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 Thursday, September 26, 2013 Game #159 Home Game #78 Baltimore Orioles (82-76) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (72-86) RH Miguel Gonzalez (10-8, 3.94) vs. LH Mark Buehrle (12-9, 4.09) TONIGHT’S GAME: The Orioles and Blue Jays meet in the finale of their three-game series and the third game ODDS & ENDS of a season-ending six game homestand that will see the Boston Red Sox visit Charm City over the weekend. Home 43-34 Away 39-42 VS. TORONTO: The season series will be decided tonight as the clubs are tied, 9-9, with the Birds going 5-3 in Day 26-29 Baltimore and 4-6 in Toronto…The Orioles trail in the all-time series, 251-291 (142-130 in Baltimore and 109- Night 56-47 161 in Toronto)…Since the start of the 2012 season, the Orioles are 12-5 at home against Toronto…The O’s are vs. LHP 25-26 11-15 in their last 26 games in Toronto. vs. RHP 57-50 POPULAR THREADS: According to MLB, Manny Machado is the fourth-most purchased jersey on the Series Record 27-18-4 MLB.com/shop website since the All-Star break behind Mariano Rivera, Matt Harvey and Yasiel First game of series 30-21 Puig…Machado was the second-most purchased jersey among AL players, trailing only Rivera and was the top Last game of a series 27-23 selling jersey among players outside of New York and Los Angeles clubs…Chris Davis came in 16th in all of Last 10 games 4-6 baseball and eighth among AL players. Win/Loss streak W1 ABOUT LAST NIGHT…: The Orioles won their 82nd game, clinching consecutive winning seasons for the first Longest win streak 5 (7/14-22) Longest losing streak 6 (5/14-20, 9/19-24) time since 1996-97…The win snapped the Orioles’ six game losing streak which had tied their season-high (also Most games + .500 14 (57-43) May 14-20)…Jason Hammel recorded his first save since September 11, 2011 with Colorado. Most games - .500 1 (3-4) FACT OF THE DAY: The Orioles won Wednesday despite two Blue Jays (Munenori Kawasaki and Josh Extra innings 8-7 Thole) recording four-hit games…It was just the fifth win in club history when the opponent had two players Shutouts 6-6 record four or more hits (also May 14, 1983, August 4, 1975, April 26, 1974 and July 3, 1973). One-run games 17-31 th Two-run games 20-11 MONSTER YEAR: Chris Davis’ double Wednesday was his MLB-leading 95 extra-base hit of the season and extends his club record (he broke Brady Anderson’s mark of 92, set in 1996)...The only O’s to lead MLB in Lead after 7 innings 66-9 extra-base hits were Frank Robinson (85 in 1966) and Cal Ripken, Jr. (85 in 1991)…His 95 XBH are tied for Tied after 7 innings 12-10 32nd all-time and his next will move him into a tie for 29th place…The last player to reach 95 was Derrek Lee (99 Trail after 7 innings 4-57 for the Cubs in 2005). Lead after 8 innings 70-9 Tied after 8 innings 9-11 LATE TROUBLE: In his 27 starts, Miguel Gonzalez has a 2.59 ERA (107.2IP, 31ER) and a .221 average Trail after 8 innings 3-56 against (87-393) with 10 homers allowed in the first four innings…From the fifth inning on, he has a 6.67 ERA Orioles score first 48-28 (55.1IP, 41ER) and opponents are batting .299 (67-224) with 14 home runs. (STATS) Opponent scores first 34-48 RBI CHASE: Chris Davis tied Miguel Cabrera for the MLB lead with his 137th RBI Wednesday night…Davis’ Score four or more runs 67-31 Score fewer than four runs 15-45 137 RBI are the fourth-most in a season in Orioles history behind Miguel Tejada’s 150 in 2004, Rafael Palmeiro’s 142 in 1996 and Jim Gentile’s 141 in 1961…Tejada (2004) is the only Oriole to lead the majors in Orioles homer 66-56 RBI…Per Elias, 38 players in major league history have led the majors in homers and RBI in the same season. Out-hit opponents 53-24 Equal hit total 9-3 BASH BROTHERS: Chris Davis and Adam Jones have each hit at least seven home runs against Toronto in Out-hit by opponents 20-49 2012 and 2013 (the most by a Toronto opponent)…According to STATS and the Society for American Baseball Most hits in a game 18 (5/10, 7/22) Research, the only other teammates to each hit seven or more home runs against an opponent in consecutive Fewest hits in a game 2 (6/7, 9/19) seasons are Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, who did it in