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 Monday, July 2, 2012 Game #79 Road Game #37 Baltimore Orioles (42-36) vs. Seattle Mariners (34-47) RH Jason Hammel (8-3, 3.29) vs. RH Hisashi Iwakuma (1-1, 4.75) TODAY’S GAME: The Orioles and Mariners meet in the first game of a three-game series and the first game of a ODDS & ENDS seven-game road trip that will also take the Birds to Southern California for four games with the Angels…This Home 22-20 series is the first meeting between the Birds and Mariners this year…They will meet again in Baltimore, August 6- Away 20-16 8, and again in Seattle, September 17-19. Day 12-10 Night 30-26 VS. SEATTLE: The Orioles won the season series in 2011, 4-2, as they went 3-0 in Baltimore and 1-2 in vs. LHP 12-8 Seattle…The Orioles lead the all-time series, 199-171 (110-73 in Baltimore and 89-98 in the Emerald City)…The vs. RHP 30-28 Birds are 21-39 at Safeco Field since it opened in 1999…Baltimore has won just three of 13 season series at Safeco, going 2-1 in 2004, 4-3 in 2005 and 4-2 in 2008. Series Record 15-10-1 First game of series 12-14 STARS IN THEIR EYES: The 2012 All-Star team was announced yesterday and the Orioles will be represented Last game of a series 13-13 by three players: Adam Jones (2nd selection), Matt Wieters (2nd selection) and Jim Johnson (1st Last 10 games 3-7 selection)…Additionally, Jason Hammel is one of five players to make the final vote for the last roster Win/Loss streak L2 spot…The last time the Orioles had more than one All-Star was in 2005, when four players were selected for the Longest win streak 5 (last 6/9-14) team – Brian Roberts (starter), Miguel Tejada (starter), BJ Ryan and Melvin Mora…The 2012 All-Star Game Longest losing streak 6 (5/26-6/1) will be played on Tuesday, July 10 in Kansas City. Most games over .500 13 (27-14) Most games under .500 0 (-) JIM DANDY: On Saturday afternoon, the Orioles acquired Jim Thome from the Philadelphia Phillies…Thome, 41, is a five-time All-Star and is currently tied with Sammy Sosa for seventh place on the all-time home runs list Extra innings 9-2 with 609…He is second among active players in home runs behind Alex Rodriguez (642) and trails Barry Bonds Shutouts 4-4 One-run games 14-6 (762), Babe Ruth (714) and Ken Griffey Jr. (630) among left-handed batters…Thome is one of eight players in Two-run games 12-6 major league history to have 12 or more seasons with 30 or more home runs, joining Hank Aaron, Rodriguez, Bonds, Mike Schmidt, Ruth, Manny Ramirez and Jimmie Foxx…In 67 career games at Oriole Park as an Lead after 7 innings 30-0 opponent, Thome has hit 18 home runs (one every 13.6 at-bats), scored 45 runs and driven in 45 runs…He has hit Tied after 7 innings 5-3 Trail after 7 innings 7-33 two of the 65 home runs to land on Eutaw Street…Thome’s final hit for the Phillies was a walk-off home run on Lead after 8 innings 32-0 June 23 off Tampa Bay’s Jake McGee. Tied after 8 innings 7-2 Trail after 8 innings 3-34 MAKING (ROSTER) MOVES: Including today, the Orioles have made 10 moves on the 25-man roster involving nine players in the last six days...They had not made a roster move in the 12 days between June 15 & 26. Orioles score first 28-12 Opponent scores first 14-24 THE TURNAROUND: With one more win prior to the All-Star break, the O’s will guarantee themselves a Score four or more runs 31-10 winning record at the break for the second time since 1998…The Orioles were 47-40 at the break in 2005. Score fewer than four runs 11-26 OPERATION SHUTDOWN: The O’s bullpen leads the majors with a 2.60 ERA (263.0IP, 76ER) & leads the Orioles homer 37-20 AL with 16 wins…Two of the top five relievers’ ERAs in the AL belong to Orioles: Pedro Strop (4th-1.25) & Jim Out-hit opponents 27-3 Johnson (5th-1.30)…Strop has pitched to an 0.69 ERA (26.0IP, 2ER) in his last 25 games since 4/24. Equal hit total 5-4 Outhit by