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 Sunday, August 10, 2014 Game #117 Home Game #58 Baltimore Orioles (67-49) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (61-54) RH Kevin Gausman (6-3, 3.77) vs. RH Lance Lynn (11-8, 2.98) TODAY’S GAME: The Orioles and Cardinals meet in the finale of their three-game set and the third game of a ODDS & ENDS six-game homestand that will also see the Yankees visit Charm City…The Orioles have clinched the series Home 32-25 victory, scoring 22 runs in the first two games of the series, and are now a season-high 18 games over .500 (their Away 35-24 best record since the end of 2012)…The Birds have won a season-high seven consecutive series and have not had Day 17-21 a losing road trip this season…Since June 30, the Orioles have posted the best record in baseball (25-10) and lead Night 50-28 the AL East by 6.0 games, their largest division lead since September 15, 1997. vs. LHP 18-15 vs. RHP 49-34 VS. ST. LOUIS: The Orioles have clinched their first ever season series victory over St. Louis and are now 3-5 all-time vs. the Cardinals…The Birds dropped two of three in 2003 in St. Louis and were swept by the Cards in Series Record 22-10-7 First game of series 24-15 Baltimore in 2011, 3-0…Eight different Orioles have combined to hit nine homers in this series. Last game of a series 22-16 Last 10 games 7-3 INTERLEAGUE PLAY: The Orioles are 9-4 in Interleague Play in 2014, despite facing the best Interleague opponents of any team in the majors (.542 opponents winning % this season per STATS)…The Birds have a Current W/L streak W3 146-170 record in Interleague Play since its inception in 1997…The Birds went 11-9 against the National League Longest W streak 5 (5/6-10) in 2013, tying the club record for single season wins in Interleague Play (Baltimore went 11-7 in 2012, ’09, ’08, Longest L streak 4 (last 5/27-30) and 1999)…The Orioles have finished over .500 vs. the NL four times in the last six seasons (‘08, ’09, ’12 and ’13 Most games + .500 18 (67-49) Most games - .500 3 (last 2-5) as referenced above), going 67-55 from 2008-14…Baltimore had a winning record against the Senior Circuit only twice in the first 11 years of Interleague Play (8-7 in ‘97 and 11-7 in ’99), going 79-114 (.409) from 1997-2007. Extra innings 12-4 Shutouts 9-8 HOME COOKIN’: Since beginning the season 19-21 at OPACY, the O’s have posted a 13-4 record at home. One-run games 24-17 Two-run games 13-9 DOUBLE DOWN: The O’s have scored 10 or more runs in consecutive games for the second time this season (April 23-24 at Toronto)…The club record is three straight, done three times (most recently May 24-27, 2003). Lead after 7 innings 50-7 Tied after 7 innings 13-4 BACKSTOP WITH POP: Caleb Joseph has homered in a career-high five straight games, surpassing Ramon Trail after 7 innings 3-38 Hernandez (June 22-28, 2006) and Gus Traindos (June 13-19, 1959) to set a new franchise record for a Lead after 8 innings 54-4 catcher…The last Oriole to homer in at least five consecutive games was Chris Davis, who tied the club mark by Tied after 8 innings 10-5 Trail after 8 innings 2-40 hitting a home run in six straight games, September 26-October 2, 2012 (franchise record shared with Reggie Jackson, July 18-23, 1976)…During his five-game homer streak, Joseph is batting .444, and since July 22, he is Orioles score first 46-10 15-for-42 (.357/.372/.786) with five home runs and nine RBI in 12 games. Opponent scores first 21-39 Score four or more runs 50-13 th SELECT COMPANY: Caleb Joseph became the 15 catcher since 1914 to homer in at least five consecutive Score fewer than four runs 17-36 games…It is the second streak this season in the majors (also Devin Mesoraco of Cincinnati, June 19-24, 2014)…Joseph joins Mesoraco, Buster Posey (August 1-7, 2012), A.J. Pierzynski (July 30-August 5, 2012), Orioles homer 56-25 Outhit opponents 48-8 Brian McCann (July 15-19, 2006), and Javy Lopez (May 28-June 11, 2003) as the sixth catcher since 2000 to Equal hit total 6-6 accomplish the