BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 West Camden Street Baltimore, MD 21201 OPENING DAY March 31, 2014 Game #1 Home Game #1 Baltimore Orioles (0-0) vs. Boston Red Sox (0-0) RHP Chris Tillman (0-0, 0.00) vs. LHP Jon Lester (0-0, 0.00) OPENING DAY: The Orioles open their 60th anniversary season this afternoon against the Boston Red Sox…The ODDS & ENDS Orioles are 38-22 all-time on Opening Day and have won 10 of their last 13 openers, including the last three…The Home 0-0 Orioles are opening a season against the Red Sox for the eighth time, having gone 5-2 (4-1 at home, 1-1 in Away 0-0 Boston) so far…The Birds have won each of the last four season-opening games against the Sox (’76, ’89, ’01, Day 0-0 ’04), with three of the games being decided by one run (two of them went to extra innings). Night 0-0 vs. LHP 0-0 VS. BOSTON: The Orioles won the season series, 11-8, in 2013, the only team in the AL East to post a winning vs. RHP 0-0 record against the Red Sox last year…The Birds went 6-4 at Oriole Park and 5-4 at Fenway…Since 2012, the O’s are 24-13 against Boston despite outscoring the Red Sox by a total of 15 runs (167-152). Series Record 0-0-0 First game of series 0-0 GREAT OPENERS: Four current O’s have played in three or more Opening Day games for the Birds: J.J. Last game of a series 0-0 Hardy (3G) has batted .333 (3-9) with three walks, two doubles and four runs scored…Matt Wieters (4G) has hit Last 10 games 0-0 .385 (5-13) with two walks, a double, two home runs, four runs scored and four RBI…Adam Jones (6G) has hit Win/Loss streak 0 .417 (10-24) with two walks, four doubles, a triple, a home run, six runs scored and five RBI…Nick Markakis Longest win streak 0 (8G/7GS) has hit .333 (8-24) with five walks, a double, triple, home run, seven runs scored and seven RBI. Longest losing streak 0 Most games over .500 0 (0-0) SEEING STARS: This off-season, the Orioles added a trio of former All-Stars in OF Nelson Cruz (TEX ’09 and Most games under .500 0 (0-0) ’13) and RHPs Ubaldo Jimenez (COL ’10) and Evan Meek (PIT ’10)…Last season, the Orioles sent five players to the Midsummer Classic: 1B Chris Davis, 3B Manny Machado, SS J.J. Hardy, CF Adam Jones and RHP Extra innings 0-0 Chris Tillman. Shutouts 0-0 One-run games 0-0 MOST OPENING DAY STARTS BY POSITION THROUGH 2013 (total Opening Day starts in Two-run games 0-0 parenthesis): 1B: Eddie Murray-10 (12), Boog Powell-9 (12)…2B: Brian Roberts-9, Rich Dauer-8 (9)…SS: Cal Ripken-14 (20), Mark Belanger-13…3B: Brooks Robinson-20, Cal Ripken-6 (20)…LF: Gary Roenicke-6, B.J. Lead after 7 innings 0-0 Tied after 7 innings 0-0 Surhoff-5 (6)…CF: Paul Blair-12, Al Bumbry-6 (8), Adam Jones-6…RF: Nick Markakis-7, Ken Singleton-6 Trail after 7 innings 0-0 (9)…CA: Rick Dempsey-10, Chris Hoiles-7, Gus Triandos-6 (7)…P: Jim Palmer-6, Mike Mussina-6, Dave Lead after 8 innings 0-0 McNally-5…DH: Ken Singleton-3 (9), Sam Horn-3, Harold Baines-3. Tied after 8 innings 0-0 Trail after 8 innings 0-0 O’S ALL-TIME LEADERS IN OPENING DAY STARTS THROUGH 2013: 20: Brooks Robinson and Cal Ripken…13: Mark Belanger…12: Paul Blair, Eddie Murray and Boog Powell…11: Brady Anderson…10: Rick Orioles score first 0-0 Dempsey…9: Rich Dauer, Ken Singleton and Brian Roberts…8: Al Bumbry and Melvin Mora…7: Chris Hoiles, Opponent scores first 0-0 Gus Triandos, Davey Johnson, Rafael Palmeiro and Nick Markakis…6: Jackie Brandt, Andy Etchebarren, Lee Score four or more runs 0-0 May, Mike Mussina, Jim Palmer, Frank Robinson, Gary Roenicke, Mike Bordick, B.J. Surhoff, Jay Gibbons and Score fewer than four runs 0-0 Adam Jones. Orioles homer 0-0 DISABLED LIST: Four Orioles will open the season on the 15-day disabled list: INF Michael Almanzar Outhit opponents 0-0 Equal hit total 0-0 (retroactive to March 23 – left patellar tendinitis), INF Manny Machado (retroactive to March 21 – recovering Outhit by opponents 0-0 from left knee surgery), OF Francisco Peguero (retroactive to March 21 – right wrist tendinitis), and OF Nolan Most hits in a game 0 Reimold (retroactive to March 26 – cervical spine fusion surgery)…RHP Edgmer Escalona was placed on the Fewest hits in a