opponents 10-29 HIT MAN: Wilson Betemit has hit safely in 11 straight games since June 18, including multi-hit efforts in five of Most hits in a game 15 (6/12) his last seven games…He has batted .472 (17-36) over the span, raising his batting average from .238 to Fewest hits in a game 1 (6/18) .274…The five consecutive multi-hit games from June 24-29 marks a career-high for Betemit…He recorded No errors 21-13 multi-hit games in four straight games twice (July 15-18, 2006 and September 13-17, 2010). With one error 13-14 A CASE OF THE MONDAYS: The Orioles are just 1-7 on Mondays (0-4 at home, 1-3 on the road)…Mondays With two errors 6-4 With three or more errors 2-5 and Wednesdays (5-6) are the only days of the week the Birds are below .500. vs. AL 31-29 BROKEN BATS: In the last 15 games (since June 15), the Orioles have just 92 hits (.197/.265/.298), the fewest in vs. AL East 17-15 the majors over that span…27 of those hits have gone for extra bases (17 doubles and 10 home runs)…Their .197 vs. AL Central 10-6 batting average since June 15 is tied with the Dodgers for lowest in the majors. vs. AL West 4-8 vs. NL 11-7 SNAP OUT OF IT: Since going 8-for-17 with RISP on June 14 against Pittsburgh, the Birds are 13-for-89 (.146) with RISP over the last 15 games…For the year, the O’s are 11th in the AL in average with RISP at .243 (136-560). Largest home crowd 46,773 (4/6) Largest road crowd 42,331 (5/19) ROCKY ROAD: Over their last six games, the O’s have allowed 49 earned runs, 88 hits and 13 home runs after LAST HOMESTAND allowing 12 earned runs, 36 hits and two home runs in the previous five games…The 77 hits allowed in the fives games of June 26-30 are the most by O’s pitching in a five-game span this season. Record 3-6 Team Average .221 (64-290) MAKE THEM PAY: In the last 18 games (since June 12), the Orioles have drawn 49 walks but just seven of Runs per Game 3.0 (27R/9G) those runners came around to score. Fielding Errors 7 th th SWINGMAN: All-Star Adam Jones hit his 19 home run last Saturday…In 2011 he did not hit his 19 homer Team ERA 5.78 (81.0IP, 52ER) until August 5 and in 2009 and 2010 he had 19 home runs for the season…Jones has hit in 39 of his last 48 games, going 59-for-190 (.311)…He has recorded a hit in 63 of the Orioles’ 78 games and batted .324 (23-72) with four Starters W-L 2-6 home runs and eight RBI in 18 games vs. the National League this season…Jones ranks among the top 10 in the Starters ERA 7.20 (45.0IP, 36ER) American League in games (T-8th, 78); runs (T-6th, 52); hits (T-4th, 94); home runs (9th, 19) and SLG % (6th, Bullpen W-L-S 1-0-3 .556)…The O’s are 15-3 when Jones homers and 11 of his 19 homers have tied the game or given the O’s the lead. Bullpen ERA 4.00 (36.0IP, 16ER) rd Saves/Opps 3/4 THE CLOSER: All-Star Jim Johnson picked up his 23 save Friday, two more than his career total entering this season (converted 21 saves in 37 chances in his first six years in the majors)…Johnson is tied for the major league Best homestand 5-1 (4/24-29, 6/81-4) lead in saves (23)…Only three O’s relievers in the last 20 years have reached the 20-save plateau in fewer games: Worst homestand 3-6 (6/22-7/1) Lee Smith in 1994 in the team’s 46th game on May 29 (he was an All-Star and finished 5th in the Cy Young voting Best road trip 5-1 (4/30-5/6) and 14th in MVP voting that year); Randy Myers in 1997 in the team’s 59th game on June 10 (he was an All-Star Worst road trip 3-6 (5/28-6/7) and finished 4th in both the Cy Young and MVP voting that year) and George Sherrill in 2008 in the team’s 60th game on June 5 (he was an All-Star that year)…Johnson was named MLB’s Delivery Man of the Month for May…It was the 1st time an Oriole has been honored since the award began in 2005. BUSY STREET: Chris Davis became the 65th player to hit a home run onto Eutaw Street in Saturday’s game…It was Davis’s second career Eutaw St.