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 Wednesday, April 19, 2017 Game #13 Road Game #8 Baltimore Orioles (8-4) at Cincinnati Reds (9-5) RHP Ubaldo Jiménez (0-0, 10.38) vs. LHP Amir Garrett (2-0, 1.42) WINNING WAYS NATIONAL TREASURES: 3B Manny Machado and OF Adam Jones have had enjoyed success in Interleague games during their careers...Machado owns a .314 (100-for-318) batting average with 13 home runs and 46 RBI Most wins since 2012 among AL clubs: over 72 career Interleague games...Jones is hitting .291 (195-for-670) with 29 home runs and 94 RBI in 164 career 1. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 452 Interleague games...Additionally, INF J.J. Hardy owns a .291 (32-for-110) batting average with five home runs, 2. New York Yankees 444 seven doubles, and 21 RBI over 28 career games at Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park. 3. Texas Rangers 439 Detroit Tigers 439 HOMER HAPPY: The Orioles rank second in the American League with 19 home runs…They trail only the Texas Rangers (20) for the AL lead and rank tied for fourth in the majors. WASTING NO TIME Most home runs through 12 career games BOOM, BOOM MANCINI: Rookie Trey Mancini slugged seven home runs through his first 12 career in Major League history (STATS, LLC.): games…The seven homers tied the Major League record and passed Curt Blefary for the Orioles record…Blefary 1. Dino Restelli, PIT (1949) 7 had six home runs in his first 12 career games in 1965. Trevor Story, COL (2016) 7 INTERLEAGUE INFO: The Orioles will play a total of 20 games against National League opponents this season TREY MANCINI, BAL (2016-17) 7 4. CURT BLEFARY, BAL (1965) 6 (currently 0-1) including Cincinnati (0-1), Washington (5/8-11), Pittsburgh (6/6-7, 10/26-27), St. Louis (6/16-18), Carlos Delgado, TOR (1993-94) 6 Milwaukee (7/3-5), and Chicago (7/14-16)…Since Interleague Play began in 1997, the Orioles are 175-189…The Taylor Teagarden, TEX (2008) 6 Orioles went 14-6 in Interleague Play last season…Baltimore’s 14 Interleague victories last season were the most in club history...The Orioles notched 12 Interleague wins in 2014 and 2015. CONSECUTIVE SAVES Most consecutive save opportunities VS. CINCINNATI: The Orioles and Reds play the second game of three matchups between the two clubs this converted (STATS, LLC., since 1969): season…The Reds lead the season series, 1-0…The Orioles last played the Reds in 2014 at Oriole Park and swept the series, 3-0…This series marks Baltimore’s first visit to Cincinnati since 2005…The O’s lead the Reds in the all- 1. Eric Gagne, LAD (2002-04) 84 2. Tom Gordon, BOS (1998-99) 54 time series, 6-4, with the O’s leading 5-1 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards and trailing 1-3 at Great American Ball ZACH BRITTON, BAL (since 2015) 54 Park…The Orioles and Reds matched up for the 1970 World Series…Baltimore defeated Cincinnati, 4-1 in the 4. Jeurys Familia, NYM (2015-16) 52 series, and 3B Brooks Robinson was named World Series Most Valuable Player. 5. Jose Valverde, DET (2010-11) 51 BEASTS OF THE EAST: The Orioles own a record of 8-4 (.667) and are in a virtual tie for first place of the SUPER SAVER American League East division...The Orioles have spent each day of the season in first place (or tied) of the AL East 2016 American League saves leaders: this season...The Orioles lead AL East clubs with a 8-3 (.727) record in games within the division…The Orioles will not play a game outside of the Eastern Time Zone until May 12, when the team travels to Kansas City (5/12- 1. ZACH BRITTON, BAL 47 2. Francisco Rodriguez, DET 44 14)…Prior to May 12, Baltimore plays road series at Boston (1-1), Toronto (3-1), Cincinnati (4/18-20), New York 3. Sam Dyson, TEX 38 Yankees (4/28-30), Boston (5/1-4), and Washington (5/10-11). JUST A LITTLE CRUSH th ZACH ATTACK: LHP Zach Britton recorded his fifth save of the season on Friday...The save was Britton’s 54 Active Major League home run leaders since 2012: consecutive converted save, tied for second-most all-time since saves became an official statistic in 1969, according to STATS, LLC...The streak is the longest active streak in the Major Leagues (dating to October 1, 2015)...Britton 1. CHRIS DAVIS, BAL 200 2. Edwin Encarnación, CLE 195 recorded 47 consecutive saves in 2016, going 47-for-47...According to STATS, LLC., Britton had the longest save 3. Nelson Cruz, SEA 180 streak in as many chances to start a season by a left-handed pitcher in Major League history and ranked third all- 4. Miguel Cabrera, DET 172 time...Britton led the AL and tied for second in the majors in saves…His 0.54 ERA (4 ER/67.0 IP) led Major League 5. Mike Trout, LAA 166 relievers and was the lowest in Major League history among pitchers with at least 50.0 innings pitched...Britton's 6. Giancarlo Stanton, MIA 155 125 career saves rank second all-time in Orioles history. 