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 Tuesday, May 13, 2014 Game #37 Home Game #18 Baltimore Orioles (20-16) vs. Detroit Tigers (22-12) RH Ubaldo Jimenez (2-4, 4.73) vs. LH Drew Smyly (2-2, 2.96) TODAY’S GAME: The Orioles and Tigers meet in the second game of their three-game set and the fifth game of ODDS & ENDS a six-game homestand before the O’s hit the road for four in Kansas City and two in Pittsburgh…The Orioles took Home 9-8 the first two games of the series with Houston before having their five-game winning streak snapped on Sunday Away 11-8 and dropping last night’s series opener…Baltimore went 4-2 on the trip to Minnesota (1-2) and Tampa Bay (3-0). Day 5-9 Night 15-7 VS. DETROIT: The Tigers lead the season series, 3-1…These three games will conclude the season series, as the vs. LHP 3-3 Birds visited Detroit for three games, April 4-6…The Orioles won the 2013 season series, 4-2, going 2-1 in vs. RHP 17-13 Baltimore and 2-1 in Detroit…The Orioles lead the all-time series, 437-399, as the Birds are 225-192 at home and Series Record 6-5-1 212-107 in the Motor City. First game of series 7-6 MR. MAY: In two May starts, Ubaldo Jimenez is 2-0 with a 0.71 ERA (12.2IP, ER) after going 0-4 with a 6.59 Last game of a series 7-5 Last 10 games 6-4 ERA (27.1IP, 20ER) in five April starts…Jimenez has thrown at least 115 pitches in each of his May outings, his first consecutive outings of 115+ pitches since September 27-October 2, 2010. Win/Loss streak L2 Longest win streak 5 (5/6-10) CENTRAL ISSUE: With last night’s loss, the Orioles fell to 3-7 in 10 games against American League Central Longest losing streak 4 (4/2-5) opponents…The Birds are 17-9 (.654) against the rest of baseball this season. Most games over .500 6 (20-14) Most games under .500 3 (last 2-5) GETTING DEEP: Bud Norris tossed 7.2 innings last night, the third time in the last four games that an Orioles starter has gone at least 7.0 innings…The Birds are 6-2 when their starting pitcher tosses 7.0 or more innings. Extra innings 4-0 Shutouts 2-2 PRIDE OF PIGTOWN: Steve Clevenger tied his career-high (fourth time) with three hits in last night’s One-run games 9-3 game…After starting the season 2-for-10, Clevenger is batting .333/.385/.528 in his last 10 games since April 21. Two-run games 4-3 nd Lead after 7 innings 14-0 CLUTCH: The Orioles rank 2 in the American League in average with runners in scoring position (.279; 79- Tied after 7 innings 6-2 283)…The Tigers lead the junior circuit in average with RISP, batting .282 (84-298). Trail after 7 innings 0-14 Lead after 8 innings 17-0 MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE MONTH: The Orioles Player Development Department has named Tied after 8 innings 3-1 RH Tyler Wilson of the Double-A Bowie Baysox as Organizational Pitcher of the Month and OF Dariel Trail after 8 innings 0-15 Alvarez, also of the Baysox, as Organizational Player of the Month for April…Wilson, 24, went 4-0 with a 2.76 ERA (29.1IP, 9ER, 6BB, 36K) in five starts for Bowie…Alvarez, 25, batted .361/.370/.567 (35-97) with 11 Orioles score first 12-6 doubles, three home runs and 20 RBI in 23 games for the Baysox. Opponent scores first 8-10 Score four or more runs 13-3 STREAK SNAPPED: Nick Markakis went 0-for-4 last night, ending his team season-high hit streak at 18 Score fewer than four runs 7-13 games (April 21-May 11), one game shy of his career-long hit streak (19 games; June 8-30, 2011)…He went 26- Orioles homer 14-6 for-73 (.356/.427/.479) with nine walks, three doubles, two homers, nine runs scored and eight RBI during the Outhit opponents 12-3 streak…Markakis has hit safely in 21 of his last 23 games, including 10 multi-hit efforts…He is batting Equal hit total 4-1 .348/.429/.467 (32-92) with 13 walks, five doubles, two homers, 12 runs scored, and nine RBI since April 16. Outhit by opponents 4-12 Most hits in a game 20 (4/8) ANOTHER