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 Friday, July 11, 2014 Game #92 Home Game #47 Baltimore Orioles (50-41) vs. New York Yankees (46-45) RH Miguel Gonzalez (4-5, 4.22) vs. RH Hiroki Kuroda (6-6, 4.20) TONIGHT’S GAME: The Orioles and Yankees meet in the opener of their three-game set in Baltimore…The ODDS & ENDS Birds took two of three from the Nats in the Beltway series, going 1-0 in DC and 1-1 at OPACY…The Orioles Home 24-22 were 3-1 on their road trip and have won eight of 10 since June 30 (4-0 vs. TEX, 2-1 at BOS, and 2-1 vs. WAS). Away 26-19 Day 14-18 VS. NEW YORK: The O’s lead the season series, 4-2, with all games played so far taking place in the Night 36-23 Bronx…The clubs will meet 19 games (nine times in Baltimore and four more in the Bronx in 2014)…In 2013, vs. LHP 13-13 the Orioles lost the season series, 9-10, going 6-4 in Baltimore and 3-6 in New York…The O’s trail in the all-time vs. RHP 37-28 series 446-544, going 228-262 in Baltimore and 218-282 in NY. Series Record 14-9-7 BEASTS OF THE EAST: The Orioles have the second-highest in-division winning percentage (24-17, .585 vs. First game of series 16-14 Last game of a series 17-13 AL East) in the American League, trailing only Oakland (21-14, .600 vs. AL West)…The O’s 24 wins against the Last 10 games 8-2 AL East are tied with Seattle for the most by an American League team against their own division this season. Win/Loss streak W1 THAT’S ODD: This will mark the first series between the clubs in Baltimore this season…It is the latest that the Longest win streak 5 (5/6-10) O’s have hosted the Yankees for the first time in a season since July 24-26, 2000. Longest losing streak 4 (last 5/27-30) Most games over .500 9 (last 50-41) HE TURNED OUT OK: On this date 100 years ago, Baltimore-born Babe Ruth made his major league debut at Most games under .500 3 (last 2-5) 19 years, 155 days old, earning the win (7.0IP, 8H, 3R/2ER, K) and going 0-for-2 for Boston against Cleveland. Extra innings 8-3 PASSING OF AN ORIGINAL O: Don Lenhardt, an original member of the 1954 Orioles, passed away on July Shutouts 7-6 One-run games 16-13 9 in Chesterfield, MO at 91…There are now five surviving members of the Orioles 1954 Opening Day roster; Two-run games 10-9 Connie Berry, Gil Coan, Bill Hunter, Don Larsen, and Sam Mele. Lead after 7 innings 38-5 BALTIMORE BOMB SQUAD: The Orioles have hit 113 home runs this season and trail only Toronto (116) for Tied after 7 innings 9-3 the major league lead…The Birds are on pace to hit 201 home runs…Since June 1, the Orioles have hit a major Trail after 7 innings 3-33 league leading 59 homers, 17 more than Detroit (42), who are as close to the Orioles as they are to the teams Lead after 8 innings 42-3 that rank 25th in that time (Atlanta, Minnesota, and St. Louis - 25)…From June 21-July 2, the Orioles Tied after 8 innings 6-4 Trail after 8 innings 2-34 homered in 12 consecutive games, their longest such streak since they homered in 13 straight games from August 1-16, 2013…The 12-game homer streak was the second-longest in the majors this year (Oakland, 16). Orioles score first 35-9 th Opponent scores first 15-32 MAKING THEM COUNT: Steve Pearce’s home run last night was the 40 go-ahead homer of the season for Score four or more runs 40-12 the O’s…Pearce is tied for the third on the club with five go-ahead blasts, behind Nelson Cruz’s team-leading Score fewer than four runs 10-29 eight and Adam Jones’s seven (Chris Davis is tied for third with Pearce). Orioles homer 42-22 ZACH ATTACK: Zach Britton’s stretch of 30.1 consecutive scoreless innings at home is an Orioles club Outhit opponents 36-8 record…His stretch of 22 straight scoreless home appearances is the second-longest streak in club history, trailing Equal hit total 6-5 Outhit by opponents 8-28 only Brian Matusz (27 appearances - June 16, 2013-May 25, 2014; 19.0 scoreless innings). Most hits in a game 20 (4/8) Fewest hits in a game 2 (6/10) O’DEALING: Darren O’Day has struck out at least one batter in