THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2021 • GAME #68 • ROAD GAME #36 BALTIMORE ORIOLES (22-45) at CLEVELAND INDIANS (37-28) RHP Jorge López (2-7, 5.64) vs. RHP Eli Morgan (0-1, 20.25) O’s SEASON BREAKDOWN #VOTE MULLINS: Following Monday’s All-Star Ballot Update, OF Cedric Mullins ranked 10th among HITTING IT OFF Overall 22-45 AL outfielders with 145,537 votes...Statistically, Mullins ranks first among AL outfielders in hits (81), American League Hit Leaders: OBP (.391), slugging (.522), OPS (.913), total bases (132), fWAR (3.0), and weighted runs above Home 11-21 No. 1) CEDRIC MULLINS, BAL 81 hits average (18.69), second in batting average (.320) and doubles (18), and tied for third in extra-base Road 11-24 Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., TOR 81 hits hits (30)...His seven outs above average and six runs prevented are the most by a center fielder in the Day 9-20 No. 3) Isiah Kiner-Falefa, TEX 79 hits majors, according to Statcast. Night 13-25 No. 4) Xander Bogaerts, BOS 78 hits Mullins is batting a Major League best .435 (20-for-46) in the month of June (12 G); has hit Current Streak L7 No. 5) Bo Bichette, TOR 77 hits safely in 11 of the 12 games...His 1.279 OPS this month is the third-highest in the majors Last 5 Games 0-5 Marcus Semien, TOR 77 hits Last 10 Games 2-8 (Guerrero, Jr., TOR - 1.368 and Olson, OAK - 1.287). April 12-14 He’s batting .462 (12-for-26) with two strikes in June; for the season he is batting an O’s-best May 5-23 .241 (32-for-133) with two strikes. TOP VALUE MLB Wins Above Replacement Leaders: June 5-8 He’s hit safely in 52 of 66 games played in this year (52 of 64 starts), including a team-best (according to FanGraphs) July -- 19 multi-hit efforts...Has had two 11-game hitting streaks and one nine-game hitting streak on August -- the campaign. No. 1) Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., TOR 4.2 WAR September -- Mullins is batting .417 (25-for-60) in the first inning...His 25 first inning hits lead the majors and No. 2) Ronald Acuña, Jr., ATL 3.4 WAR vs. LHSP 8-15 are the most hits by a player in any inning in the majors. Xander Bogaerts, BOS 3.4 WAR vs. RHSP 14-30 He’s batting .382 (39-for-102) when leading off an inning; his 39 hits leading off an inning are No. 4) Nick Castellanos, CIN 3.3 WAR Series Opener 8-14 the most in the majors. No. 5) CEDRIC MULLINS, BAL 3.0 WAR Series Opener at Home 3-7 In the O’s 22 wins, Mullins is hitting .427 (38-for-89), hitting safely in 21 of the 22, while in the Series Opener on Road 5-7 O’s 44 losses he’s played in, he’s hitting .262 (43-for-164). FLASHING THE LEATHER By Series 6-12-3 MLB Outs Above Average Leaders By Home Series 2-6-2 THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD: The Orioles fell to the Indians 8-7 last night to drop their 18 con- as an Outfielder (via Statcast): secutive road game dating back to May 11 at New York-NL. By Road Series 4-6-1 No. 1) Manuel Margot, TB 9 OAA It is the longest road losing streak in O’s franchise history (since 1954), surpassing a pair of Rubber Games 3-0 No. 2) CEDRIC MULLINS, BAL 7 OAA 13-game losing streaks from April 13 to May 17, 2018 and April 8 to April 28, 1988. Sweeps/Were Swept 1-7 Brett Phillips, TB 7 OAA The 18-straight road losses are the longest streak in the AL this season and the second-lon- Scored First 13-15 No. 4) Adolis García, TEX 5 OAA gest road losing streak in the majors, trailing only a 22-game winless drought by the Arizona Opponent Scored First 9-30 No. 5) Nine players tied with 4 OAA 1-run games 4-12 Diamondbacks (May 4 - current)...It is tied for the eighth-longest streak in MLB history; the Comeback Wins 10-19 Major League record is 22-straight road losses by the 1943 Philadelphia Athletics, 1963 New Last AB Wins 3-8 York Mets, and 2021 Arizona Diamondbacks. SUMMER HEAT Walk-off Wins 2-2 The O’s 18-straight road losses are tied for the fourth-longest streak in AL history and the Major League RBI Leaders in June: Extra Innings 