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BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME NOTES ORIOLE PARK AT CAMDEN YARDS • 333 WEST CAMDEN STREET • BALTIMORE, MD 21201 SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2018 • GAME #9 • ROAD GAME #6 BALTIMORE ORIOLES (3-5) at NEW YORK YANKEES (4-4) RHP Chris Tillman (0-1, 9.00) vs. RHP Sonny Gray (0-0, 2.25) BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: DH Pedro Álvarez won the game for the Orioles in the top of the 14th inning on Friday night with a one-out HOME GOODS grand slam...According to STATS, LLC., the 14th-inning bases-loaded homer marked the latest grand slam (in terms of inning) in Orioles Most wins at home since 2012 among AL clubs: history and the latest ever against the Yankees. 1. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 287 2. New York Yankees 286 THE COMPANY YOU KEEP: SS Manny Machado fi nished Friday night’s game with four hits, two walks, and two home runs...According 3. Cleveland Indians 278 to STATS, LLC., the last player to post such a line in a game in New York was HOF Mickey Mantle on August 6, 1961...Mantle did so 4. Toronto Blue Jays 272 against the Minnesota Twins in the fi rst game of a doubleheader that went 15 innings...Also, according to ESPN Stats and Info, Machado’s Los Angeles Angels 272 three multi-home run games against the Yankees before his 26th birthday rank second in the Live Ball era (since 1920)...HOF Jimmie Foxx had four multi-home run games against the Yankees before turning 26. CENTER OF ATTENTION QUICK ON THE DRAW: RHP Kevin Gausman notched three strikeouts on Friday night against the Yankees and now has 601 in his ca- Most homers as a center fi elder in MLB history: reer...According to STATS, LLC., Gausman’s 131 career games to reach the 600-strikeout mark rank as the third-fewest in Orioles history 8. Steve Finley (1989-2007) 295 (since 1954)...LHP Erik Bedard (110 games) and RHP Daniel Cabrera (129 games) rank fi rst and second, respectively...Ranking fourth 9. Carlos Beltran (1998-2017) 273 and fi fth-fewest games to 600 are RHP Mike Mussina (133 games) and RHP Jim Palmer (138 games). 10. Fred Lynn (1974-90) 266 11. Mike Cameron (1995-2011) 261 th GRAND CENTRAL STATION: OF Adam Jones hit his 250 career home run as a center fi elder on Thursday night at Yankee Stadium... Bernie Williams (1991-2006) 261 th According to the Elias Sports Bureau, his 250 homers hit while playing center fi eld rank 13 all-time in Major League history...He also ranks 13. ADAM JONES (2006-pres.) 250 fi fth all-time among American League hitters...Among AL hitters, he trails Mickey Mantle (432), Ken Griffey, Jr. (382 ), Fred Lynn (266), and Bernie Williams (261)...Willie Mays is the all-time leader with 640 home runs as a center fi elder. American League leaders: 1. Mickey Mantle (1951-68) 432 OPENING DAY: The Orioles defeated the Twins, 3-2, in 11 innings last Thursday at Oriole Park...The O’s have won eight consecutive 2. Ken Griffey, Jr. (AL: 1989-99, 2008-10) 382 Opening Day games (since 2011) and have won 15 of their last 18 openers...Thursday marked the 10th extra-inning Opening Day in Orioles 3. Fred Lynn (AL: 1974-89) 266 history, and the second-straight...The O’s are now 43-22 all-time on Opening Day...Manager Buck Showalter owns an all-time Opening 4. Bernie Williams (1991-2006) 261 Day record of 14-5 as a manager over 19 seasons, and is 8-0 with Baltimore...According to STATS, LLC., the O’s eight consecutive Open- 5. ADAM JONES (2006-pres.) 250 ing Day wins are tied for sixth all-time and rank fi rst in Orioles history...The Orioles won seven straight Opening Day games from 1970-76. Assistance courtesy of the Elias Sports Bureau IT’S A WALK-OFF: Adam Jones hit a walk-off home run in the 11th inning in last Thursday’s season opener...Last year, Mark Trumbo also hit an 11th-inning walk-off homer in the Orioles season opener...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Orioles are the fi rst team in Major JUST A LITTLE CRUSH Active Major League home run leaders since 2012: League history to hit an Opening Day walk-off home run in consecutive seasons...The Orioles also won in walk-off fashion on Opening Day in 2016 when Matt Wieters hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning on April 4, 2016 vs. Minnesota. 