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).
UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS DAY OPPONENT TIME TV RADIO O’S STARTER OPP. STARTER May 11 vs. Houston 1:35 p.m. MASN-HD/WJZ 1090 AM WBAL RH Chris Tillman (3-1, 3.80) RH Jarred Cosart (1-3, 4.50) May 12 vs. Detroit 7:05 p.m. MASN-HD 1090 AM WBAL RH Bud Norris (2-2, 3.82) RH Rick Porcello (5-1, 3.49) May 13 vs. Detroit 7:05 p.m. MASN-HD 1090 AM WBAL RH Ubaldo Jimenez (2-4, 4.73) LH Drew Smyly (2-2, 2.96) May 14 vs. Detroit 12:35 p.m. MASN2-HD 1090 AM WBAL LH We-Yin Chen (4-2, 3.95) RH Justin Verlander (4-2, 2.67) TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: #50 MIGUEL GONZALEZ GONZALEZ’S 2014 SPLITS
Home: 1-1, 2.45 ERA vs. LH: .221 (15-68), 2 HR Height: 6-1 Weight: 168 Away: 0-2, 6.86 ERA vs. RH: .370 (20-54), 3 HR Bats: Right Throws: Right GONZALEZ’S CAREER NUMBERS Opening Day Age: 29 W-L ERA G IP H R ER BB SO Born: May 27, 1984 in Guadalajara, Mexico 2014 1-3 5.28 6 30.2 35 20 18 12 28 Resides: Pacoima, CA 2013 11-8 3.78 30 171.1 157 81 72 53 120 How Acquired: Signed as a minor league free agent on February 28, 2012 Career 21-15 3.75 54 307.1 284 139 128 100 225
QUICK HITS: Making his seventh start and third at home…Is in his third year with the Home: 11-5, 3.58 ERA vs. LH: .241 (142-588), 14 HR Orioles…Made his MLB debut May 29, 2012 at Toronto…Notched first major league win in his Away: 10-10, 3.88 ERA vs. RH: .248 (142-572), 28 HR RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING first MLB start July 6, 2012 at Los Angeles (AL)…Missed 2008 with a torn meniscus and 2009 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Tot after “Tommy John” surgery…Attended Mission (CA) CC…Had his first child, Leah, on June 18, 1 5 3 5 3 3 0 0 0 20 2013. RUN SUPPORT WHILE IN GAME 0R 1R 2R 3R 4R 5R 6R 7R 8R 9R 10+ GONZALEZ VS. HOUSTON: Is making his third career start against the Astros…Owns a 1-1 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 record with a 4.66 ERA (9.2IP, 5ER) with three walks and 12 strikeouts…Made both starts against LAST TIME AS A STARTER the club last season…His last outing against the Astros came on July 31 in Baltimore…Earned the Date & Opp Final Line win tossing 6.0 innings and allowing an earned run on five hits with a walk and seven strikeouts. Win: 4/16/14 vs. TB 5.0IP, 3H, 3BB, 6K Loss: 5/4/14 @ MIN 4.2IP, 6H, 3ER, 4BB, 7K LAST START: Saddled with his second loss in as many starts on May 4 at Minnesota…Tossed ND: 4/22/14 @ TOR 5.2IP, 4H, 3R, 2ER, 2BB, 7K 4.2 innings and allowed three earned runs on six hits with four walks and matched his season-high CG: N/A N/A with seven strikeouts. SHO: N/A N/A 2014 SEASON HIGHS
AS A STARTER: In his 49 starts for the Birds, is 21-15 with a 3.82 ERA (294.1IP, 125ER) and No. Date(s) & Opp. Innings Pitched: 6.0 4/9 @ NYY& 4/27 vs. KC 31 Quality Starts…Worked six or more innings in 34 of his 49 starts and the Orioles are 28-21 in Hits Allowed: 9 4/4 @ DET his starts. Runs Allowed: 7 4/4 @ DET Strikeouts: 7 4/22 @ TOR & 5/4 @ MIN AT ORIOLE PARK: Is 1-1 with a 2.45 ERA (11.0IP, 3ER) and one Quality Start in two starts at Walks: 4 5/4 @ MIN Oriole Park…In his 13 home starts in 2013, he was 7-2 with a 3.53 ERA (81.2IP, 32ER) and nine HR allowed: 2 4/4 @ DET & 4/9 @ NYY Quality Starts and the Orioles were 10-3 in those 13 games and he worked at least six innings in 10 Winning Streak: 1 4/16 vs. TB of his 13 home starts…In his 21 career home starts, he is 11-5 with a 3.66 ERA (128.0IP, 52ER) Losing Streak: 2 4/4 @ DET & 4/27 vs. KC-current and the Orioles are 15-6 in those games…As a reliever at home, he has a 1.69 ERA (5.1IP, 1ER) in Shortest appearance: 3.1 4/4 @ DET two appearances…In his 23 total appearances, is 11-5 with a 3.58 ERA (133.1IP, 53ER). Pitches thrown: 102 4/22 @ TOR CAREER HIGHS ON THE ROAD: Has made four starts on the road this year, most recently on May 4 in No. Date(s) & Opp. Minnesota…Is 0-2 with a 6.86 ERA (19.1IP, 15ER) in away games this season…Was 4-6 with a Innings Pitched: 8.0 6/11/13 vs. LAA, 8/10/12 vs. KC Hits Allowed: 9 3x, last: 4/4 @ DET 4.08 ERA (88.1IP, 40ER) and 10 Quality Starts in his 15 road starts in 2013, but the Orioles were Runs Allowed: 9 7/31/13 vs. HOU just 5-10 in those 15 games…In his 28 career road starts, he is 10-10 with a 3.88 ERA (174.0IP, Strikeouts: 9 6/27/13 vCLE, 8/31/12 @ NYY 73ER) and 17 Quality Starts. Walks: 5 5x, last: 9/21/13 @ TB HR allowed: 3 7/30/12 @NYY, 4/18/13 vs. TB APRIL SHOWERS: Gonzalez has made 10 career starts in April and is 3-3 with a 4.88 ERA Winning Streak: 4 9/21/12-4/4/13 (55.1IP, 30ER)…In 44 games outside of March/April, the right-hander is 18-12 with a 3.50 ERA Losing Streak: 4 7/25/13-8/30/13 (252.0, 98ER). Shortest appearance: 2.2 7/25/12 vs. TB Pitches thrown: 114 7/20/12 @ CLE SECOND HALF SLUMP: In his 17 starts to start 2013 (through July 20), Gonzalez was 8-3 with GONZALEZ VS. ASTROS a 3.34 ERA (107.2IP, 40ER) and 13 Quality Starts…In 11 starts after July 21, he was 3-5 with a PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI 4.62 ERA (62.1IP, 32ER) and six Quality Starts. Altuve .000 2 0 0 0 Carter .200 5 1 0 0 MINIMIZE THE DAMAGE: Has allowed five home runs in 2014, three of which have been Castro .800 5 4 1 4 solo shots…Allowed 24 home runs in 2013 (14 solo, five two-run, four three-run homers and one Corporan .------Dominguez .750 4 3 0 1 grand slam)…Of the 42 homers he has allowed in the majors, 29 have been solo shots and 11 Fowler .------have come within the first 15 pitches of a start…Four were leadoff homers and seven were in Gonzalez .500 2 1 0 0 the first inning. Guzman .------Hoes .000 3 0 0 0 STRETCH IT OUT: Gonzalez recorded at least one out in the sixth inning in 25 of his 28 starts in Kraus .------2013 and in 34 of 40 dating back to August 31, 2012. Presley .------Springer .------DAYTIME DOMINATOR: In nine day starts in 2013, Gonzalez was 4-2 with a 3.48 ERA Villar .000 2 0 0 0 (54.1IP, 21ER)…In his 17 career games (15 starts) in the daytime, Gonzalez is 5-6 with a 3.74 McHUGH VS. ORIOLES ERA (91.1IP, 38ER). PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI Clevenger .------AGAINST THE EAST: In his 28 career starts against the AL East, Gonzalez is 12-7 with a 3.53 Cruz .------ERA (168.1IP, 66ER) and 18 Quality Starts…He beat each team in the East as a rookie in 2012 Flaherty .------(only other Oriole since ’69 to do that was Willis Roberts in 2001) and has worked at least 6.0 Hardy .------Jones .------innings in 20 of his 28 career starts against the East…In 15 starts in 2013, he was 5-5 with a 3.69 Joseph .------ERA (90.1IP, 37ER) and 10 Quality Starts against the East. Lough .------Machado .------GREAT START: Went the first 33 starts of his career without losing consecutive decisions before Markakis .------losing July 25, 2013 at Kansas City and July 31, 2013 against Houston…According to Elias, he Pearce .------tied the longest such streak to start a career by a pitcher in Orioles/St. Louis Browns history…The Schoop .------other was Ken Dixon, who went his first 33 career starts from September 22, 1984-June 16, 1986 Wieters .------without losing two straight decisions (Note: Dixon did lose two straight decisions within his first Young .------33 career starts but one of those losses was as a relief pitcher).
QUALITY STREAK: Made eight consecutive Quality Starts from June 6-August 20, 2013…Since 1980, Gonzalez’s Quality Start streak was tied for the 3rd- longest by an O’s starter behind Jeremy Guthrie’s 10 from May 8-June 26, 2007 and Erik Bedard’s nine from July 7-August 21, 2007.
HOME COOKING: The Birds won 12 straight home starts by Gonzalez from August 10, 2012-July 11, 2013…It was the fourth-longest such streak by an O’s starter since 1954… Mike Flanagan started 16 straight home wins from 7/17/82-5/17/83 and 15 from 6/4/79-5/7/80, while Mike Cuellar started 14 straight home wins from 6/20/70-4/18/71.
KEEP IT GOING: Gonzalez lost his first career home start against an AL East foe on July 25, 2012 (Tampa Bay)…In his 11 home starts against the East since then, the Birds are 9-2 and he is 6-1…Gonzalez has pitched to a 3.06 ERA (67.2IP, 23ER) in those 11 starts and beat Toronto three times, Boston twice, and Tampa Bay once.
