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 April 15, 2010 · McAfee Coliseum · Game #10 · Road Game #4 Baltimore Orioles (1-8) vs. Oakland Athletics (6-4) RHP David Hernandez (0-1, 3.00) vs. RHP Ben Sheets (0-0, 4.09) TODAY’S GAME: The Orioles and Athletics meet in the opener of their four-game series and the first game of a ODDS & ENDS 10-game road trip that includes visits to Seattle and Boston…The Birds are off to their worst start since the 1988 Home 0-6 season, when they began 0-21…The Birds have dropped six straight since winning April 8 at Tampa Bay. Away 1-2 Day 0-3 NEW INFORMATION SOURCE: The Orioles have launched www.ospressbox.com, where media members Night 1-5 will be able to access all official club information, such as daily minor league reports, game notes, media vs. LHP 0-2 advisories, press clips, press releases and the game day media dining room menu. vs. RHP 1-6 VS. OAKLAND: The Athletics won the season series in 2009, 5-1, as the Orioles were swept in three games in Series Record 0-3-0 First game of series 0-3 Oakland and won one of three in Baltimore…The Orioles have lost their last six games in Oakland and have not Last game of a series 1-2 won there since July 22, 2007, when Jeremy Guthrie, Chad Bradford and Jamie Walker combined on a two- Last 10 games 1-8 hit shutout…The Orioles lead the all-time series 234-232, going 111-118 in Baltimore and 123-114 in Oakland. Win/Loss streak L6 ROSTER MOVE: The Orioles today recalled RHP Kam Mickolio from Triple-A Norfolk…Mickolio was 1-0 Longest win streak 1 with a 1.93 ERA (9.1IP, 2ER) in nine spring training games for the Orioles…In three appearances for Norfolk this Longest losing streak 6 year, Mickolio allowed one earned run in three innings…He fills the roster spot opened when LHP Michael Most games over .500 0 (0-0) Most games under .500 7 (1-8) Gonzalez was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a left shoulder strain Wednesday. Extra innings 0-1 PIE CALIENTE: Dating back to last year, Felix Pie has hit in a career-high nine straight games, going 14-for-33 Shutouts 0-1 (.424) with three doubles, a homer and four RBI...Pie has hit safely in all five games in which he has an at-bat this One-run games 1-3 year (8-17, .471)…Since August 14, 2009, when he hit for the cycle against Los Angeles (AL), Pie is batting .326 Two-run games 0-1 (43-132) with eight doubles, a triple, eight homers, 19 RBI and 21 runs scored in 41 games…The Orioles have Lead after 7 innings 1-4 lost the last 15 games in which Pie has appeared. Tied after 7 innings 0-1 Trail after 7 innings 0-4 BROKEN BATS: Through nine games, the Orioles are 1-for-31 (.032) with runners in scoring position and two Lead after 8 innings 1-2 outs, the lowest average in the majors…The O’s are 10-for-66 (.152) with runners in scoring position and have left Tied after 8 innings 0-0 67 runners on base…Baltimore batted .284 with RISP in 2009, finishing second in the A.L. Trail after 8 innings 0-6 DOING THEIR PART: Orioles starting pitchers lead the AL in strikeouts (47)…The starters are 20th in the Orioles score first 1-5 Opponent scores first 0-3 majors with a 4.82 ERA (11th in the AL) after being tied for 29th in the majors in 2009 (5.37, last in the Score four or more runs 1-2 AL)…They have walked just 16 batters, which ties for the seventh-lowest total in the big leagues and second-best th th Score fewer than four runs 0-6 in the AL…The 52.0 innings pitched are tied for 11 in the majors and are 9 best in the AL after finishing last in the majors in 2009 (877.2 IP). Orioles homer 1-6 Outhit opponents 1-1 EARLY WORK: The Orioles have scored eight times in the first inning this year and just 19 runs in the other Equal hit total 0-1 innings combined. Outhit by opponents 0-6 Most hits in a game 11 th Fewest hits in a game 6 MAKE ‘EM WORK: The Orioles are 29 in the major leagues in pitches seen per plate appearance (3.65)…Nick Markakis is seventh in the majors in pitches seen per plate appearance (4.59). No errors 1-6 th With one error 0-2 LATE INNING WOES: The Orioles have allowed at