SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 2021 • GAME #70 • HOME GAME #34 TORONTO BLUE JAYS (33-35) at BALTIMORE ORIOLES (23-46) RHP Alek Manoah (1-0, 2.66) vs. RHP Dean Kremer (0-6, 6.65) O’s SEASON BREAKDOWN ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Orioles snapped their eight-game losing streak by defeating the Blue LEADING IT OFF Overall 23-46 Jays 7-1; have now won three-straight series openers at home...The O’s bullpen combined for 4.1 Baltimore Orioles Franchise Leadoff Home 12-21 innings of shutout baseball, allowing just one hit with seven strikeouts; the bullpens longest outing Home Run Leaders (since 1954): Road 11-25 this season when allowing one-or-fewer hits...The bottom four hitters in the O’s lineup went a com- No. 1) Brady Anderson 44 HR Day 9-21 bined 6-for-15 (.400) with each player scoring a run. No. 2) Don Buford 13 HR Night 14-25 OF Cedric Mullins recorded the Orioles third leadoff home run of the season, the sixth of Al Bumbry 13 HR Current Streak W1 his career...Mullins also collected his third multi-home run game of his career, all coming Brian Roberts 13 HR Last 5 Games 1-4 this season (April 26 vs. NYY and June 5 vs. CLE)...His three multi-homer games from No. 5) Cedric Mullins 6 HR Last 10 Games 2-8 the leadoff spot are tied for the second-most in a single season in O’s history, along with Adam Jones 6 HR April 12-14 Jackie Brandt in 1964 and Brady Anderson in 1999; the record is five such games by May 5-23 Anderson in 1996. HITTING IT OFF June 6-9 INF Maikel Franco drove in a run for the fifth-straight game, tied for the longest active American League Hit Leaders: July -- streak in the AL...It’s the third-longest RBI streak by an Oriole this season (Mancini - six- August -- No. 1) CEDRIC MULLINS, BAL 84 hits straight and Mountcastle - eight-straight) and the second-longest streak of Franco’s career No. 2) Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., TOR 82 hits September -- (six-straight games, July 1-6, 2016). vs. LHSP 9-15 No. 3) Isiah Kiner-Falefa, TEX 80 hits RHP Tyler Wells extended his scoreless innings streak to 11.0 innings (since June 2 - six vs. RHSP 14-31 No. 4) Bo Bichette, TOR 78 hits games) and LHP Tanner Scott extended his to 8.0 innings (since May 26 - nine games). Series Opener 9-14 Xander Bogaerts, BOS 78 hits Marcus Semien, TOR 78 hits Series Opener at Home 4-7 #VOTE MULLINS: Following Monday’s All-Star Ballot Update, OF Cedric Mullins ranked 10th Series Opener on Road 5-7 among AL outfielders with 145,537 votes...Statistically, Mullins ranks first among AL outfielders in By Series 6-13-3 hits (84), OBP (.395), slugging (.540), OPS (.935), total bases (141), fWAR (3.3), and weighted runs TOP VALUE By Home Series 2-6-2 above average (21.36), second in batting average (.322), and tied for second in doubles (18) and MLB Wins Above Replacement Leaders: By Road Series 4-7-1 extra-base hits (32)...His seven outs above average are the most by a center fielder in the majors (according to FanGraphs) Rubber Games 3-0 and his six runs prevented are tied for the most by a center fielder, according to Statcast. No. 1) Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., TOR 4.0 WAR Sweeps/Were Swept 1-8 He’s batting .452 (14-for-31) with two strikes in June; for the season he is batting an O’s- No. 2) Ronald Acuña, Jr., ATL 3.5 WAR Scored First 14-15 No. 3) Xander Bogaerts, BOS 3.4 WAR Opponent Scored First 9-31 best .246 (34-for-138) with two strikes. He’s hit safely in 53 of 68 games played in this year (53 of 66 starts)...Has had two 11-game No. 4) CEDRIC MULLINS, BAL 3.3 WAR 1-run games 4-12 No. 5) Nick Castellanos, CIN 3.2 WAR Comeback Wins 10-19 hitting streaks and one nine-game hitting streak on the campaign. Last AB Wins 3-8 Mullins is batting .419 (26-for-62) in the first inning...His 26 first inning hits lead the majors Walk-off Wins 2-2 and are the most hits by a player in any inning in the majors. FLASHING THE LEATHER Extra Innings 2-4 He’s batting .381 (40-for-105) when leading