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 Saturday, May 10, 2014 Game #34 Home Game #15 Baltimore Orioles (19-14) vs. Houston Astros (11-25) RH Miguel Gonzalez (1-3, 5.28) vs. RH Collin McHugh (2-1, 2.79) TONIGHT’S GAME: The Orioles and Astros meet in game two of their three-game set and the second game of a ODDS & ENDS six-game homestand that will also see the Detroit Tigers visit Charm City for three games Monday through Home 8-6 Wednesday…The Orioles took the series opener Friday night after a 4-2 trip to Minnesota (1-2) and Tampa Bay Away 11-8 (3-0)…The Orioles and Indians are tied for the longest active winning streak in the majors at four each. Day 5-8 Night 14-6 VS. HOUSTON: The Orioles lead the season series, 1-0…The Birds will visit Houston for four games May 29- vs. LHP 3-3 June 1, including the Civil Rights Game on May 30…In 2013, the Orioles won the season series, 4-2, going 2-1 in vs. RHP 16-11 Baltimore and 2-1 in Houston…The Orioles lead the all-time series, 11-5, as the Birds are 9-1 at home and 2-4 in Series Record 5-5-1 Houston. First game of series 7-5 BACK TO WORK: 1B Chris Davis will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Bowie tonight…Davis is Last game of a series 7-4 Last 10 games 7-3 expected to play first base and be re-evaluated tomorrow…Davis has been on the DL since April 26 with a strained left oblique. Win/Loss streak W4 Longest win streak 4 (5/6-current) STREAKER: Nick Markakis has hit in 16 straight games (since April 21), the longest active streak in the major Longest losing streak 4 (4/2-5) leagues…He is 23-for-65 (.354) with eight walks, three doubles, two homers, eight runs scored and eight RBI Most games over .500 5 (19-14) during the streak…Markakis has hit safely in 19 of his last 20 games, including nine multi-hit efforts…He is Most games under .500 3 (last 2-5) batting .363 (29-80) with 12 walks, five doubles, two homers, 11 runs scored, and nine RBI over that span…He is Extra innings 3-0 three games shy of tying his career-long hit streak (19), set June 8-30, 2011. Shutouts 2-2 One-run games 8-3 IT’S A HIT IN THE BOOK: With his infield single in the sixth inning last night, Adam Jones now leads the Two-run games 4-3 American League with 10…Jones trails the Dodgers’ Dee Gordon (16) by six infield singles for the Major League lead. Lead after 7 innings 14-0 Tied after 7 innings 5-2 CONSISTENCY: The Orioles, Tigers and Giants are the only teams at least two games over .500 at home and on Trail after 7 innings 0-12 the road. Lead after 8 innings 16-0 Tied after 8 innings 3-1 DOING MORE WITH LESS: The Orioles are 7-11 when scoring fewer than four runs this year after going 16- Trail after 8 innings 0-13 46 in such games last year…Over the last 12 games since scoring in double digits in consecutive games April 23- Orioles score first 12-5 24, the Birds have scored three or fewer runs seven times and are 3-4 in those seven games. Opponent scores first 7-9 Score four or more runs 12-3 MR. MAY: In five April starts, Ubaldo Jimenez was 0-4 with a 6.59 ERA (27.1IP, 20ER)…In two May starts, Score fewer than four runs 7-11 he is 2-0 with a 0.71 ERA (12.2IP, 1ER)…Jimenez has thrown at least 115 pitches in each of his May outings, his longest streak of 115+ pitch starts since he went two straight September 27-October 2, 2010. Orioles homer 13-6 Outhit opponents 11-2 THE BALTIMORE OWLS?: The Orioles are 14-6 (.700) in night games in 2014, the best mark in baseball. Equal hit total 4-1 Outhit by opponents 4-11 CLOSE CALLS: The Orioles have had 18 of their first 33 games decided by one (8-3) or two (4-3) runs, Most hits in a game 20 (4/8) including 13 of 21 games against AL East opponents (8-5; 5-2 in one run games, 3-3 in two run games)…In Fewest hits in a game 5 (last 4/27) 2013, the Orioles had 82 of their 162 games decided by one (20-31) or two runs (20-11). No errors 