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BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 West Camden Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Monday, May 29, 2017 Game #49 Home Game #23 Baltimore Orioles (25-23) vs. New York Yankees (29-18) RHP Dylan Bundy (5-3, 2.92) vs. LHP Jordan Montgomery (2-3, 4.30) WINNING WAYS HONORING FALLEN HEROES: All O’s uniformed personnel will wear ripstop woodland camouflage-designed jerseys and caps this weekend…Jerseys and caps feature five stars to represent the five branches of the military...The Most wins since 2012 among AL clubs: authenticated, game-worn, autographed jerseys and caps worn at home on Memorial Day will be auctioned at 1. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 469 orioles.com/auctions to benefit the Orioles Charitable Foundation and the Fort Meade Alliance Foundation. 2. New York Yankees 464 3. Texas Rangers 459 HOME COOKIN’: The Orioles have the best home record in the AL and the third-best home record in the majors 4. Detroit Tigers 454 with a 15-7 (.682) mark…Beginning today, the Orioles return home for a 10-day, nine-game homestand against the HOME GOODS New York Yankees (three games), Boston Red Sox (four games), and Pittsburgh Pirates (two games)…From May 19-June 7, the Orioles will have hosted 15 of 18 games at home. Best home records in the AL: 1. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 15-7 (.682) BEEF WELINGTON: Since returning from the disabled list with right shoulder tendinitis on May 16, C 2. New York Yankees 17-8 (.680) Welington Castillo is hitting .310 (13-for-42)...His 11 RBI in that span are tied for second in the AL and are tied 3. Houston Astros 20-10 (.667) for sixth in the majors…Overall this season, Castillo is hitting .313 (35-for-112) with four home runs and 17 RBI. Texas Rangers 16-8 (.667) HIGH FIVE: Since the beginning of the 2012 season, the Orioles lead American League clubs and rank fourth in THE GAME OF RISP the majors with 469 wins, finishing with a .500 or better record in each of the last five seasons...In that span, O’s Top team batting averages with runners in hitters lead the majors with 1,174 home runs and have committed the fewest number of errors (432). scoring position in the majors: 1. Colorado Rockies .323 ORIOLE PARK HOME RUN KING: OF Adam Jones hit his eighth home run of the season last Monday…The th 2. New York Mets .309 home run was the 125 of his career at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, passing Rafael Palmeiro for the most in the 3. BALTIMORE ORIOLES .302 th ballpark's history…Oriole Park at Camden Yards opened in 1992 and is celebrating its 25 anniversary season. 4. Washington Nationals .296 VS. NEW YORK YANKEES: The Orioles and Yankees play the seventh game of 19 matchups between the two RISP MANAGEMENT clubs this season…The season series is tied, 3-3…The O’s won the 2016 series, 10-9…The Orioles trail the Yankees Top batting averages with runners in scoring in the all-time series, 478-569, with the O’s trailing 250-270 at home and trailing 228-299 at New York. position in the AL (qualifying only): BEASTS OF THE EAST: The Orioles own a record of 25-23 (.521) and are in third place of the American League 1. Yonder Alonso, OAK .433 2. Jason Kipnis, CLE .429 East division...The Orioles lead AL East clubs with a 17-10 (.630) record in games within the division. 3. ADAM JONES, BAL .407 4. Mookie Betts, BOS .385 RISP-Y BUSINESS: Orioles hitters lead the American League and rank third in the majors with a batting average of .302 (98-for-325) with runners in scoring position…OF Adam Jones ranks third in the AL and ranks eighth in CLOSING TIME the majors with a .407 (11-for-27) mark with runners in scoring position. Most saves in the majors this season: CATCH THIS: Orioles catchers lead the American League and rank second in the majors with a .302 (57-for-189) 1. Colorado Rockies 21 batting average...When catching, Welington Castillo, Caleb Joseph, and Francisco Peña have combined to notch 2. Houston Astros 18 11 doubles, a triple, eight home runs, and 27 RBI. 3. