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 Sunday, May 11, 2014 Game #35 Home Game #16 Baltimore Orioles (20-14) vs. Houston Astros (11-26) RH Chris Tillman (3-1, 3.80) vs. RH Jarred Cosart (1-3, 4.50) TODAY’S GAME: The Orioles and Astros meet in the finale of their three-game set and the third game of a six- ODDS & ENDS game homestand that will also see the Detroit Tigers visit Charm City for three games Monday through Home 9-6 Wednesday…The Orioles took the first two games of the series with Houston after a 4-2 trip to Minnesota (1-2) Away 11-8 and Tampa Bay (3-0)…The Orioles’ five game winning streak is the longest active streak in the majors. Day 5-8 Night 15-6 VS. HOUSTON: The Orioles lead the season series, 2-0…The Birds will visit Houston for four, May 29-June 1, vs. LHP 3-3 including the Civil Rights Game on May 30…The Orioles won the 2013 season series, 4-2, going 2-1 in Baltimore vs. RHP 17-11 and 2-1 in Houston…The Orioles lead the all-time series, 12-5, as the Birds are 10-1 at home and 2-4 in Houston. Series Record 6-5-1 WINNING STREAK: Baltimore has won five straight games, their longest win streak since also winning five First game of series 7-5 straight, July 14-22, 2013 vs. Toronto and Texas…The O’s last won six straight games September 16-22, 2012 vs. Last game of a series 7-4 Last 10 games 8-2 Oakland, Seattle and Boston…A win today would give the O’s consecutive three-game sweeps for the first time since April 22-24 at Toronto and April 29-May 1, 2005 vs. Tampa Bay (swept two games at Boston, Win/Loss streak W5 April 25-26). Longest win streak 5 (5/6-current) Longest losing streak 4 (4/2-5) SUPERB STARTERS: Since April 26, the O’s have gone 9-3, during which time their starting pitchers have Most games over .500 6 (20-14) posted a 3.04 ERA (71.0IP, 24ER), lowering the rotation season ERA from 4.87 to 4.21…In each of the 12 games, Most games under .500 3 (last 2-5) the O’s starter has allowed three earned runs or fewer…Birds starters have gone at least 5.0 innings in 10 of the 12 Extra innings 4-0 games, and posted six Quality Starts in that time. Shutouts 2-2 STREAKER: Nick Markakis has hit in 17 straight games (since April 21), the longest active streak in the major One-run games 9-3 Two-run games 4-3 leagues…He is 25-for-70 (.357/.423/.486) with eight walks, three doubles, two homers, eight runs scored and eight RBI during the streak…Markakis has hit safely in 20 of his last 21 games, including 10 multi-hit efforts…He Lead after 7 innings 14-0 is batting .365 (31-85) with 12 walks, five doubles, two homers, 11 runs scored, and nine RBI over that span…He Tied after 7 innings 6-2 is two games shy of tying his career-long hit streak (19), set June 8-30, 2011. Trail after 7 innings 0-12 Lead after 8 innings 17-0 WORTH THE WAIT: The Orioles have won their first four extra innings games of the year…The Birds were 8- Tied after 8 innings 3-1 7 in extra innings in 2013 after going 16-2 in 2012…Since the start of the 2012 season, the Birds are 28-9 in Trail after 8 innings 0-13 extra innings contests…In games that have gone 12 or more innings since the start of 2012, the Orioles are 12-3 Orioles score first 12-5 (13-3 including the 2012 postseason). Opponent scores first 8-9 Score four or more runs 13-3 MILESTONES COMING: Adam Jones is one RBI shy of 500 for his career…Delmon Young is one game shy Score fewer than four runs 7-11 of 1,000 for his career. Orioles homer 14-6 THE BALTIMORE OWLS?: The Orioles are 15-6 (.714) in night games in 2014, the best mark in baseball. Outhit opponents 12-2 Equal hit total 4-1 CLOSE CALLS: The Orioles have had 19 of their first 34 games decided by one (9-3) or two (4-3) runs, Outhit by opponents 4-11 including 13 of 21 games against AL East opponents (8-5; 5-2 in one run games, 3-3 in two run games)…In Most hits in a game 