STREAK SNAPPED: By allowing four earned runs over 7.2 innings pitched last night, Bud Norris Fewest hits in a game 5 (last 4/27) became the first Orioles starter since April 25 to allow more than three earned runs in a game…From April 26- No errors 14-8 May 11, O’s starting pitchers posted a 3.43 ERA (76.0IP, 27ER), lowering the rotation season ERA from 4.87 to With one error 6-5 4.24…In each of the 13 games, the O’s starter has allowed three earned runs or fewer…Birds starters have gone at With two errors 0-2 least 5.0 innings in 12 of their last 14 games, and posted six Quality Starts in that time. With three or more errors 0-1 THE BALTIMORE OWLS?: The Orioles are 15-7 (.682) in night games in 2014, the best mark in baseball. vs. AL 18-16 vs. AL East 13-8 MILESTONES: On Sunday, Adam Jones collected the 500th RBI of his career (and #501) with his bases loaded vs. AL Central 3-7 single…With his pinch hitting appearance later that game, Delmon Young played in his 1,000th career game. vs. AL West 2-1 vs. NL 2-0 WORTH THE WAIT: The Orioles have won their first four extra innings games of the year…The Birds were 8- 7 in extra innings in 2013 after going 16-2 in 2012…Since the start of the 2012 season, the Birds are 28-9 in Largest home crowd *46,685 (3/31) Largest road crowd *48,142 (4/07) extra innings contests…In games that have gone 12 or more innings since the start of 2012, the Orioles are 12-3 (13-4 including the 2012 postseason). CURRENT HOMESTAND CLOSE CALLS: The Orioles have had 19 of their first 36 games decided by one (9-3) or two (4-3) runs, Record 2-2 including 13 of 21 games against AL East opponents (8-5; 5-2 in one run games, 3-3 in two run games)…In 2013, Team Average .252 (35-139) the Orioles had 82 of their 162 games decided by one (20-31) or two runs (20-11). Runs per Game 3.0 (12R/4G) NOT MISSING A BEAT: Tommy Hunter is tied for the AL lead with 11 saves…In each of the past two Fielding Errors 2 seasons, the Orioles have featured the AL’s saves leader as Jim Johnson led the league with 51 in 2012 and 50 in Team ERA 3.89 (37.0IP, 16ER) 2013…Hunter is on pace for 50 saves. Starters W-L 1-2 ROAD WARRIORS: After losing their first two games in Detroit to open the road schedule, the Orioles have Starters ERA 3.71 (26.2IP, 11ER) won 11 of their last 17 road games (8-2 at night and 3-4 in day games)…The Orioles’ 11 wins and .579 winning percentage away from home rank fourth in the AL and they are on pace to go 47-34 on the road this season. Bullpen W-L-S 1-0-1 Bullpen ERA 4.35 (10.1IP, 5ER) AT HOME AWAY FROM HOME: The Orioles are batting .283/.334/.437 as a team in their 19 road games this Saves/Opps 1/2 season, leading the majors in road average, ranking 2nd in OPS, 4th in slugging percentage, and 5th in on-base Best homestand 3-2 (4/25-5/1) percentage…The Birds are also 4th in the bigs in road runs per game (5.16)…Nelson Cruz leads the AL with 23 nd Worst homestand 1-2 (3/31-4/3) RBI on the road…His .618 road slugging percentage is tied for 2 with Jose Abreu and behind Victor Martinez Best road trip 4-2 (5/2-8) th (.636) for the American League lead, and his six road homers are tied for 4 in baseball…Entering 2014, Cruz Worst road trip 3-3 (4/4-9) was a career .242/.299/.435 hitter on the road, with 65 HR and 211 RBI in 399 games (2005-13). AWESOME APRIL: Nelson Cruz had 24 RBI in 22 games played in April, marking the first time in his career he has posted 20 or more RBI in April…It is the fifth time in his career he has driven in 20+ runs in a month as he also accomplished the feat in June of 2013 (22), May of 2012 (23), July of 2011 (26) and September of 2008 (23)…Miguel Tejada holds the club record for RBI in April with 31 in 2005…Cruz’s six homers in April tied for third-most in a month in his career: seven homers in April of 2010 and 2011 and six homers in April of 2013 and 2009…Cruz also homered on Opening Day, March 31.