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BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 West Camden Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Friday, July 14, 2017 Game #89 Home Game #42 Baltimore Orioles (42-46) vs. Chicago Cubs (43-45) RHP Kevin Gausman (5-7, 5.85) vs. LHP Mike Montgomery (1-6, 3.75) WINNING WAYS HEY NOW, YOU’RE AN ALL-STAR: 2B Jonathan Schoop was named an American League All-Star, marking first career All-Star appearance...The 88th Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played on Tuesday, July 11 at Most wins since 2012 among AL clubs: Marlins Park in Miami…Schoop went 1-for-1 with a double and a run scored, playing 3.0 innings at second base. 1. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 486 2. New York Yankees 480 BIRDS OF A FEATHER: The Orioles have had 21 All-Stars over the last six seasons (since 2012)...According to 3. Texas Rangers 477 STATS, LLC., the 21 Baltimore All-Stars since 2012 are tied for the American League lead and are tied for second- 4. Detroit Tigers 470 most in the majors behind the St. Louis Cardinals (26)...The Orioles are one of eight Major League teams with at 5. Los Angeles Angels 469 least 20 All-Stars over the last six seasons. HOME GOODS THE FUTURE IS NOW: LHP Tanner Scott and C Chance Sisco were chosen to participate in the 2017 Best home records in the AL: Sirius/XM All-Star Futures Game in Miami on July 9...Scott and Sisco represented the O’s as members of the U.S. 1. Boston Red Sox 25-14 (.641) Roster…Scott surrendered one earned run on two hits, while striking out one over 1.0 inning...Sisco went 1-for-3 2. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 25-16 (.610) with a triple, RBI, and a run scored as the starting catcher. 3. New York Yankees 26-17 (.605) 4. Houston Astros 27-18 (.600) RISP-Y BUSINESS: Orioles hitters rank second in the American League and fourth in the majors with a batting 5. Tampa Bay Rays 27-19 (.587) average of .286 (175-for-611) with runners in scoring position…INF/OF Trey Mancini leads the AL and ranks THE GAME OF RISP fourth in the majors with a .404 (21-for-52) batting average with runners in scoring position…OF Adam Jones is tied for fifth in the AL and is tied for 14th in the majors at .368 (21-for-57) with runners in scoring position…2B Top team batting averages with runners in Jonathan Schoop is tied for 14th in the AL with a .333 (21-for-63) mark with runners in scoring position. scoring position in the majors: 1. Colorado Rockies .310 THREE’S COMPANY: Among qualifying Major League rookies, INF/OF Trey Mancini ranks third in batting 2. Washington Nationals .296 average (.312) and slugging percentage (.588), fourth in on-base percentage (.354), tied for fourth in RBI (44), and 3. Houston Astros .295 sixth in home runs (14)…His 14 home runs this season before the All-Star break are the most by a rookie in Orioles 4. BALTIMORE ORIOLES .286 history…Eddie Murray (1977) and Curt Blefary (1965) each had 13 before the break as rookies…Mancini’s 44 5. Atlanta Braves .280 RBI before the Mid-Summer Classic are the fifth-most in club history, behind only Jim Gentile (59 in 1960), Ron RISP MANAGEMENT Hansen (51 in 1960), Eddie Murray (46 in 1977), and Cal Ripken, Jr. (46 in 1982). Top batting averages with runners in scoring position in the AL (qualifying only): INTERLEAGUE INFO: The Orioles will play a total of 20 games against National League opponents this season (currently 8-7) including Cincinnati (2-1), Washington (2-2), Pittsburgh (2-0, 9/26-27), St. Louis (2-1), Milwaukee 1. TREY MANCINI, BAL .404 (0-3), and Chicago (7/14-16)…Since Interleague Play began in 1997, the Orioles are 183-195…The Orioles went 2. Mookie Betts, BOS .391 14-6 in Interleague Play last season…Baltimore’s 14 Interleague victories last season were the most in club 3. Marwin Gonzalez, HOU .377 history...The Orioles notched 12 Interleague wins in 2014 and 2015. 4. Nelson Cruz, SEA .369 5. ADAM JONES, BAL .368 VS. CHICAGO CUBS: The Orioles and Cubs play the first game of three matchups between the two clubs this Justin Upton, DET .368 7. Andrew Benintendi, BOS .362 season…The two teams last met in 2014 and the Cubs won the season series, 3-0…Baltimore trails Chicago in the 8. Evan Gattis, HOU .361 all-time series, 3-6, with the Orioles trailing 1-2 at home and trailing 2-4 at Chicago…This series marks Chicago’s 9. Dustin Pedroia, BOS .353 first visit to Baltimore since 2003. 