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 Friday, May 27, 2011 · Game #49 · Road Game #20 Baltimore Orioles (24-24) vs. Oakland Athletics (24-27) RH Chris Tillman (2-3, 4.95) vs. LH Gio Gonzalez (5-2, 2.20) TONIGHT’S GAME: The Orioles and Athletics meet in the opener of their three-game set and the first game of ODDS & ENDS a six-game road trip…The Orioles went 5-3 on their last homestand and have won five games in a row for the first Home 15-14 th th time this season…The O’s are in search of their 25 win of 2011, after not winning their 25 game in 2010 until Away 9-10 July 4th…The Orioles are looking for their 10th road win after not picking up their 10th road win of 2010 until July Day 9-7 8th…The Orioles have won five straight games for the first time since June 17-21, 2009…The O’s are .500 for the Night 15-17 first time since May 1, when they were 13-13. vs. LHP 6-9 vs. RHP 18-15 VS. OAKLAND: The Orioles lost the season series 3-7 in 2010 as they went 2-4 in Baltimore and 1-3 in Series Record 8-8-1 Oakland…The Orioles trail in the all-time series 237-239, going 113-122 in Baltimore and 124-117 in First game of series 7-10 Oakland…The Orioles have not won a season series with the A’s since going 8-3 in 1998 (they split eight games Last game of a series 6-11 in 2007)…Since the 2008 season, the Orioles are just 1-9 in Oakland. Last 10 games 6-4 PRETTY GOOD COMPANY: Nolan Reimold set career highs with two homers, four hits and four RBI in Win/Loss streak W5 Thursday’s win over Kansas City…According to Elias, the only other O’s to homer twice as part of a 4-for-4 or Longest win streak 5 (5/21-current) better game were Rafael Palmeiro (1995), Roberto Alomar (1997) and Albert Belle (1999)…Reimold’s multi- Longest losing streak 8 (4/9 (G2)-4/18) homer game was the first by an Oriole since Josh Bell took Cliff Lee deep twice in Baltimore August 21, 2010. Most games over .500 5 (6-1) Most games under .500 5 (14-19, 19-24) OPENING ACT: The Orioles are 7-10 in series opening games this year and 21-14 in series openers since Buck Extra innings 3-4 Showalter took over as manager August 3, 2010…In the 34 series openers from the start of 2010 until Shutouts 3-2 Showalter’s arrival, the Birds were 9-25. One-run games 7-3 Two-run games 4-4 LACK OF SUPPORT: In his nine starts combined this year, the Orioles have given Chris Tillman 15 runs of support while he was in the game, with 10 of those coming in his last three starts…The Birds have not scored Lead after 7 innings 19-2 while he was in the game in four of his nine starts…In 2010, the Birds gave him two or fewer runs while he was in Tied after 7 innings 3-1 the game nine times in 12 starts…Of his 23 runs allowed in 2011, 15 of them have scored in the first two Trail after 7 innings 2-21 innings…Tillman has not allowed a home run in his last six starts, setting a career-high. Lead after 8 innings 21-2 Tied after 8 innings 2-1 KEEPING IT IN THE PARK: Chris Tillman has not allowed a home run in his last six starts…The last Oriole Trail after 8 innings 1-21 starter to go six or more straight starts without allowing a long ball was Daniel Cabrera from September 12, Orioles score first 14-4 2006-April 20, 2007. Opponent scores first 10-20 COMEBACK KIDS: The Orioles rallied from a four-run deficit to win Thursday, the largest deficit they’ve Score four or more runs 20-5 Score fewer than four runs 4-19 overcome this year (previously three on April 29 at Chicago)…Jeremy Accardo picked up his third win and second in an extra innings (also May 10)…According to Elias, Vladimir Guerrero’s walk-off hit was his 14th Orioles homer 19-14 game-winning hit which moves him into a tie with Orlando Cabrera for fourth-most among active players Outhit opponents 19-2 behind David Ortiz (18), Andruw Jones (17) and Miguel Tejada (15). Equal hit total 2-1 Outhit by opponents 3-21 STREAKERS: Two Orioles could tie Brian Roberts (12 games, April 