three straight seasons against the Philadelphia A’s (1930- No errors 64-54 32) and in two against the Cleveland Indians (1930-31). With one error 14-17 POUNDING THE JAYS: Chris Davis (16) and Adam Jones (14) have the most homers against the Jays since With two errors 3-5 With three or more errors 1-0 the start of the 2012 season (only players in double figures)…Davis hit nine home runs against Toronto in 2012, tying Manny Ramirez (2001) for the most in a season against the Blue Jays in their history and he homered in vs. AL 71-67 four straight against them July 12-September 13 of this year…Jones homered against the Jays in four straight vs. AL East 33-39 games May 23-26 in Toronto and in three straight July 12-14 in Baltimore (per STATS, the only other player in vs. AL Central 17-16 O’s history to have two separate streaks of three-plus straight games with a homer against the same team within a vs. AL West 21-12 single season was Boog Powell, who did it in 1969 against the White Sox). vs. NL 11-9 NO BIG DEAL: Chris Davis’ set a club record with his 197th and 198th strikeout, topping Mark Reynolds’ 196 Largest home crowd 46,653 (4/5) Largest road crowd 45,214 (6/23) in 2011…This year, Davis has 15 more doubles, 15 more homers, 18 more runs scored and 51 more RBI than Reynolds had in 2011. CURRENT HOMESTAND CAMDEN CRUSHER: Chris Davis has 27 home runs at Oriole Park this year, setting a stadium record and Record 1-1 tying the franchise home record…Frank Robinson hit 27 homers at Memorial Stadium in 1966. Team Average .311 (23-74) THE BIG BOPPER: Chris Davis hit his 52nd home run Monday, extending his franchise record…His 52 homers Runs per Game 5.5 (11R/2G) th are tied for the 26 -most in baseball history and are the most in the majors since Jose Bautista hit 54 in 2010…He Fielding Errors 2 is the fifth player since 2003 to hit 52 or more, joining Bautista, Alex Rodriguez (54 in 2007), David Ortiz (54 in Team ERA 3.79 (19.0IP, 8ER) 2006) and Ryan Howard (58 in 2006)…Davis’ 49 home runs as a first baseman are the most in the AL since 1974 (the furthest back STATS LLC can search)…24 of Davis’ 52 home runs have either tied the game (five) or Starters W-L 0-0 given the Orioles the lead (19). Starters ERA 3.27 (11.0IP, 4ER) CLOSE CALLS: 16 of the Orioles’ last 18 games and 19 of their last 22 have been decided by two runs or fewer, Bullpen W-L-S 1-1-1 with the team posting 6-10 and 7-12 records in those games…On the year, 85 percent (134 of 158) of the Bullpen ERA 4.50 (8.0IP, 4ER) Orioles games have been decided by four or fewer runs (the most in the majors)…The O’s are 17-31 in one- Saves/Opps 1/1 run games, 20-11 in two-run games, 19-10 in three-run games and 12-14 in games decided by four runs…The White Sox are the only other team to play in 130+ games decided by four or fewer runs (130 in 158 games). DOMINANT DEFENSE: The Orioles’ 118 errorless games this season are a new major league record, surpassing the 2008 Houston Astros (113 in 161 games) for most errorless games in a season since 1900…The Birds have made 50 errors in 158 games, a pace for 51 errors in 162 games…The major league record for fewest errors in a 162-game season is 65 by the 2003 Seattle Mariners…The 2013 Orioles lead the majors with a .991 fielding percentage, which, if maintained through the entire season, would be the best fielding percentage in baseball history, topping the 2007 Rockies’ .989 mark…Per STATS, the Orioles are the first team in MLB history to post 100 errorless games by the end of August (they had 101)…The O’s previous season-low for team errors was 104 in 1998. THE SAVE-IOR: Jim Johnson leads the AL with 47 saves…He is the first Oriole to post two 40-save seasons and became the 21st pitcher in MLB history to record consecutive 40+ save seasons…He now has 98 saves over the last two seasons, becoming the fourth pitcher in MLB history to record as many as 98 saves over a two season span, joining Eric Gagne (2x, 107 and 100), Francisco Rodriguez (102) and John Smoltz (100)…With his September 15 save, he became the fifth pitcher in baseball history with at least two consecutive seasons posting 45+ saves (Kimbrel, ATL (3x), 2011-13; Gagne, LAD (3x), 2002- 04; Rodriguez, LAA, 2005-06; and Smoltz, ATL, 2002-03).