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 Saturday, September 21, 2013 Game #154 Road Game #79 Baltimore Orioles (81-72) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (84-69) RH Miguel Gonzalez (10-7, 3.92) vs. RH Alex Cobb (9-3, 3.02) TODAY’S GAME: The Orioles and Rays meet in the second game of their four-game series and the eighth game ODDS & ENDS of a 10-game, 11-day trip that began with the Birds taking two of three in Toronto and Boston…The O’s will Home 42-33 return home after this series for six games against the Blue Jays and Red Sox to complete the regular season. Away 39-39 Day 26-26 VS. TAMPA BAY: The Orioles trail in the season series, 6-10, as the Orioles are 3-6 in Baltimore and 3-4 in St. Night 55-46 Petersburg…The Birds have lost eight of their last 10 games against the Rays…The Orioles won the season series vs. LHP 25-25 10-8 in 2012 as they went 6-3 at home and 4-5 at Tropicana Field…The Orioles trail in the all-time series, 136- vs. RHP 56-47 138, with the Orioles going 72-65 in Baltimore and 64-73 in St. Petersburg…The Orioles have won 11 of the last 20 games at Oriole Park and 15 of the last 28 games at the Trop. Series Record 27-17-4 First game of series 30-20 HISTORIC NIGHT: Last night’s game, at 6 hours, 54 minutes, was the longest by time in franchise Last game of a series 27-22 history…The previous record of 6:15 was set on July 2, 2004 at Philadelphia…It was the 6th time in club history Last 10 games 4-6 the Orioles have played at least 18 innings, most recently September 18, 2012, a 4-2 Baltimore victory in Win/Loss streak L2 Seattle…The most recent 18-inning O’s game prior to that contest was played in 1969…The Orioles (10) and Longest win streak 5 (7/14-22) Rays (11) combined to use an MLB-record 21 pitchers in the game. Longest losing streak 6 (5/14-20) Most games + .500 14 (57-43) CLOSE CALLS: Each of the Orioles’ last 13 games and 16 of their last 17 have been decided by two runs or Most games - .500 1 (3-4) fewer, with the team posting 6-7 and 8-11 records in those games…On the year, 84 percent (129 of 153) of the Orioles games have been decided by four or fewer runs…The O’s are 17-29 in one-run games, 20-10 in two- Extra innings 8-6 run games, 19-10 in three-run games and 11-13 in games decided by four runs…The White Sox are the only other Shutouts 6-6 team to play in as many as 127 games decided by four or fewer runs (127 in 152 games). One-run games 17-29 Two-run games 20-10 FIGHT TO FINISH: The Orioles have held a lead at some point during the game in 44 of their 72 losses, the Lead after 7 innings 65-8 highest such percentage in MLB this season (STATS). Tied after 7 innings 12-9 PEN IS MIGHTIER: The Orioles’ bullpen had not allowed an earned run in their last 23 innings dating back to Trail after 7 innings 4-55 September 11 before Kevin Gausman’s appearance in the 7th last night (1ER)…The Birds ‘pen then threw an Lead after 8 innings 69-9 Tied after 8 innings 9-9 additional 10 straight scoreless innings prior to David DeJesus’s RBI single off Bud Norris in the 18th. Trail after 8 innings 3-54 PITCHING PROWESS: The Orioles’ pitching staff has posted a 3.06 ERA in 19 games this month, third-lowest Orioles score first 48-28 in the American League…Their .222 opponents’ batting average in September is tied with the Red Sox for lowest Opponent scores first 33-44 in the AL…The Baltimore bullpen has posted a league-best 1.63 ERA this month. Score four or more runs 66-30 Score fewer than four runs 15-42 STINGING THE RAYS: Since breaking into the big leagues in 2009, Matt Wieters’ .332 average (85-256) th against the Rays is the 4 -highest among players with at least 150 plate appearances…His 51 RBI are the second- Orioles homer 65-54 most against the Rays and his 15 homers are tied for third…His 15 homers against the Rays are his most against a Out-hit opponents 53-22 particular opponent (Yankees second with 12). Equal hit total 9-3 Out-hit by opponents 19-47 BOUNCING BACK: The Orioles are 42-29 (.591) in games following a loss (23-15 on the road). Most hits in a game 18 (5/10, 7/22) th