ORIOLES POST-GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 West Camden Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Thursday July 31, 2014 Game #107 Home Game #52 Baltimore Orioles (60-47) vs. Los Angeles Angels (64-43) R H E LOB WP: Santiago (3-7) TIME: 4:33 ANGELS 1 12 0 11 LP: WEBB (3-2) ORIOLES 0 5 0 9 SV: Street (4) ANGELS HR HR# Inn Count On Base Pitcher Made score Last Home Run ORIOLES HR HR# Inn Count On Base Pitcher Made score Last Home Run GETTING STARTED: Tonight’s first pitch was at 7:08 p.m.…Game-time temperature was 83 degrees. TODAY’S ATTENDANCE was 24,974…The 51-date season total is 1,529,339…Average attendance is 29,987. EXTRA, EXTRA: The Orioles played their 16th extra-inning game of the season, matching Oakland for the most bonus baseball games in the majors…The Birds are 12-4 in free baseball with a 7-3 mark at home…In games that have gone 12 innings or more since the start of 2012, the Orioles are 15-5 (16-6 including the 2012 postseason)…The Angels are 7-6 in extras. UNDER REVIEW: Manager Buck Showalter challenged first base umpire Dan Bellino’s call in the 11th inning that Adam Jones was picked off of first base…Following a 2:33 review, the call stood…The Orioles are now 11-for-20 (55%) in challenges this season. ORIOLES NOTES VS. ANGELS: The Orioles won the season series, 4-2…The Birds lead the all-time series, 349-292 (186-130 in Baltimore and 163-162 in Anaheim)…The Orioles are 9- 4 against the Angels since the beginning of 2013. SERIES FINALES: The Orioles are now 19-16 in series finales with an 8-9 record at home. THE SMALLEST OF MARGINS: The Orioles are now 21-17 in one-run games with a 12-6 record at home…The last six games for the Birds have been decided by one run…The Orioles have now lost three games by a final score of 1-0 this season (also, June 10 vs. Boston & May 17 at Kansas City). BLANKED: The Orioles are now 8-8 in shutouts with a 3-7 mark at home…The last time the Birds were shutout was on July 12 vs. New York Yankees (3-0)…It was the 15th shutout loss in extra innings in club history (last September 2, 2003 vs. Oakland, 2-0)… It was the longest extra-inning shutout loss since also losing to the Angels, 1-0, on August 20, 1978 in 14 innings…The longest extra-inning shutout loss in club history is 15 innings, May 14, 1961 (DH G1) vs. Cleveland (1-0). ZEROS: Tonight matched the longest two teams have gone scoreless in a game in the major leagues this season (12 innings)…The longest scoreless game in the majors this year prior to tonight came on July 22, 2014 between Texas and the Yankees (both teams scored in the 13th inning, and New York won the game, 2-1, in 14 frames). PITCHING POISE: In 46 games since June 9, the Orioles rotation has posted a 3.10 ERA (278.2IP, 96ER)…Over their last 12 games at OPACY, Orioles pitchers have posted a 2.49 ERA (112.0IP, 31ER), while the starters have gone 6-2 with a 3.33 ERA (73.0IP, 27ER) with the Orioles going 9-3 in that span. HALO HURLER: Bud Norris is 4-0 with a 0.43 ERA (41.2IP, 2ER) in six career starts against the Halos…All six starts have been Quality Starts, holding the Angels scoreless in three of the six outings. WILD THING: Bud Norris has walked a batter in 17 consecutive games, tied for the second-longest streak of his career (most recently June 22-September 25, 2013)…Norris hit his 11th batter of the season and entered tonight’s game tied for third in the AL in hit batsmen. RAD BRAD: Since June 23 (12 games), Brad Brach has posted a 1.31 ERA (20.2IP, 3ER) with a 4-0 record and four walks and 18 strikeouts. DROUGHT: Nelson Cruz is 0-for-17 over his last five games and 0-for-20 since his last hit (July 25 at Seattle)…His five-game stretch without a hit is tied for longest of his career (four times, most recently June 10-15, 2011). SWIPER NO SWIPING: Per STATS, Caleb Joseph caught his 15th would-be base stealer of the season at second base in the second inning (Erick Aybar)…Joseph entered tonight’s game tied for ninth in the AL in catcher caught stealings…He has now caught 15-of-31 base stealers (48.4%). THE STAPLE: With tonight’s game, Nick Markakis tied Brian Roberts for third on the all-time list for games played at Oriole Park at Camden Yards (662)…Brady Anderson tops the list with 703 games played, while Cal Ripken, Jr. is second with 674 tilts. ANGELS NOTES OUCH: Tyler Skaggs left tonight’s game in the bottom of the fifth inning with a 1-0 count on Caleb Joseph due to left forearm tightness...He had not allowed a hit through 4.2 innings. A FIRST FOR EVERYTHING: Tyler Skaggs made his first career start against the Orioles tonight…He is now 1-1 with a 3.55 ERA (25.1IP, 10ER) in four career starts against the AL East…In three career starts in the Eastern Time Zone, he is now 2-0 with a 1.83 ERA (19.2IP, 4ER). DOUBLE FIGURES: The Angels pitching staff registered its 38th 10-plus strikeout game of the season. FRIENDLY FOUR: David Freese tied his career-high for the second time with four hits tonight (also, June 4, 2013 vs. Arizona). NO ORDINARY JOE: Joe Smith had retired 31 straight right-handed batters, the longest streak by any Angel since at least 1974 (previous high was 29 by Dave LaRoche in 1978 and Jered Weaver in 2010) prior to Caleb Joseph’s single in the eighth…Smith has allowed one earned run over his last 22 outings (0.40 ERA; 22.1IP) with one walk and 22 strikeouts. TURN IT AROUND: The Angels finish July with a 19-8 mark compared to a 9-15 record in 2013…The 19 wins in July are the most since the club’s AL Western Division Championship year of 2009 (19-7). DUECES: Albert Pujols grounded into two double plays for the second time this season (also July 1 @CWS)…It is the 12th time in his career he has grounded into two or more double plays in the same game. ANGELS PITCHING IP H R ER BB K HR WP HB PIT/STR 1st Batter Inherited/Scored Tyler Skaggs 4.2 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 73/46 N/A N/A Mike Morin 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14/11 0/1 1/0 Kevin Jepsen 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 15/7 1/1 N/A Joe Smith 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12/8 0/1 N/A Cory Rasmus 2.0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 29/21 1/1 N/A Hector Santiago (W) 2.0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 44/25 1/1 N/A Huston Street (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18/10 1/1 N/A Totals 13.0 5 0 0 5 16 0 0 0 - - - ORIOLES PITCHING IP H R ER BB K HR WP HB PIT/STR 1st Batter Inherited/Scored Bud Norris 7.0 8 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 110/73 N/A N/A Brad Brach 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 21/15 1/1 N/A Tommy Hunter 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 29/21 1/1 N/A Ryan Webb (L) 1.0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 19/10 1/1 N/A Brian Matusz 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 13/9 1/1 2/0 Totals 13.0 12 1 1 2 12 0 0 1 - - - .