Orioles Game Information • August 26, 2008
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BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards • 333 West Camden Street • Baltimore, MD 21201 Friday, April 11, 2014 • Game #10 • Home Game #4 Baltimore Orioles (4-5) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (5-5) RH Chris Tillman (1-0, 1.35) vs. RH Dustin McGowan (0-1, 13.50) TONIGHT’S GAME: The Orioles and Blue Jays meet in the opener of their three-game set and the first game of ODDS & ENDS a six-game homestand for the Birds, which will see the Tampa Bay Rays visit Charm City for three games Home 1-2 Monday through Wednesday. Away 3-3 Day 3-3 VS. TORONTO: Tonight marks the first meeting between the clubs this year…In 2013, the Orioles won the Night 1-2 season series, 10-9, as they went 6-3 in Baltimore and 4-6 in Toronto…The Orioles trail in the all-time series, 252- vs. LHP 1-1 291 (143-130 in Baltimore and 109-161 in Toronto)…Since the start of the 2012 season, the Orioles are 13-5 at vs. RHP 3-4 home against Toronto…The Orioles are 8-11 in their last 19 games in Toronto. Series Record 1-2-0 BLUE JAY BASHERS: Chris Davis has hit 16 homers against the Blue Jays since the start of the 2012 season, First game of series 1-2 while Adam Jones has hit 14 over that span…No other major leaguer has as many as 10 against Toronto during Last game of a series 2-1 that span…Davis and Jones have each hit at least seven home runs against Toronto in each of the last two seasons, Last 10 games 4-5 which, according to the Society for American Baseball Research, makes them the second pair of teammates in Win/Loss streak W2 MLB history to each hit seven or more home runs against an opponent in consecutive seasons, joining Babe Ruth Longest win streak 2 (4/8-current) and Lou Gehrig, who did it in three straight seasons against the Philadelphia A’s (1930-32) and in two against the Longest losing streak 4 (4/2-5) Cleveland Indians (1930-31)…Davis hit nine home runs against Toronto in 2012, tying Manny Ramirez (2001) Most games over .500 1 (1-0) for the most in a season against the Blue Jays in their history and he homered in four straight games against them Most games under .500 3 (last 2-5) July 12-September 13, 2013. Extra innings 0-0 GO FIGURE: The Orioles are 3-0 when the opposing starter works 7.0 or more innings…The opposing starters Shutouts 0-0 in those three wins were Jon Lester, Justin Verlander and Masahiro Tanaka. One-run games 2-2 Two-run games 1-1 OFFENSIVE OUTBURST: The Birds are returning home from a series in New York that saw them bat .354 (40- 113) over the three games, raising the team season average from .229 to .274…The Orioles were 12-for-32 (.375) Lead after 7 innings 2-0 with runners in scoring position during the series, raising their team season average from .231 to .296 with RISP. Tied after 7 innings 2-0 Trail after 7 innings 0-5 MATT AND HIS BAT: Matt Wieters has hit in eight straight games to start the season, the longest season- Lead after 8 innings 3-0 opening streak of his career…It is the third straight season an Oriole has hit in eight or more straight games to Tied after 8 innings 1-0 open a season as Adam Jones hit safely in nine straight to open 2013 and 10 straight to open 2012…Davey Trail after 8 innings 0-5 Johnson holds the club record for longest hitting streak to start a season as he hit in 17 straight to start the 1971 Orioles score first 3-2 season. Opponent scores first 1-3 DESTRUCTIVE DELMON: Delmon Young has recorded consecutive three-hit games for the 10th time in his Score four or more runs 2-2 Score fewer than four runs 2-3 career (last: July 19-20, 2013)…He has never posted three consecutive three-hit games…In the second spot in the batting order this year, Young is batting .545 (6-11) and for his career, his .333 (44-132) average in the second Orioles homer 4-1 position is his highest among any spot with more than 12 games played. Outhit opponents 3-0 Equal hit total 0-1 THUNDER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ORDER: The Orioles’ 7-8-9 hitters the last two games (Steve Outhit by opponents 1-4 Lombardozzi, Ryan Flaherty and Jonathan Schoop) have gone 12-for-27 (.444) with eight runs scored and five