each of his last eight outings, establishing a season-high for an Orioles reliever…He has not allowed a run in his last 10 outings (11.0IP), striking out 14, No errors 34-20 while walking just two (one intentional)…His 1.11 season ERA is the lowest among American League relievers. With one error 16-16 With two errors 0-3 GONE HUNTING: Tommy Hunter has not allowed an earned run in his last 10 appearances (12.1 IP), matching With three or more errors 0-2 his career-long streak…He is 3.1 innings away from the longest scoreless streak of his career (15.2 IP) which he vs. AL 44-37 achieved in the previous 10 game scoreless streak, April 12-May 12, 2013. vs. AL East 24-17 vs. AL Central 9-14 HEATING UP: Manny Machado recorded multiple hits in four straight games, July 5-9, the second longest vs. AL West 11-6 streak of his career…Machado posted five straight multi-hit games June 12-16, 2013…In his last 33 games since vs. NL 6-4 May 31, Machado is batting .318/.357/.534, raising his season average from .210 to .267. Largest home crowd *46,685 (3/31) GOOD CELEBRATION: Manny Machado collected a career-high five hits Monday after turning 22 on Largest road crowd *48,142 (4/07) Sunday, becoming the youngest Oriole with a five hit game since Cal Ripken, Jr. (21.363), August 22, 1982. CURRENT HOMESTAND th CRUZ CRUSHING: Nelson Cruz hit his 28 home run Monday, bypassing his season total from last season (27 Record 1-1 in 109 games) and is on pace for 50 longballs…His career high is 33 (2009)…Cruz’s 28 homers are the third-most in Orioles history before the All-Star break behind Chris Davis (37 in 2013), Brady Anderson (30 in 1996). Team Average .213 (13-61) Runs per Game 3.0 (6R/2G) SLUGGING STEVE: Steve Pearce has a career-high 11 homers and 31 RBI this season…It took Pearce 46 Fielding Errors 0 games (150 AB) to hit 10 homers this year…He needed 192 games (488 AB) to hit his first 10 big league homers. Team ERA 4.50 (18.0IP, 9ER) SMALL BALL VS. LONG BALL: Two of the last five Oriole wins have come without the aid of a home run…Before that, their last win without a homer was April 26, as the Birds lost 11 straight without a homer in Starters W-L 1-1 Starters ERA 7.45 (9.2IP, 8ER) between…From May 1-July 2, the O’s went deep in all 33 wins and, overall, have homered in 42 of 50 wins. Bullpen W-L-S 0-0-1 WORTH THE WAIT: The Orioles are 8-3 in extra innings games this year after winning each of the last two Bullpen ERA 1.08 (8.1IP, 1ER) games in extra frames…The Birds were 8-7 in extra innings in 2013 after going 16-2 in 2012…Since the start of Saves/Opps 1/1 the 2012 season, the Birds are 32-12 in extra innings contests…In games that have gone 12 or more innings since the start of 2012, the Orioles are 13-4 (14-5 including the 2012 postseason). Best homestand 7-4 (6/23-7/3) Worst homestand 2-4 (5/9-14) EXTRA, EXTRA: Per Elias, on Monday, Chris Davis and J.J. Hardy became the first O’s teammates to hit Best road trip 3-1 (7/4-7) Worst road trip 3-3 (4/4-9) back-to-back homers in extra innings since Frank Robinson and Boog Powell did it in the 11th inning on June 3, 1969 at Oakland…Davis has been involved in all three sets of back-to-back homers for the Birds this year…Per STATS, the six-run 11th inning on Monday tied the O’s franchise record for most runs scored in a single extra inning, done three times previously (4/16/12 @CWS, 6/25/70 @BOS, and 7/19/60 @OAK)…Per home run historian David Vincent, the Orioles became just the fifth team in baseball history to hit three home runs in the same extra inning (also KC 5/31/02, SF 8/7/01, MIL 6/8/65, and MIN 5/2/64). DOWN ON THE FARM: Yesterday, Class-A Frederick OF Michael Burgess was named the Carolina League Player of the Month for June after batting .371 with a league-leading nine homers…He also led the league in total bases (73), extra-base hits (19), and slugging (.820) while ranking third in RBI (22)…Additionally, Double-A infielder Garabez Rosa was added to the Western Division roster for the Eastern League All-Star Game.