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 Tuesday, September 5, 2017 Game #139 Home Game #73 Baltimore Orioles (70-68) vs. New York Yankees (74-63) RHP Jeremy Hellickson (8-8, 5.15) vs. LHP CC Sabathia (11-5, 3.71) WINNING WAYS PLAYER OF THE MONTH: 3B Manny Machado was named the American League Player of the Month for August...Machado batted .341 (43-for-126) with 23 runs, six doubles, a triple, 12 home runs, 35 RBI, and three Most wins since 2012 among AL clubs: stolen bases over 29 games to earn his second career Player of the Month award (also April 2016)...Among AL 1. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 514 hitters, Machado finished first in RBI, tied for first in home runs, fourth in slugging percentage, and fifth in batting 2. New York Yankees 509 average...He notched at least one hit in 22 of 29 games and posted multi-hit efforts in 14 contests...On August 19 3. Texas Rangers 503 vs. Los Angeles-AL, he hit three home runs, his final homer was a walk-off grand slam...Machado became just the 4. Cleveland Indians 501 th 10 player in Major League history, and the first in Orioles history, to record three grand slams in a calendar month. HOMER DEPOT MAKING HIS CASE: 2B Jonathan Schoop ranks among American League leaders in several offensive Most team home runs this season: categories…He ranks sixth in the AL in batting average (.306) and second with 101 RBI…His 30 home runs are 1. Texas Rangers 215 tied for 10th and his 63 extra-base hits are tied for fourth…Schoop’s 162 hits rank fourth in the AL and his .539 2. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 212 slugging percentage ranks ninth…Schoop was named to his first American League All-Star team this season and 3. Houston Astros 210 was named AL Player of the Week for July 17-23…Orioles have been named AL Most Valuable Player five times: 4. New York Mets 198 Brooks Robinson (1964), Frank Robinson (1966), Boog Powell (1970), and Cal Ripken, Jr. (1983, 1991). New York Yankees 198 th THE GAME OF RISP DRIVE ‘EM IN: 2B Jonathan Schoop drove in his 100 RBI of the season on Thursday, his first career 100 RBI season…He became the fastest Oriole to reach 100 RBI (August 31) since Chris Davis in 2013 (August 1)…With Top team batting averages with runners in th scoring position in the majors: his 28 home run on Saturday in Boston, Schoop established an Orioles record for RBI by a second baseman (primary position) in one season with 95, passing Roberto Alomar, who had 94 RBI in 1996…Schoop ranks second 1. Washington Nationals .296 in the American League and ranks sixth in the majors with 101 RBI this season…His 47 RBI since the All-Star 2. BALTIMORE ORIOLES .294 break lead the AL and are tied for second in the majors. 3. Houston Astros .292 4. Colorado Rockies .290 NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: In 33 games since joining the Orioles on August 1, INF Tim Beckham is hitting RISP MANAGEMENT .363 (53-for-146) with 10 doubles, two triples, seven home runs, 28 runs, and 20 RBI and has at least one hit in 30 of his first 33 games with the O’s, including each of the first 12…According to STATS, LLC., Beckham was one Top batting averages with runners in scoring position in the AL (qualifying only): of three O”s with a hitting streak of at least 12 games to begin their O’s career (since 1954), joining David Newhan (15-games, 2004) and Javy Lopez (13-games, 2004)…He was named the AL Player of the Week for July 31-August 1. Justin Upton, LAA .364 6 after hitting .583 with three doubles, a triple, three homers, and six RBI in six games to earn his first weekly award. 2. Mookie Betts, BOS .362 3. Marwin Gonzalez, HOU .361 THREE’S COMPANY: Among qualifying American League rookies, INF/OF Trey Mancini ranks second in 4. Dustin Pedroia, BOS .360 5. JONATHAN SCHOOP, BAL .358 batting average (.290) and slugging percentage (.504), is tied for second in home runs (23), and ranks third in on- 6. Nelson Cruz, SEA .352 base percentage (.337) and RBI (72)…His 23 home runs rank third-most in Orioles history for a player during his 7. Ryan Goins, TOR .349 rookie season, trailing only Eddie Murray’s 27 in 1977 and Cal Ripken, Jr.’s 28 in 1982). 