BACKGROUND: Signed by the Angels as an undrafted free agent December 13, 2004…Selected by the Red Sox in the Rule 5 Draft December 11, 2008…Signed as a free agent by the Orioles February 28, 2012.
GONZALEZ’S 2014 STARTS DATE OPP SCORE WHEN LEFT DEC IP H R ER BB K HR PIT STR NOTES 4/4 @ DET 4-10 2-7 L 3.1 9 7 7 1 1 2 78 46 Matched his career-high with nine hits allowed. 4/9 @ NYY 4-3 3-3 ND 6.0 7 3 3 1 3 2 85 55 Tossed his first Quality Start of the season, longest start of the year 4/16 vs. TB 3-0 3-0 W 5.0 3 0 0 3 6 0 98 62 Fifth career start exiting without allowing an earned run 4/22 @ TOR 9-3 3-3 ND 5.2 4 3 2 2 7 1 102 60 Bullpen allowed six runs in B8 4/27 vs. KC 3-9 2-4 L 6.0 6 4 3 1 4 0 98 65 Down 1-0 after two batters (Jones 3-base error and RBI groundout) 5/5 @ MIN 2-5 0-3 L 4.2 6 3 3 4 7 0 94 56 Matched his season-high with seven strikeouts TOTALS 1-3 30.2 35 20 18 12 28 5 555 344 (62%) 45 • STEVE CLEVENGER • CA (L) 5/9 vHOU: 0-3 vHOU: 0-3 STAND: 0-3
2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-Hit 2 3 4 5 T 2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-RBI 2 3 4 5 T Hit Game 2 4/22 @TOR Games 1 - - - 1 RBI Game 2 4/5 @DET Games 1 - - - 1
Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-3 since 5/9)…Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 2G (last 4/21-4/22; .429, 3-for-7, BB, 2-2B, 2R, RBI) Collected his first multi-hit game of the season, April 22 @TOR, reaching base safely three times (walk, single, double) Hit pinch 2-RBI double, April 5 @DET…Made 2014 debut, April 4 @DET, collecting his first career major league triple, adding an RBI and run scored Acquired from CHC with RHP Scott Feldman in exchange for RHPs Jake Arrieta and Pedro Strop on July 2, 2013 Became the 22nd Maryland-born Oriole in club history when he debuted for the Birds, September 13, 2013 @TOR Collected first hit and RBI with a game-tying two-run double in the 7th inning of that game Hit safely in all four games in which he played for the Birds in 2013, with the team going 3-1 in those games In four minor league stops in the Cubs and Orioles organizations, batted .327/.405/.453 (49-150) with four homers and 21 RBI in 43 games Selected by the Cubs in the 7th round in 2006 out of Chipola (FL) JC…Attended Baltimore’s Mount St. Joseph’s HS
23 • NELSON CRUZ • OF (R) 5/9 vHOU: 0-4 vHOU: 0-4 STAND: 0-4
2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-Hit 2 3 4 5 T 2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-RBI 2 3 4 5 T Hit Game 2 5/6 @TB Games 11 - - - 11 RBI Game 5 4/23 @TOR Games 7 1 - 1 9
Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-4 since 5/9)…Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 7G (last 4/27-5/6, 4/18-4/25; .300, 10-for-30, 5R, 2B, 3HR, 6RBI) Homered into the 3rd deck at Target Field May 2 (Nolasco)…Hit his 7th career Grand Slam, April 23 at Toronto, part of his 11th career two-HR game Hit team-leading 9th HR, May 4 vs. MIN…Recorded 500th career RBI, April 19 at Boston Became the 5th Oriole in franchise history to hit a HR in each of his first two games with the club (F. Robinson ’66; Palmeiro ’94; Incaviglia ’96; Fasano ‘05) Made his O’s debut on Opening Day vs. BOS, playing LF…Became the 1st Oriole since Cesar Izturis (April 6, 2009) to HR on Opening Day in his O’s debut Signed by the Orioles as a free agent to a one-year contract, February 24, 2014…Named an AL All-Star for the 2nd time in his career in 2013 (also 2009), hitting 27 HR (109G) Is one of 13 MLB players with 20+ HR in each of the last 5 seasons…Ranked 7th in the AL, with a 5.43 AB/RBI ratio (min. 400 AB) Had at least 20 HR and 75 RBI for the fifth consecutive season…Had season-long 10-game hit streak, May 24-June 5
3 • RYAN FLAHERTY • INF (L) 5/6 @TB: 2-4, 2B, R RBI vHOU: STAND:
2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-Hit 2 3 4 5 T 2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-RBI 2 3 4 5 T Hit Game 3 4/8 @NYY Games 3 1 - - 4 RBI Game 2 5/1 (1) vs. PIT Games 2 - - - 2
Current Hit Streak: 4G (since 4/25; .333 5-for-15, 2B, R, 3RBI)…Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 4G (4/25-current; .333, 5-for-15, 2B, R, 3RBI) Snapped season-opening 0-for-17 with 9th inning single, April 6 @DET…Also began the 2013 season going 0-for-his-first-17 Made his 1st career Opening Day start, March 31 vs. BOS…Had three stints with the Orioles in 2013 (3/31-5/18, 5/29-8/27 and 9/3-end of the season) Had career-high eight-game hit streak, June 18-29, batting .483 (14-29) with a walk, four HR, six runs and nine RBI…Hit streak included six multi-hit games Collected 1st career multi-HR game and season-high three RBI, June 23 @TOR…Had career-high three hits, August 2 vs. SEA Snapped an 0-for-17 streak to begin season, April 10 @BOS, with two-out 9th inning single that started a four run rally in the O’s comeback win
2 • J.J. HARDY • SS (R) 5/9 vHOU: 1-3, 2B, R vHOU: 1-3, 2B, R STAND: 1-3, 2B, R
2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-Hit 2 3 4 5 T 2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-RBI 2 3 4 5 T Hit Game 3 4/14 vs. TB Games 6 1 - - 7 RBI Game 2 5/1 vs. PIT (2) Games 1 - - - 1
Current Hit Streak: 3G (since 5/7; .300, 3-for-10, BB, 2-2B, 2R)…Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 3G (last, 5/7-current; .300, 3-for-10, BB, 2-2B, 2R) Logged a season-high three hits and collected his first RBI, April 14 vs. TB…Made his 4th straight Opening Day start for the Birds, March 31 vs. BOS In 2013, earned 1st career start as AL SS (5,283,144 votes, 8th highest total in the AL) at the All-Star Game, his 2nd career ASG (also 2007)…Went 0-for-2 with an RBI Won his 2nd career Gold Glove, becoming the 3rd SS in O’s history to win the award in consecutive years, joining Cal Ripken, Jr. (1991-92) and Mark Belanger (1973-78) Led all AL SS in games (159) and DP turned (108), was 2nd in assists (403), 3rd in putouts (230) and total zone runs (4) and 4th in fielding % (.981) Also honored with his 1st career Silver Slugger Award (as AL SS)…Is 5th active player with multiple SS Gold Gloves (Jeter 5, Rollins 4, Rodriguez & Tulowitzki 2) Became the 4th active player (and 9th since 1901) with three 25+ HR seasons at SS (Rodriguez, Tejada and Tulowitzki) Is the only SS in MLB with at least 20 HR in each of the last three seasons…Leads all MLB SS with 77 HR and ranks 2nd with 233 RBI since joining the O’s in 2011
10 • ADAM JONES • CF (R) 5/9 vHOU: 1-4 vHOU: 1-4 STAND: 1-4
2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-Hit 2 3 4 5 T 2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-RBI 2 3 4 5 T Hit Game 4 4/20 @BOS Games 9 - 1 - 10 RBI Game 3 4/24 @TOR Games 2 1 - - 3