Fewest hits in a game 2 (6/7, 9/19) CLUTCH DAVIS: Chris Davis hit his 16 game-winning RBI of the season on Wednesday…According to STATS, Davis’ 16 game-winning RBI are tied for the third-most by a MLB player this season, and are tied for the No errors 64-51 most by an AL player with Torii Hunter…23 of Davis’ 51 home runs have either tied the game or given the With one error 14-16 Orioles the lead. With two errors 2-5 With three or more errors 1-0 POWER BEHIND THE PLATE: Since 2010, Matt Wieters leads all major league catchers with 175 extra-base hits (as a catcher only)…Yadier Molina has 173 XBH over that span, with the next-closest catcher, AJ vs. AL 70-63 Pierzynski, in third place with 155 (STATS). vs. AL East 32-35 vs. AL Central 17-16 DOMINANT DEFENSE: The Orioles’ 115 errorless games this season are a new major league record, vs. AL West 21-12 surpassing the 2008 Houston Astros (113 in 161 games) for most errorless games in a season since vs. NL 11-9 1900…The Birds have made 47 errors in 153 games, a pace for 49 errors in 162 games…The major league record Largest home crowd 46,653 (4/5) for fewest errors in a 162-game season is 65 by the 2003 Seattle Mariners…The 2013 Orioles lead the majors with Largest road crowd 45,214 (6/23) a .992 fielding percentage, which, if maintained through the entire season, would be the best fielding percentage in baseball history, topping the 2007 Rockies’ .989 mark…Per STATS, the Orioles are the first team in MLB history CURRENT ROAD TRIP to post 100 errorless games by the end of August (they had 101)…The O’s previous season-low for team errors Record 4-3 was 104 in 1998. Team Average .197 (54-274) HOT BAT: In his last 19 games (since August 4), Danny Valencia has 10 multi-hit games (incl. six in a row, Runs per Game 3.4 (24R/7G) August 4-September 1)…He is 29-for-70 (.414) in those games with eight doubles, a triple, four HR and 14 RBI. Fielding Errors 4 THE NEW MARK: Chris Davis set a new club record with his 51st homer Tuesday, breaking Brady Team ERA 2.36 (72.1IP, 19ER) Anderson’s record of 50 set in 1996…Davis’ 48 home runs as a first baseman are the most in the AL since Jim Thome hit 48 for Cleveland in 2002 (the highest total since 1974, the furthest back STATS PASS can Starters W-L 2-1 search)…Davis tied Anderson’s club record (also set in 1996) with his MLB-leading 92nd extra-base hit…The Starters ERA 3.73 (41.0IP, 17ER) only O’s to lead MLB in extra-base hits were Frank Robinson (85 in 1966) and Cal Ripken, Jr. (85 in 1991). Bullpen W-L-S 3-1-4 THE SAVE-IOR: Jim Johnson leads the AL with 47 saves…He is the first Oriole to post two 40-save seasons Bullpen ERA 0.57 (31.1IP, 2ER) and became the 21st pitcher in MLB history to record consecutive 40+ save seasons…He now has 98 saves over Saves/Opps 4/4 the last two seasons, becoming the fourth pitcher in MLB history to record as many as 98 saves over a two season span, joining Eric Gagne (2x, 107 and 100), Francisco Rodriguez (102) and John Smoltz (100)…With Sunday’s save, he became the fifth pitcher in baseball history with at least two consecutive seasons posting 45 or more saves (Kimbrel, ATL (3x), 2011-13; Gagne, LAD (3x), 2002-04; Rodriguez, LAA, 2005-06; and Smoltz, ATL, 2002-03). HIT MAN(NY): Manny Machado collected his AL-leading 51st double Tuesday, the second-most in MLB history by a player in his age-20 or younger season (Alex Rodriguez, 54 in ‘96)…He is on pace for 54 doubles, two shy of Brian Roberts’ 2009 club record of 56…Machado is just the third Oriole to record a 50-double season, joining Roberts (2004, 2008-09), and Miguel Tejada (2005)…According to Elias, the only other players to hit 50 doubles in a season as a third baseman are Detroit's George Kell (56 in 1950), Colorado's Jeff Cirillo (53 in 2000) and Cincinnati's Pete Rose (50 in 1978)…Machado is the second-youngest player to reach 50 doubles in one season (regardless of fielding position) as he did it 70 days past his 21st birthday, but Rodriguez hit his 50th double of the season 43 days after he turned 21 years old in 1996 (Rodriguez was a shortstop at the time).