SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 2021 • GAME #2 • ROAD GAME #2 BALTIMORE ORIOLES (1-0) at BOSTON RED SOX (0-1) RHP Matt Harvey (0-3, 11.57 in ‘20) vs. RHP Tanner Houck (3-0, 0.53 in ‘20) O’s SEASON BREAKDOWN OPENING ACT: The Orioles opened the 2021 season by shutting out the Boston Red Sox O’S OPENING DAY SHUTOUTS Overall 1-0 yesterday by a score of 3-0...It was the sixth shutout on Opening Day in club history (also: 1973, 1973 vs. MIL 10-0 (WP: Dave McNally) Home -- 1975, 1976, 1992, 2005). 1975 at DET 10-0 (WP: Jim Palmer) Road 1-0 The two hits O’s pitchers allowed were the fewest in team history on Opening Day...It 1976 vs. BOS 1-0 (WP: Jim Palmer) Day 1-0 was the 30th time in the majors (since 1954) a club allowed two-or-fewer hits in their first 1992 vs. CLE 2-0 (WP: Rick Sutcliffe) Night -- game of the season; The Pittsburgh Pirates also did it this year in their opening game 2005 vs. OAK 4-0 (WP: Rodrigo Lopez) Current Streak W1 against the Chicago Cubs on Thursday. 2021 at BOS 3-0 (WP: John Means) Last 5 Games 1-0 C Pedro Severino went 2-for-4 in the opener, becoming the first O’s catcher to record Last 10 Games 1-0 a multi-hit game on Opening Day since 2017 (Welington Castillo). April 1-0 LEFTY LOCKDOWN May -- I MEANS, WHAT A START: LHP John Means tossed 7.0 shutout innings in yesterday’s Opening June -- O’s LHP in club history in a start with Day start, allowing just one hit...The 7.0 innings matched a career-high (sixth time)...It was the (7.0+ IP, 1-or-fewer H, 0 R) July -- second time in his career not allowing a run in a start, also on 6/28/19 vs. CLE when he tossed 5.0 August -- John Means 4/2/21 at BOS innings allowing just one hit. September -- Chris Waters 8/5/08 at LAA Means became the first pitcher in Orioles history to work at least 7.0 innings, while vs. LHSP -- Mike Cuellar 4x, last: 7/26/75 at MIL vs. RHSP 1-0 allowing one or fewer hits and no runs in a start at Fenway Park. Dave McNally 2x, last: 5/15/69 at MIN th Series Opener 1-0 Means became the 17 pitcher in Major League history, and first Oriole, to toss at least Steve Barber 2x, last: 4/16/67 (G2) at CAL Series Opener at Home -- 7.0 innings, while allowing one or fewer hits in a start on Opening Day. Frank Bertaina 9/12/64 vs. KC Series Opener on Road 1-0 Means became the third pitcher in MLB history to go at least 7.0 innings on Opening Billy Hoeft 8/19/61 at WSH By Series -- Day and allow one or fewer hits while not walking a batter (Jordan Zimmermann - DET, By Home Series -- 2019 and Irv Young - Boston Beaneaters, 1906). By Road Series -- Means extended his streak of starts allowing one or fewer runs to five games, dating FRESH FACES Rubber Games -- back to last season, tied for the second longest such streak in O’s history (also, Erik On an Opening Day roster for the first time: Sweeps/Were Swept -- Bedard and Brian Matusz); Hall of Famer and current Orioles broadcaster, Jim Palm- RHP Dean Kremer Age: 25 Scored First 1-0 er, holds the record with six-straight (5/20-6/10/1978) INF/OF Ryan Mountcastle Age: 24 Opponent Scored First -- RHP Mac Sceroler Age: 25 1-run games -- RIGHT BACK AT IT: INF/OF Trey Mancini appeared in his first game yesterday in over a year RHP Dillon Tate Age: 26 Comeback Wins -- (9/29/19 at BOS), finishing 1-for-3 with a walk...His walk in his third plate appearance extended INF Ramón Urías Age: 26 Last AB Wins -- his on-base streak to 23-straight games, dating back to 2019...It is the longest active streak in RHP César Valdez Age: 36 Walk-off Wins -- the American League and the second-longest in the majors (Justin Turner, LAD - 33-straight). RHP Tyler Wells Age: 26 Extra Innings -- LHP Bruce Zimmermann Age: 26 Led After 6 1-0 A GRAND OLE TIME: INF Freddy Galvis has appeared in 999 career games (642 - PHI, 162 Led After 7 1-0 - SD, 115 - TOR, CIN - 79, BAL - 1)...He will become the 59th active player to reach the 1,000 Led After 8 1-0 game plateau. O’s STATCAST NUGGETS Tied After 6 -- Furthest Home Run There are 18 players in Orioles history to have played 1,000 career games for the club. Tied After 7 -- N/A Tied After 8 -- Exit Velocity Max FEELING THE FENWAY LOVE: Behind After 6 -- 107.9 mph - Santander - 4/2 at BOS INF/OF Trey Mancini is a career .358/.431/.604 (38-for-106) hitter with 10 doubles, four Behind After 7 -- Exit Velocity Avg. Behind After 8 -- home runs, and 21 RBI in 28 career games at Fenway Park...Mancini has hit safely in 100.1 mph - Mancini vs. A.L. Teams 1-0 25 of