feat…Walker Cooper holds the longest streak since 1914 at six games, June 22-28, 1947. Outhit by opponents 13-35 Most hits in a game 20 (4/8) CRUZIN’: Nelson Cruz blasted his 30th home run of the season in the third inning yesterday…It marks the th Fewest hits in a game 1 (8/6) second 30+ HR season of his career (also 33 in 2009)…Cruz became the 19 different Oriole with a 30-home run season (34 total 30-homer seasons in club history)…Cruz also became the 18th Oriole to record a 30-homer, 20- No errors 48-25 double season…Eddie Murray holds the club record with five seasons of 30-HR and 20-2B. With one error 18-18 With two errors 1-4 MASHING MARKAKIS: Nick Markakis leads all active major leaguers, and is 4th all-time, with a .338 average With three or more errors 0-2 in Interleague Play…In his career, Markakis has batted .338/.395/.471 in 142 games against the Senior Circuit. vs. AL 58-45 nd vs. AL East 28-19 BALTIMORE BOMB SQUAD: The Orioles lead the majors with 147 home runs (Toronto is 2 with vs. AL Central 9-14 137)…The Orioles’ six home runs on Friday were a season-high and the team’s most in a game since vs. AL West 21-12 September 26, 2012 vs. Toronto (seven)…The Birds have gone 33-10 in their major league leading 43 multi- vs. NL 9-4 home run games…The O’s have homered in eight consecutive games and are 56-25 when they homer this season. Largest home crowd *46,685 (3/31) DOMINANT RUN: Since June 30, the Orioles have pitched to a 2.81 ERA (320.1IP, 100ER) while going 25-10 Largest road crowd *48,142 (4/07) in those 35 games, the third-best ERA in the big leagues behind San Diego (2.43) and Seattle (2.46) in that time. CURRENT HOMESTAND SCORE FIRST!: The Orioles own the best winning percentage in the majors when scoring first (.821; 46-10). Record 2-0 ZACH ATTACK: Zach Britton’s stretch of 35.1 consecutive scoreless IP at home dating back to September 27, Team Average .413 (31-75) 2013 is an Orioles club record…His stretch of 27 straight scoreless home appearances is tied for the longest streak Runs per Game 11.0 (22R/2G) in club history (also Brian Matusz, June 16, 2013-May 25, 2014; 19.0 scoreless IP)…During his streak, Britton Fielding Errors 0 has gone 3-0 with 10 saves, walked nine, struck out 28 and held opponents to a .164/.230/.198 line. Team ERA 2.50 (18.0IP, 5ER) EQUAL OPPORTUNITY LONG BALLERS: On Friday, for just the second time in club history, the Orioles hit multiple home runs off of three different opposing pitchers in the same game…It also happened May 17, 1967 Starters W-L 2-0 Starters ERA 3.55 (12.2IP, 5ER) at Boston (Dennis Bennett (3), Galen Cisco (2), and Bill Landis (2) in a 12-8 Orioles win. th Bullpen W-L-S 0-0-0 CHART CLIMBER: Adam Jones slugged his 86 career homer at Oriole Park in the fifth inning on Friday, Bullpen ERA 0.00 (5.1IP, 0ER) passing Cal Ripken, Jr. for sole possession of fourth place on the ballpark’s all-time home run list. Saves/Opps 0/0 MILESTONE MARKER: Chris Davis’ solo home run in the sixth inning on Friday was the 150th of his career. Best homestand 4-2 (7/29-8/3) Worst homestand 2-4 (5/9-14) ROAD WARRIORS: The Birds’ 35 road wins lead the AL and trail only the Dodgers (36) for the ML lead…In Best road trip 3-1 (last 8/4-7) their last 11 road games since July 21, the Orioles are 8-3 and the pitching staff owns a 2.30 ERA (98.0IP, 25ER) Worst road trip 3-3 (4/4-9) with 34 walks and 83 strikeouts…During that span, Orioles starters are 6-2 with a 2.63 ERA (68.1IP, 20ER), while the pen has posted a 1.52 mark (29.2IP, 5ER)…Since May 31, the Orioles own a 20-9 road record, pitching to a 3.15 ERA (260.0IP, 91ER) and their .690 road winning percentage leads the majors. IN BUNCHES: Nick Markakis has 43 multi-hit games, tied for 4th-most in the majors (Altuve – 48, Mel. Cabrera and Cano – 44)…Markakis now has 426 career-multi-hit games, which places him T-4th on the Orioles all-time list with Brady Anderson…Cal Ripken Jr. holds the club record with 845 multi-hit games, followed by Brooks Robinson (745), and Eddie Murray (596).