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BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 West Camden Street Baltimore, MD 21201 BALTIMORE ORIOLES FIRST HALF SUMMARY/HIGHLIGHTS 42-46, FOURTH PLACE IN AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST (-7.5) Special thank you to the Elias Sports Bureau and STATS, LLC. for their assistance with these notes WINNING WAYS HEY NOW, YOU’RE AN ALL-STAR: 2B Jonathan Schoop was named an American League All-Star on Sunday, making first career All-Star appearance...The 88th Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played on Most wins since 2012 among AL clubs: Tuesday, July 11 at Marlins Park in Miami…Schoop went 1-for-1 with a double and a run scored, playing 3.0 1. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 486 innings at second base. 2. New York Yankees 480 3. Texas Rangers 477 BIRDS OF A FEATHER: The Orioles have had 21 All-Stars over the last six seasons (since 2012)...According to 4. Detroit Tigers 470 STATS, LLC., the 21 Baltimore All-Stars since 2012 are tied for the American League lead and are tied for second- 5. Los Angeles Angels 469 most in the majors behind the St. Louis Cardinals (26)...The Orioles are one of eight Major League teams with at HOME GOODS least 20 All-Stars over the last six seasons. Best home records in the AL: THE FUTURE IS NOW: LHP Tanner Scott and C Chance Sisco were chosen to participate in the 2017 Sirius/XM All-Star Futures Game in Miami on July 9...Scott and Sisco represented the O’s as members of the U.S. 1. Boston Red Sox 25-14 (.641) 2. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 25-16 (.610) Roster…Scott was selected by the Orioles in the sixth round of the 2014 draft out of Howard College (TX) and 3. New York Yankees 26-17 (.605) surrendered one earned run on two hits, while striking out one over 1.0 inning...Scott is currently with Double-A 4. Houston Astros 27-18 (.600) Bowie and entered the season as the 11th-best Orioles prospect by Baseball America...Sisco was the Orioles second 5. Tampa Bay Rays 27-19 (.587) round selection in the 2013 draft out of Santiago H.S. in Corona, CA, and went 1-for-3 with a triple, RBI, and a run THE GAME OF RISP scored as the starting catcher...Sisco is with Triple-A Norfolk and entered 2017 as the No. 1 Orioles prospect by Baseball America. Top team batting averages with runners in scoring position in the majors: THREE’S COMPANY: Among qualifying Major League rookies, INF/OF Trey Mancini ranks third in batting 1. Colorado Rockies .310 average (.312) and slugging percentage (.588), fourth in on-base percentage (.354), tied for fourth in RBI (44), and 2. Washington Nationals .296 sixth in home runs (14)…His 14 home runs this season before the All-Star break are the most by a rookie in Orioles 3. Houston Astros .295 history…Eddie Murray (1977) and Curt Blefary (1965) each had 13 before the break as rookies…Mancini’s 44 4. BALTIMORE ORIOLES .286 RBI before the Mid-Summer Classic are the fifth-most in club history, behind only Jim Gentile (59 in 1960), Ron 5. Atlanta Braves .280 Hansen (51 in 1960), Eddie Murray (46 in 1977), and Cal Ripken, Jr. (46 in 1982). RISP MANAGEMENT NICEST PLACES IN AMERICA: Reader’s Digest has announced 10 finalists in its first ever “Nicest Place in Top batting averages with runners in scoring position in the AL (qualifying only): America” contest, a national crowd-sourced hunt for exceptional places whose people exemplify friendly ways of life...Over 250 nominations for the “Nicest Place in America” were submitted and Oriole Park at Camden Yards 1. TREY MANCINI, BAL .404 made the cut...Readers can vote at www.rd.com/nicest through this Friday, July 14, and the winner will be 2. Mookie Betts, BOS .391 announced this fall. 3. Marwin Gonzalez, HOU .377 4. Nelson Cruz, SEA .369 CATCH THIS: Orioles catchers rank second in the American League and sixth in the majors with a .274 (90-for- 5. ADAM JONES, BAL .368 328) batting average...When catching, Welington Castillo, Caleb Joseph, and Francisco Peña have combined to Justin Upton, DET .368 notch 16 doubles, one triple, 12 home runs, and 40 RBI. 7. Andrew Benintendi, BOS .362 8. Evan Gattis, HOU .361 HIGH FIVE: Since the beginning of the 2012 season, the Orioles lead American League clubs and rank fourth in 9. Dustin Pedroia, BOS .353 10. Ben Gamel, SEA .345 the majors with 486 wins, finishing with a .500 or better record in each of the last five seasons...In that span, Orioles hitters lead the majors with 1,230 home runs and have committed