, a two-time Manager of the Year (1994 and 2004), is in his third season as Orioles manager and has a 992-955 (.510) record in 14 seasons as manager (313-268 with New York (AL) in 1992-95; 250-236 with Arizona in 1998-2000; 319-329 with Texas in 2003-06 and 110-122 with Baltimore since 2010). BIG WHIFFERS: Baltimore pitchers recorded a total of 16 strikeouts on Thursday, marking the first time the O’s have struck out 16 or more in a nine inning game since September 24, 2000 at Boston…The franchise record for strikeouts in a nine inning game is 17 (July 5, 1997 vs.