game 0 60-day DL (right shoulder impingement). No errors 0-0 DE-FENSE: The Orioles’ 119 errorless games last season set a major league record, surpassing the 2008 Houston With one error 0-0 Astros (113 in 161 games) for most errorless games in a season since 1900…The Birds made 54 errors, also With two errors 0-0 setting a major league record for fewest errors in a 162-game season (previous record was 65 by the 2003 Seattle With three or more errors 0-0 Mariners)…The Orioles led the majors with a .991 fielding percentage, setting a major league record for highest fielding percentage in baseball history, topping the 2007 Rockies’ .989 mark…The Orioles were the first team in vs. AL 0-0 vs. AL East 0-0 MLB history to post 100 errorless games by the end of August (they had 101)…The O’s previous season-low for vs. AL Central 0-0 team errors was 104 in 1998. vs. AL West 0-0 vs. NL 0-0 AS GOOD AS GOLD: The Orioles had six finalists for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award in 2013: Chris Davis, J.J. Hardy, Adam Jones, Manny Machado, Nick Markakis and Matt Wieters, the most of any club…Hardy Largest home crowd 0 won his second Gold Glove (also 2012), while Jones won his third (also 2009 and 2012) and Machado claimed his Largest road crowd 0 first…The Birds became the first AL team since the 2002-03 Mariners to win at least three Gold Gloves in CURRENT HOMESTAND consecutive seasons and Jones and Hardy became the first set of AL teammates to win in back-to-back years since Adrian Beltre and Ichiro Suzuki for the Mariners in 2007-08…2013 was the 19th time the Orioles had multiple Record 0-0 Gold Glove winners in the same season…Machado is the 17th different Oriole to win a Gold Glove. Team Average .000 (0-0) Runs per Game 0.0 (0R/0G) SILVER SLUGGERS: The Orioles led the majors with three Silver Slugger Award winners in 2013 as Chris Davis, J.J. Hardy and Adam Jones each received their first awards…The three winners were the most in a single Fielding Errors 0 season in Orioles history and the first since DH Aubrey Huff in 2008…Jones is the first Orioles outfielder to claim a Silver Slugger Award, while Hardy is the third shortstop (Cal Ripken, Jr. eight times and Miguel Tejada Team ERA 0.00 (0.0IP, 0ER) twice) and Davis is the third first baseman (Eddie Murray twice and Rafael Palmeiro once)…The Orioles have Starters W-L 0-0 now had 11 players win Silver Sluggers (20 total awards) since the award began in 1980. Starters ERA 0.00 (0.0IP, 0ER) THE SKIPPER: Buck Showalter, a two-time Manager of the Year (1994 and 2004), returns for his fifth season Bullpen W-L-S 0-0-0 as Orioles manager…He was named 2012 AL Manager of the Year by the Sporting News…Showalter has a 1,163- Bullpen ERA 0.00 (0.0IP, 0ER) 1,095 (.515) record in 15 seasons as manager of the New York Yankees (313-268; 1992-95), Arizona Saves/Opps 0/0 Diamondbacks (250-236; 1998-2000), Texas Rangers (319-329; 2003-2006) and Orioles (281-262, 2010- current)…On May 1, 2012 in New York, Showalter became the 58th manager in MLB history to win 1,000 games. Best homestand 0-0 Worst homestand 0-0 FIELD STAFF: Over the off-season, the Orioles hired Dave Wallace as pitching coach and Dom Chiti as Best road trip 0-0 bullpen coach…Bench coach John Russell, hitting coach Jim Presley and first base coach Wayne Kirby each Worst road trip 0-0 return for their fourth season, while third base coach Bobby Dickerson and assistant hitting coach Einar Diaz return for their second season…Bullpen catcher Jett Ruiz is in his first season and batting practice pitcher Rudy Arias returns for his 15th year. SPRING TRAINING WRAP: The Orioles finished the Grapefruit League season with a 13-9-4 record, posting a 3.93 ERA in 233.2IP and batting .278/.334/.430, scoring 142 runs in 26 games…The Birds set a new per-game attendance mark at Ed Smith Stadium, drawing 89,448 fans for 12 home games, an average of 7,454 per game. UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS DAY OPPONENT TIME TV RADIO O’S STARTER OPP. STARTER April 2 vs. Boston 7:05 p.m. MASN-HD 1090 AM WBAL RH Ubaldo Jimenez (0-0, 0.00) RH John Lackey (0-0, 0.00) April 3 vs.