ORIOLES POSTGAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 West Camden Street Baltimore, MD 21201
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ORIOLES POSTGAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 West Camden Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Sunday April 9, 2017 Game #5 Home Game #5 New York Yankees (2-4) vs. Baltimore Orioles (4-1) R H E LOB WP: Betances (1-1) TIME: 3:22 YANKEES 7 9 0 12 LP: O’DAY (0-1) ORIOLES 3 6 2 6 SV: None GETTING STARTED: Today’s first pitch was at 1:38 p.m.…Game-time temperature was 66 degrees. TODAY’S ATTENDANCE was 42,487…The five-date season total is 168,404...Average attendance is 33,681 ORIOLES NOTES VS. NEW YORK-AL: The Orioles dropped their first game of the season, falling to the Yankees 7-3 in the third and final game of the series…Baltimore is now 8-4 in their last 12 games at Oriole Park against the Yankees and 22-8 since the beginning of 2014…The Orioles committed two errors in a game for the first time this season. WHAT A RELIEF: The Orioles bullpen had their 17.1 scoreless innings streak snapped in the sixth inning…The bullpen is 3-1 this season with three saves. GETTING HIS WORK IN: LHP Wade Miley made his first start of the season, working 5.0 shutout innings, allowing just one hit with seven walks and five strikeouts…His seven walks issued ties a career-high (April 27, 2013 with Arizona and July 2, 2015 with Boston)…It is the second time he did not allow a run while walking seven (April 27, 2013)…He walked six of the first 12 batters of the game…The last Orioles pitcher to walk seven batters in a game was Daniel Cabrera on April 28, 2008 at Chicago-AL…Picked off Matt Holliday at first base in the first inning for his first pickoff of the season…He has now picked off 25 baserunners over his career; his 25 pickoffs since the start of 2011 rank fourth in the majors. PLAYING THE FIELD: RF Mark Trumbo started in right field for the first time this season; last season Trumbo made 95 starts in right field…Trumbo recorded two hits in the game for his second multi-hit game of the season; he had 41 multi-hit games in 2016…He drove in his team-leading fifth RBI with his single in the fifth inning. ENJOYING THE SUNSHINE: 1B Chris Davis singled in his first and second at-bats for his first multi-hit game of the season…He has now recorded a hit in all five games this season…He has hit safely in nine of his last 11 games against New York-AL. ENJOY THE MATCHUP: SS J.J. Hardy drove in his first run of the season with his single in the second inning…He is a career .326 (14-for-43) hitter with nine RBI against CC Sabathia. YANKEES NOTES VS. BALTIMORE: The Yankees snapped their three-game losing streak by taking the final game of the series, 7-3…New York-AL improves to 8-22 at Oriole Park since the start of 2014…They won just their fourth game in their last 15 games at Oriole Park…They improve to 1-4 on the season when trailing after seven innings; They went 5-65 when trailing after seven frames last season…They won their first day game of the season. FAMILIAR FOE: LHP CC Sabathia received a no-decision after tossing 6.0 innings, allowing three runs (two earned) on six hits with four walks and three strikeouts…It was his 39th career start against the Orioles; had lost each of his previous three starts against the O’s…His 24 starts at Oriole Park are the most by any active visiting pitcher. COMING UP CLUTCH: RF Aaron Judge hit a game-tying, solo home run in the eighth inning off of Mychal Givens…It was his first home run of the season and the fifth of his career…He recorded his first multi-hit game of the season…Judge snapped an 0-for-11 streak with his single in the sixth. STAYING HOT: INF Ronald Torreyes drove in the Yankees’ first two runs of the game, for the second straight game, with his two out two-run triple in the sixth inning…It was his third multi-RBI game of the season (4/4 at Tampa and 4/8 at Baltimore)…It was his first triple of the season and fifth of his career; it was the first triple hit by a Yankees player this season…He recorded his second straight multi-hit game and his first three-hit game of the season; it is the fourth time in his career in which he has recorded at least three hits in a game…In 17 career games against Baltimore, he is hitting .381 (16-for-42). GET YOUR WALK ON: DH Matt Holliday drew a career-high five walks; his previous career-high was three walks in a game, done 13 times, the last time on July 23, 2015 as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals…The last player to walk five-or-more times (without an intentional walk) in a game was Steven Souza on June 15, 2015 against Washington…His five walks ties a franchise record, done nine previous times, the last being April 25, 2009 when Mark Teixeira walked five times against Boston…The last Yankee to walk five-or-more times (without an intentional walk) in a game was Russ Derry on September 6, 1945 in Game 1 of a doubleheader against Detroit (according to Baseball-Reference.com). Mr. 500: 1B Chris Carter singled in the seventh inning for his 500th career hit…378 of his 500 hits have come as a member of the American League…His career-high in hits in a season is 122, done last season with Milwaukee. .