Most hits in a game 20 (4/8) RBI. Fewest hits in a game 6 (3/31, 4/2) DESIGNATED HITTING: Through nine games, Orioles designated hitters are batting a MLB-leading .394 with No errors 4-4 a 1.110 OPS (also leads MLB) and nine RBI (second in MLB)…In 2013, Orioles designated hitters were eighth in With one error 0-1 the AL with a .704 OPS, ninth with a .234 average and 12th with 69 RBI. With two errors 0-0 With three or more errors 0-0 SPELLING RELIEF: In nine games this season, the O’s bullpen has turned in nine individual appearances of more than 1.0 inning: Zach Britton (three times, each 2.0IP), Josh Stinson (twice, 2.2 & 2.1), Ryan Webb vs. AL 4-5 (twice, 1.2 & 1.1) & Evan Meek (twice, 1.1 each)…Overall, the bullpen has pitched to a 2.79 ERA (27.0IP, 9ER, vs. AL East 3-3 23K). vs. AL Central 1-2 vs. AL West 0-0 WHOA NELLIE: Nelson Cruz homered in his first two games as an Oriole…According to Elias, he is the fifth vs. NL 0-0 Oriole to do so, joining Frank Robinson (1966), Rafael Palmeiro (1994), Pete Incaviglia (1996) and Sal Fasano (2005)…Cruz became the 25th Oriole to hit a home run in his first game as an Oriole and the first to Largest home crowd *46,685 (3/31) Largest road crowd *48,142 (4/07) homer in his Birds debut on Opening Day since Cesar Izturis (April 6, 2009 vs. NYY). LAST ROAD TRIP SEEING STARS: This off-season, the Birds added three former All-Stars in OF Nelson Cruz (TEX ’09 & ’13) and RHPs Ubaldo Jimenez (COL ’10) & Evan Meek (PIT ’10)…In 2013, the O’s sent five to the Midsummer Record 3-3 Classic: 1B Chris Davis, 3B Manny Machado, SS J.J. Hardy, CF Adam Jones & RHP Chris Tillman. Team Average .300 (65-217) Runs per Game 5.7 (34R/6G) DISABLED LIST: Four O’s began the season on the 15-day DL: INF Michael Almanzar (retroactive to 3/23 – left patellar tendinitis), INF Manny Machado (retro to 3/21 – left knee surgery), OF Francisco Peguero (retro to Fielding Errors 0 3/21 – right wrist tendinitis), and OF Nolan Reimold (cervical spine fusion surgery…transferred to the 60-day DL on April 7)…RHP Edgmer Escalona was placed on the 60-day DL (right shoulder impingement). Team ERA 5.47 (51.0IP, 31ER) DE-FENSE: The O’s 119 errorless games last season set a ML record, surpassing the 2008 Houston Astros (113 Starters W-L 2-3 in 161 games) for most errorless games in a season since 1900…The Birds made 54 errors, also setting a ML Starters ERA 6.68 (32.1IP, 24ER) record for fewest errors in a 162-game season (previous record – 65, 2003 Seattle Mariners)…The O’s led MLB Bullpen W-L-S 1-0-2 with a .991 fielding percentage, setting a major league record for highest fielding percentage in baseball history, Bullpen ERA 3.37 (18.2IP, 7ER) topping the 2007 Rockies’ .989 mark…The Orioles were the first team in MLB history to post 100 errorless Saves/Opps 2/2 games by the end of August (they had 101)…The O’s previous season-low for team errors was 104 in 1998. Best homestand 1-2 (3/31-4/3) AS GOOD AS GOLD: The Orioles had six finalists for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award in 2013: Chris Davis, Worst homestand 1-2 (3/31-4/3) J.J. Hardy, Adam Jones, Manny Machado, Nick Markakis and Matt Wieters, the most of any club…Hardy Best road trip 3-3 (4/4-9) won his second Gold Glove (also 2012), while Jones won his third (also 2009 and 2012) and Machado claimed his Worst road trip 3-3 (4/4-9) first…Machado also claimed the AL Platinum Glove Award, his first…The Birds became the first AL team since the 2002-03 Mariners to win at least three Gold Gloves in consecutive seasons and Jones and Hardy became the first set of AL teammates to win in back-to- back years since Adrian Beltre and Ichiro Suzuki for the Mariners in 2007-08…2013 was the 19th time the Orioles had multiple Gold Glove winners in the th same season…Machado is the 17 different Oriole to win a Gold Glove. SILVER SLUGGERS: The Orioles led the majors with three Silver Slugger Award winners in 2013 as Chris Davis, J.J. Hardy and Adam Jones each received their first awards…The three winners were the most in a single season in Orioles history and the first since DH Aubrey Huff in 2008…Jones is the first Orioles outfielder to claim a Silver Slugger Award, while Hardy is the third shortstop (Cal Ripken, Jr.