Current Hit Streak: 4G (since 5/6; .375, 6-for-16, 2HR, 3R, 3RBI)…Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 5G (last 4/16-21; .476; 10-for-21, 2-2B, 3R, 4RBI) Collected 4th two-HR game of his career, May 7 at Tampa Bay (two solo home runs) Tied career-high (11th time) with four hits, April 20 at Boston…Collected his 1,000th career hit, April 13 vs. TOR, with a 3rd inning single off of Mark Buehrle Has batted .500 (12-for-24) with four doubles, a triple, a homer, five runs scored and five RBI in his last six Opening Day games (2009-14) Last year, in his 6th season with the O’s, was named to 3rd AL All-Star Team, won 3rd career Gold Glove and 1st Silver Slugger Award Was the leading vote getter among all AL OF (6,793,577), the 3rd highest vote total for any AL player…Went 1-for-3 with a 2B & R in All-Star Game Was the 1st Oriole OF in club history to be honored with a Silver Slugger Award…Led AL outfielders in HR (33) and RBI (108) and was 3rd in doubles (35) and SLG (.493) Joined Paul Blair (seven straight, 1969-75) as the only O’s OF to receive a Gold Glove in consecutive seasons Led AL CF in games (156), assists (11) and putouts (352 – led AL CF for 3rd time in the last 4 seasons) and ranked 3rd in fielding % (.995) Finished the season in the AL top-10 in: AB (2nd – 653); RBI (3rd – 108); R (4th – 100); G (T-4th – 160); HR (6th – 33) & H (8th – 186) Joined Chris Davis, Miguel Cabrera and Paul Goldschmidt with a 30-HR, 100-R, 100-RBI season in 2013 Jones/Davis posted the 10th and 11th “30/100/100” seasons in club history (1st since Tejada in 2004) Became the 2nd O’s OF with three 25+ HR seasons (also Frank Robinson)…On September 25 vs. TOR, snapped 322 consecutive games played streak (dating back to 9/26/11)
36 • CALEB JOSEPH • CA (R) 5/8 @TB: 0-4 vHOU: STAND:
2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-Hit 2 3 4 5 T 2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-RBI 2 3 4 5 T Hit Game - - Games - - - - - RBI Game - - Games - - - - -
Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-7 since 5/7)…Longest 2014 Hit Streak: N/A…Made his ML debut, May 7 @ TB (0-for-3) Had contract selected from AAA Norfolk, May 7, after batting .261/.284/.402 with seven doubles, two home runs, 11 RBI in 22 games with the Tides Hit .299/.346/.494 with 22 HR and 97 RBI for AA Bowie in 2013…Was named Topps EL Minor League Player of the Year and a mid- and season-ending All-Star
9 • DAVID LOUGH • OF (L) 5/9 vHOU: 0 AB (Def. Replacement) vHOU: 0 AB STAND:
2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-Hit 2 3 4 5 T 2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-RBI 2 3 4 5 T Hit Game 3 4/24 @TOR Games 1 1 - - 2 RBI Game 1 4/20 @BOS Games - - - - -
Current Hit Streak: 1G (since 5/3, .333, 1-for-3)…Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 2G (last 4/20-21; .222, 2-for-9, 2B, R, RBI) Collected a season-high three hits, going 3-for-4 with BB, 2B, 3R and 2SB, April 24 at Toronto…Leads the team with four stolen bases Hit walk-off RBI single in the 12th inning, April 12 vs. TOR…Was his first multi-hit game of the year, going 2-for-5 with R, RBI Made O’s debut, April 2 vs. BOS, starting in LF and going 0-for-4…Acquired from KC in exchange for INF Danny Valencia, December 18, 2013 Finished 8th in the 2013 AL Rookie of the Year balloting, leading AL rookies in WAR per both Baseball-Reference (2.7) and FanGraphs (2.4, tied with TB’s Wil Myers) Ranked 3rd among AL rookies (min. 300 AB) in average (.286), 2nd in triples (4), T-4th in doubles (17), and 5th in slugging percentage (.413) Among all OF that played 500 or more innings in 2013, he ranked 9th overall with a +14.5 Ultimate Zone Rating Hit .294 (50-170) with a .447 SLG before the All-Star Break…Blasted 1st Major League HR on June 11 (solo shot off DET’s Max Scherzer) Became the first Royals rookie to collect four hits in a game on May 27 vs. STL, going 4-for-5…Also went 4-for-4 with three doubles and a homer @MIN on June 30 Became the first Royal to collect four extra-base hits in a game since Johnny Damon did it vs. CHC, July 18, 2000
13 • MANNY MACHADO • INF (R) 5/9 vHOU: 1-4, HR, R, RBI vHOU: 1-4, HR, R, RBI STAND: 1-4, HR, R, RBI
2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-Hit 2 3 4 5 T 2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-RBI 2 3 4 5 T Hit Game 2 5/4 @MIN Games 1 - - - 1 RBI Game 1 5/9 vs. HOU Games - - - - -
Current Hit Streak: 1G (since 5/9; .250, 1-for-4, HR, R, RBI)…Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 2G (5/4-7; .429, 3-for-7, 2BB, R) Smashed his first home run of the season, a solo shot on May 9 vs. Houston, was his first since September 14, 2013 at Toronto Reinstated from the DL, May 1…Appeared in three rehab games for Class-A Frederick, batting .667/.692/1.167 (8-12) with 4-2B, a 3B, 5R, 2RBI and a SB Placed on the DL, retro to 3/21, after an arthroscopy and open reconstruction of the medial patellar femoral ligament on 10/14/13, performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache Suffered a torn medial patellofemoral ligament in his left leg, suffered on September 23, 2013 @TB In 2013, led the AL and became the 2nd player in ML history to record 50+ doubles (51) in a season during which he was 20 years old, joining Alex Rodriguez (54 in 1996) Named to 1st career All-Star team as reserve 3B (went 0-for-1), collecting the 9th most votes in the AL (4,101,089) Won his 1st career Gold Glove Award, the first O’s third baseman to win the award since Brooks Robinson in 1975, after leading all AL 3B in fielding % (.973), assists (355), double plays turned (42) and range factor per game (3.02)…Also finished 2nd in putouts (116) Also won the Platinum Glove, given annually to the best individual defender in each league His 32 Total Zone Runs (the number of runs above or below average the player was worth based on the number of plays made) was the highest total for any defender in the majors in 2013 and tied for the 12th best season of all-time…It was also the highest number of TZR by an AL infielder since Mark Belanger’s 35 in 1975 Finished the season leading the AL in 2B (51) and AB (667), 6th in H (189), 7th in multi-hit games (55), T-7th in XBH (68), 10th in TB (288) and T-16th in R (88) Made 1st O’s Opening Day roster…Became the 4th Oriole to start on Opening Day at 20 or younger (Powell ‘62, B. Robinson ’57 & ’58, Hansen ’58)
21 • NICK MARKAKIS • RF (L) 5/9 vHOU: 3-4, 2B, RBI vHOU: 3-4, 2B, RBI STAND: 3-4, 2B, RBI
2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-Hit 2 3 4 5 T 2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-RBI 2 3 4 5 T Hit Game 3 5/9 vs. HOU Games 12 1 - - 13 RBI Game 2 4/26 vs. KC Games 1 - - - 1
Current Hit Streak: 16G (since 4/21; .354, 23-65, 8BB, 3-2B, 2HR, 8R, 8RBI, SB)…Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 16G (4/21- ; . 354, 23-65, 8BB, 3-2B, 2HR, 8R, 8RBI, SB) Current 16-game hitting streak is an Orioles season-best and three shy of his career-high (19)…Hit HR in both games of May 1 DH vs. PIT Has hit safely in 19 of his last 20 with nine multi-hit games (.363/.446/.500, 12BB, 5-2B, 2HR, 11R, 9RBI) Hit 10th inning walk-off RBI single vs. Kansas City, giving the O’s a 3-2 win…Collected his 1,400th career hit on April 27 vs. KC going 1-for-3 with a walk Made 8th consecutive Opening Day start in RF on March 31 vs. BOS…Added to his franchise-leading total (set new mark in 2013 with his 7th) Is in 6th place in franchise history with 295 doubles…Moved into top 10 in hits (9th – 1,413), total bases (9th - 2,127), extra-base hits (8th - 440), RBI (9th - 620) Is tied for 5th in club history with Ken Singleton with eight seasons of 20+ 2B & 10+ HR…Was a Gold Glove finalist among AL RF (1.000 fielding %) Had season-long 12-game hit streak, May 15-27, 2013 batting .377 (20-53) with three walks, four doubles, two HR, seven runs and 11 RBI Snapped career-long 31-game streak without an extra-base hit, August 25, 2013 vs. OAK, with a double and HR