off an inning; his 40 hits leading off an inning MLB Outs Above Average Leaders Led After 6 19-2 are the most in the majors. as an Outfielder (via Statcast): Led After 7 19-1 In the O’s 23 wins, Mullins is hitting .441 (41-for-93), hitting safely in 22 of the 23, while in No. 1) Manuel Margot, TB 9 OAA Led After 8 21-2 the O’s 45 losses he’s played in, he’s hitting .256 (43-for-168)...His .441 batting average in No. 2) CEDRIC MULLINS, BAL 7 OAA Tied After 6 1-6 his clubs wins is the best in the majors. Brett Phillips, TB 7 OAA Tied After 7 2-6 No. 4) Adolis García, TEX 5 OAA Tied After 8 1-2 JUNE BUGGIN’: The Orioles are slashing .273/.331/.438 (138-for-505) in 15 games in June; their No. 5) Nine players tied with 4 OAA Behind After 6 3-38 batting average and OBP this month rank as the fifth-best in the AL. Behind After 7 1-35 OF Cedric Mullins is slashing .426/.516/.815 (23-for-54) with 10 extra-base hits in the Behind After 8 0-37 month of June (14 G)...He leads the American League in each of batting average, OBP, O’s STATCAST NUGGETS vs. A.L. Teams 21-39 slugging, and OPS (1.330) this month. Furthest Home Run vs. N.L. Teams 2-7 INF/OF Ryan Mountcastle is slashing .339/.362/.607 with four home runs, nine runs 447 ft. - Mountcastle - 6/5 vs. CLE Hit 0 HR 4-17 scored, and 15 RBI in 14 June games...His 15 RBI are tied for the fourth-most in the AL Exit Velocity Max Hit 1+ HR 19-29 this month. 114.6 MPH (2B) - Mountcastle - 6/5 vs. CLE Scored 3 or Fewer Runs 3-32 INF Maikel Franco is slashing .283/.296/.528 with three home runs in 15 games in June, Exit Velocity Avg. Scored 4 or More Runs 20-14 after slashing .157/.187/.275 with two home runs in 26 May games. 89.8 MPH - Santander (min. 100 AB’s) Barrels Allowed 3 or Fewer Runs 17-9 INF Freddy Galvis has hit safely in eight of 15 games this month, with seven of those Mancini (23) Allowed 4 or More Runs 6-37 eight games being multi-hit games; three of his last four games have been multi-hit games. Fastest Pitch More Hits than Opponent 17-9 INF Pat Valaika is slashing .320/.393/.400 (8-for-25) in nine games this month. Fewer Hits than Opponent 4-33 100.2 MPH - Scott - 5/14 vs. NYY Committed No Errors 20-24 HOW ABOUT THIS MOUNTIE, EH?: INF/OF Ryan Mountcastle has hit safely in 11 of 14 games Committed 1 or More Errors 3-22 this month, with six multi-hit efforts...His 36 RBI are tied for the second-most on the O’s...He’s batting O’S AT HOME .313/.343/.573 (30-for-96) with 24 RBI in his last 26 games (since May 15); slashed .212/.236/.328 Record 12-21 VS. TORONTO with 12 RBI in his first 37 games. Team AVG/OBP/SLG .258/.328/.429 Record in 2021 1-0 Mountcastle is batting .371 (26-for-70) with four home runs and 22 RBI with two outs...His Runs per Game 4.6 (152 R/33 G) at Home 1-0 two-out batting average leads the majors, among qualifiers. Fielding Errors 12 at Buffalo 0-0 He’s batting .407 (11-for-27) with 17 RBI with two outs and RISP. Ranks among the Major League rookie league leaders in RBI (3rd - 36), slugging (3rd - .429), Team ERA 5.47 (178 ER/293.0 IP) Team AVG/OBP/SLG .343/.410/.543 home runs (T-3rd - 9), doubles (T-3rd - 12), extra-base hits (T-3rd - 22), total bases (4th - 100), Starters W-L 5-15 Runs per Game 7.0 (7 R/1 G) hits (7th - 59), and OPS (7th - .710). Starters ERA 6.60 (100 ER/136.1 IP) All-Time Record (since 1977) 308-360-0 Starters Strikeouts/Walks 118/48 All-Time at Home 174-160-0 LEFTIE LOOSEY: The Orioles are slashing .282/.337/.458 (196-for-694) against left-handed pitch- Bullpen W-L 7-6 All-Time at Toronto (Buffalo) 134-200-0 ing...The O’s .282 team batting average against LHP is the second-highest in the majors (HOU Bullpen ERA 4.48 (78 ER/156.2 IP) - .283), their slugging (.458) and OPS (.795) ranks third, and their OBP (.337) fifth. Bullpen Strikeouts/Walks 179/54 ORIOLES - BLUE JAYS HEAD-TO-HEAD The O’s have six batters with a .300-or-better batting average (min. 40 AB) against left- Saves/Opps 4/10 BALTIMORE ............................ TORONTO handers...OF Cedric Mullins lead the O’s (min.