WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2020 • GAME #36 • HOME GAME #21 BALTIMORE ORIOLES (16-19) Vs
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2020 • GAME #36 • HOME GAME #21 BALTIMORE ORIOLES (16-19) vs. NEW YORK METS (15-21) LHP John Means (0-2, 8.59) vs. RHP Michael Wacha (1-2, 7.41) O’s SEASON BREAKDOWN ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Orioles notched 15 hits and defeated the New York Mets 9-5 on Tues- LEAGUE LEADERS Overall 16-19 day night at Camden Yards...The O’s improved to 13-5 when recording at least 10 hits in a game Orioles ranks among MLB leaders: Home 7-13 and have now won five of their last six game against the Mets, dating back to August 19, 2015. Batting Average .263 6th in MLB Road 9-6 INF Renato Núñez connected for a three-run home run in the first inning and hit his Slugging Percentage .444 9th in MLB Day 7-3 second homer of the night to lead off the seventh inning, marking the second time this OPS .769 11th in MLB Night 9-16 year, and fourth time in his career, with two home runs in a game...He has now hit safely Hits 318 T-5th in MLB Current Streak W2 in 26 of his first 34 games, including recording an extra-base hit in 15 of the 34. th Last 5 Games 2-3 Doubles 69 4 in MLB INF Pat Valaika smacked lead-off singles in the second and fourth innings, an RBI dou- th Last 10 Games 4-6 Home Runs 48 14 in MLB ble in the sixth, and a single in the seventh for his first career four-hit game...It marked First Pitch Batting Avg. .419 1st in MLB July 3-3 his fourth multi-hit game of the season. August 12-16 SMALL BALL September 1-0 THE MORE THE MERRIER: The Orioles have four different players (INF Hanser Alberto - 14, Leaders in the majors in bunt hits: vs. LHSP 4-3 INF José Iglesias - 11, INF Renato Núñez - 10, and OF Anthony Santander - 10) who have vs. RHSP 12-16 recorded double digit multi-hit games this season...The four players rank as the most in the AL 1. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 12 Series Opener 4-8 and are tied for the most in the majors (SD and ARI)...Alberto’s 14 multi-hit games rank second 2. Philadelphia Phillies 5 Series Opener at Home 2-5 in the AL and are tied for the third-most in the majors. Texas Rangers 5 Series Opener on Road 2-3 INF José Iglesias has recorded a multi-hit game in a career-high six-straight games, the 4. Arizona Diamondbacks 4 By Series 4-6-1 longest active streak in the majors and tied for the longest overall streak in the majors this Colorado Rockies 4 By Home Series 1-4-1 season (Charlie Blackmon, COL and Kyle Lewis, SEA) Kansas City Royals 4 By Road Series 3-2-0 Iglesias’ multi-hit game streak is the longest by an Oriole since Danny Valencia also re- Rubber Games 1-1 NOTHING AVERAGE ABOUT IT Sweeps/Were Swept 3-4 corded six-straight from August 4-September 1, 2013...The Orioles record is 10-straight American League batting average leaders: multi-hit games, done twice (Rich Dauer, 7/18-28/78 and Bob Nieman, 5/4-22/58). Scored First 10-5 1. Tim Anderson, CWS .345 Opponent Scored First 6-14 .400 HITTER: INF José Iglesias went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI on Tuesday against the 2. Kyle Lewis, SEA .328 1-run games 6-8 New York Mets and is now hitting .405 (32-for-79) through his first 21 games with the Orioles... 3. Nelson Cruz, MIN .328 Comeback Wins 8-9 Among players with at least 50 at-bats, Iglesias’ .405 average leads the majors, while New York- 4. Franmil Reyes, CLE .323 Last AB Wins 4-5 5. HANSER ALBERTO, BAL .321 Walk-off Wins 2-2 AL’s DJ LeMahieu ranks second with a .402 average. 