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, April 14, 2017 Game #9 Road Game #4 Baltimore Orioles (6-2) at Toronto Blue Jays (1-8) LHP Wade Miley (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Aaron Sanchez (0-0, 1.29) WINNING WAYS BOTTOM’S UP: 2B Jonathan Schoop and SS J.J. Hardy, batting eighth and ninth respectively in the Orioles lineup, each had RBI hits in the fifth inning of the 2–1 win at Toronto on Thursday...According to the Elias Sports Most wins since 2012 among AL clubs: Bureau, it marked just the third time since the RBI became an official statistic in 1920 that the Orioles won a game 1. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 450 by a score of 2–0 or 2–1 in which their eighth and ninth batters in the lineup each drove in runs...On April 6, 1992, 2. New York Yankees 440 Chris Hoiles and Billy Ripken had RBI in a 2–0 win over Cleveland in the first-ever game at Oriole Park at Camden 3. Texas Rangers 438 Yards...On April 12, 2014, David Lough and Schoop drove in the runs in a 2–1 home win over the Blue Jays. 4. Detroit Tigers 437 BEASTS OF THE EAST: The Orioles own a record of 6-2 (.750) and are in first place of the American League TEAM HOME RUN LEADERS East division...The Orioles have spent each day of the season in first place (or tied) of the AL East this season...The Most team home runs in 2016: Orioles lead AL East clubs with a 6-2 (.750) record in games within the division…The Orioles will not play a game 1. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 253 outside of the Eastern Time Zone until May 12, when the team travels to Kansas City (5/12-14)…Prior to May 12, 2. St. Louis Cardinals 225 Baltimore plays road series at Boston (1-1), Toronto (1-0), Cincinnati (4/18-20), New York Yankees (4/28-30), 3. Seattle Mariners 223 Boston (5/1-4), and Washington (5/10-11). 4. Toronto Blue Jays 221 42: On Saturday, all of baseball will commemorate the 70th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s first Major League CONSECUTIVE SAVES game for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947...Robinson’s uniform No. 42 was retired by the Dodgers in 1972 Most consecutive save opportunities and in 1997, the 50th anniversary of his breaking of baseball’s color barrier, Major League Baseball permanently converted (STATS, LLC., since 1969): retired his uniform number league-wide...Jackie Robinson Day has been celebrated throughout baseball on April 15 1. Eric Gagne, LAD (2002-04) 84 each year since 2004 and every player and all on-field personnel has celebrated Robinson’s legacy by wearing his 2. Tom Gordon, BOS (1998-99) 54 No. 42 during games scheduled on Jackie Robinson Day since 2009...Each player’s game-worn No. 42 jersey will 3. ZACH BRITTON, BAL (since 2015) 53 be authenticated, autographed, and auctioned at www.orioles.com/auctions to benefit the Baltimore Orioles 4. Jeurys Familia, NYM (2015-16) 52 Charitable Foundation and the Jackie Robinson Foundation...The auction will begin Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. 5. Jose Valverde, DET (2010-11) 51 and will conclude on Saturday, April 22, at 10:00 p.m…In addition, MLB.com will be auctioning off an Orioles SUPER SAVER team autographed No. 42 jersey at www.mlb.com/42jersey to benefit the Jackie Robinson Foundation...Since 2009, the Orioles have raised more than $82,000 for the Jackie Robinson Foundation through the online jersey auction. 2016 American League saves leaders: 1. ZACH BRITTON, BAL 47 ZACH ATTACK: LHP Zach Britton recorded his fourth save of the season on Thursday...The save was Britton’s 2. Francisco Rodriguez, DET 44 rd 53 consecutive converted save, ranking third-most all-time since saves became an official statistic in 1969, 3. Sam Dyson, TEX 38 according to STATS, LLC...The streak is the longest active streak in the Major Leagues (dating to October 1, 2015)...Britton recorded 47 consecutive saves in 2016, going 47-for-47...According to STATS, LLC., Britton had JUST A LITTLE CRUSH the longest save streak in as many chances to start a season by a left-handed pitcher in Major League history and Active Major League home run leaders since 2012: ranked third all-time...Britton led the AL and tied for second in the majors in saves…His 0.54 ERA (4 ER/67.0 IP) 1. CHRIS DAVIS, BAL 199 led Major League relievers and was the lowest in Major League history among pitchers with at least 50.0 innings 2. Edwin Encarnación, CLE 194 pitched...Britton's 124 career saves rank second all-time in Orioles history. 