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 4, 2014 Game #29 Road Game #16 Baltimore Orioles (15-13) vs. Minnesota Twins (13-15) RH Miguel Gonzalez (1-2, 5.19) vs. RH Phil Hughes (2-1, 5.14) TODAY’S GAME: The Orioles and Twins meet in the finale of their three-game set and the third game of a ODDS & ENDS seven-day, six-game road trip for the Birds…The Orioles will head to Tampa Bay for three games Tuesday Home 7-6 through Thursday following a day off tomorrow…The Orioles went 3-2 on their recently completed homestand Away 8-7 against Kansas City (1-2) and Pittsburgh (2-0). Day 6-7 Night 9-6 VS. MINNESOTA: The season series is tied, 1-1…In 2013, the clubs split the season series, 3-3, with the visiting vs. LHP 1-3 club in each series taking two of three…The Orioles lead the all-time series, 321-274 (169-127 in Baltimore and vs. RHP 14-10 152-147 in Minneapolis)…Since April 19, 2011, the Orioles are 15-7 against the Twins, including a 6-3 mark at Series Record 4-4-1 home and a 9-4 mark in Minneapolis…The Orioles are 11-6 at Target Field since it opened in 2010. First game of series 5-5 Last game of a series 6-3 ROSTER MOVE: The Orioles today outrighted INF David Adams from the 40-man roster to Double-A Last 10 games 6-4 Bowie…Adams, 26, batted .214/.295/.371 (15-70) with two homers and eight RBI in 21 games for Triple-A Norfolk…Adams was claimed off waivers from Cleveland on March 22 and optioned to Norfolk on March Win/Loss streak L1 23…The Orioles now have 39 players on their 40-man roster. Longest win streak 3 (4/14-18, 5/1-2) Longest losing streak 4 (4/2-5) SERIES FINALE: The Orioles are 4-0 on the road in series finales and are 6-3 in series finales overall…In Most games over .500 3 (15-12) Most games under .500 3 (last 2-5) games that decide the winner of a three-game series, the Orioles are 2-3, but are 2-0 in rubber matches on the road. Extra innings 3-0 AT HOME AWAY FROM HOME: The Orioles lead the majors with a .291 average on the road and are second Shutouts 2-2 in runs per game on the road (5.6), just behind Oakland’s 5.9…Nelson Cruz leads AL players with 21 RBI on the One-run games 6-3 road (15 games)…His .678 slugging percentage on the road is second only to Albert Pujols (.733) and his five Two-run games 2-3 road homers are fifth in the AL. Lead after 7 innings 11-0 RARE OCCURRENCE: Gold Glove shortstop J.J. Hardy and Platinum Glove third baseman Manny Machado Tied after 7 innings 4-2 both made an error Saturday…It marked the third time in their careers that they each made an error in the same Trail after 7 innings 0-11 Lead after 8 innings 12-0 game…They both made an error in the second inning April 25, 2013 at Oakland and both made errors on Tied after 8 innings 3-1 consecutive plays in the second inning August 12, 2013 at Arizona (Machado’s error was an obstruction call). Trail after 8 innings 0-12 NOT MISSING A BEAT: Tommy Hunter is one save behind Cleveland’s John Axford (nine) for the AL lead Orioles score first 13-5 in saves…In each of the past two seasons, the Orioles have featured the AL’s saves leader as Jim Johnson led the Opponent scores first 3-8 league with 51 in 2012 and 50 in 2013…Hunter is on pace for 46 saves. Score four or more runs 9-3 Score fewer than four runs 6-10 MAKING A LOT OUT OF A LITTLE: The Orioles are 6-10 when scoring three or fewer runs…In 2013, they were 16-46 when scoring three or fewer runs…According to STATS, the Birds are tied with Texas for the most Orioles homer 9-5 Outhit opponents 9-2 wins when scoring three or fewer runs. Equal hit total 2-1 ROAD WARRIORS: The Orioles have won eight of their last 13 road games, including a 5-2 mark in road night Outhit by opponents 4-10 Most hits