2-4 longest since the Washington Senators also lost 18-straight from July 16 - August 18, 1949; No. 1) Matt Olson, OAK 16 RBI Led After 6 18-2 the Philadelphia Athletics hold each of the top three road losing streaks in AL history (19 in Anthony Rendon, LAA 16 RBI Led After 7 18-1 1945, 20 in 1916, and 22 in 1943). No. 3) RYAN MOUNTCASTLE, BAL 15 RBI Led After 8 20-2 The O’s losing streak includes five sweeps: by the Mets in two games at Citi Field (May 11-12); Mark Canha, OAK 15 RBI Tied After 6 1-6 by the Nationals in three games at Nationals Park (May 21-23); by the Twins in three games Jake Fraley, SEA 15 RBI Tied After 7 2-6 at Target Field (May 24-26); by the White Sox in four games at Guaranteed Rate Field (May 27-30); by the Rays in three games at Tropicana Field (June 11-13). Tied After 8 1-2 O’s STATCAST NUGGETS Prior to a 3-2 loss at Citi Field on May 11, the Orioles had gone 11-6 on the road to open the Behind After 6 3-37 Furthest Home Run season, the third-best road winning percentage (.647) at the time. Behind After 7 1-34 447 ft. - Mountcastle - 6/5 vs. CLE Behind After 8 0-36 HOW ABOUT THIS MOUNTY, EH?: INF/OF Ryan Mountcastle matched his career-high, all coming Exit Velocity Max vs. A.L. Teams 20-38 114.6 MPH (2B) - Mountcastle - 6/5 vs. CLE vs. N.L. Teams 2-7 this season, (May 16 vs. NYY and May 22 at WSH) with four RBI last night...His 36 RBI are the sec- ond-most on the O’s...He’s batting .307/.340/.591 (27-for-88) with 24 RBI in his last 24 games (since Exit Velocity Avg. Hit 0 HR 4-17 89.6 MPH - Santander (min. 100 AB’s) Hit 1+ HR 18-28 May 15); slashed .212/.236/.328 with 12 RBI in his first 37 games. st nd Barrels Scored 3 or Fewer Runs 3-31 Ranks among the Major League rookie league leaders in extra-base hits (T-1 - 22), RBI (2 - nd nd rd th Mancini (22) Scored 4 or More Runs 19-14 36), slugging (2 - .431), home runs (T-2 - 9), doubles (T-3 - 12), total bases (5 - 97), hits (7th - 56), and OPS (8th - .708). Fastest Pitch Allowed 3 or Fewer Runs 16-9 100.2 MPH - Scott - 5/14 vs. NYY Allowed 4 or More Runs 6-36 More Hits than Opponent 16-9 TAKING ON CLEVELAND: The Orioles and Indians will wrap up their season series this afternoon.. Fewer Hits than Opponent 4-32 The O’s have gone 2-11 in their last 13 games in Cleveland, including dropping five-straight, and hav- O’S ON THE ROAD Committed No Errors 19-23 en’t won a series at Progressive Field since 2016...The O’s took two of three games against Cleveland, Record 11-24 Committed 1 or More Errors 3-22 June 4-6 at Oriole Park, including scoring a season-high 18 runs against the Tribe on June 6. Team AVG/OBP/SLG .221/.280/.361 OF Cedric Mullins has hit safely in all six games against the Indians this season, batting Runs per Game 3.6 (125 R/35 G) .545 (12-for-22) with five walks...For his career, he’s hit safely in eight of nine games against Fielding Errors 25 VS. CLEVELAND Cleveland, while slashing .485/.575/.939. Record in 2021 2-4 INF/OF Ryan Mountcastle has hit safely in each of the five games he’s appeared in against Team ERA 4.67 (151 ER/291.0 IP) at Home 2-1 Cleveland, slashing .476/.500/.1000 (10-for-21) with three homers, six runs scored, and nine RBI. Starters W-L 7-16 at Cleveland 0-3 Starters ERA 4.86 (97 ER/179.2 IP) Team AVG/OBP/SLG .299/.349/.445 JUNE BUGGIN’: The Orioles are slashing .269/.327/.428 (117-for-435) in 13 games in June; their Starters Strikeouts/Walks 173/60 Runs per Game 6.2 (37 R/6 G) batting average and OBP this month rank as the fifth-best in the AL. INF/OF Ryan Mountcastle is slashing .333/.360/.646 with four home runs, eight runs scored, Bullpen W-L 4-8 All-Time Record (since 1954) 413-453-0 and 15 RBI in 12 June games...His 15 RBI are tied for the third-most in the majors in the month. Bullpen ERA 4.37 (54 ER/111.1 IP) All-Time at Home 225-212-0 INF Freddy Galvis has hit safely in seven of 13 games this month, with six of those games Bullpen Strikeouts/Walks 116/53 All-Time at Cleveland 188-241-0 being multi-hit games.