1. Edwin Encarnación, CLE 234 2. CHRIS DAVIS, BAL 224 VS. NEW YORK YANKEES: The Orioles and Yankees play the third game of 19 matchups between the two clubs this season...The Orioles 3. Nelson Cruz, SEA 219 lead the season series, 2-0...The Yankees won the 2017 season series, 12-7...The Orioles trail the Yankees in the all-time series, 484-578, 4. Giancarlo Stanton, NYY 214 with the O’s trailing 253-273 at home and trailing 231-305 at New York. 5. Mike Trout, LAA 198 THIS DATE IN ORIOLES HISTORY: On this date in 1973, the Orioles were trailing the Milwaukee Brewers, 6-1, in the seventh inning 6. Miguel Cabrera, DET 186 before the Orioles scored four in the bottom of the seventh and tied the game in the bottom of the ninth...After the Brewers retook the lead 7. ADAM JONES, BAL 179 in the top of the 10th inning, the Orioles scored twice on RBI singles by Bobby Grich and pinch-hitter Tommy Davis to win, 8-7. 8. Jay Bruce, NYM 178 9. José Bautista, FA 175 SIX PACK: Since the beginning of the 2012 season, Orioles hitters lead the majors with 1,349 home runs hit and also lead the majors in Josh Donaldson, TOR 175 fewest number of errors committed with 500...Several current hitters rank among Major League leaders in home runs since 2012...Chris 11. MARK TRUMBO, BAL 172 Davis ranks second with 224, Adam Jones ranks seventh with 179, and Mark Trumbo ranks 11th with 172 home runs...Also since 2012, the Orioles rank fi rst among American League clubs with 287 wins at home. MANAGERIAL WINS Most all-time managerial wins (*active): HOMER HAPPY: The Orioles hit 232 home runs in 2017 to rank fi fth in the majors…The Orioles were tied for the Major League lead in homers after the All-Star break with 109…The O’s have led the majors in home runs in three of the past six seasons (2016, 2014, 2013), 19. Fred Clarke, HOF 1,602 20. Tommy Lasorda, HOF 1,599 fi nishing second in 2012, third in 2015, and fi fth in 2017…For four of the past fi ve seasons, the Major League leader in home runs was an 21. Mike Scioscia, LAA* 1,576 Oriole (Chris Davis in 2013, Nelson Cruz in 2014, Chris Davis in 2015, and Mark Trumbo in 2016). 22. Dick Williams, HOF 1,571 DISABLED LIST: Three Orioles are currently on the disabled list…INF/OF Mark Trumbo (right quad strain, retroactive to 3/26) and RHP 23. BUCK SHOWALTER, BAL* 1,507 Gabriel Ynoa (right shin stress reaction, retroactive to 3/26) are on the 10-day disabled list...LHP Zach Britton (right Achilles surgery, 24. Clark Griffi th, HOF 1,491 since 2/15) is on the 60-day disabled list. CURRENT ROAD TRIP SPRING TRAINING WRAP: The Orioles fi nished third in the Grapefruit League with a 17-12-2 record, posting a 4.86 ERA in 274.0 IP and Record 2-3 batting .271/.450/.332, scoring 171 runs in 31 games...The Orioles drew a total of 103,294 fans for 15 home games in Sarasota...It was the eighth time in nine seasons that the Orioles have welcomed more than 100,000 fans at Ed Smith Stadium...The Orioles had six sellouts this Team Average .233 (45-for-193) spring, including the second-highest single-game attendance total at Ed Smith Stadium with 8,782 in attendance on March 14...Ed Smith Runs per Game 4.2 (21 R/5 G) Stadium was recently recognized by USA Today as the top Spring Training venue in Major League Baseball. Fielding Errors 1 SIZING UP THE SLATE: The 2018 Interleague schedule features visits to Baltimore by the Philadelphia Phillies (May 15-16), Washington Team ERA 4.40 (23 ER/47.0 IP) Nationals (May 28-30), New York Mets (August 14-15), and Miami Marlins (June 15-17)...The Orioles’ road schedule against NL oppo- Starters W-L 1-1 nents includes visits to the Mets (June 5-6), as well as a series in Washington to play the Nationals (June 19-21), Atlanta Braves (June Starters ERA 3.81 (11 ER/26.0 IP) 22-24), and Phillies (July 3-4) as part of Interleague Play...The O’s home schedule also consists of four games played on national holidays Bullpen W-L-S 1-2-1 including Easter (April 1 vs. MIN), Mother’s Day (May 13 vs. TB), Memorial Day (May 28 vs. WSH), and Father’s Day (June 17 vs. MIA)... Bullpen ERA 5.14 (12 ER/21.0 IP) Other important dates this season include Jackie Robinson Day on Sunday, April 15; a two-game series between the Minnesota Twins and Saves/Opps 1/3 Cleveland Indians at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico on April 17-18; the fi rst day of the 2018 MLB Draft on Monday, June 4; and All-Star Week at Nationals Park in Washington, DC from July 15-17, culminating with the 89th Midsummer Classic...The fi nal day of Best homestand 1-2 (.333), 3/29-4/1 the 2018 regular season, featuring 12 divisional games, is scheduled for Sunday, September 30.