least one run in the 8 inning or later in eight of their nine With two errors 0-0 games this season (yesterday was the first game they did not allow a run in the eighth inning or later)…21 of their With three or more errors 0-0 th 49 runs allowed this year have scored in the 8 inning or later…Tuesday marked the fifth game this year in which vs. AL 1-8 the Birds gave up the tying or go-ahead runs in the final two frames. vs. AL East 1-8 vs. AL Central 0-0 GOLD GLOVES: The Orioles have the second-highest fielding percentage in the major leagues (.994) as they vs. AL West 0-0 have made just two miscues in the field (both by Miguel Tejada)…The AL East has two of the top three vs. NL 0-0 defensive teams in baseball, with Baltimore tied for second (.994) and the Red Sox are third (.993). Largest home crowd 48,891 (4/9) A WALK IN THE PARK: Nick Markakis is second in AL in walks (10) behind Oakland’s Daric Barton Largest road crowd 36,973 (4/6) (11)…Markakis did not draw a single walk in 63 spring training at-bats. Total home attendance 125,646 (6 dates) Total road attendance 68,384 (3 dates) MR. CLUTCH: Miguel Tejada is 6-for-18 with a home run and six RBI with batting with men on base and is 2- LAST HOME STAND for-17 with a solo home run with the bases empty this season. Record 0-6 WEARING OUT THE BASEPATHS: Matt Wieters has reached base safely in all eight of his games and his .424 on-base percentage is 20th in the AL and 45th in the majors…Wieters became the first catcher in Orioles Team Average .215 (43-200) history to open a season with three consecutive multi-hit games…Wieters is 10-for-29 (.345) with a homer, three Runs per Game 2.7 (16R/6G) runs, three RBI and four walks in eight games. Fielding Errors 2 THE RIFLEMEN: Felix Pie recorded his first outfield assist Monday night, throwing out Jason Bartlett at the Team ERA 5.07 (55.0IP, 31ER) plate…The Orioles have two outfield assists this year (both at the plate against the Rays) after leading the AL with 36 outfield assists in 2009…Nick Markakis recorded his 52nd career assist from the outfield on Opening Starters W-L 0-4 Starters ERA 5.05 (35.2, 20ER) Day…Since the start of the 2006 season, only Alfonso Soriano (58) and Jeff Francouer (58) have more outfield assists than Markakis. Bullpen W-L-S 0-2-0 Bullpen ERA 5.12 (19.1IP, 11ER) CLOSE CALLS: Four of the first nine games have been decided by one run and another was decided by two…In Saves/Opps 0/2 2009, 72 of the 162 games (44%) were decided by one or two runs with the O’s going 29-43 in those games…The Birds were 17-22 in one-run games in ‘09…24 of the last 49 losses in ’09 were by one or two runs. Best homestand 0-6 (4/9-14) Worst homestand 0-6 (4/9-14) SPRING TRAINING REPORT: The Orioles drew over 100,000 fans for the first time in franchise history in the Best road trip 1-2 (4/6-8) Worst road trip 1-2 (4/6-8) Grapefruit League…The Birds went 12-17-1 during the exhibition schedule, including a 6-9 record at Ed Smith Stadium…Nolan Reimold’s .283 average led the club among players with 50 or more at-bats, despite starting the ON THE DISABLED LIST spring going 0-for-22 (went 15-31 after that)…Adam Jones’ five home runs led the club and his 12 RBI tied him with Luke Scott for the team lead…Brad Bergesen led the team with three wins, while Brian Matusz allowed 3/26 Koji Uehara (left hamstring strain) 4/10 Mike Gonzalez (left shoulder strain) fewer combined hits (19) and walks (3) than innings pitched (24.1)…Non-roster invitee Will Ohman made the 4/10 Brian Roberts (strained abdominal) club by allowing just two hits and four walks in 8.2 innings (11 games). TOMORROW’S STARTER: RH Kevin Millwood makes his third start of the season and second road start…In two starts as an Oriole, Millwood is 0-1 with a 2.13 ERA (12.2IP, 3ER)…He has allowed more home runs (four) than earned runs (three)…In five career starts in Oakland, Millwood is 2-3 with a 4.11 ERA (30.2IP, 14ER)…In his last start in Oakland (September 21, 2009), Millwood allowed one unearned run on three hits and a walk while striking out two in seven innings for the win.