8. Danny Valencia, SEA .343 9. Josh Reddick, HOU .342 CATCH THIS: O’s catchers lead the AL and rank third in the majors with a .292 (150-for-513) average...When 10. ADAM JONES, BAL .336 catching, Welington Castillo, Caleb Joseph, and Francisco Peña have combined to notch 22 doubles, one triple, T11. TREY MANCINI, BAL .333 28 home runs, and 73 RBI…Orioles catchers are tied for the Major League lead in home runs (as catcher) with JUST A LITTLE CRUSH 28…Castillo leads AL catchers and ranks second in the majors with a .304 batting average this season…His 19 Active Major League home run leaders since 2012: home runs rank fourth in the AL and fifth in the majors among catchers (primary position). 1. Edwin Encarnación, CLE 225 AN AWESOME AUGUST: In 29 games in August, the Orioles led the majors with a .306 average, a .534 slugging 2. CHRIS DAVIS, BAL 220 percentage, and 57 home runs...Their 57 home runs set a new Major League record for the month of August, breaking 3. Nelson Cruz, SEA 209 their own record of 55, set last season…The 57 home runs were the third most hit by a team in any calendar month 4. Giancarlo Stanton, MIA 205 in Major League history, trailing only the 58 hit by the Orioles in May of 1987 and 58 by the Seattle Mariners in 5. Mike Trout, LAA 190 May of 1999…The Orioles ranked second in the American League with 169 RBI during the month…Orioles 6. Miguel Cabrera, DET 183 relievers ranked fourth in the AL and fifth in the majors with a 2.80 ERA during the month. 7. ADAM JONES, BAL 176 8. Jay Bruce, CLE 174 HOMER HAPPY: The Orioles have hit 212 home runs this season to rank second in the majors…The Orioles lead 9. José Bautista, TOR 173 10. MARK TRUMBO, BAL 170 the majors in homers since the All-Star break with 89…The Orioles have led the league in home runs in three of the past five seasons (2016, 2014, 2013), finishing second (2012) and third (2015) the other two years…OF/DH Mark CURRENT HOMESTAND Trumbo’s 20th homer on August 25 in Boston gave the Orioles six players with at least 20 home runs this season, Record 5-3 tied for the most in the majors (Chicago-NL)…Trumbo joined Manny Machado, Jonathan Schoop, Adam Jones, Trey Mancini, and Chris Davis as O’s with 20 homers...It marks the second-straight season and the third time in Team Average .303 (92-for-304) Runs per Game 4.9 (39 R/8 G) Orioles history (since 1954) that the Orioles have had at least six players with at least 20 home runs in a season (also 2016–6 players and 1996–7 players)…According to STATS LLC., this year marked the second-fastest date to reach Fielding Errors 3 this milestone (August 18, 1996). Team ERA 4.78 (42 ER/79.0 IP) IT’S A WALK OFF: Mark Trumbo hit a two-out single in the bottom of the 12th inning that scored Jonathan Starters W-L 1-3 Schoop to give the Orioles a 5-4 win over the Blue Jays on Sunday...It was Trumbo’s fourth walk-off RBI of the Starters ERA 6.26 (29 ER/41.2 IP) season...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Trumbo's four walk-off RBI are tied for most in Orioles history (since Bullpen W-L-S 4-0-2 1954) in a single season...Dick Kryhoski set the mark in 1954, and it was tied by Nick Markakis in 2007. Bullpen ERA 3.13 (13 ER/37.1 IP) Saves/Opps 2/4 HIGH FIVE: Since the beginning of the 2012 season, the Orioles lead American League clubs and rank fourth in Best homestand 5/5-9 (5-0, 1.000) the majors with 514 wins, finishing with a .500 or better record in each of the last five seasons...In that span, Orioles Worst homestand 6/30-7/2 (1-2, .333) hitters lead the majors with 1,319 home runs and have committed the fewest number of errors (481). Best road trip 8/25-27 (3-0, 1.000) Worst road trip 5/26-28 (0-3, .000) th VS. NEW YORK YANKEES: The Orioles and Yankees play the 14 game of 19 matchups between the two clubs this season…The Yankees lead the season series, 8-5…The O’s won the 2016 series, 10-9…The Orioles trail the UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS Yankees in the all-time series, 480-574, with the O’s trailing 252-272 at home and trailing 228-302 at New York. LHP Donnie Hart Turns 27 on 9/6 WS MVP Rick Dempsey Turns 68 on 9/13 THIS DATE IN ORIOLES HISTORY: On this date in 1995, SS Cal Ripken, Jr. tied Lou Gehrig by playing in his 2,130th consecutive game...Ripken went 3-for-5 and homered in the O’s 8-0 win over the Angels at Camden MILESTONE TRACKER Yards...The Orioles tied a pair of club home run records by hitting four homers in the second inning, including three Buck Showalter Needs 1 win for 1,500 in a row by Jeff Manto, Mark Smith, and Brady Anderson.