the fewest number of errors (455). JUST A LITTLE CRUSH Active Major League home run leaders since 2012: HOMER HAPPY: Since the beginning of the 2012 season, three current Orioles rank among active Major League leaders in home runs...1B Chris Davis (211) is tied for the Major League lead, while OF Adam Jones (166) ranks 1. CHRIS DAVIS, BAL 211 eighth, and DH/OF Mark Trumbo (163) is 10th. Edwin Encarnación, CLE 211 3. Nelson Cruz, SEA 195 BOOM, BOOM MANCINI: Rookie Trey Mancini slugged eight homers through his first 17 career 4. Miguel Cabrera, DET 180 games…According to STATS, LLC., the eight homers tied the Major League record for most all-time through 17 5. Mike Trout, LAA 179 career games…He joined Toronto’s Carlos Delgado (1993-94) and Colorado’s Trevor Story (2016)…According to 6. Giancarlo Stanton, MIA 178 the Elias Sports Bureau, Mancini was the first player with eight home runs within his first 15 career hits since Carlos 7. José Bautista, TOR 166 th 8. ADAM JONES, BAL 165 Delgado did so for the Blue Jays in 1994...Delgado’s eighth career home run came on his 13 hit. 9. Jay Bruce, NYM 164 th 10. MARK TRUMBO, BAL 163 UPPER DECK IS THE TOPPS: 3B Manny Machado hit his 11 home run of the season on June 2 vs. Boston...The home run reached the second deck in left field, the first home run hit to the second deck of Oriole Park MOST RECENT ROAD TRIP since Mark Reynolds did so on August 7, 2011 vs. Toronto...According to Statcast, Machado's homer measured an Record 2-5 estimated 465 feet. Team Average .270 (67-for-248) GENUINE DRAFT: The Orioles selected LHP DL Hall from Valdosta (GA) High School with their first selection Runs per Game 4.1 (29 R/7 G) No. 21 overall) in the 2017 First-Year Player Draft...This year, the Orioles selected 41 players overall: 21 pitchers Fielding Errors 4 and 20 position players, 29 of the selections being college athletes...The Orioles selected 12 right-handed pitchers, nine left-handed pitchers, eight infielders, seven outfielders, four catchers, and one utility player…Among the Team ERA 5.59 (36 ER/58.0 IP) draftees was INF Tyler Coolbaugh, son of Orioles hitting coach Scott Coolbaugh…Tyler played collegiately at Starters W-L 2-4 Angelo State University (TX) and was selected by the Orioles in the 36th round. Starters ERA 8.81 (31 ER/31.2 IP) ORIOLE PARK HOME RUN KING: OF Adam Jones hit his eighth home run of the season on May 22…The Bullpen W-L-S 0-1-0 home run was the 125th of his career at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, passing Rafael Palmeiro for the most in the Bullpen ERA 1.71 (5 ER/26.1 IP) th Saves/Opps 0/0 ballpark's history…Oriole Park at Camden Yards opened in 1992 and is celebrating its 25 anniversary season. Best homestand 5/5-9 (5-0, 1.000) 25th ANNIVERSARY OF ORIOLE PARK AT CAMDEN YARDS: Oriole Park at Camden Yards opened on Worst homestand 6/30-7/2 (1-2, .333) April 6, 1992…The Orioles are celebrating the 25th anniversary of Oriole Park this season by wearing a Best road trip 4/11-20 (6-3, .667) commemorative jersey patch and using baseballs with the 25th anniversary logo...On August 19, the club will Worst road trip 5/26-28 (0-3, .000) welcome members from the 1992 team…Select players will take part in a charity Home Run Derby at Oriole Park UPCOMING MILESTONES prior to the game and all fans will receive an Oriole Park at Camden Yards replica ballpark. Baltimore Orioles Need 32 HR for 10,000^ DISABLED LIST: Six Orioles are on the disabled list...OF Anthony Santander (right forearm strain, retroactive Buck Showalter Needs 9 wins for 1,480* to 3/30) and INF Ryan Flaherty (right shoulder strain, retroactive to 5/19) are on the 60-day DL, while INF Chris Welington Castillo Needs 12 hits for 500 Kevin Gausman Needs 3 K for 500 Davis (right oblique strain, retroactive to 6/13), RHP Mike Wright (right shoulder bursitis, retroactive to 6/15), Jonathan Schoop Needs 4 doubles for 100 INF J.J. Hardy (right wrist fracture, since 6/19), and RHP Stefan Crichton (right shoulder strain, retroactive to 6/27) are on the 10-day DL. ^10,000 HR in O’s history (since 1954, reg. season) th *1,480 wins, HOF Earl Weaver, 24 All-Time COACHING STAFF: The Orioles named Roger McDowell as Major League pitching coach, Alan Mills as Major League bullpen coach, and Howie Clark as assistant hitting coach…This is the third season for Scott Coolbaugh (hitting) and fifth for Bobby Dickerson (third base) and Einar Díaz (coach), while Wayne Kirby (first base), and John Russell (bench) returned for their seventh years on the coaching staff.