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 16 Milwaukee Brewers 16 St. Louis Cardinals 16 HOMER HAPPY: Since the beginning of the 2012 season, three current Orioles rank among active Major League leaders in home runs...1B Chris Davis (207) leads the majors, while OF Adam Jones (158) ranks eighth and JUST A LITTLE CRUSH DH/OF Mark Trumbo (156) ranks ninth. Active Major League home run leaders since 2012: GENUINE DRAFT: The Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft will begin on Monday, June 12 at MLB 1. CHRIS DAVIS, BAL 207 Network’s Studio 42 in Secaucus, NJ...This year’s draft will air on MLB Network and MLB.com, beginning at 7:00 2. Edwin Encarnación, CLE 202 3. Nelson Cruz, SEA 190 p.m. ET...The 40-round draft will resume at 1:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, June 13, with rounds 3-10...Day three of the 4. Mike Trout, LAA 179 draft, on Wednesday, June 14, will begin at 12:00 p.m. ET, with rounds 11-40…The Orioles own four selections 5. Miguel Cabrera 174 within the first 100 picks of the 2017 Draft...The Orioles hold the No. 21, 60, 74, and 98 overall selections. 6. Giancarlo Stanton, MIA 165 7. José Bautista, TOR 161 HOMER’S ODYSSEY: The Orioles led the majors with 253 home runs in 2016…OF Mark Trumbo led the 8. ADAM JONES, BAL 158 majors with 47 homers…1B Chris Davis tied for 11th in the majors with 38 home runs and 3B Manny Machado 9. MARK TRUMBO, BAL 156 tied for 11th in the American League with 37 home runs…For the fourth consecutive season, the Major League RECENT ROAD TRIP leader in home runs was an Oriole (also Chris Davis in 2013, Nelson Cruz in 2014, and Chris Davis in 2015). Record 0-3 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 Team Average .210 (21-for-100) Runs per Game 2.0 (6 R/3 G) D in Jalisco, Mexico…The Dominican Republic, featuring C Welington Castillo and INF Manny Machado, was eliminated in Pool F in San Diego, CA…Machado was named MVP of Pool C in Miami, FL…The Netherlands, Fielding Errors 3 featuring INF Jonathan Schoop, was eliminated in the semifinals of the Championship Round in Los Angeles. Team ERA 5.63 (15 ER/24.0 IP) 25th ANNIVERSARY OF ORIOLE PARK AT CAMDEN YARDS: Oriole Park at Camden Yards opened on Starters W-L 0-3 th Starters ERA 7.90 (12 ER/13.2 IP) April 6, 1992…The O’s are celebrating the 25 anniversary of Oriole Park this season by wearing a commemorative jersey patch and using baseballs with the 25th anniversary logo...On August 19, the club will welcome at least 17 Bullpen W-L-S 0-0-0 members from the 1992 Orioles…Select players will take part in a charity Home Run Derby at Oriole Park prior to Bullpen ERA 2.61 (3 ER/10.1 IP) Saves/Opps 0/0 the game and all fans will receive an Oriole Park at Camden Yards replica ballpark. Best homestand 5/5-9 (5-0, 1.000) VOTE ORANGE: Major League Baseball All-Star Game balloting is once again exclusively online at Worst homestand 5/19-24 (2-4, .333) orioles.com/voteorange...Fans can cast their votes up to 35 times per email address, maximum of five votes in a 24- Best road trip 4/11-20 (6-3, .667) hour period...Fans that Vote Orange will be entered into the 2017 Orioles All-Star Sweepstakes for a chance to win Worst road trip 5/26-28 (0-3, .000) great O’s prizes and ticket offers...Voting concludes on Thursday, June 29, at 11:59 p.m. ET...Fans are encouraged UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS to promote the Vote Orange campaign on social media by using the hashtag #VoteOrange. Coach Scott Coolbaugh Turns 51 on 6/13 DISABLED LIST: Three Orioles are currently on the disabled list...OF Anthony Santander (right forearm strain, C Caleb Joseph Turns 31 on 6/18 retroactive to 3/30), LHP Zach Britton (left forearm strain, retroactive to 5/5), and INF Ryan Flaherty (right UPCOMING MILESTONES shoulder strain, retroactive to 5/19) are on the 10-day DL. Buck Showalter Needs 26 wins for 1,480* COACHING STAFF: The Orioles named Roger McDowell as Major League pitching coach, Alan Mills as Major Chris Davis Needs 14 HR for 223 with BAL** League bullpen coach, and Howie Clark as assistant hitting coach…This is the third season for Scott Coolbaugh Needs 9 HR for 124 at OPACY*** J.J. Hardy Needs 34 hits for 1,500 (hitting) and fifth for Bobby Dickerson (third base) and Einar Díaz (coach), while Wayne Kirby (first base), and Adam Jones Needs 3 hits for 1,500 with BAL John Russell (bench) returned for their seventh years on the coaching staff. Needs 15 RBI for 766 with BAL# Chris Tillman Needs 6 wins for 79 with BAL^ THE SKIPPER: A three-time Manager of the Year (1994, 2004, 2014), Buck Showalter is in his eighth season as Darren O’Day Needs 8 K for 500 O’s manager…He has managed the Yankees (1992-95), Diamondbacks (1998-2000), Rangers (2003-06), and *1,480 wins, HOF Earl Weaver, 24th All-Time Orioles (August 2010-current)...His 572 wins as Orioles manager rank second in club history behind Earl Weaver **223 HR with BAL, R.