28 • STEVE PEARCE • INF/OF (R) 5/9 vHOU: 1-3, HR, R, RBI vHOU: 1-3, HR, R, RBI STAND: 1-3, HR, R, RBI
2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-Hit 2 3 4 5 T 2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-RBI 2 3 4 5 T Hit Game 3 5/1 vs. PIT (1) Games 1 1 - - 2 RBI Game 2 5/8 @TB Games 2 - - - 2
Current Hit Streak: 4G (since 5/6; .385, 5-for-13, 2BB, 3HR, 4R, 4RBI)…Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 4G (last, 5/6-current; .385, 5-for-13, 2BB, 3HR, 4R, 4RBI) Hit home runs in back-to-back games for the first time in his career on May 8 at Tampa Bay – May 9 vs. Houston Tied his career-high for the 6th time with three hits, adding 2 RBI, May 1 vs. PIT (G1) Signed by the Orioles as a free agent, April 29, after being DFA on April 22 and released April 27 Collected 1st hit of the season, April 13 vs. TOR…Made season debut as PH, April 4 @DET, going 0-for-2 after staying in game in LF…Hit 1st HR on April 6 at TB Made 1st O’s Opening Day roster in 2013 and went 0-for-4 in 1st career Opening Day start, April 2 @TB Was 0-for-17 to open the season before hitting HR off Jake McGee, April 18 vs. TB…Tied career-high with three hits, including 10th inning GW RBI, May 4 @LAA Had two DL stints stemming from left wrist tendinitis, June 20-July 31 and August 28-September 17 Batted .455/.625/1.000 in 16 plate appearances after his second DL stint to end the season
6 • JONATHAN SCHOOP • INF (R) 5/9 vHOU: 1-3, R, RBI vHOU: 1-3, R, RBI STAND: 1-3, R, RBI
2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-Hit 2 3 4 5 T 2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-RBI 2 3 4 5 T Hit Game 4 4/18 @BOS Games 3 - 1 - 4 RBI Game 3 4/9 @NYY Games 2 1 - - 3
Current Hit Streak: 4G (since 5/4; .286, 4-for-14, BB, HR, 2R, 4RBI)…Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 7G (4/7-17; .429, 12-for-28, 6-2B, HR, 4R, 7RBI) Collected game-winning RBI on May 9 vs. HOU…Collected career-high four hits, April 18 @BOS…Hit 1st HR of the season, April 9 @NYY (Tanaka) Made 1st career Opening Day start for the Birds, March 31 vs. BOS, playing 2B and going 1-for-3 Recalled, September 3, 2013 from Triple-A Norfolk and made his ML debut, September 25 vs. TOR…Went 2-for-3, with a BB, HR, 3R and RBI in his debut Became the 2nd Oriole in club history to hit a HR in his first ML game (Larry Haney, 7/27/66 vs. CLE) Batted .256/.301/.396 with nine home runs and 34 RBI in 289 plate appearances while playing second base and shortstop for Triple-A Norfolk Did not play, May 13-July 25, 2013 due to a stress fracture in his lower back Named the Orioles #5 overall prospect by Baseball America after the season…Also named a top 100 overall prospect by Baseball Prospectus (82) and ESPN.com (86)
32 • MATT WIETERS • CA (S) 5/9 vHOU: 0-4 vHOU: 0-4 vHOU: 0-4
2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-Hit 2 3 4 5 T 2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-RBI 2 3 4 5 T Hit Game 3 4/23 @TOR Games 7 3 - - 10 RBI Game 3 4/8 @NYY Games 3 1 - - 4
Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-4 since 5/9)…Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 8G (3/31-4/9; .367, 11-for-30, 2BB, 2B, 2HR, 5R, 6RBI) Hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th vs. PIT on May 1 (G2 of DH off Pimentel) Reached base safely in each of his first 11 games to begin the season (March 31-April 14; .366/.400/.634) Made 5th straight O.D. start as a CA, March 31, T-4th longest streak in O’s history (Dempsey 10 (’77-86), Hoiles 7 (’92-98), Triandos 6 (’57-62) and Etchebarren 5 (’66-70)) In 2013, led AL catchers in G (140), AB (496), HR (21) and RBI (76), was 2nd in R (58) and H (121), and 3rd in 2B (29) and SLG (.429) Set career-highs in G (148) and 2B (29) and defensive career-highs in games caught (140), innings caught (1201.0) and total chances (1021) Caught 22 of 66 attempted base stealers (33.3%)…33.3% caught stealing rate and 22 CS were 2nd in the AL Is the only catcher in baseball with 50 or more extra-base hits in each of the last three seasons, 2011-2013 Made 4th straight Opening Day start, April 2 @TB, reaching base safely four times…Hit 10th inning walk-off Grand Slam (2nd career GS), April 18 vs. TB (Gomes) Became the 1st player in club history with three consecutive seasons of 20+ HR as a catcher, September 6 vs. CWS…Was a Gold Glove finalist (award won by Perez, KC)
27 • DELMON YOUNG • OF (R) 5/7 @TB: 1-4 vHOU: STAND:
2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-Hit 2 3 4 5 T 2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-RBI 2 3 4 5 T Hit Game 3 4/9 @NYY Games 2 2 - - 4 RBI Game 3 4/8 @NYY Games - 1 - - 1
Current Hit Streak: 2G (since 5/4; .375, 3-for-8)…Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 6G (4/3-18; .423, 11-for-26, BB, 2-2B, HR, 3R, 4RBI) Collected back-to-back three-hit games for the 10th time in his career, April 8-9 @NYY (first time since July 19-20, 2013 with PHI) Made O’s debut on O.D. as DH, the 12th different O.D. DH in the last 12 years…Signed by the O’s as a minor league FA, January 14, 2014…Contract selected, March 30 In 2013, played in 80 of PHI 119 games before his release…Began the 2013 season on the 15-day DL recovering from off-season right ankle surgery; activated on April 30 Homered in his first AB as a Phillie, April 30 @CLE…Collected his 1,000th career hit, July 3 @PIT (single) and his 500th RBI, June 26 @SD (2-run HR) DFA, August 9, and released on August 14…TB’s #1 pick in the 2003 June Draft rejoined the Rays on September 1 According to the Elias, became the third player all-time to play in 3 different tiebreaking games or series, joining Dodgers C. Furillo (‘46, ‘51, ‘59) & D. Snider (‘51, ‘59, ‘62)
2014 ORIOLES HOME RUNS PLAYER 1R 2R 3R GS Tot LHP RHP Home Road Tie Go-Ahead Record Car. Most Recent HR Almanzar ------Clevenger ------1 06/29/12, B4 vs. HOU (B. Norris) Cruz 3 4 1 1 9 1 8 3 6 1 4 3-5 166 05/04, T6 @MIN (P. Hughes) Davis 2 - - - 2 - 2 1 1 - 1 1-1 132 04/23, T1 @TOR (D. McGowan) Flaherty ------16 09/25/13, B8 vs. TOR (R. Romero) Hardy ------158 09/05/13, B5 vs. CWS (J. Quintana) Jones 2 1 - - 3 2 1 - 3 - 1 2-0 143 05/07, T4 @TB (C. Ramos) Joseph ------Lombardozzi ------5 08/30/13, B8 vs. NYM (D. Gee) Lough ------5 09/26/13, T4 @CWS (A. Rienzo) Machado 1 - - - 1 - 1 1 - - 1 1-0 22 05/09/14, B3 vs. HOU (S. Feldman) Markakis 2 - - - 2 - 2 2 - 1 - 2-0 129 05/02, B7 vs. PIT, G2 (B. Morris) Pearce 2 1 - - 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 3-0 20 05/09/10, B3 vs. HOU (S. Feldman) Peguero ------1 09/29/13, B9 vs. SD (H. Street) Reimold ------41 07/11/13, B3 vs. TEX (R. Wolf) Schoop 1 1 1 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 2 3-0 4 05/07, T7 @TB (B. Gomes) Wieters 4 1 - - 5 2 3 2 3 - 1 4-1 92 05/01, B10 vs. PIT (G2, Pimentel) Young - 1 - - 1 1 - - 1 - - 1-0 101 04/08, T6 @NYY (V. Nuno) TOTALS 16 9 2 1 28 7 21 9 19 3 11
GRAND SLAMS (1): Cruz, 4/23 @TOR (T5, Redmond)…MULTI-HR GAMES (2): Jones, 5/7 @TB; Cruz, 4/23 @TOR…BACK-TO-BACK HR (1): Davis & Wieters, 4/13 vs. TOR (B8)…LEADOFF HR (): …WALKOFF HR (1): Wieters, 5/1 vs. PIT; G2 (B10, Pimentel) STARTING PITCHER RUN SUPPORT
PITCHER STARTS RUNS RUNS/START RUN SUPP AVG O’S W-L QUALITY STARTS Q.S. % Chen 7 31 4.43 7.24 5-2 3 42.9 Gonzalez 6 13 2.17 3.82 2-4 2 33.3 Jimenez 7 15 2.14 3.38 2-5 1 14.3 Norris 6 16 2.67 4.08 4-2 2 33.3 Tillman 7 22 3.14 4.64 6-1 3 42.9 TOTAL 33 96 2.91 4.70 19-14 11 33.3