3. Nelson Cruz, SEA 178 4. Miguel Cabrera, DET 170 BASH BROTHERS: CF Adam Jones and 1B Chris Davis each homered in the 12-5 Orioles win over the Red 5. Mike Trout, LAA 166 Sox on Wednesday...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was the 37th time that they’ve homered in the same 6. Giancarlo Stanton, MIA 154 game since they became teammates in 2011, the highest total for any teammates over that time. 7. ADAM JONES, BAL 152 José Bautista, TOR 152 VS. TORONTO: The Orioles and Blue Jays play the fourth game of 19 matchups between the two clubs this 9. MARK TRUMBO, BAL 150 season…The O’s lead the season series, 3-0…The Blue Jays won the 2016 season series, 10-9…The O’s trail the CURRENT ROAD TRIP Blue Jays in the all-time series, 283-320, with the O’s leading 161-143 at home and trailing 122-177 at Toronto. Record 2-1 TWO FOR THE MONEY, TREY FOR THE SHOW: LF Trey Mancini slugged two home runs on Wednesday Team Average .260 (27-for-104) against the Red Sox, giving him five home runs in his first 10 career games...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Runs per Game 5.0 (15 R/3 G) the only active player with as many home runs as Mancini through his first 10 games was Colorado's Trevor Story, who holds the Major League record with seven homers…The multi-homer game marked the first of Mancini's career Fielding Errors 3 and his four RBI were a career high. Team ERA 4.50 (13 ER/26.0 IP) HIGH FIVE: Since the beginning of the 2012 season, the Orioles lead American League clubs and rank fourth in Starters W-L 1-1 the majors with 450 wins, finishing with a .500 or better record in each of the last five seasons...In that span, O’s Starters ERA 4.86 (9 ER/16.2 IP) hitters lead the majors with 1,117 home runs and have committed the fewest number of errors (410). Bullpen W-L-S 1-0-1 Bullpen ERA 3.86 (4 ER/9.1 IP) HOMER HAPPY: Since the beginning of the 2012 season, three current Orioles rank among active Major League Saves/Opps 1/1 leaders in home runs...1B Chris Davis (199) leads the majors, while OF Adam Jones (152) is tied for seventh and DH/OF Mark Trumbo (150) ranks ninth. Best homestand 4/3-9 (4-1, .800) Worst homestand --- DISABLED LIST: Three Orioles are currently on the 10-day disabled list…OF Anthony Santander (right forearm Best road trip --- Worst road trip --- strain, retroactive to 3/30), OF Joey Rickard (left middle finger sprain, since 4/9), and RHP Chris Tillman (right shoulder bursitis, retroactive to 3/30) are on the 10-day DL. UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS HOMER’S ODYSSEY: The Orioles led the majors with 253 home runs in 2016…OF Mark Trumbo led the RHP Chris Tillman Turns 29 on 4/15 majors with 47 homers…1B Chris Davis tied for 11th in the majors with 38 home runs and 3B Manny Machado C Welington Castillo Turns 30 on 4/24 tied for 11th in the American League with 37 home runs…For the fourth consecutive season, the Major League RHP Mychal Givens Turns 27 on 5/13 HOF Brooks Robinson Turns 80 on 5/18 leader in home runs was an Oriole (also Chris Davis in 2013, Nelson Cruz in 2014, and Chris Davis in 2015). UPCOMING MILESTONES THIS DATE IN ORIOLES HISTORY: On this date in 1954, the Orioles won their first game ever, a 3-2 victory at Detroit...RHP Duane Pillette went the distance and the O’s scored all three runs in the first inning...Maryland Buck Showalter Needs 45 wins for 1,480* Zach Britton Needs 36 saves for 160 with BAL** native 2B Bobby Young doubled and scored the club’s first run on a CF Gil Goan single. Adam Jones Needs 44 HR for 268 with BAL*** Needs 12 hits for 1,500 25th ANNIVERSARY OF ORIOLE PARK AT CAMDEN YARDS: Oriole Park at Camden Yards opened on Hyun Soo Kim Needs 5 hits for 100 th Chris Tillman Needs 1 win for 73 with BAL^ April 6, 1992…The O’s will celebrate the 25 anniversary of Oriole Park at Camden Yards this season by wearing a commemorative jersey patch and using baseballs with the 25th anniversary logo...Additional plans for the 25th *1,480 wins, HOF Earl Weaver, 24th All-Time **160 saves with BAL, Gregg Olson, 1st All-Time anniversary season of “The Ballpark That Forever Changed Baseball” will be announced.