ORIOLES POST-GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards  333 West Camden Street  Baltimore, MD 21201

Thursday  June 12, 2014  Game #65  Home Game #30 (34-31) vs. (39-29)

R H E LOB WP: GAUSMAN (2-1) TIME: 2:59 BLUE JAYS 2 7 0 7 LP: Buehrle (10-3) ORIOLES 4 9 0 8 SV: BRITTON (6)

BLUE JAYS HR HR# Inn Count On Base Made score Last Home Run

ORIOLES HR HR# Inn Count On Base Pitcher Made score Last Home Run Delmon Young 2 1 1-0 1 Buehrle 2-0 4/8 at NYY

GETTING STARTED: Tonight’s first pitch was at 7:10 p.m.…Game-time temperature was 73 degrees.

TONIGHT’S ATTENDANCE was 17,403…The 29-date season total is 870,833…Average attendance is 30,028.

VS. TORONTO: The Orioles lead the series, 4-3, with the Orioles going 2-2 in Baltimore and 2-1 in Toronto…In 2013, the Orioles won the season series, 10-9, as they went 6-3 in Baltimore and 4-6 in Toronto…The Orioles trail in the all-time series, 256-294 (145-132 in Baltimore and 111-162 in Toronto)…Since the start of the 2012 season, the Orioles are 15-7 at home against Toronto…The Orioles are 11-12 in their last 23 games in Toronto.

STREAKING: The Blue Jays scored a run in the fifth inning, breaking a 19-inning scoreless streak by Orioles …The team has allowed just three earned runs over their last four games (36.0IP).

BACK TO 500: With the win, the Birds move to 14-14 at home…It is the first time the team is .500 at home since they were 9-9 on May 13.

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN: Kevin Gausman made his fifth career appearance and second start against the Blue Jays…He improved to 1-1 with a 4.05 ERA (13.1IP, 6ER) against the club…He has allowed just two earned runs over his last two starts, going 2-0 with a 1.38 ERA (13.0IP, 2ER) over that span…Has now hurled two straight starts of six or more innings for the first time in his career…Moves to 2-4 with a 5.91 (41.2IP, 28ER) in his career as a starter.

CLIMBING THE CHARTS: (1,453) collected two hits in the game, tying and then surpassing (1,452) for sole possession of seventh place on the Orioles’ all-time hits list…Ken Singleton is sixth on the list with 1,455 hits

BALTIMORE’S BASHERS: The Orioles lead the majors with 17 long balls in June and move to 28-15 when they hit a homer… The Orioles have hit at least one home run in 10 of their last 12 games.

FIRST IS THE BEST: Nick Markakis is batting .413 (26-63) with six runs, three doubles, and an RBI in the first inning this season…26 of his 83 hits this year have come in the opening frame.

STARTING RIGHT: Orioles starters have allowed two or fewer earned runs in 11 of the last 14 games, pitching to a 1.40 ERA (70.2IP, 11ER) in those 11 games.

SNAPPED!: snapped an 0-for-18 skid with a double in his first at bat in the second inning.

JUMPING OUT: The Orioles scored two runs in the first inning and have scored five runs in the first inning in their last two games…The Orioles move to 23-8 when scoring first…The Birds are now 13-9 in series openers and 6-5 in series openers in Baltimore.

FOREVER YOUNG: Delmon Young hit his second home run of the season in the first inning and his first since April 8 in New York (AL)…He collected his sixth multi-hit game of the season.

ZACH ATTACK: Zach Britton entered in the ninth and notched his sixth save of the season…He entered second among relievers in the American League in ERA and has now posted a 0.78 ERA (34.2IP, 3ER).

ON THE ROAD AGAIN: The Blue Jays move to 19-12 on the road this season…The loss snapped a season-high six-game road winning streak…The Jays move to 15-8 in series openers...Overall, the Blue Jays have lost five of their last six games and have been outscored 29-9 during that time period.

JOSE, JOSE, JOSE!: Jose Reyes has reached base safely in 37 of his last 39 games since May 2…Has hit in a season high 13 straight, batting .304 (17-56) in those contests…Overall, Reyes has hit safely in 31 of his last 33 games since May 8.

JOEY BATS: Jose Bautista has reached base safely in 65 of his 68 games this season…Has hit safely in 51 of those 68 games…Has hit safely in 16 of his last 18 and 24 of his last 30 games since May 12.

UNDER REVIEW: The last play of the game was reviewed after Darin Mastroianni hit into a 6-4-3 double play in the ninth…After 1:08, the play was confirmed and the game ended.

MARKY MARK: Mark Buehrle made his 21st career start vs. the Orioles and his 443rd consecutive start without a DL stint...This represents the longest active streak in the Majors…Allowed four earned runs for the second time this season and the first time since April 25 vs. Boston….Moves to 5-1 with a 2.01 ERA (49.1IP, 11ER) in seven road games this season…Moves to 8-9 with a 3.41 ERA (142.1IP, 54ER) in 23 games (21 starts) against the Orioles and 3-5 with a 4.24 ERA (63.2IP, 30ER) in 11 games (10 starts) at OPACY.

0-FOR-JUAN: Juan Francisco hit a double in the fifth inning, snapping a 0-for-15 streak…His double snapped a 23-inning streak by Orioles pitchers without allowing an extra-base hit.

BLUE JAYS PITCHING IP H R ER BB K HR WP HB PIT/STR 1st Batter Inherited/Scored Mark Buehrle (L) 6.1 8 4 4 1 3 1 0 0 99/65 N/A N/A Steve Delabar 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 27/18 1/1 1/0 Aaron Loup 0.2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 22/11 1/0 1/0 Totals 8.0 9 4 4 3 6 1 0 0 - - -

ORIOLES PITCHING IP H R ER BB K HR WP HB PIT/STR 1st Batter Inherited/Scored Kevin Gausman (W) 6.0 5 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 101/61 N/A N/A Brain Matusz 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13/9 1/1 N/A Ryan Webb 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 22/13 1/1 N/A Zach Britton (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10/8 1/1 N/A Totals 9.0 7 2 2 4 6 0 0 0 - - -