14-6 With one error 5-5 AT HOME AWAY FROM HOME: The Orioles are batting .283/.334/.437 as a team in their 19 road games this With two errors 0-2 rd th th season, leading the majors in road average, ranking 3 in OPS, 4 in slugging percentage, and 4 in on-base With three or more errors 0-1 percentage…The Birds are also 4th in the bigs in road runs per game (5.16)…Nelson Cruz leads the AL with 23 RBI on the road…His .618 road slugging percentage ranks 3rd behind Albert Pujols (.698) and Victor Martinez vs. AL 17-14 (.625) for the American League lead, and his six road homers are tied for 4th in baseball…Entering 2014, Cruz vs. AL East 13-8 vs. AL Central 3-6 was a career .242/.299/.435 hitter on the road, with 65 HR and 211 RBI in 399 games (2005-13). vs. AL West 1-0 vs. NL 2-0 NOT MISSING A BEAT: Tommy Hunter leads the AL lead with 11 saves…In each of the past two seasons, the Orioles have featured the AL’s saves leader as Jim Johnson led the league with 51 in 2012 and 50 in Largest home crowd *46,685 (3/31) 2013…Hunter is on pace for 54 saves. Largest road crowd *48,142 (4/07) MATT’S BAT: Over his last 11 games (since April 20), Matt Wieters has seven multi-hit games and is batting CURRENT HOMESTAND .333/.347/.521 (16-48) with three doubles, two homers, eight RBI, one walk, and five runs scored. Record 1-0 RBI GUY: Nelson Cruz has recorded eight multi-RBI games in his last 19 contests and ranks fourth in the Team Average .250 (8-32) American League with 29 RBI this season…He now has nine of the O’s 30 multi-RBI games this season (30.0%). Runs per Game 4.0 (4R/1G) DON’T. RUN. EVER.: The Orioles rank 3rd in the AL in OF assists (8), trailing Toronto (9) and Minnesota (10) Fielding Errors 1 for the league lead…The Birds have cut down five runners at second base, one at third and two at home…David Team ERA 3.00 (9.0IP, 3ER) Lough leads the club with three assists, while Delmon Young and Nick Markakis have two each, and Adam Jones has one. Starters W-L 1-0 Starters ERA 2.57 (7.0IP, 2ER) BEND BUT DON’T BREAK: The Orioles are 8-1 when opponents leave 10 or more runners on base…Their only such loss was May 4 at Minnesota. Bullpen W-L-S 0-0-1 Bullpen ERA 4.50 (2.0IP, 1ER) WORTH THE WAIT: The Orioles have won their first three extra innings games of the year…The Birds were Saves/Opps 1/1 8-7 in extra innings in 2013 after going 16-2 in 2012…Since the start of the 2012 season, the Birds are 27-9 in Best homestand 3-2 (4/25-5/1) extra innings contests…In games that have gone 12 or more innings since the start of 2012, the Orioles are 12-3 Worst homestand 1-2 (3/31-4/3) (13-3 including the 2012 postseason). Best road trip 4-2 (5/2-8) Worst road trip 3-3 (4/4-9) ROAD WARRIORS: After losing their first two games in Detroit to open the road schedule, the Orioles have won 11 of their last 17 road games (8-2 at night and 3-4 in day games)…The Orioles’ 11 wins and .579 winning percentage away from home rank fourth in the AL and they are on pace to go 47-34 on the road this season. AWESOME APRIL: Nelson Cruz had 24 RBI in 22 games played in April, marking the first time in his career he has posted 20 or more RBI in April…It is the fifth time in his career he has driven in 20+ runs in a month as he also accomplished the feat in June of 2013 (22), May of 2012 (23), July of 2011 (26) and September of 2008 (23)…Miguel Tejada holds the club record for RBI in April with 31 in 2005…Cruz’s six homers in April tied for third-most in a month in his career: seven homers in April of 2010 and 2011 and six homers in April of 2013 and 2009…Cruz also homered on Opening Day, March 31. TOMORROW’S STARTER: RH Chris Tillman will make his eighth start of the season and fourth at home…He is 0-1 with a 2.04 ERA (17.2IP, 4ER) at OPACY this season…In his lone career start against the Astros, Tillman earned the win on June 4, 2013 in Houston (7.0IP, 4H, ER, 2BB, 8K).