BIRDS IN THE BULLPEN
53 • ZACH BRITTON • LH 5/7 @TB: 1.0IP, K vHOU: STAND:
2014 1R 2R 3R GS T LAST HOME RUN LAST WIN LAST LOSS LAST SAVE 2014 IP HIGH 2014 K HIGH HR 1 - - - 1 4/21 (D. Ross) 4/26 vs. KC 7/9/13 vs. TEX - 3.0, 4/16 vs. TB 2, 4/20 @BOS
vs. 1st batter (Retired-Faced): 14-15…Runners (Inherited/Scored): 6/1…Is T-5th in the AL in relief IP (20.1IP)…Allowed 1st ER of season, April 21 @BOS (Ross solo HR) Tossed season-high 3.0 scoreless innings, April 16 vs. TB…Earned his second win of the season, tossing two no-hit innings in a 2-1, 12-inning victory vs. TOR, April 12 Made two scoreless outings vs. BOS (2.0IP each)…Made 2014 debut on Opening Day vs. BOS, earning the win by retiring 6 of 7 batters faced, all on ground balls Had three stints with the Orioles in 2013 (April 25-30, June 18-July 9 and September 2-5), making seven starts Combined to pitch 11.0 innings and allow two earned runs in his two victories (June 18 @DET, 5.1IP, ER and 6/29 vs. NYY, 5.2IP, ER) Struck out season-high five, June 24 vs. CLE…Tossed season-long 7.0 innings, July 4 @CWS Went 6-5 with a 4.27 ERA (103.1IP, 49ER) in 19 starts for Triple-A Norfolk…Held AAA left-handed hitters to a line of .208/.299/.317 in 101 at-bats Posted a 2.98 groundout/flyout ratio, but finished 12.0 innings shy of qualifying among minor league leaders, where that ratio would have been tops at the AA and AAA levels
29 • TOMMY HUNTER • RH 5/9 vHOU: SV, IP, H, ER, BB, K vHOU: SV, IP, H, ER, BB, K STAND: SV, IP, H, ER, BB, K
2014 1R 2R 3R GS T LAST HOME RUN LAST WIN LAST LOSS LAST SAVE 2014 IP HIGH 2014 K HIGH HR 1 - - - 1 4/12 (C. Rasmus) 5/1/14 vs. PIT (2) 9/23/13 @TB 5/9/14 vs. HOU 1.2, 4/26 vs. KC 2, 5/2 @MIN
vs. 1st batter (Retired-Faced): 8-15…Runners (Inherited/Scored): 6/0…Tossed season-high 1.2IP, April 26 vs. KC…Earned 11th SV in 12 opps, May 9 vs. HOU Recorded save and win in DH vs. PIT on 5/1, facing just 3 batters…Last pitcher with W/SV in same day was Papelbon 9/9/12 Had converted his first 3 SV opportunities before blowing 4/12 vs. TOR save opportunity…Earned Opening Day save vs. BOS, March 31 (IP, H, K, HB) Made his 2nd O’s Opening Day roster in 2013 and pitched out of the bullpen…Tossed 86.1 relief innings, 2nd most in the AL, in his 68 appearances (T-2nd on the club) Tossed 2.0 or more innings 13 times, pitching to a 0.30 ERA (29.1IP, 13H, ER, 3BB, 22K) in those games…Allowed one or fewer runs in 61 of his 68 games Recorded 1st ML save, April 20 vs. LAD (3.0IP, 3H, BB, 2K)…Posted a 2.06 ERA (43.2IP, 10ER) in 34 games at OPACY Held right-handed hitters to a line of .141/.190/.154 in 159 plate appearances while lefties hit .294/.322/.535 in 177 plate appearances Posted a combined 2.18 ERA (33.0IP, 8ER) in 27 games vs. BOS (11G), TB (9G) and NYY (7G)
17 • BRIAN MATUSZ • LH 5/8 @TB: 1.1IP vHOU: STAND:
2014 1R 2R 3R GS T LAST HOME RUN LAST WIN LAST LOSS LAST SAVE 2014 IP HIGH 2014 K HIGH HR - - - - - 4/8 (K. Johnson) 4/9 @NYY 4/20 @BOS None 2.2, 4/18 @BOS 2, 4/18 @BOS
vs. 1st batter (Retired-Faced): 13-16…Runners (Inherited/Scored): 12/1…Has stranded 57 of 63 inherited runners (90.5%) since 2012 (2nd in MLB, min. 60 IR) Took the loss by allowing UER, April 20 @BOS…Earned 1st win of the season, April 9 @NYY, stranding a runner on third after entering with one out in the 8th In 2013, posted career bests with a 24.0% K rate, 8.82 K/9, 3.13 K/BB, a 28.3% swing-and-miss rate, a 2.89 FIP and 3.53 ERA, .230/.295/.321 line against Stranded 32 of 37 inherited runners in 2013, the 7th best mark in the majors (3rd in AL) Held LHH to a line of .168/.225/.277 in 112 plate appearances (average against was 5th best in AL…Posted a 1.35 ERA (26.2IP, 4ER) in 34 games at OPACY
66 • T.J. McFARLAND • LH 4/25 vKC: 3.0IP, 5H, 1ER, 2K vHOU: STAND:
2014 1R 2R 3R GS T LAST HOME RUN LAST WIN LAST LOSS LAST SAVE 2014 IP HIGH 2014 K HIGH HR - - - - - 8/25/13 (J. Donaldson) 9/29/13 vs. BOS 8/13/13 @ARI None 3.0, 4/25 vs. KC 2, 4/25 vs. KC
vs. 1st batter (Retired-Faced): 0-2…Runners (Inherited/Scored): 3/1…Recalled from Triple-A Norfolk for the second time this season, May 6 Made 2014 O’s debut, April 22 @TOR (IP, 2BB), after being recalled earlier in the day from Norfolk Tossed a season-high 3.0IP vs. KC, April 25…Was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk following the game Spent the 2013 season with the O’s, making 38 appearances (one GS), after being selected in the Rule 5 Draft from Cleveland Made ML debut, April 6 vs. MIN (3.1 scoreless IP, H, season-high tying 5K)…Recorded 1st ML win, June 13 vs. BOS…Made 1st career start, June 28 vs. NYY Posted a 33-to-5 strikeout-to-walk ratio against LHH…In his final eight games, posted a 0.90 ERA (10.0IP, ER)…In 18 road games, pitched to a 2.67 ERA (33.2IP, 10ER)
56 • DARREN O’DAY • RH 598 vHOU: IP, K vHOU: IP, K STAND: IP, K
2014 1R 2R 3R GS T LAST HOME RUN LAST WIN LAST LOSS LAST SAVE 2014 IP HIGH 2014 K HIGH HR 1 - - - 1 4/21 (M. Napoli) 5/6 @TB 8/24/13 vs. OAK 5/8 @TB 1.2, 5/1 vs. PIT (2) 2, 5/1 vs. PIT (2)
vs. 1st batter (Retired-Faced): 10-15…Runners (Inherited/Scored): 12/3…Earned W & SV @TB, May 6-8…Recorded first save since 7/21/13 @TEX on April 18 @BOS Posted a 2.18 ERA (62.0IP, 15ER) in 2013, 11th best among AL relievers, in 68 games in his 2nd season with the O’s…Did not allow an ER in 56 of his 68 appearances Entering the season, ranked 2nd among AL relievers with 12 wins since 2012 and 12th with a 2.20 ERA (131.0IP, 32ER) in 139 games Posted a 0.66 ERA (13.2IP, ER) in 14 games in April in 2013…On May 5, 2013 @LAA, recorded 1st SV (1.1 scoreless IP) since September 8, 2009 In 31 games vs. the AL East in 2013, pitched to a 1.33 ERA (27.0IP, 4ER) and held hitters to a .168/.233/.295 line in 104 plate appearances In 2012-13, he went 6-0 with a 1.21 ERA (59.2IP, 8ER) in 67 games in the division holding hitters to a line of .150/.219/.282
40 • TROY PATTON • LH 5/4 @MIN: 0.1IP vHOU: STAND:
2014 1R 2R 3R GS T LAST HOME RUN LAST WIN LAST LOSS LAST SAVE 2014 IP HIGH 2014 K HIGH HR - - - - - 8/31/13 (R. Cano) 8/11/13 @SF 8/12/11 vs. DET None 1.2, 5/3 @MIN 1 5/3 @MIN
vs. 1st batter (Retired-Faced): 2-3…Runners (Inherited/Scored): 6/0 Stranded the bases loaded in the top of the 5th on May 4 @MIN, retiring the only batter he faced (S. Fuld) Reinstated from the Restricted List, May 1, after the first game of the O’s-PIT doubleheader In 2013, had a 26-game walk-less streak, June 1-August 14, the 2nd longest streak in club history (Uehara, 36G in 2011) Posted a 2.76 ERA, June 1-end of season (34G, 1-0, 32.2IP, 10ER, 3BB, 30K) Pitched to a 2.20 ERA (28.2IP, 7ER) in 30 games at OPACY In 12 games vs. the AL Central, posted a 1.23 ERA (14.2IP, 2ER) and held hitters to a .561 OPS Suspended 25 games by MLB for amphetamines, December 20, 2013
58 • RYAN WEBB • RH 5/8 @TB: 1.1IP, 2BB, K vHOU: STAND:
2014 1R 2R 3R GS T LAST HOME RUN LAST WIN LAST LOSS LAST SAVE 2014 IP HIGH 2014 K HIGH HR - 1 - - 1 4/4 (M. Cabrera) 5/7 @TB 9/4/13 @CHC - 1.2, 4/4 @DET 3, 4/21@BOS