20 (4/8) 2013, the Orioles had 82 of their 162 games decided by one (20-31) or two runs (20-11). Fewest hits in a game 5 (last 4/27) BACK TO WORK: 1B Chris Davis went 1-for-4 with a run scored on a rehab assignment with Double-A Bowie No errors 14-6 last night…Davis played all nine defensive innings at first base…He has been on the DL since April 26 with a With one error 6-5 With two errors 0-2 strained left oblique. With three or more errors 0-1 CONSISTENCY: The Orioles, Tigers, Brewers, and Giants are the only teams at least two games over .500 both vs. AL 18-14 at home and on the road this season. vs. AL East 13-8 vs. AL Central 3-6 IT’S A HIT IN THE BOOK: With his infield single in the sixth inning Friday, Adam Jones now leads the vs. AL West 2-0 American League with 10 infield hits…Jones trails the Dodgers’ Dee Gordon (16) by six infield singles for the vs. NL 2-0 major league lead. Largest home crowd *46,685 (3/31) Largest road crowd *48,142 (4/07) MR. MAY: In five April starts, Ubaldo Jimenez was 0-4 with a 6.59 ERA (27.1IP, 20ER)…In two May starts, he is 2-0 with a 0.71 ERA (12.2IP, 1ER)…Jimenez has thrown at least 115 pitches in each of his May outings, his CURRENT HOMESTAND first consecutive outings of 115+ pitches since September 27-October 2, 2010. Record 2-0 AT HOME AWAY FROM HOME: The Orioles are batting .283/.334/.437 as a team in their 19 road games this Team Average .292 (21-72) season, leading the majors in road average, ranking 2nd in OPS, 3rd in slugging percentage, and 4th in on-base th Runs per Game 4.5 (9R/2G) percentage…The Birds are also 4 in the bigs in road runs per game (5.16)…Nelson Cruz leads the AL with 23 RBI on the road…His .618 road slugging percentage ranks 3rd behind Albert Pujols (.687) and Victor Martinez Fielding Errors 2 th (.625) for the American League lead, and his six road homers are tied for 4 in baseball…Entering 2014, Cruz Team ERA 3.32 (19.0IP, 7ER) was a career .242/.299/.435 hitter on the road, with 65 HR and 211 RBI in 399 games (2005-13). Starters W-L 1-0 NOT MISSING A BEAT: Tommy Hunter leads the AL lead with 11 saves…In each of the past two seasons, Starters ERA 2.57 (14.0IP, 4ER) the Orioles have featured the AL’s saves leader as Jim Johnson led the league with 51 in 2012 and 50 in 2013…Hunter is on pace for 52 saves. Bullpen W-L-S 1-0-1 Bullpen ERA 5.40 (5.0IP, 3ER) DOING MORE WITH LESS: The Orioles are 7-11 when scoring fewer than four runs this year after going 16- Saves/Opps 1/2 46 in such games last year…Over the last 12 games since scoring in double digits in consecutive games April 23- Best homestand 3-2 (4/25-5/1) 24, the Birds have scored three or fewer runs seven times and are 3-4 in those seven games. Worst homestand 1-2 (3/31-4/3) Best road trip 4-2 (5/2-8) BEND BUT DON’T BREAK: The Orioles are 8-1 when opponents leave 10 or more runners on base…Their Worst road trip 3-3 (4/4-9) only such loss was May 4 at Minnesota. ROAD WARRIORS: After losing their first two games in Detroit to open the road schedule, the Orioles have won 11 of their last 17 road games (8-2 at night and 3-4 in day games)…The Orioles’ 11 wins and .579 winning percentage away from home rank fourth in the AL and they are on pace to go 47-34 on the road this season. AWESOME APRIL: Nelson Cruz had 24 RBI in 22 games played in April, marking the first time in his career he has posted 20 or more RBI in April…It is the fifth time in his career he has driven in 20+ runs in a month as he also accomplished the feat in June of 2013 (22), May of 2012 (23), July of 2011 (26) and September of 2008 (23)…Miguel Tejada holds the club record for RBI in April with 31 in 2005…Cruz’s six homers in April tied for third-most in a month in his career: seven homers in April of 2010 and 2011 and six homers in April of 2013 and 2009…Cruz also homered on Opening Day, March 31.