ORIOLES POST-GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 West Camden Street Baltimore, MD 21201
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ORIOLES POST-GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 West Camden Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Monday August 25, 2014 Game #129 Home Game #61 Baltimore Orioles (74-55) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (64-67) R H E LOB WP: TILLMAN (11-5) TIME: 2:56 RAYS 1 4 2 4 LP: Odorizzi (9-11) ORIOLES 9 14 1 7 SV: None RAYS HR HR# Inn Count On Base Pitcher Made score Last Home Run ORIOLES HR HR# Inn Count On Base Pitcher Made score Last Home Run Nick Markakis 12 3rd 1-1 1 Odorizzi 2-1 8/18 @CWS Steve Pearce 15 3rd 3-1 0 Odorizzi 3-1 8/24 @CHC Delmon Young 6 5th 2-2 2 Odorizzi 7-1 8/9 vs. STL J.J. Hardy 8 5th 2-2 0 Odorizzi 8-1 8/18 @CWS Chris Davis 22 5th 2-0 0 Yates 9-1 8/11 vs. NYY GETTING STARTED: Tonight’s first pitch was at 7:07 p.m.…Game-time temperature was 81 degrees. TONIGHT’S ATTENDANCE was 15,516…The 60-date season total is 1,840,088…Average attendance is 30,668. SERIES OPENERS: The Orioles are now 27-17 in series openers, including a 14-7 mark at home…The Orioles have won 10 of their last 12 series openers and six straight series openers at home. ORIOLES NOTES VS. TAMPA BAY: The Orioles lead the season series 9-4, going 4-3 in Baltimore and 5-1 in St. Petersburg…The Orioles and Rays are tied in the all-time series 145-145, going 76-68 in Baltimore and 69-77 at the Trop. DOMINANT RUN: The Orioles are 16-5 at home since June 30, posting a 2.66 ERA (193.0IP, 57ER)…In their last 21 home games, the Birds are outscoring their opponents, 105-62. TILLMAN TIME: Over his last 13 starts since June 22, Chris Tillman is 6-1 with a 2.05 ERA (87.2IP, 20ER) and 11 Quality Starts…In 14 starts against the Rays, Tillman is 4-6 with a 4.08 ERA (81.2IP, 37ER) and is 3-4 with a 4.44 ERA (52.2IP, 26ER) at home against Tampa Bay…He is 2-0 with a 1.71 ERA (21.0IP, 4ER) in three starts against the Rays this season. MINIMIZING THE DAMAGE: Since Opening Day, Chris Tillman has not allowed more than three earned runs in a career-high 14 consecutive home starts…The last time Tillman allowed more than three earned runs at OPACY was on September 29, 2013 when he surrendered four to Boston over 5.0 innings. PEARCING: Steve Pearce extended his hitting streak to a career-high tying eight games (also, August 5-12, 2012) with his third-inning solo home run…He is batting .343/.343/.829 (12-35) during the eight-game stretch with nine extra-base hits, eight runs scored, and five RBI…Pearce has homered in two consecutive games for the third time this season (also, May 8-9 & June 30-July 1), tying his career-high for consecutive games with a home run… THRICE AS NICE: Delmon Young, J.J. Hardy, and Chris Davis became the first set of Orioles to hit back-to-back-to-back home runs since Ryan Flaherty, Hardy, and Nick Markakis accomplished the feat during game one of a doubleheader against Texas on May 10, 2012 (off Colby Lewis). IT’S BEEN A WHILE: The last time the Orioles hit back-to-back home runs twice in the same game was May 27, 2008 vs. New York Yankees (Kevin Millar & Ramon Hernandez (B2), Luke Scott & Millar (B5)…According to Elias, It is also the first time since moving to Baltimore that the O’s have hit back-to-back-to- back and back-to-back homers in the same game…The last team to hit back-to-back-to-back and back-to-back homers in the same game was Toronto on June 19, 2012 in Milwaukee (Elias). SNAP OUT OF IT: Nick Markakis snapped a 0-for-21 slump with his 12th home run of the season in the third inning…It was his longest drought of the season, and the five-game hitless stretch tied his career-high…Markakis had gone hitless in five straight games three previous times in his career (April 21-28, 2006, August 29-September 2, 2011, and September 12-17, 2011). 500 CLUB: Adam Jones became the eighth player in franchise history to play 500 games as an Oriole at Oriole Park at Camden Yards tonight…With his next game played at OPACY, Jones will tie B.J. Surhoff (501) for seventh on the list…Rafael Palmeiro is sixth with 505 games played as an Oriole at OPACY…Nick Markakis is the leader among active Orioles with 671 games played at OPACY as a Bird, while Brady Anderson holds the club record (700 games). SCORING IN BUNCHES: The Orioles’ nine runs scored tonight are more than the total from the club’s previous four games in which the Birds went 1-3 and were outscored, 16-8…The six runs (also, July 7 at Washington, T11) and seven hits (also, April 21 at Boston, T3) registered in the fifth inning for the Birds each tied the club’s season-highs…The five home runs hit by the O’s tonight is the second time this season the club has hit five or more homers (six on August 8 vs. St. Louis). CAN I HELP YOU?: Adam Jones registered his sixth outfield assist of the season in the sixth inning, throwing out Matt Joyce at second base…It was the 29th outfield assist for the Orioles and 15th at second base. FOREVER YOUNG: Delmon Young tied his season-high for the fifth time with three hits, extending his hitting streak to six games (.360/.407/.560; 9-25)…He also tied his season-high with two extra-base hits (August 9 vs. St. Louis) and three RBI (fourth time). RAYS NOTES ONE TO FORGET: Jake Odorizzi surrendered a career-high eight runs, 11 hits, and four home runs…The Rays pitching staff allowed nine or more runs for the first time since June 5 vs. Miami (11)…The last time the Rays surrendered five home runs in a game was April 7, 2013 vs. Cleveland (five). OPERATOR ERROR: Jake Odorizzi became the first Rays starter since May 26 to allow 11 or more hits in a single outing (Erik Bedard, 12)…His eight earned runs allowed are the most by a Rays starter since Jeremy Hellickson surrendered eight on June 13, 2013 vs. Kansas City. TIRED ARMS: The Rays pitching staff had allowed six earned runs over the last four games (37.2IP) before surrendering nine tonight. RAYS PITCHING IP H R ER BB K HR WP HB PIT/STR 1st Batter Inherited/Scored Jake Odorizzi (L) 4.0 11 8 8 1 3 4 0 0 96/63 N/A N/A Kirby Yates 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 20/13 0/1 N/A Jeff Beliveau 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16/13 1/1 N/A Cesar Ramos 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 31/20 0/1 N/A Totals 8.0 14 9 9 2 8 5 0 0 - - - ORIOLES PITCHING IP H R ER BB K HR WP HB PIT/STR 1st Batter Inherited/Scored Chris Tillman (W) 7.0 3 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 84/52 N/A N/A Darren O’Day 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17/12 1/1 N/A Zach Britton 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11/7 1/1 N/A Totals 9.0 4 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 - - - .