vs. 1st batter (Retired-Faced): 13-15…Runners (Inherited/Scored): 10/1 Has posted a 2.31 ERA (11.2IP, 3ER) in his last 13 appearances since April 7…Earned first win since September 3, 2013 on May 7, 2014 @TB (1.1IP) Struck out the side in order for the first time in his career, April 21 @BOS…Tossed season-high 1.2IP, April 4 @DET, allowing the 2,000th H of Miguel Cabrera’s career (HR) Made O’s debut, April 2 vs. BOS (0.2IP, 3H, 2ER, BB, K)…Signed as a free agent to a two-year contract, December 10, 2013 Spent the 2013 season with Miami after being in the minors and majors each season, 2009-12 Last season, set career-highs in games (66), IP (80.1), K (54) and WHIP (1.21)…Ranked 4th in the NL in relief IP (80.1) Had a 35-game stretch without allowing more than one ER in any outing, June 15-September 19, posting a 2.27 ERA (43.2IP, 11ER) Held lefties (.244/.324/.390 in 141 PA) and righties (.244/.297/.384 in 191 PA) to nearly identical lines Posted a 2.65 ERA (37.1IP, 11ER) and 4.67 K/BB ratio in 37.1IP after the All-Star Game after posting marks of 3.14 and 1.24, respectively, in 43.0IP in the first half
W-L BY POSITION (STARTS) BY BATTING ORDER (STARTS)
PLAYER CA 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Almanzar Clevenger 5-4 2-3 1-1 2-0 Cruz 10-5 2-2 7-6 8-5 6-2 3-4 2-2 Davis 11-11 9-6 2-5 Flaherty 1-0 6-4 4-4 4-2 4-4 4-2 Hardy 15-10 1-1 1-0 9-6 4-3 Jones 18-14 1-0 2-5 17-9 Joseph 2-0 2-0 Lombardozzi 8-9 4-3 4-2 0-4 Lough 8-8 1-0 1-2 0-2 1-0 1-1 2-1 4-2 Machado 6-2 6-2 Markakis 1-1 17-12 1-1 16-11 1-1 2-1 0-1 Pearce 7-2 0-1 1-1 2-1 4-1 Peguero Reimold Schoop 9-5 7-8 1-0 0-1 5-6 9-6 Weeks 1-0 1-1 2-1 Wieters 12p-10 3-0 12-6 3-3 0-1 Young 1-1 6-5 3-3 1-0 1-1 2-2
2014 ORIOLES & OPPONENTS HIGHS TEAM BATTING ORIOLES OPPONENT Runs in a game/inning G: 14 (4/8 @NYY)…I: 6 (4/23 @TOR, T5) G: 11 (4/13, TOR)…I: 6 (4/23, TOR, B2) Hits in a game/inning G: 20 (4/8 @NYY)…I: 7 (4/21 @BOS, T3) G: 17 (4/13, TOR)…I: 6 (4/13, TOR, T6) 2B in a game 5 (4/24 @TOR) 5 (4/8, NYY) 3B in a game 2 (4/5 @DET) 1 (5/1, PIT; GM2) HR in a game 4 (4/23 @TOR) 3 (4/23, TOR) XBH in a game 7 (4/8 @NYY) 7 (4/13, TOR) SB in a game 3 (4/24 @TOR) 3 (5/2, MIN) LOB in a game 11 (4/20 @BOS) 15 (5/1, PIT; G2) K in a game 12 (4/9 @NYY) 14 (5/1, PIT; G2) BB in a game 5 (4/22 @TOR) 8 (5/1, PIT; G2)
TEAM PITCHING ORIOLES OPPONENT K in a game 14 (G2, 5/1 vs. PIT) 12 (4/24, TOR) BB in a game 8 (5/1 vs. PIT; G2) 5 (4/22, TOR) Pitchers Used 7 (5/1 vs. PIT; G2) 5 (5/6, TB) Total Quality Starts 11 (last Chen, 5/9 vs. HOU) 19 (last Feldman, 5/9, HOU)
TEAM FIELDING ORIOLES OPPONENT Errors in a game 3 (4/20 @BOS) 2 (5/1, PIT; GM1) DP Turned in a game 3 (4/19 @BOS) 3 (4/21, BOS)
IND. BATTING ORIOLES OPPONENT Hits in a game 4, Jones (4/20 @BOS) 4, G. Sanchez (5/1, PIT; G2) Runs in a game 3, Lough (4/24 @TOR) 3, Dozier (5/3, MIN) 2B in a game 2, Markakis & Schoop (4/18 @BOS) 2, Dominguez (5/9, HOU) 3B in a game 1, Weeks (4/26 vs. KC) 1, G. Sanchez (5/1, PIT; G2) HR in a game 2, last Jones (5/7 @TB) 1, Carter (5/9, HOU) RBI in a game 5, Cruz (4/23 @TOR) 6, Infante (4/27, KC) XBH in a game 2, Cruz (5/2 @MIN) 3, G. Sanchez (5/1, PIT; G2) SB in a game 2, Lough (4/24 @TOR) 2, Jennings (5/8, TB) BB in a game 2, Machado (5/6 @TB) 3, Zobrist (5/8, TB) K in a game 3, Pearce (5/2 @MIN) 4, Francisco (4/23, TOR) Hitting Streak 16, Markakis (4/21-current) - Consec. G w/ a HR 2, Cruz (4/22-23 @TOR & 3/31-4/2 vs. BOS), Markakis (5/1 DH vs. PIT), 3, Hunter (4/4-current, DET) Pearce (5/8 @ TB – 5/9 vs. HOU)
IND. PITCHING ORIOLES OPPONENT K, Starter/Reliever S: 10, Jimenez (5/2 @MIN)…R: 3, Webb (4/21 @BOS) S: 10, Tanaka (4/9, NYY)…R: 3, Boxberger (5/8, TB) BB, Starter/Reliever S: 5, Jimenez (4/7 @NYY)…R: 3, Stinson (4/27 vs. KC) S: 4, Peavy (4/20, BOS)…R: 2, Cecil (4/24, TOR) IP, Starter/Reliever S: 8.1, Tillman (4/6 @DET)…R: 3.0, McFarland (4/25 vs. KC) S: 8.0, Ventura (4/25, KC)…R: 3.2, Badenhop (4/21, BOS) Fewest Hits (CG) - - Consec. Quality Starts 2 (Tillman, 4/6-4/11) -
MISCELLANEOUS Walk-Offs: Win (3): 4/26 vs. KC, 4/12 vs. TOR & 5/1 vs. PIT (G2)…Loss (1): 4/20 @BOS
Biggest Comeback Win/Lost Lead: Win: 5R (4/23 @TOR)…Loss: 5R (4/20 @BOS)
Largest Margin of Victory/Defeat: Win: 9R (4/8 @NYY)…Loss: 8R (4/13 vs. TOR)
Longest/Shortest Game Time/Most Inn: Long (9 Inn): 3:36 (5/6 @TB)…Long (Ex-In): 3:57 (5/1 vs. PIT (GM2 10))…Short: 2:20 (4/11 vs. TOR)…Innings: 12 (4/12 vs. TOR)
Largest Crowd, Home/Road: Home: 46,685* (3/31 vs. BOS)…Road: 48,142* (4/7 @NYY)
OF Assists (8): HP: 2…1B: 0…2B: 5…3B: 1… Markakis (2); last 4/16 vs. TB…Young (2); last 4/13 vs. TOR…Jones (1); last 4/4 @DET…Lough (3); last 4/24 @TOR
2014 BALTIMORE ORIOLES CUMULATIVE ROSTER
PITCHERS (16) CATCHERS (2) OUTFIELDERS (7) Brach, Brad (5/2-5/6) Clevenger, Steve (3/30- ) Cruz, Nelson (3/30- ) Britton, Zach (3/30- ) Joseph, Caleb# (5/7- ) Jones, Adam (3/30- ) Chen, Wei-Yin (3/30- ) Wieters, Matt (3/30- ) Lough, David (3/30- ) Escalona, Edgmer** (DL 3/30- ) Markakis, Nick (3/30- ) Gonzalez, Miguel (3/30- ) INFIELDERS (9) Peguero, Francisco* (DL 3/30- ) Hunter, Tommy (3/30- ) Almanzar, Michael*# (DL 3/30- ) Reimold, Nolan** (DL 3/30- ) Jimenez, Ubaldo (3/30- ) Davis, Chris* (3/30- ) (DL 4/26- ) Young, Delmon (3/30- ) Matusz, Brian (3/30- ) Flaherty, Ryan (3/30- ) McFarland, T.J. (4/22-25, 5/6- ) Hardy, J.J. (3/30- ) Meek, Evan (3/30-5/1) Lombardozzi, Steve (3/30-5/1) Norris, Bud (3/30- ) Machado, Manny (3/30- (DL 3/24-5/1)) O’Day, Darren (3/30- ) Pearce, Steve (3/30-4/22, 4/29- ) Patton, Troy (3/30- (RL 3/30-5/1)) Schoop, Jonathan (3/30- ) Stinson, Josh (3/30-5/1) Weeks, Jemile (4/26-5/7) Tillman, Chris (3/30- ) Webb, Ryan (3/30- )
* = 15-day DL (3)…** = 60-day DL (2)…# = ML Debut (2) SCORING BY INNINGS
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Extras Total ORIOLES 16 12 16 14 17 22 16 13 12 3 141 OPPONENTS 12 15 14 18 17 20 23 14 8 - 141
2014 BY THE NUMBERS 2014 TRANSACTIONS
HOME AWAY TOTAL Date Player(s) & Transaction(s) Overall 8-6 11-8 19-14 02/15 Jimmy Paredes (INF/OF); Claimed off waivers from MIA Day 2-2 3-6 5-8 02/17 Suk-min Yoon (RHP); Signed as a free agent to a three-year contract…Jimmy Paredes (INF/OF); Night 6-4 8-2 14-6 Claimed on waivers by KC 02/19 Ubaldo Jimenez (RHP); Signed as a free agent to a four-year contract…Liam Hendriks (RHP); DFA Extra Innings 3-0 0-0 3-0 02/21 Liam Hendriks (RHP); Claimed on waivers by TOR Shutouts 1-2 1-0 2-2 02/24 Nelson Cruz (OF); Signed as a free agent to a one-year contract…Chris Jones (LHP); DFA One-Run Games 5-1 3-2 8-3 03/01 Chris Jones (LHP); Released Two-Run Games 0-1 4-2 4-3 03/07 Mike Belfiore (LHP); Optioned to AAA NFK vs. RHP Starters 7-4 9-7 16-11 03/10 Michael Ohlman (CA) & Tim Berry (LHP); Optioned to AA BOW vs. LHP Starters 1-2 2-1 3-3 03/14 Dylan Bundy (RHP); Optioned to AA BOW Lead After 7 6-0 8-0 14-0 03/19 Suk-min Yoon (RHP) & Johnny Monell (CA); Optioned to AAA NFK 03/22 David Adams (INF); Claimed off waivers from CLE…Kelvin De La Cruz (LHP); DFA Tied After 7 2-0 3-2 5-2 03/23 David Adams (INF); Optioned to AAA NFK Trail After 7 0-6 0-6 0-12 03/24 Steve Lombardozzi (INF); Acquired from DET in exchange for MiLg INF Alex Gonzalez…Johnny Lead After 8 6-0 10-0 16-0 Monell (CA); DFA Tied After 8 2-0 1-1 3-1 03/25 Kelvin De La Cruz (LHP); Cleared waivers and outrighted to AAA NFK…Brad Brach (RHP); Trail After 8 0-6 0-7 0-13 Optioned to AAA NFK O’s Starter Goes 6+ IP 4-4 5-1 9-5 03/26 Steve Johnson (RHP) & Henry Urrutia (OF); Optioned to AAA NFK Opp. Starter Goes 6+ IP 4-4 3-6 7-10 03/28 Johnny Monell (CA); Cleared waivers and outrighted to AAA NFK 03/30 Delmon Young (OF) & Evan Meek (RHP); Contracts selected from Triple-A Norfolk…Mike O’s Starter Goes 7+ IP 3-1 2-0 5-1 Belfiore (LHP); DFA…Edgmer