10. Ben Gamel, SEA .345 CATCH THIS: Orioles catchers rank second in the American League and sixth in the majors with a .274 (90-for- JUST A LITTLE CRUSH 328) batting average...When catching, Welington Castillo, Caleb Joseph, and Francisco Peña have combined to Active Major League home run leaders since 2012: notch 16 doubles, one triple, 12 home runs, and 40 RBI. 1. CHRIS DAVIS, BAL 211 Edwin Encarnación, CLE 211 HIGH FIVE: Since the beginning of the 2012 season, the Orioles lead American League clubs and rank fourth in 3. Nelson Cruz, SEA 195 the majors with 486 wins, finishing with a .500 or better record in each of the last five seasons...In that span, Orioles 4. Miguel Cabrera, DET 180 hitters lead the majors with 1,230 home runs and have committed the fewest number of errors (455). 5. Mike Trout, LAA 179 6. Giancarlo Stanton, MIA 178 HOMER HAPPY: Since the beginning of the 2012 season, three current Orioles rank among active Major League 7. José Bautista, TOR 166 leaders in home runs...1B Chris Davis (211) is tied for the Major League lead, while OF Adam Jones (166) ranks 8. ADAM JONES, BAL 165 eighth, and DH/OF Mark Trumbo (163) is 10th. 9. Jay Bruce, NYM 164 10. MARK TRUMBO, BAL 163 ORIOLE PARK HOME RUN KING: OF Adam Jones hit his eighth home run of the season on May 22…The th RECENT ROAD TRIP home run was the 125 of his career at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, passing Rafael Palmeiro for the most in the ballpark's history…Oriole Park at Camden Yards opened in 1992 and is celebrating its 25th anniversary season. Record 2-5 25th ANNIVERSARY OF ORIOLE PARK AT CAMDEN YARDS: Oriole Park at Camden Yards opened on Team Average .270 (67-for-248) th Runs per Game 4.1 (29 R/7 G) April 6, 1992…The Orioles 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 Fielding Errors 4 welcome members from the 1992 team…Select players will take part in a charity Home Run Derby at Oriole Park Team ERA 5.59 (36 ER/58.0 IP) prior to the game and all fans will receive an Oriole Park at Camden Yards replica ballpark. Starters W-L 2-4 Starters ERA 8.81 (31 ER/31.2 IP) HOMER’S ODYSSEY: The Orioles led the majors with 253 home runs in 2016…OF Mark Trumbo led the majors with 47 homers…1B Chris Davis tied for 11th in the majors with 38 home runs and 3B Manny Machado Bullpen W-L-S 0-1-0 tied for 11th in the American League with 37 home runs…For the fourth consecutive season, the Major League Bullpen ERA 1.71 (5 ER/26.1 IP) Saves/Opps 0/0 leader in home runs was an Oriole (also Chris Davis in 2013, Nelson Cruz in 2014, and Chris Davis in 2015). Best homestand 5/5-9 (5-0, 1.000) NICEST PLACES IN AMERICA: Reader’s Digest announced 10 finalists in the first ever “Nicest Place in Worst homestand 6/30-7/2 (1-2, .333) America” contest, a national crowd-sourced hunt for exceptional places whose people exemplify friendly ways of Best road trip 4/11-20 (6-3, .667) life...Over 250 nominations were submitted and Oriole Park at Camden Yards made the cut...Voting has concluded Worst road trip 5/26-28 (0-3, .000) and the winner will be announced this fall…Visit www.rd.com/nicest for more information. UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS DISABLED LIST: Six Orioles are on the disabled list...OF Anthony Santander (right forearm strain, retroactive INF Ryan Flaherty Turns 31 on 7/27 to 3/30) and INF Ryan Flaherty (right shoulder strain, retroactive to 5/19) are on the 60-day DL, while INF Chris OF Adam Jones Turns 32 on 8/1 Davis (right oblique strain, retroactive to 6/13), RHP Mike Wright (right shoulder bursitis, retroactive to 6/15), UPCOMING MILESTONES INF J.J. Hardy (right wrist fracture, since 6/19), and RHP Stefan Crichton (right shoulder strain, retroactive to 6/27) are on the 10-day DL. Baltimore Orioles Need 32 HR for 10,000^ Buck Showalter Needs 9 wins for 1,480* THE SKIPPER: A three-time Manager of the Year (1994, 2004, 2014), Buck Showalter is in his eighth season as Welington Castillo Needs 12 hits for 500 Kevin Gausman Needs 3 K for 500 O’s manager…He has managed the Yankees (1992-95), Diamondbacks (1998-2000), Rangers (2003-06), and Jonathan Schoop Needs 4 doubles for 100 Orioles (August 2010-current)...His 589 wins as Orioles manager rank second in club history behind Earl Weaver ^10,000 HR in O’s history (since 1954, reg.