ORIOLES POST-GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 West Camden Street Baltimore, MD 21201
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ORIOLES POST-GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 West Camden Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Saturday August 2, 2014 Game #109 Home Game #54 Baltimore Orioles (61-48) vs. Seattle Mariners (57-53) R H E LOB WP: Leone (4-2) TIME: 3:38 MARINERS 6 11 2 8 LP: Gonzalez (5-6) ORIOLES 3 8 0 8 SV: None MARINERS HR HR# Inn Count On Base Pitcher Made score Last Home Run Dustin Ackley 6 3 2-2 0 Gonzalez 1-1 7/31 @CLE Robinson Cano 8 5 1-1 2 Gonzalez 4-1 7/12 vs. OAK ORIOLES HR HR# Inn Count On Base Pitcher Made score Last Home Run Caleb Joseph 4 5 2-1 0 Paxton 4-2 7/1 vs. TEX GETTING STARTED: Tonight’s first pitch was at 7:06 p.m.…Game-time temperature was 78 degrees. TODAY’S ATTENDANCE was 36,508…The 53-date season total is 1,605,334…Average attendance is 30,289. ORIOLES NOTES VS. SEATTLE: The Orioles lead the season series, 4-2...The O’s lost the 2013 season series, 2-4 (1-2 in both Baltimore and Seattle)…The O’s lead the all-time series, 213-178 (115-76 in Baltimore and 98-102 in Seattle)…The Birds are 14-7 against the Mariners since the beginning of 2012. PITCHING POISE: In 48 games since June 9, the Orioles rotation has posted a 3.12 ERA (291.0IP, 101ER)…Over their last 14 games at OPACY, Orioles pitchers have posted a 2.63 ERA (130.0IP, 38ER), while the starters have gone 7-3 with a 3.38 ERA (85.1IP, 32ER) with the Orioles going 10-4 in that span. THE SMALLEST OF MARGINS: The Orioles snapped a streak of seven consecutive games decided by one run…The streak of seven straight games decided by one run matched the club record (also, June 21-29, 1956). QUALITY STRETCH: Miguel Gonzalez snapped a streak of four straight Quality Starts which tied the club season-high (since July 5)…It was tied for the third- longest streak of his career behind a six-game stretch (September 12, 2012-April 12, 2013) and his career-best eight-game streak (June 6-July 20, 2013). RUN SPIKE: Miguel Gonzalez had not allowed more than three earned runs in an outing since June 17 (six starts)…He is now 1-1 with a 3.37 ERA (18.2IP, 7ER) in three starts since the All-Star break…Gonzalez went 4-5 with a 4.04 ERA (89.0IP, 40ER) in 17 games (16 starts) during the first half of the season. MINIMIZE THE DAMAGE: Miguel Gonzalez has allowed 19 home runs in 2014, 15 of which have been solo shots…Of the 56 homers he has allowed in the majors, 41 have been solo shots…Dustin Ackley’s solo shot was the sixth game-tying home run he has allowed in his career…Robinson Cano’s three-run home run was the seventh three-run shot and 23rd go ahead homer surrendered in his career. COMING UP EMPTY: Orioles batters have struck out at least seven times in 14 consecutive games, the longest streak of the season…The club record is 15 straight games with seven or more punch outs from May 6-May 20, 2012…The 2014 MLB season-high is 23 set by the Twins from April 19-May 15. MULTIPLE MANNY: Manny Machado has posted multi-hit efforts in four of his last six games (.379; 11-29) including two straight, it is the fifth time this season he has done so…He has logged three hits in two consecutive games, the fourth time in his career that he has posted three or more hits in at least two straight tilts (career-high is three games, May 10-12, 2013). BULLPEN BROTHERS: Over their last 12 games, the Orioles bullpen has pitched to a 1.67 ERA (37.2IP, 7ER)…Over his last 16 appearances, Tommy Hunter has pitched to a 1.33 ERA (20.1IP, 3ER)…Brian Matusz has not allowed a run over his last 12 appearances (9.1IP) dating back to July 3…Brad Brach owns a 1.23 ERA (22.0IP, 3ER) with five walks and 18 strikeouts over his last 13 games since June 23. TAKE TWO: Caleb Joseph posted the second game of his career with a double and a home run (also June 23 vs. CWS)…It was the sixth multi-hit game of his career. MARINERS NOTES UNDER REVIEW: Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon challenged first base umpire Tim Timmons’ call in the sixth inning that Delmon Young was ruled safe with an infield single…After a 0:48 review, the call was overturned (5-3 putout)…Seattle is now 10-for-21 (47.6%) on reviews this season. BACK IN BUSINESS: James Paxton made his first start since April 8 after being activated from the 60-day DL prior to tonight’s game…He logged the shortest start of his career (4.1IP). ACK ATTACK: Dustin Ackley posted the 13th game of his career with two or more extra-base hits…It is the sixth game of his career he has doubled and homered in the same game…He tied his season-high with three hits for the eighth time. MAKING THEM COUNT: All eight of Robinson Cano’s home runs this season have come with runners on base…It was his 29th home run against the Orioles, the most against any opponent in his career…It was his 15th home run at Oriole Park, the fourth-most at any stadium in his career (Yankee Stadium: 79, Old Yankee Stadium: 31, Tropicana Field: 17). NEW AND NEW-ER: Austin Jackson recorded his first hit as a Mariner in the fifth inning (single)…Chris Taylor has recorded at least one hit in six of his first seven ML games (.375, 9-24) with three multi-hit efforts. MAURER POWER: Brandon Maurer has allowed one earned run in 13 appearances out of the bullpen (0.50 ERA, 18.0IP). MARINERS PITCHING IP H R ER BB K HR WP HB PIT/STR 1st Batter Inherited/Scored James Paxton 4.1 4 2 2 3 5 1 0 0 83/49 N/A N/A Dominic Leone (W) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19/14 1/1 1/0 Brandon Maurer 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20/11 1/1 N/A Yoervis Medina 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16/11 0/1 N/A Charlie Furbush 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4/3 1/1 1/0 Fernando Rodney 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 18/13 1/1 N/A Totals 9.0 8 3 3 4 9 1 0 0 - - - ORIOLES PITCHING IP H R ER BB K HR WP HB PIT/STR 1st Batter Inherited/Scored Miguel Gonzalez (L) 5.0 7 4 4 1 1 2 0 0 91/60 N/A N/A Brad Brach 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 21/13 1/1 N/A Brian Matusz 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 28/17 1/1 1/0 Tommy Hunter 1.1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15/9 1/1 2/0 T.J. McFarland 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 11/7 0/1 1/1 Totals 9.0 11 6 6 3 2 2 0 1 - - - .