Escalona (RHP); Placed on the 60-day DL (right shoulder Opp. Starter Goes 7+ IP 2-3 3-1 5-4 impingement)…Michael Almanzar (INF); Placed on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 23 (left patellar O’s Score First 5-0 7-5 12-5 tendinitis)…Manny Machado (INF); Placed on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 21 (recovering from left Opp. Scores First 3-6 4-3 7-9 knee surgery)…Francisco Peguero (OF); Placed on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 21 (right wrist O’s Score 3 or Fewer 4-6 3-5 7-11 tendinitis)…Nolan Reimold (OF); Placed on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 26 (recovering from O’s Score 4 or More 4-0 8-3 12-3 cervical spine fusion surgery) O’s Out-Hit Opp. 4-1 7-1 11-2 04/03 Mike Belfiore (LHP); Claimed on waivers by DET 04/07 Nolan Reimold (OF); Transferred to the 60-day DL…Preston Guilmet (RHP); Acquired from CLE Equal Hit Total 2-0 2-1 4-1 in exchange for MiLg OF Torsten Boss & optioned to AAA NFK Opp. Out-Hit O’s 2-5 2-6 4-11 04/22 T.J. McFarland (LHP); Recalled from AAA NFK…Steve Pearce (INF/OF); DFA O’s 10+ Hits 2-0 7-2 9-2 04/25 T.J. McFarland (LHP); Optioned to AAA NFK (post-game) Opp 10+ Hits 2-5 5-4 7-9 04/26 Jemile Weeks (INF); Recalled from AAA NFK O’s Score 10+ Runs 0-0 3-0 3-0 04/27 Chris Davis (INF); Placed on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 26 (left oblique strain)…Steve Opp. Scores 10+ Runs 0-1 0-1 0-2 Pearce (INF); Released O’s Hit a HR 4-3 9-3 13-6 04/29 Steve Pearce (INF); Signed as a free agent 05/01 Manny Machado (INF); Reinstated from 15-day DL…Steve Lombardozzi (INF); Optioned to AAA O’s Make 0 Errors 6-2 8-4 14-6 NFK…Josh Stinson (RHP); Outrighted to AAA NFK (post-game 1)…Troy Patton (RHP); Reinstated from O’s Make 1 Error 2-3 3-2 5-5 restricted list (post-game 1)…Evan Meek (RHP); Optioned to AAA NFK (post-game 2) O’s Make 2+ Errors 0-1 0-2 0-3 05/02 Brad Brach (RHP); Recalled from AAA NFK Series Record 2-3 3-2-1 5-5-1 05/06 T.J. McFarland (LHP); Recalled from AAA NFK…Brad Brach (RHP); Optioned to AAA NFK First Game of Series 4-2 3-3 7-5 05/07 Caleb Joseph (CA); Contract selected from AAA NFK…Jemile Weeks (INF); Optioned to AAA Series Finale 2-3 5-1 7-4 NFK
MONTH HOME AWAY TOTAL March/April (24) 5-6 7-6 12-12 May (9) 3-0 4-2 7-2 June (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 July (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 August (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 September (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 TOTAL (33) 8-6 11-8 19-14
DAY OF WEEK HOME AWAY TOTAL Monday (4) 2-0 1-1 3-1 Tuesday (3) 0-0 2-1 2-1 Wednesday (5) 1-1 3-0 4-1 Thursday (5) 2-1 2-0 4-1 Friday (6) 1-2 2-1 3-3 Saturday (5) 2-0 0-3 2-3 Sunday (5) 0-2 1-2 1-4 TOTAL (33) 8-6 11-8 19-14
VS. A.L. EAST HOME AWAY TOTAL Boston Red Sox (7) 1-2 2-2 3-4 New York Yankees (3) 0-0 2-1 2-1 Tampa Bay Rays (5) 2-0 3-0 5-0 Toronto Blue Jays (6) 1-2 2-1 3-3 TOTAL (21) 4-4 9-4 13-8
VS. A.L. CENTRAL HOME AWAY TOTAL Chicago White Sox (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 Cleveland Indians (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 Detroit Tigers (3) 0-0 1-2 1-2 Kansas City Royals (3) 1-2 0-0 1-2 Minnesota Twins (3) 0-0 1-2 1-2 TOTAL (9) 1-2 2-4 3-6
VS. A.L. WEST HOME AWAY TOTAL Houston Astros (1) 1-0 0-0 1-0 Los Angeles Angels (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 Oakland Athletics (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 Seattle Mariners (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 Texas Rangers (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 TOTAL (1) 1-0 0-0 1-0
VS. N.L. HOME AWAY TOTAL Chicago Cubs (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 Cincinnati Reds (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 Milwaukee Brewers (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 Pittsburgh Pirates (2) 2-0 0-0 2-0 St. Louis Cardinals 0-0 0-0 0-0 Washington Nationals (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 TOTAL (2) 2-0 0-0 2-0
THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED
BATTING ORIOLES OPPONENT Eutaw St. Home Run Ryan Flaherty, 9/25/13 vs. TOR (Rogers) Colby Rasmus, TOR, 4/13/14 (Jimenez) Second Deck Home Run in LF @OPACY Mark Reynolds, 8/7/11 vs. TOR (Romero) Rex Hudler, CAL, 6/11/95 (Moyer) Grand Slam Nelson Cruz, 4/23/14 @TOR (Redmond) Jason Castro, HOU, 7/31/13 (Gonzalez) Two Grand Slams in One Game Palmeiro/Mora, 6/4/05 @DET (Ledezma/Creek) Byrd/Metcalf, TEX, 8/22/07 (Burres/Bell) Pinch Hit Home Run Luke Scott, 4/18/11 vs. MIN (Capps) James Loney, @TB, 9/23/13 (Hunter) Pinch Hit Walk-Off Home Run Larry Sheets, 8/24/88 vs. SEA (Schooler) James Loney, @TB, 9/23/13 (Hunter) Pinch Hit Grand Slam Dwight Evans, 7/26/91 vs. OAK (Nelson) Jorge Posada, @NYY, 6/6/01 (Trombley) Inside the Park Home Run Robert Andino, 9/26/11 vs. BOS (Beckett) Jacoby Ellsbury, @BOS, (G2) 9/19/11 (Accardo) LH & RH Home Run, Same Game Roberto Alomar, 7/25/96 vs. CLE (Plunk/Assenmacher) Lance Berkman, STL, 6/30/11 (Matusz/Simon) Individual 2-Home Run Game Adam Jones, 5/7/14 @TB (Ramos) Alfonso Soriano, NYY, 9/10/13 (Gonzalez/Gausman) Individual 3-Home Run Game Chris Davis, 8/24/12, vs. TOR (Villanueva (2), Delabar) Ryan Zimmerman, WAS, 5/29/13 (Tillman (3)) Individual 4-Home Run Game Never Josh Hamilton, TEX, 5/8/12 (Arrieta (2), Phillips, O’Day) Home Run in Consecutive Games Steve Pearce, 5/9-10 at TB & vs. HOU Colby Rasmus, TOR, 4/12-13 & Kelly Johnson, NYY, 4/8-9/14 (active) Home Run in 3 Consecutive Games Adam Jones, 7/12-14/13 vs. TOR Brett Lawrie, TOR, 4/13-23/14 & Torii Hunter, DET, 4/4-6/14 (active) Home Run in 4 Consecutive Games Chris Davis, 7/11-14/13 vs. TEX & TOR Miguel Cabrera, DET, 9/23/11-7/13/12 Home Run in 5 Consecutive Games Melvin Mora, 9/30/05-4/5/06 @TB & vs. TB Adam Lind, TOR, 6/5-7/26/11 Home Run in 6 Consecutive Games Chris Davis, 9/26-10/2/12 vs. TOR, BOS & TB Albert Belle, CLE, 6/28-7/28/94 Multi-Home Run Game, Teammates Chris Davis & Manny Machado, 9/26/12 vs. TOR Saltalamacchia/Vasquez, TEX, 8/22/07 4-Home Run Game, Team 4/23/14 @TOR 8/16/13, COL 5-Home Run Game, Team 5/10/12 vs. TEX (G1) 6/1/13, DET 6-Home Run Game, Team 9/6/12 vs. NYY 6/5/13, HOU 7+-Home Run Game, Team 9/26/12 vs. TOR 9/14/87, TOR (10 HR) Back-to-Back HR Davis-Wieters, 4/13/14 vs. TOR Ortiz-Carp, 6/13/13, BOS Back-to-Back HR to Start a Game Hairston-Bordick, 6/6/01 @NYY Rios-Catalanotto, 6/14/06, TOR Back-to-Back-to-Back HR Flaherty-Hardy-Markakis, 5/10/12 vs. TEX (G1, Lewis) Martinez-Peralta-Avila, 6/1/13, DET Back-to-Back-to-Back HR to Start a Game Flaherty-Hardy-Markakis, 5/10/12 vs. TEX (G1, Lewis) - Lead-Off Home Run Nate McLouth, 8/16/13 vs. COL (Nicasio) David DeJesus, 9/22/13, TB (Feldman) Walk-Off Home Run Matt Wieters, 10th Inn, 5/1/14 vs. PIT (GM2) James Loney, 9th Inn, 9/23/13 @TB (Hunter) Walk-Off Grand Slam Matt Wieters, 4/18/13 vs. TB (Gomes) Alex Rodriguez, NYY, 4/7/07 Walk-Off Home Run, Eutaw St. Luke Scott, 7/19/08 vs. DET N/A Home Run, 15th Inning or later Adam Jones, 5/16/12 @KC - Home Run, 17th Inning or later Adam Jones, 5/6/12 @BOS - Hit a HR for 1st Oriole Hit Nelson Cruz, 3/31/14 vs. BOS N/A Home Run by a Pitcher Zach Britton, 7/3/11 @ATL Stephen Strasburg, WAS, 5/20/12 2-Home Run Game by a Pitcher Milt Pappas, 8/27/61 @MIN Sonny Seibert, BOS, 9/2/71 Oriole to Hit a Home Run, 1st ML AB Lou Montanez, 8/6/08 @LAA N/A Oriole w/ 2 hits in one inning Adam Jones, 5/25/11 vs. KC N/A 5-Hit Game J.J. Hardy, 5/6/12 @BOS Jose Lopez, CLE, 6/30/12 6-Hit Game Cal Ripken, Jr., 6/13/99 @ATL Ian Kinsler, TEX, 4/15/09 (cycle) 5-RBI Game Nelson Cruz, 4/23/14 @TOR Torii Hunter, DET, 4/5/14 6-RBI Game Nick Markakis, 6/10/11 vs. TB Omar Infante, KC, 4/27/14 7-RBI Game Luke Scott, 7/7/09 @SEA Shane Victorino, BOS, 8/27/13 8-RBI Game Chris Hoiles, 8/14/98 @CLE Josh Hamilton, TEX, 5/8/12 9-RBI Game Eddie Murray, 8/26/85 @CAL Danny Tartabull, NYY, 9/8/92
