BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 West Camden Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Thursday, May 18, 2017 Game #39 Road Game #23 Baltimore Orioles (23-15) at Detroit Tigers (19-19) RHP Dylan Bundy (5-1, 2.26) vs. RHP Jordan Zimmermann (3-2, 6.28) WINNING WAYS HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROOKS: Orioles Legend Brooks Robinson turns 80 years old today...”Mr. Oriole” spent 23 seasons with the Orioles and started 20 consecutive Opening Day games...He won the American League Most Most wins since 2012 among AL clubs: Valuable Player Award in 1964 and holds the record for most Gold Gloves by a position player with 16...He was 1. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 467 elected to Baseball’s Hall of Fame (in his first year of eligibility in 1983) and was named MVP of the 1970 World 2. New York Yankees 459 Series...Robinson played in 18 All-Star games and was the All-Star Game MVP in 1966...In 2016, Robinson was 3. Texas Rangers 455 honored at the annual Rawlings Gold Glove Award ceremony with a Lifetime Achievement Award. 4. Detroit Tigers 450 HOME GOODS THIS ONE’S FOR THE FIGHTERS: The Orioles will recognize Amber Shaw, the winner of MLB’s Honorary Bat Girl contest, on Friday at Oriole Park…Shaw was selected by a panel of guest judges that included Orioles Best home records in the majors: pitcher Kevin Gausman, who lost his maternal grandmother to breast cancer…Shaw has endured multiple surgeries 1. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 13-3 (.813) and rounds of chemotherapy treatment and begun a new career in mammography to help other breast cancer patients. 2. Houston Astros 14-6 (.700) 3. Arizona Diamondbacks 18-8 (.692) BEASTS OF THE EAST: The Orioles own a record of 23-15 (.605) and are in second place of the American 4. Los Angeles Dodgers 13-6 (.684) League East division...The Orioles rank second among AL East clubs with a 15-9 (.625) record in games within the New York Yankees 13-6 (.684) division…The Orioles played their first game outside of the Eastern Time Zone on Friday in Kansas City. THE GAME OF RISP RISP-Y BUSINESS: O’s hitters lead the majors with a batting average of .316 (84-for-266) with runners in scoring Top team batting averages with runners in position…OF Adam Jones leads the majors with a .476 (10-for-21) batting average with runners in scoring position. scoring position in the majors: 1. BALTIMORE ORIOLES .316 CATCH THIS: Orioles catchers lead the majors with a .333 (51-for-153) batting average...Welington Castillo, 2. New York Mets .314 Caleb Joseph, and Francisco Peña have combined to notch 11 doubles, a triple, five home runs, and 20 RBI. 3. Washington Nationals .310 4. Houston Astros .301 HOME COOKIN’: The Orioles own the best home record in the majors with a 13-3 (.813) mark…The Orioles will return home on Friday for a six-game homestand against the Toronto Blue Jays (three games) and Minnesota RISP MANAGEMENT Twins (three games)…Beginning on Friday, the Orioles will play 15 of 18 games at home. Top batting averages with runners in scoring position in the majors (qualifying only): VS. DETROIT: The Orioles and Tigers play the third game of seven matchups between the two clubs this 1. ADAM JONES, BAL .476 season...The Orioles season series is tied, 1-1…The Orioles won the 2016 season series, 5-2...The Tigers will visit 2. Yonder Alonso, OAK .448 Baltimore, August 3-6...Baltimore leads Detroit in the all-time series, 447-407, with the Orioles leading 230-197 at 3. Neil Walker, NYM .441 home and leading 217-210 at Detroit. 4. Joey Votto, CIN .433 HIGH FIVE: Since the beginning of the 2012 season, the Orioles lead American League clubs and rank fourth in CLOSING TIME the majors with 467 wins, finishing with a .500 or better record in each of the last five seasons...In that span, O’s Most saves in the majors this season: hitters lead the majors with 1,159 home runs and have committed the fewest number of errors (423). 1. Colorado Rockies 19 HOMER HAPPY: Since the beginning of the 2012 season, three current Orioles rank among active Major League 2. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 15 St. Louis Cardinals 15 leaders in home runs...1B Chris Davis (205) leads the majors, while OF Adam Jones (155) ranks eighth and 4. Houston Astros 14 DH/OF Mark Trumbo (154) ranks ninth. JUST A LITTLE CRUSH HOMER’S ODYSSEY: The Orioles led the majors with 253 home runs in 2016…OF Mark Trumbo led the Active Major League home run leaders since 2012: majors with 47 homers…1B Chris Davis tied for 11th in the majors with 38 home runs and 3B Manny Machado th 1. CHRIS DAVIS, BAL 205 tied for 11 in the American League with 37 home runs…For the fourth consecutive season, the Major League 2. Edwin Encarnación, CLE 199 leader in home runs was an Oriole (also Chris Davis in 2013, Nelson Cruz in 2014, and Chris Davis in 2015). 3. Nelson Cruz, SEA 188 4. Mike Trout, LAA 176 th ORANGE CRUSH: 1B Chris Davis hit a go-ahead home run in the 12 inning on Tuesday at Detroit and hit 5. Miguel Cabrera 173 th th another go-ahead shot in the 13 inning after the Tigers tied the game in the bottom of the 12 inning...According 6. Giancarlo Stanton, MIA 163 to the Elias Sports Bureau, Davis is only the second player in the Expansion Era (since 1961) to hit two go-ahead 7. José Bautista, TOR 158 home runs in extra-innings...He joined Matt Adams, who did so for the St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati on 8. ADAM JONES, BAL 155 September 4, 2013 in the 14th and 16th innings...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Davis and Adams are the only 9. MARK TRUMBO, BAL 154 th players to hit multiple home runs in the 12 inning or later of a game…According to STATS, LLC., Davis became CURRENT ROAD TRIP the first O’s player with multiple extra-inning home runs in a game since OF Mike Young did so on May 28, 1987. Record 1-5 ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER: The Orioles streak of holding a lead for 42 consecutive innings was Team Average .292 (69-for-236) snapped in the first inning on Tuesday, May 9 (fourth inning on May 4-entire game on May 8)...According to the Runs per Game 6.0 (36 R/6 G) Elias Sports Bureau, the last team to hold a lead for at least 42 consecutive innings was the Los Angeles Angels Fielding Errors 3 from June 2-7, 2008, when they held a lead for 43 consecutive innings...Prior to that, the Milwaukee Brewers held a lead for 45 straight innings from June 18-23, 2007. Team ERA 6.41 (38 ER/53.1 IP) Starters W-L 0-1 RATED ROOKIE: Rookie Trey Mancini hit his seventh home run of the season on Monday, May 8...It marked Starters ERA 6.59 (32 ER/28.2 IP) th th his 10 career home run in his 26 career game...According to ESPN Stats and Info, only INF George Scott and C Gary Sánchez (11 each) had more home runs in their first 26 career games. Bullpen W-L-S 1-4-0 Bullpen ERA 6.20 (17 ER/24.2 IP) VOTE ORANGE: Major League Baseball All-Star Game balloting is once again exclusively online at Saves/Opps 0/2 orioles.com/voteorange...Fans can cast their votes up to 35 times per email address, maximum of five votes in a 24- Best homestand 5/5-9 (5-0, 1.000) hour period...Fans that Vote Orange will be entered into the 2017 Orioles All-Star Sweepstakes for a chance to win Worst homestand 4/21-26 (4-2, .667) great O’s prizes and ticket offers...Voting concludes on Thursday, June 29, at 11:59 p.m. ET...Fans are encouraged Best road trip 4/11-20 (6-3, .667) to promote the Vote Orange campaign on social media by using the hashtag #VoteOrange. Worst road trip 4/28-5/4 (3-4, .429) DISABLED LIST: Three Orioles are currently on the disabled list...OF Anthony Santander (right forearm strain, UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS retroactive to 3/30), LHP Zach Britton (left forearm strain, retroactive to 5/5), and RHP Gabriel Ynoa (right OF Joey Rickard Turns 26 on 5/21 hamstring strain, since 5/6) are on the 10-day DL. MGR Buck Showalter Turns 61 on 5/23 EVP Dan Duquette Turns 59 on 5/26 COACHING STAFF: The Orioles named Roger McDowell as Major League pitching coach, Alan Mills as Major League bullpen coach, and Howie Clark as assistant hitting coach…This is the third season for Scott Coolbaugh UPCOMING MILESTONES (hitting) and fifth for Bobby Dickerson (third base) and Einar Díaz (coach), while Wayne Kirby (first base), and Buck Showalter Needs 28 wins for 1,480* John Russell (bench) returned for their seventh years on the coaching staff. Chris Davis Needs 2 HR for 209 with BAL** Adam Jones Needs 1 HR for 124 at OPACY*** THE SKIPPER: A three-time Manager of the Year (1994, 2004, 2014), Buck Showalter is currently in his eighth Needs 41 HR for 268 with BAL**** Chris Tillman Needs 6 wins for 79 with BAL# season as Orioles manager… He has managed the Yankees (1992-95), Diamondbacks (1998-2000), Rangers (2003- *1,480 wins, HOF Earl Weaver, 24th All-Time 06), and Orioles (August 2010-current)..