7. ADAM JONES, BAL 153 8. José Bautista, TOR 152 BASH BROTHERS: CF Adam Jones and 1B Chris Davis each homered in the 12-5 Orioles win over the Red 9. MARK TRUMBO, BAL 150 Sox last Wednesday...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was the 37th time that they’ve homered in the same CURRENT ROAD TRIP game since they became teammates in 2011, the highest total for any teammates over that time. Record 4-3 HIGH FIVE: Since the beginning of the 2012 season, the Orioles lead American League clubs and rank fourth in the majors with 452 wins, finishing with a .500 or better record in each of the last five seasons...In that span, O’s Team Average .259 (64-for-247) Runs per Game 5.1 (36 R/7 G) hitters lead the majors with 1,126 home runs and have committed the fewest number of errors (412). Fielding Errors 5 HOMER HAPPY: Since the beginning of the 2012 season, three current Orioles rank among active Major League Team ERA 4.80 (32 ER/60.0 IP) leaders in home runs...1B Chris Davis (200) leads the majors, while OF Adam Jones (153) ranks seventh and DH/OF Mark Trumbo (150) ranks ninth. Starters W-L 3-2 Starters ERA 5.02 (21 ER/37.2 IP) DISABLED LIST: Four Orioles are currently on the 10-day disabled list…OF Anthony Santander (right forearm strain, retroactive to 3/30), OF Joey Rickard (left middle finger sprain, since 4/9), RHP Chris Tillman (right Bullpen W-L-S 1-1-2 Bullpen ERA 4.43 (11 ER/22.1 IP) shoulder bursitis, retroactive to 3/30), and LHP Zach Britton (left forearm strain, since 4/16) are on the 10-day DL. Saves/Opps 2/2 HOMER’S ODYSSEY: The Orioles led the majors with 253 home runs in 2016…OF Mark Trumbo led the Best homestand 4/3-9 (4-1, .800) majors with 47 homers…1B Chris Davis tied for 11th in the majors with 38 home runs and 3B Manny Machado Worst homestand --- tied for 11th in the American League with 37 home runs…For the fourth consecutive season, the Major League Best road trip --- leader in home runs was an Oriole (also Chris Davis in 2013, Nelson Cruz in 2014, and Chris Davis in 2015). Worst road trip --- UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC: Two Orioles’ were members of the World Baseball Classic Champion Team USA: RHP Mychal Givens and OF Adam Jones…Mexico, featuring LHP Vidal Nuño, was eliminated in Pool C Welington Castillo Turns 30 on 4/24 D in Jalisco, Mexico…The Dominican Republic, featuring C Welington Castillo and INF Manny Machado, was RHP Mychal Givens Turns 27 on 5/13 eliminated in Pool F in San Diego, CA…Machado was named MVP of Pool C in Miami, FL…The Netherlands, HOF Brooks Robinson Turns 80 on 5/18 featuring INF Jonathan Schoop, was eliminated in the semifinals of the Championship Round in Los Angeles. UPCOMING MILESTONES 25th ANNIVERSARY OF ORIOLE PARK AT CAMDEN YARDS: Oriole Park at Camden Yards opened on Buck Showalter Needs 43 wins for 1,480* April 6, 1992…The O’s will celebrate the 25th anniversary of Oriole Park at Camden Yards this season by wearing Zach Britton Needs 35 saves for 160 with BAL** Needs 43 HR for 268 with BAL*** th th Adam Jones a commemorative jersey patch and using baseballs with the 25 anniversary logo...Additional plans for the 25 Needs 7 hits for 1,500 anniversary season of “The Ballpark That Forever Changed Baseball” will be announced. Hyun Soo Kim Needs 3 hits for 100 Chris Tillman Needs 1 win for 73 with BAL^ COACHING STAFF: The Orioles named Roger McDowell as Major League pitching coach, Alan Mills as Major *1,480 wins, HOF Earl Weaver, 24th All-Time League bullpen coach, and Howie Clark as assistant hitting coach…This is the third season for Scott Coolbaugh **160 saves with BAL, Gregg Olson, 1st All-Time ***268 HR with BAL, B. Robinson, 4th All-Time (hitting) and fifth for Bobby Dickerson (third base) and Einar Díaz (coach), while Wayne Kirby (first base), and ^73 wins with BAL, S.