13-26) for the longest hit streak of the Most hits in a game 15 (5/15), 20 (13 inn, 5/11) year for the Birds tonight…Nick Markakis has hit in 11 straight games, going 17-for-47 with a double, a homer, Fewest hits in a game 4 (5x, last: 5/22) 10 runs scored and two RBI…Vladimir Guerrero has also hit in 11 straight games, going 19-for-50 (.380) with No errors 16-12 five doubles, a homer, six runs scored and eight RBI…His average has gone from .275 to .302 during the streak With one error 7-7 which contained a career-high seven straight multi-hit games…Guerrero has hit in 14 of his last 15 games, going With two errors 0-4 24-for-65 (.369). With three or more errors 1-1 DOWN ON THE FARM: The Orioles have named former major league infielder Leo Gomez manager of the vs. AL 22-23 short-season Aberdeen Ironbirds of the New York-Penn League…Gomez has spent the past two seasons as a field vs. AL East 7-12 coach for the Orioles’ Gulf Coast League (2009) and Bluefield (2010) affiliates. vs. AL Central 11-9 vs. AL West 4-2 IN A PINCH: The Orioles lead the majors with a .545 batting average (6-for-11) and a 1.000 slugging percentage vs. NL 2-1 in pinch-hit situations as they have two doubles, a home run and three RBI…In 2010, the Orioles went 8-for-61 Largest home crowd 46,593 (4/4) (.131) with two doubles, two home runs and seven RBI in pinch-hit situations. Largest road crowd 42,171 (4/13) THE ERASER: Matt Wieters leads all MLB catchers in caught stealing percentage (48.3 percent, 14-29) and LAST HOMESTAND runners thrown out (14)…Wieters is three ahead of San Francisco’s Buster Posey (11 of 38). Record 5-3 BULLPEN BULLIES: The Orioles bullpen is riding a streak of 15 consecutive scoreless innings over the last Team Average .279 (85-305) four games after allowing 23 earned runs in their previous 24.1 innings (over four games)…The Birds have gone Runs per Game 4.8 (38R/8G) to the bullpen in 46 of the 48 games this year and the bullpen has surrendered at least one earned run in 36 of those games, including 20 of the last 25 games. Fielding Errors 7 DEALING: In his last 10 games (14.0 IP), Jim Johnson has allowed just two earned runs, lowering his ERA Team ERA 4.78 (81.0IP, 43ER) th from 5.14 on May 4 , to 3.21…After allowing two home runs in his first four appearances, Johnson has allowed Starters W-L 2-2 one in his last 18 outings. Starters ERA 4.80 (45.0IP, 24ER) EATING HIS WIET-IES: Matt Wieters is 19-for-35 (.543) with five doubles, three homers and 25 RBI when Bullpen W-L-S 3-1-1 batting with runners in scoring position…With two outs and RISP, he is 10-for-19 (.526) with three doubles, a Bullpen ERA 4.75 (36.0IP, 19ER) homer and 14 RBI…Wieters began the year 7-for-7 with RISP. Saves/Opportunities 1/1 MAKE YOUR MOVE: The O’s are in the midst of a 30-game stretch (from May 20-June 22) where they will Best homestand 5-3 (5/21-26) play just three games (Tampa Bay at home June 10-12) against teams that reached the post-season in 2010…The Worst homestand 4-5 (4/18-28) Birds are 5-1 so far during that stretch. Best road trip 3-0 (4/1-3) Worst road trip 0-5 (4/13-17) STRONG START: In 105 games with Buck Showalter as manager, the Orioles have made 63 Quality Starts and DISABLED LIST the starters have a 3.57 ERA (638.2IP, 253ER). rd th th RH Justin Duchscherer (60-day) – 3/29 HEATING UP: Adam Jones (3 - .362); Vladimir Guerrero (10 - .341) and Nick Markakis (19 - .313) are all LH Brian Matusz (15-day) – 3/30 among the American League leaders in batting average in May. INF Cesar Izturis (60-day) – 5/13 JONESIN’: In his 22 games since May 2, Adam Jones has batted .362 (34-94) with 14 RBI…He has multiple INF Derrek Lee (15-day) – 5/17 hits in 10 of those 22 contests…He has hit .369 (24-65) with eight extra-base hits in his last 15 games…With INF Brian Roberts (7-day) – 5/17 runners in scoring position, he is batting .385 (15-39) with two doubles, a triple, three homers and 25 RBI.