PITCHING ORIOLES OPPONENT Perfect Game Never Never No-Hitter 7/13/91 (Milacki/Flanagan/Williamson/Olson vs. OAK) 9/1/07 (Clay Buchholz @BOS) 1-Hitter 9/28/12 (Tillman/Patton vs. BOS) 6/18/12 (R.A. Dickey, NYM) Complete Game 9/14/13 (Tillman @TOR, 8.0 IP loss) 9/19/13 (John Lackey, BOS) Complete Game Shutout 9/06/13 (Feldman vs. CWS) 5/3/13 (Jason Vargas, LAA) Team Shutout 5/2/14 (Jimenez, Britton, Hunter @MIN) 4/25/14 (Ventura, Holland, TOR) Consecutive CG, Pitcher Sidney Ponson (2), 5/16-22/04 Mark Hendrickson (2), TB, 10/1/05-4/6/06 Consecutive Shutouts, Pitcher Mike Mussina (2), 9/26-10/1/95 Oil Can Boyd (2), BOS, 9/21/84-6/9/85 Consecutive CG, Team 5/13-14/11 (Guthrie/Bergesen) Toronto, 8/12-13/05 (Towers/Bush) Consecutive Shutouts, Team 9/3-4/12 (@TOR) 7/7-8/12 (LAA) 10+ Strikeout Game, Pitcher 5/2/14 (Jimenez at MIN, 10) 4/9/14 (Masahiro Tanaka, NYY, 10) 15+ Strikeout Game, Pitcher 7/07/07 (Bedard @TEX, 15) 10/2/12 (James Shields, TB, 15) 10+ Strikeout Game, Team 5/1/14 vs. PIT (14) 4/9/14, NYY (12) 15+ Strikeout Game, Team 9/18/12 @SEA (18 in 18.0IP) 8/14/13, ARI (15 in 14.0IP) Individual 4-Strikeout Inning Mike Cuellar, 5/29/70 @CAL (4th Inn) Ryan Cook, 4/27/13, OAK (8th Inn)
MISCELLANEOUS ORIOLES OPPONENT Hit for the Cycle Felix Pie, 8/14/09 vs. LAA (4th in club history) Ian Kinsler, 4/15/09, TEX (9th by an opponent) Steal of Home Robert Andino, 6/14/09 vs. ATL Jonathan Villar, 7/30/13, HOU (straight steal) Position Player to Pitch Chris Davis, 5/6/12 @BOS (W, 2.0IP, 2H, BB, 2K) Darnell McDonald, 5/6/12, BOS (L, IP, 2H, 3ER, 2BB, HR) Triple Play Turned 9/1/00, Bottom 2nd @CLE (S. Alomar batting) 4/12/13, Top 8th @NYY (M. Machado batting) Scoring: 6-4-4-3 Scoring: 4-6-5-6-5-3-4
WINNING SWEEPS ORIOLES OPPONENT 3-Game, @OPACY June 28-30, 2013 vs. NYY May 17-19, 2013 (TB) 3-Game, Road May 6-8, 2014 @TB August 12-14, 2013 (ARI) 4-Game, @OPACY April 4-7, 2008 vs. SEA September 22-24, 2008 (TB) 4-Game, Road August 22-25, 2011 @MIN September 20-23, 2013 (TB) Doubleheader May 1, 2014 vs. PIT July 30, 2011 (NYY)
O’S EJECTIONS DATE OPP. REASON UMPIRE
O’S REVIEWS PLAY RULING 1) 4/19 @BOS Cruz grounder to third, ruled out at first base Overturned 2) 5/1 vs. PIT T. Sanchez (PIT) hit by pitch Overturned (foul ball) 3) 5/4 @MIN Kubel safe at home plate Stands
ORIOLES 2014 DAY BY DAY RESULTS H/R Winning Losing GA G Date Opp. D/N W-L Score Pitcher Pitcher Save Rec. Pos. GB Att. 1 03/31 vs. BOS H-D W 2-1 BRITTON-r (1-0) Lester-s (0-1) HUNTER (1) 1-0 T1 0.0 *46,685 04/01 off day 2 04/02 vs. BOS H-N L 2-6 Lackey-s (1-0) JIMENEZ-s (0-1) - 1-1 T2 -0.5 25,708 3 04/03 vs. BOS H-N L 3-4 Doubront-s (1-0) CHEN-s (0-1) Uehara (1) 1-2 T4 -1.0 20,880 4 04/04 @DET R-D L 4-10 Smyly-r (1-0) GONZALEZ-s (0-1) - 1-3 5 -1.5 23,625 5 04/05 @DET R-D L 6-7 Porcello-s (1-0) NORRIS-s (0-1) Nathan (1) 1-4 5 -2.5 32,041 6 04/06 @DET R-D W 3-1 TILLMAN-s (1-0) Verlander-s (0-1) HUNTER (2) 2-4 T4 -2.5 34,261 7 04/07 @NYY R-D L 2-4 Kuroda-s (1-1) JIMENEZ-s (0-2) Kelley (1) 2-5 5 -2.0 *48,142 8 04/08 @NYY R-D W 14-5 CHEN-s (1-1) Nova-s (1-1) - 3-5 T4 -1.5 35,864 9 04/09 @NYY R-N W 5-4 MATUSZ-r (1-0) Kelley-r (0-1) HUNTER (3) 4-5 T3 -1.0 39,412 10 04/11 vs. TOR H-N L 0-2 McGowan-s (1-1) TILLMAN-s (1-1) Santos (4) 4-6 5 -1.5 22,327 11 04/12 vs. TOR H-N W 2-1 (12) BRITTON-r (2-0) Redmond-r (0-1) - 5-6 4 -1.5 30,446 12 04/13 vs. TOR H-D L 3-11 Buehrle-s (3-0) JIMENEZ-s (0-3) - 5-7 4 -1.5 39,281 13 04/14 vs. TB H-N W 7-1 CHEN-s (2-1) Archer-s (1-1) - 6-7 4 -1.0 15,799 04/15 vs. TB PPD BY RAIN, MAKE-UP DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED 14 04/16 vs. TB H-D W 3-0 GONZALEZ-s (1-1) Odorizzi-s (1-2) HUNTER (4) 7-7 3 -1.5 22,611 04/17 off day 15 04/18 @BOS R-N W 8-4 TILLMAN-s (2-1) Lackey-s (2-2) O’DAY (1) 8-7 T2 -1.0 36,408 16 04/19 @BOS R-D L 2-4 Tazawa-r (1-0) NORRIS-s (0-2) Uehara (4) 8-8 4 -1.0 37,689 17 04/20 @BOS R-N L 5-6 Mujica-r (1-1) MATUSZ-r (1-1) - 8-9 T3 -2.0 33,947 18 04/21 @BOS R-D W 7-6 CHEN-s (3-1) Buchholz-s (0-2) HUNTER (5) 9-9 3 -1.5 37,513 19 04/22 @TOR R-N L 3-9 Delabar-r (2-0) MEEK-r (0-1) - 9-10 4 -2.5 14,866 20 04/23 @TOR R-N W 10-8 TILLMAN-s (3-1) Redmond-r (0-2) HUNTER (6) 10-10 3 -1.5 15,202 21 04/24 @TOR R-N W 11-4 NORRIS-s (1-2) Cecil-r (0-1) - 11-10 2 -1.5 16,283 22 04/25 vs. KC H-N L 0-5 Ventura-s (2-1) JIMENEZ-s (0-4) - 11-11 2 -1.5 22,478 23 04/26 vs. KC H-N W 3-2 (10) BRITTON-r (3-0) Duffy-r (1-1) - 12-11 2 -1.5 34,941 24 04/27 vs. KC H-D L 3-9 Shields-s (3-2) GONZALEZ-s (1-2) - 12-12 2 -2.5 38,368 04/29 vs. PIT H-N PPD BY RAIN, MADE UP AS PART OF A DOUBLEHEADER ON MAY 1 04/30 vs. PIT H-N PPD BY RAIN, MADE UP AS PART OF A DOUBLEHEADER ON MAY 1 MAR/APR REC: 12-12 AVG: .265 (223-843) HR: 17 R/G: 4.5 ERA: 4.49 (214.2IP, 107ER) SP ERA: 4.74 (138.2IP, 73ER) RP ERA: 4.03 (76.0IP, 34ER) 25 05/01 vs. PIT H-D W 5-1 NORRIS-s (2-2) Morton-s (0-4) HUNTER (7) 13-12 - - - 26 05/01 vs. PIT H-N W 6-5 HUNTER-r (1-0) Pimentel-r (2-1) - 14-12 2 -0.5 28,290 27 05/02 @MIN R-N W 3-0 JIMENEZ-s (1-4) Nolasco-s (2-3) HUNTER (8) 15-12 T1 - 24,165 28 05/03 @MIN R-D L 1-6 Correia-s (1-3) CHEN-s (3-2) - 15-13 2 -0.5 25,318 29 05/04 @MIN R-D L 2-5 Hughes-s (3-1) GONZALEZ-s (1-3) Perkins (7) 15-14 2 -0.5 25,559 05/05 off day 30 05/06 @TB R-N W 5-3 O’DAY-r (1-0) Peralta-r (1-2) HUNTER (9) 16-14 T1 - 11,855 31 05/07 @TB R-N W 4-3 WEBB-r (1-0) Gomes-r (2-2) HUNTER (10) 17-14 T1 - 11,282 32 05/08 @TB R-N W 3-1 JIMENEZ-s (2-4) Price-s (3-3) O’DAY (2) 18-14 1 +0.5 11,076 33 05/09 vs. HOU H-N W 4-3 CHEN-s (4-2) Williams-r (1-2) HUNTER (11) 19-14 1 +0.5 28,875 34 05/10 vs. HOU H-N 35 05/11 vs. HOU H-D 36 05/12 vs. DET H-N 37 05/13 vs. DET H-N 38 05/14 vs. DET H-D 39 05/15 @KC R-N 40 05/16 @KC R-N 41 05/17 @KC R-N 42 05/18 @KC R-D 05/19 off day 43 05/20 @PIT R-N 44 05/21 @PIT R-N 45 05/22 vs. CLE H-N 46 05/23 vs. CLE H-N 47 05/24 vs. CLE H-D 48 05/25 vs. CLE H-D 49 05/26 @MIL R-D 50 05/27 @MIL R-N 51 05/28 @MIL R-N 52 05/29 @HOU R-N 53 05/30 @HOU R-N 54 05/31 @HOU R-D MAY RECORD: AVG: HR: R/G: ERA: SP ERA: RP ERA: 55 06/01 @HOU R-D 06/02 off day 56 06/03 @TEX R-N 57 06/04 @TEX R-N 58 06/05 @TEX R-N 59 06/06 vs. OAK H-N 60 06/07 vs. OAK H-N 61 06/08 vs. OAK H-D 62 06/09 vs. BOS H-N 63 06/10 vs. BOS H-N 64 06/11 vs. BOS H-N 65 06/12 vs. TOR H-N 66 06/13 vs. TOR H-N 67 06/14 vs. TOR H-D 68 06/15 vs. TOR H-D 69 06/16 @TB R-N 70 06/17 @TB R-N 71 06/18 @TB R-D 06/19 off day 72 06/20 @NYY R-N 73 06/21 @NYY R-D 74 06/22 @NYY R- 75 06/23 vs. CWS H-N 76 06/24 vs. CWS H-N 77 06/25 vs. CWS H-N 06/26 off day 78 06/27 vs. TB H-N 79 06/28 vs. TB H-D 80 06/29 vs. TB H-D 81 06/30 vs. TEX H-N JUNE RECORD: AVG: HR: R/G: ERA: SP ERA: RP ERA: 82 07/01 vs. TEX H-N 83 07/02 vs. TEX H-N 84 07/03 vs. TEX H-N 85 07/04 @BOS R-D 86 07/05 @BOS R-N 87 07/06 @BOS R-D 88 07/07 @WAS R-N 89 07/08 @WAS R-N