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ORIOLES POST-GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards  333 West Camden Street  Baltimore, MD 21201

Thursday  May 1, 2014  Game #25  Home Game #12 (13-12) vs. (10-17)

R H E LOB WP: NORRIS (2-2) TIME: 3:08 PIRATES 1 9 2 13 LP: Morton (0-4) ORIOLES 5 9 1 6 SV: HUNTER (7)

PIRATES HR HR# Inn Count On Base Made score Last Home None

ORIOLES HR HR# Inn Count On Base Pitcher Made score Last Nick Markakis 1 7 3-1 0 Gomez 5-1 9/12/13 vs. NYY

GETTING STARTED: Today’s first pitch was at 4:08 p.m.…Game-time temperature was 73 degrees.

TODAY’S ATTENDANCE will be announced during the second game…Entering game one, the 12-date season total was 319,524…Average attendance was 29,368.

PAUSE IN THE ACTION: Tonight’s delay in the top of the fifth due to inclement weather lasted 21 minutes.

VS. PITTSBURGH: The Orioles lead the season series 1-0 in the fifth all-time regular season series between the Birds and the Bucs beginning in 2005…With the win, the Birds move to 8-5 in the regular season against Pittsburgh.

INTERLEAGUE: The Orioles played their first Interleague game of the season today…Are now 138-166 in Interleague Play since its inception in 1997…The Birds went 11-9 against the National League in 2013, tying the club record for single season wins in Interleague Play (Baltimore went 11-7 in 2012, ’09, ’08, and 1999).

OPENER SEASEME: The Orioles move to 4-5 in series opening games, including a 3-2 mark at Oriole Park and 1-3 on the road…Baltimore has alternated wins and losses in their home series openers (beat Boston on March 31, lost to Toronto on April 11, beat Tampa Bay on April 14, lost to Kansas City on April 25, and beat Pittsburgh on May 1: GM1).

FINALLY !: After Sunday’s Orioles vs. Royals game ended at 4:43 p.m., OPACY went 95 hours and 25 minutes without baseball prior to today’s first pitch.

MAKE-UP DATE ANNOUNCED: The Orioles announced today that their April 15 game vs. the that was postponed due to rain has been rescheduled to take place on Friday, June 27 at 1:05 p.m. as the first game of a separate admission doubleheader.

TAKING ANOTHER LOOK: Orioles manager Buck Showalter challenged his second call of the season when Tony Sanchez was ruled by a Bud Norris pitch by home plate umpire Pat Hoberg in the second inning…The call was overturned and ruled a which kept the count 2-2…The review lasted 3:29…The Orioles are now 2-for-2 on challenges this season (April 19 at BOS).

EARLY BIRDS: The Orioles are 5-0 when scoring first at home and 1-6 when the opposition takes the first lead at Oriole Park.

SWITCHING SIDES: Bud Norris made his 10th career Interleague start today and is now 3-2 with a 4.82 ERA (56.0IP, 30ER)…In seven career Interleague starts against the National League, Norris is now 3-2 with a 4.86 ERA (33.1IP, 18ER).

KEEPING THEM QUIET: For the second time this season, Bud Norris held an opponent to one or fewer earned runs through the first 5.0 (5.1IP)…The first was April 12 vs. TOR in which he received a no-decision (7.0IP, 0ER).

STREAKIN’: Nick Markakis has now hit safely in eight consecutive games and is batting .355 in that span (11-for-31, 6BB, 2B, HR, 6R, 5RBI, SB)…Tied for his longest hitting-streak of the season (April 5-13) and the longest streak by any Oriole this year (Matt Wieters; March 31-April 9 & Chris Davis; April 3- 11)…Is two hits behind Al Bumbry (1,403) for ninth on the club’s all-time list.

TAKE TWO: With his in the second inning, has now logged at least one two-bagger in three of his last four games (4-13, 3-2B, RBI).

CAREER DAY: tied a career-high with three hits today…It is the sixth time he has registered three hits in a game and the first since June 9, 2013 at TB.

STRANDED: After stranding two inherited runners in the sixth inning, Ryan Webb has not allowed any of his four inherited runners to score this season…Webb has retired 23 of the last 27 batters faced since April 7, spanning nine outings (7.2IP, 3H, ER, BB, 7K).

THREE MUSKATEER: Jose Tabata tripled for the first time this season in the third inning…Tabata slugged five triples last season, the last coming on September 25, 2013 at CHC.

CLUTCH McCUTCH: Andrew McCutchen has hit safely in all seven career games against the Birds (12-24, 2-2B, 2RBI).

AL-VAREZ: Pedro Alvarez has hit safely in 13 of his last 14 games against AL opponents (21-50, with 6-2B, 4HR, 11RBI).

JUNIOR CIRCUIT: The Pirates played their first Interleague game of the year today and are now 106-144 in Interleague play…Were 15-5 in Interleague play last season, which was the best mark in the majors…The loss snaps a nine-game road winning streak in Interleague play.

STREAK SNAPPED: Tony Sanchez snapped an eight-game hitting streak today…It was tied with Andrew McCutchen for the longest hitting-streak by a Pirate this season…He batted .320 in that span (8-25, 2B, 6RBI).

DROUGHTS: is now riding a 0-for-21 skid…Jordan Mercer is also 0-for-his-last-21.

SORRY CHARLIE: Made his second career start against the Orioles and first at OPACY…Moves to 0-2 with a 9.82 ERA (7.1IP, 8ER) against the Birds…Is now 1-4 with a 6.17 ERA (35.0IP, 24ER) in seven Interleague starts…Drops to 0-2 with a 4.42 ERA (18.1IP, 9ER) in three road starts this season.

WHAT A RELIEF: Since April 20, Pirates relievers have posted a 2.25 ERA (28.0IP, 7ER) in their last nine games.

PIRATES PITCHING IP H R ER BB K HR WP HB PIT/STR 1st Batter Inherited/Scored Charlie Morton (L, 0-4) 5.1 7 4 2 2 4 0 0 0 98-60 N/A N/A Jeanmar Gomez 2.2 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 36-21 1-1 2-0 Totals 8.0 9 5 3 2 5 1 0 0

ORIOLES PITCHING IP H R ER BB K HR WP HB PIT/STR 1st Batter Inherited/Scored Bud Norris (W, 2-2) 5.1 7 1 1 1 3 0 1 2 105-72 N/A N/A Ryan Webb 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5-5 1-1 2/0 Zach Britton 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 17-9 1-1 N/A Darren O’Day 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11-7 1-0 1/0 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 18-10 1-1 N/A Tommy Hunter (S, 7) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6-3 1-1 2/0 Totals 9.0 9 1 1 3 6 0 1 3