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

Friday  September 12, 2014  Game #145  Home Game #72 (87-59) vs. (75-70)

R H E LOB WP: BRACH (7-1) TIME: 3:51 YANKEES 1 9 0 9 LP: Warren (3-6) ORIOLES 2 5 0 11 SV: None

YANKEES HR HR# Inn Count On Base Made score Last Home Run Chris Young 3 11th 2-2 0 Brach 1-0 9/11 vs. TB

ORIOLES HR HR# Inn Count On Base Pitcher Made score Last Home Run

GETTING STARTED: Today’s first pitch was at 1:08 p.m.…Game-time temperature was 71 degrees.

TODAY’S ATTENDANCE was 31,871 …The 71-date season total is 2,114,270…Average attendance is 29,778.

EXTRA, EXTRA: The Orioles played their 19th extra-inning game this season and are now a major league-best 14-5 in free baseball, while the Yankees are 7- 7…The Birds are now 38-14 in extras since 2012.

ORIOLES NOTES

VS. NEW YORK: The Orioles lead the season series, 9-3 (5-1 at home and 4-2 in New York)…The Birds trail the all-time series 451-545 (233-263 at home and 218-282 in the Bronx).

WALK-OFF: The Orioles posted their ninth walk-off win of the season and first since July 29 vs. Los Angeles (AL)…It is the second walk-off win against the Yankees this season (also July 11).

MILESTONE MARKERS: The Orioles victory was the 5,000th in club history (including regular season and playoffs) and was also manager Buck Showalter’s 1,250th win.

SET THE TONE: The Birds have won 14 of their last 17 series openers…The Orioles are 31-18 in series openers, going 17-7 at home and 14-11 on the road.

STRING THEM TOGETHER: The victory in today’s first game gives the Orioles a season-high tying five-game winning streak (also May 6-10).

SIT THEM DOWN: Kevin Gausman tied his career-high with seven for the fifth time (all five have been set this season) and third time over his last three starts.

INNING EATER: Kevin Gausman has logged at least 7.0 innings in each of his last three starts, pitching to a 2.53 ERA (21.1IP, 6ER) through that span…To start the streak on September 1, Gausman tossed a career-high 7.1 innings against Minnesota before registering 7.0 innings in each of his last two starts against Tampa Bay and New York.

MILLER TIME: Andrew Miller has pitched to a 1.17 ERA (15.1IP, 2ER) over 17 outings as an Oriole…He has allowed one earned run over his last 12 games, posting a 0.84 ERA (10.2IP) including 18 strikeouts.

STREAKIN: Since being acquired by the Orioles on August 31, Alejandro De Aza has hit safely in seven straight games with the Birds, his longest hitting streak since also hitting safely in seven consecutive games from August 11-17, 2013…It is the longest hitting streak to begin a player’s career with the Orioles since Eric Byrnes hit in 11 consecutive games from July 30-August 10, 2005…David Newhan holds the club record with a 15-game hitting streak to start his Orioles career from June 18-July 3, 2004…De Aza is batting .393/.469/.643 (11-28) during his current seven-game hitting streak.

SPEED DEMON: With his stolen base in the bottom of the ninth inning, Quintin Berry has now started his career 25-for-25 in stolen base attempts, tying (July 2, 2007-May 17, 2008) for the third-most consecutive stolen bases to start a player’s career from 1961 on (expansion era).

YANKEES NOTES

DOUBLE DIP: The Yankees have gone 16-1-19 in doubleheaders since 2000, being swept just once on September 17, 2006 vs. Boston.

BIRD WATCHER: Brandon McCarthy made his first start against the Orioles since April 27, 2012 this afternoon…He is now 2-1 with a 3.77 ERA (43.0IP, 18ER) over nine games (seven starts) against the O’s in his career…He has gone 2-0 with 2.70 ERA (20.0IP, 6ER) over his last three starts against the Orioles.

AFTERNOON DELIGHT: Yankees Brandon McCarthy has pitched to a 2.13 ERA (67.2IP, 16ER) in 10 daytime starts this season…In his career, McCarthy has pitched to a 3.67 ERA (299.1IP, 122ER) in the day time compared to a 4.26 mark (677.2IP, 321ER) at night.

SEPTEMBER STARTS: Brandon McCarthy has gone 3-3 with a 2.91 ERA (55.2IP, 18ER) over his last eight September starts…In his career, McCarthy is 10-14 with a 3.50 ERA (187.2IP, 73ER) in 38 games (29 starts) played in September.

THRICE AS NICE: With his solo home run in the top of the 11th inning, Chris Young has now homered in a career-high tying three consecutive games (also May 7-9, 2008).

PEAKING PRADO: Martin Prado is batting .390 (30-77) with 15 runs, five homers, and 13 RBI over his last 20 games since August 16, including hitting safely in eight of his last 10 games since August 27 at a .405 clip (15-37).

A FIRST FOR EVERYTHING: collected his first hit as a Yankee with an infield single in the fifth inning and posted his first career multi-hit game.

YANKEES PITCHING IP H R ER BB K HR WP HB PIT/STR 1st Batter Inherited/Scored Brandon McCarthy 7.0 4 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 106/75 N/A N/A 1.1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 24/13 0/1 1/0 David Robertson 1.2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 35/20 0/1 1/0 Adam Warren (L) 0.2 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 20/8 0/1 N/A Totals 10.2 5 2 2 6 11 0 0 1 - - -

ORIOLES PITCHING IP H R ER BB K HR WP HB PIT/STR 1st Batter Inherited/Scored Kevin Gausman 7.0 7 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 106/71 N/A N/A Andrew Miller 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 16/10 1/1 N/A Darren O’Day 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12/8 1/1 N/A Zach Britton 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 17/9 1/1 N/A Brad Brach (W) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 23/13 1/1 N/A Totals 11.0 9 1 1 3 13 1 0 0 - - -