the 28 games and reached base safely in 27 of 28...Among active players with Barrels vs. N.L. Teams -- 100-or-more carer at-bats at Fenway Park, Mancini ranks first in both batting average N/A Hit 0 HR 1-0 and on-base percentage, and third in slugging percentage. Hit 1+ HR -- INF Maikel Franco has hit safely in all five games he has played at Fenway Park in Scored 3 or Fewer Runs 1-0 his career, hitting .500/.577/.591 (11-for-22) with two doubles, two runs scored, and two O’s ON THE ROAD Scored 4 or More Runs -- RBI in these games. Record 1-0 Allowed 3 or Fewer Runs 1-0 Team AVG/OBP/SLG .265/.306/.324 Allowed 4 or More Runs -- TAKE 5: RHP Tyler Wells and RHP Mac Sceroler each made their first career Opening Day Runs per Game 3.0 (3 R/1 G) More Hits than Opponent 1-0 roster after being selected in last year’s Rule 5 draft...Their first appearance will be their Major Fielding Errors 1 Fewer Hits than Opponent -- League debut...The Orioles currently have three Rule 5 picks on their 26-man roster, also OF Committed No Errors -- Anthony Santander, and four total on their 40-man roster (also INF Richie Martin). Team ERA 0.00 (0 ER/9.0 IP) Committed 1 or More Errors 1-0 Five Orioles made their Major League debuts during the 2020 season. Starters W-L 1-0 Starters ERA 0.00 (0 ER/7.0 IP) VS. BOSTON DAYLIGHTFUL: The Orioles won their first day game of the season yesterday, and play two Starters Strikeouts/Walks 5/0 Record in 2021 1-0 more, including today, to wrap up the series...Since the beginning of the 2020 season, the Ori- Bullpen W-L 0-0 at Home 0-0 oles are 11-6 (.647) in day games...Their .647 winning percentage is the third-highest in baseball Bullpen ERA 0.00 (0 ER/2.0 IP) at Fenway Park 1-0 during this stretch. Bullpen Strikeouts/Walks 3/2 Team AVG/OBP/SLG .265/.306/.324 Saves/Opps 1/1 Runs per Game 3.0 (3 R/1 G) DE-PEN-DABLE: The Orioles bullpen begins the season with five members (LHP Paul Fry, Best Road Trip -- LHP Tanner Scott, RHP Cole Sulser, RHP Dillon Tate, and RHP César Valdez) from last All-Time Record (since 1954) 505-596 Worst Road Trip -- All-Time at Home 255-296 year’s group that posted a 3.90 ERA (109 ER/251.2 IP), which ranked seventh-best in the Amer- All-Time at Boston 250-300 ican League and ninth-best in the majors. UPCOMING MILESTONES ORIOLES - RED SOX HEAD-TO-HEAD ROSTER BREAKDOWN: The Orioles open the 2021 season with 15 players who were not on BALTIMORE ...............................BOSTON their 2020 Opening Day roster: 10 pitchers (Matt Harvey, Dean Kremer, Jorge López, John Freddy Galvis 999 G (1 shy of 1,000) 95 HR (5 shy of 100) 1-0 .....................Record .......................0-1 Means, Adam Plutko, Mac Sceroler, Dillon Tate, César Valdez, Tyler Wells, and Bruce Zim- Trey Mancini 481 hits (19 shy of 500) .265 ..................Average .................... .069 mermann), four infielders (Maikel Franco, Freddy Galvis, Trey Mancini, and Ramón Urías), 3 ..........................Runs............................ 0 Wade LeBlanc 240 G (10 shy of 250) and one outfielder (Ryan Mountcastle)...Of the 26, seven are home grown O’s...Eight O’s are 9 ...........................Hits ............................. 2 46 W (4 shy of 50) 0 ....................Home Runs ...................... 0 making their first Opening Day roster...LHP Wade LeBlanc is the oldest (36 years and 238 days) Matt Harvey 772 K (28 shy of 800) 0.00 ..................... ERA ....................... 2.00 on the roster and INF/OF Ryan Mountcastle is the youngest (24 years and 43 days) on the club. 8 ..................... Strikeouts ....................... 7 1 .........................Errors ........................... 1 GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE RECAP: The Orioles played in 28 games during Spring Training, fin- ishing with a 10-17-1 record...The O’s went 7-7 at Ed Smith Stadium and 3-10-1 on the road. ORIOLESPRESSBOX.COM To find the latest Orioles Game Notes, O’S ON THE INJURED LIST ..OF Austin Hays led the O’s on offense, collecting a team-high 20 hits and batting a team-best .392...INF/OF Ryan Mountcastle and Hays each recorded four home runs and 13 RBI...INF/OF Rosters, Supplemental Bios, Press DJ Stewart 10-day (left hamstring strain) Trey Mancini hit safely in each of his last 14 spring games to close out the schedule, finishing Releases, Orioles 2021 Media Guide, Chris Davis 60-day (lower back strain) and other team related information, with the second-most hits for the O’s this spring (17).