6. Willy Adames, TB .316 Extra Innings 4-2 I SAN-TAN-DARE YOU: OF Anthony Santander went 2-for-4 on Tuesday with a home run and Led After 6 11-1 7. José Abreu, CWS .313 three RBI...He has hit safely in 22 of his last 25 games...His recent hitting streak of 18 games 8. David Fletcher, LAA .313 Led After 7 13-1 marked a career high...Santander hit .329 (25-for-76) with eight home runs, eight doubles, a tri- Led After 8 12-1 9. Jonathan Schoop, DET .311 ple, and 20 RBI from August 5 [2]-23...It was the longest stretch by an Oriole since Nick Marka- Tied After 6 3-1 10. Alex Verdugo, BOS .310 kis’ 18-game mark from April 21-May 11, 2014. Tied After 7 1-3 11. PEDRO SEVERINO, BAL .309 Tied After 8 3-3 Santander’s 11 home runs on the season lead the O’s, are tied for sixth in the AL, and Behind After 6 2-17 are tied for seventh in the majors...He is tied for first in the AL and is tied for second in the DRIVE ME CRAZY Behind After 7 2-13 majors with 32 RBI this season...25 of his 40 hits have been for extra-bases (13 doubles, Major League RBI leaders: Behind After 8 1-13 one triple, 11 home runs), leads the AL and leads the majors with 25 extra-base hits. 1. Fernando Tatis, Jr., SD 33 vs. A.L. Teams 8-13 THAT HANSER IS SO HOT RIGHT NOW: INF Hanser Alberto went 1-for-4 on Monday...Since 2. ANTHONY SANTANDER, BAL 32 vs. N.L. Teams 8-6 the start of the 2019 season, Alberto leads the majors with 100 hits off of left-handed pitching... José Abreu, CWS 32 Hit 0 HR 4-7 Mike Trout, LAA 32 Hit 1+ HR 12-12 In that time, he leads the majors with a .405 (100-for-247) average against lefties...This season, th 5. Manny Machado, SD 30 Scored 3 or Fewer Runs 0-12 Alberto ranks fifth in the AL and 11 in the majors with a .321 (45-for-140) average against all 6. Nelson Cruz, MIN 29 Scored 4 or More Runs 16-7 pitchers...He is tied for third in the AL and is tied for fourth in the majors with 12 doubles...His 14 Marcell Ozuna, ATL 29 Allowed 3 or Fewer Runs 8-2 multi-hit games rank second in the AL and are tied for third-most in the majors. Allowed 4 or More Runs 8-17 Kyle Tucker, HOU 29 SMALL BALL FOR ALL: The Orioles lead the majors with 12 bunt hits this season...OF Cedric More Hits than Opponent 14-5 Mullins leads the majors with seven bunt hits, while INF Hanser Alberto ranks second in the majors LEFTY-LOOSEY Fewer Hits than Opponent 1-11 Most hits against left-handed pitching since 2019: Committed No Errors 9-9 with three bunt hits and INF/OF Andrew Velazquez is tied for third in the majors with two bunt hits. 1. HANSER ALBERTO, BAL 100 Committed 1 or More Errors 7-10 CATCH THIS: The O’s catching corps of Pedro Severino, Chance Sisco, and Bryan Holaday 2. Charlie Blackmon, COL 89 ranks among league leaders in many offensive categories...Severino ranks seventh in the AL VS. NEW YORK METS 3. Jonathan Villar, BAL/MIA/TOR 72 with a .309 (30-for-97) overall batting average...O’s catchers ranks (while catching): Record in 2020 1-0 4. Ketel Marte, ARI 71 Batting Average .270 4th in AL 8th in MLB at Home 1-0 5. José Abreu, CWS 69 at New York-NL 0-0 On-Base Percentage .360 3rd in AL T-6th in MLB rd th Carlos Santana, CLE 69 Slugging Percentage .484 3 in AL 5 in MLB Team AVG/OBP/SLG .405/.436/.730 rd th OPS (on-base plus slugging) .843 3 in AL 5 in MLB CURRENT HOMESTAND Runs per Game 9.0 (9 R/1 G) th th Hits 33 4 in AL 6 in MLB Record 1-0 All-Time Record (since 1997) 14-23 nd th Extra-Base Hits 14 2 in AL 4 in MLB Team AVG/OBP/SLG .405/.436/.730 All-Time at Home 9-13 RBI 23 1st in AL 2nd in MLB Runs per Game 9.0 (9 R/1 G) All-Time at New York-NL 5-10 IF YOU AIN’T FIRST, YOU’RE LAST: The O’s have been very successful swinging at the first Fielding Errors 0 ORIOLES - METS HEAD-TO-HEAD BALTIMORE .................... NEW YORK-NL pitch of an at-bat...They rank first in the majors in batting average (.419), rank third in OPS Team ERA 5.00 (5 ER/9.0 IP) 1-0 .....................Record .......................0-1 (1.134) and extra-base hits (24), lead the AL and are rank second in the majors in doubles (15), Starters W-L 0-0 .405 ..................Average .................... .306 and lead the AL and are tied for fifth in the majors in hits (57) as a team on the first pitch. Starters ERA 5.40 (3 ER/5.0 IP) 9 ..........................Runs............................ 5 OF Anthony Santander leads the Orioles with nine hits on the first pitch...He is tied for Starters Strikeouts/Walks 5/1 ninth-most in the majors and is tied for second in the AL...INF Renato Núñez is tied for 15 .........................Hits ..........................