in a game 20 (4/8) games and a 3-3 record in road day games. Fewest hits in a game 5 (last 4/27) 15 AND COUNTING: Since the start of the 2012 season, Adam Jones has hit in all 15 games against the Twins, No errors 13-5 batting .391 (25-64) with five doubles, a triple, four homers, 13 runs scored and 13 RBI…At Target Field since With one error 2-5 the start of 2012, he is 14-for-40 (.350) with two doubles, a triple, three homers and seven RBI. With two errors 0-2 With three or more errors 0-1 NICK THE STICK: Since April 16, Nick Markakis has hit safely in 14 of 15 games, including eight multi-hit efforts…He is batting .373 (22-59) with 10 walks, four doubles, two homers and seven RBI over that span…He vs. AL 13-13 has hit in 11-straight games, going 16-for-44 (.364) with two doubles, two homers, six runs scored and eight vs. AL East 10-8 RBI…His 11-game streak is the fourth-longest in the majors right now behind Nolan Arenado 9 (23), Jose vs. AL Central 3-5 vs. AL West 0-0 Bautista (13) and Juan Lagares (12)…In 2013, Markakis recorded multi-hit games in all six meetings with the vs. NL 2-0 Twins, going 14-for-26 (.538) with four doubles…Since the start of the 2012 season, he is batting .500 (30-60) with five doubles, a triple, two homers and eight RBI in 15 games against the Twins…He has 11 multi-hit games Largest home crowd *46,685 (3/31) in those 15 contests. Largest road crowd *48,142 (4/07) CURRENT ROAD TRIP MATT’S BAT: Over his last seven games (since April 20), Matt Wieters has six multi-hit games and is batting .419 (13-31) with three doubles, two homers and eight RBI…Among American League catchers, Wieters leads in Record 1-1 batting average (.354), slugging percentage (.598), on-base percentage (.389), is tied for first in home runs (five), and is second in RBI (18) and hits (29). Team Average .235 (16-68) Runs per Game 2.0 (4R/2G) RBI GUY: Nelson Cruz has recorded seven multi-RBI games in his last 14 contests and is tied for second in the Fielding Errors 3 American League with 27 RBI this season…He now has eight multi-RBI games, one more than the next two highest Orioles’ totals combined (Matt Wieters-four and Chris Davis-three)…For the year, there have been 26 Team ERA 2.65 (17.0IP, 5ER) multi-RBI games by Orioles batters, of which Cruz has eight (31 percent). Starters W-L 1-1 CLIMBING THE CHARTS: Nick Markakis has 1,406 hits in his career, good for ninth in Orioles history and Starters ERA 1.46 (12.1IP, 2ER) 20 behind Paul Blair for eighth place on the Orioles’ all-time hits list…Markakis has 439 extra-base hits in his Bullpen W-L-S 0-0-1 career and trails Blair (446) for seventh place on the list. Bullpen ERA 5.78 (4.2IP, 3ER) Saves/Opps 1/1 DON’T. RUN. EVER.: The Orioles and Twins lead the AL with eight outfield assists…The Birds have cut down five runners at second base, one at third and two at home…David Lough leads the club with three assists, while Best homestand 3-2 (4/11-16) Delmon Young and Nick Markakis have two each, and Adam Jones has one. Worst homestand 1-2 (3/31-4/3) Best road trip 4-3 (4/18-24) CLOSE CALLS: The Orioles have had 14 of their first 28 games decided by one (6-3) or two (2-3) runs…In Worst road trip 3-3 (4/4-9) 2013, the Orioles had 82 of their 162 games decided by one (20-31) or two runs (20-11). WORTH THE WAIT: The Orioles have won their first three extra innings games of the year…The Birds were 8-7 in extra innings in 2013 after going 16-2 in 2012…Since the start of the 2012 season, the Birds are 27-9 in extra innings contests…In games that have gone 12 or more innings since the start of 2012, the Orioles are 12-3 (13-3 including the 2012 postseason). 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.