BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 West Camden Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Tuesday, September 9, 2014 Game #144 Road Game #73 Baltimore Orioles (84-59) vs. Boston Red Sox (63-81) RH Chris Tillman (11-5, 3.40) vs. RH Anthony Ranaudo (3-1, 4.63) TODAY’S GAME: The Orioles and Red Sox meet in the middle game of their three-game set and the fifth game BEST RECORD IN THE AL of a six-game road trip that has seen the Birds go 2-2 thus far (1-2 in Tampa Bay and 1-0 at Boston)…The Orioles TEAM W L PCT GB went 9-2 on their most recent homestand and have posted the second-best record in baseball (42-20, .677) since Los Angeles 88 55 .615 -- June 30, trailing only the Angels’ 43-20 (.683) mark…Baltimore leads the AL East by 10.0 games over New BALTIMORE 84 59 .587 4.0 York, their largest AL East lead since September 22, 1979 (also 10.0 games). Oakland 80 63 .559 8.0 VS. BOSTON: The O’s lead the season series, 8-6, going 4-3 in Baltimore and 4-3 in Boston…In 2013, ODDS & ENDS Baltimore won the season series, 11-8, going 6-4 at home and 5-4 at Fenway, and were the only team in the AL Home 43-28 East to post a winning record against the world champion Red Sox…Since September 20, 2011, the Orioles are Away 41-31 19-9 at Fenway Park…Since 2012, the Birds are 32-19 against Boston…The O’s trail the all-time series 457- Day 20-27 533, going 235-262 in Baltimore and 222-271 in Boston. Night 64-32 vs. LHP 21-18 HE’S THE (TILL)MAN: Chris Tillman has allowed three earned runs or fewer in 17 consecutive starts since vs. RHP 63-41 June 10, the 5th-longest streak in club history…In that time, he has pitched to a 2.26 ERA (111.2IP, 28ER) and Series Record 27-13-7 lowered his season ERA from 5.20 to 3.40…If he allows three earned runs or fewer tonight, Tillman will tie th First game of series 30-18 Steve Barber (June 12, 1966-May 14, 1967) for the 4 -longest streak in club history. Last game of a series 28-19 th Last 10 games 7-3 THROWING ZEROES: The Orioles recorded their 11 shutout of the season last night, their most in a season since also posting 11 in 1999…The last time the O’s had more than 11 shutouts in a season was 1992, when they Current W/L streak W2 tossed 16…The club record for shutouts in a season is 21, done in 1961. Longest W streak 5 (5/6-10) Longest L streak 4 (last 5/27-30) th CLUB 5,000: With three more wins (the 87 of the season), the Orioles will reach the 5,000 win mark in club Most games + .500 25 (last 84-59) history (includes regular season and playoff games). Most games - .500 3 (last 2-5) BEASTS VS. THE EAST: The Orioles own the best in-division winning percentage in the AL, going 35-22 Extra innings 13-5 (.614) vs. AL East competition so far…The .614 winning percentage against the East ranks 6th in O’s club Shutouts 11-10 history, and is their best mark since going 49-29 (.628) in 1980…The club record is .678 (61-29) in 1970…The One-run games 28-20 rd Two-run games 17-11 Birds rank 3 in MLB in in-division record behind the Dodgers (41-21, .661) and St. Louis (40-24, .625) Lead after 7 innings 65-7 THESE ARE THE GOOD OLD DAYS: With Thursday’s win, the Orioles clinched their third straight winning Tied after 7 innings 13-6 season for the first time since 1992-94…Excluding strike-shortened years, it is the first time since a four-year Trail after 7 innings 5-46 stretch from 1982-85…The Orioles posted 18 straight winning seasons from 1968-85. Lead after 8 innings 70-4 Tied after 8 innings 10-7 WORTH THE WAIT: With Sunday’s win, the Orioles improved their ML-leading extra inning record to 13-5 Trail after 8 innings 3-48 this season…The Birds are 37-14 in extras since 2012, including a 16-2 mark in 2012…In games that have gone 12+ innings since the start of 2012, the Orioles are 15-5 (16-6 including the 2012 postseason). Orioles score first 55-12 Opponent scores first 29-47 SCORE FOUR: The Orioles are 66-14 (.825) when scoring four or more runs this season, including a 26-1 mark Score four or more runs 66-14 since July 19…Since June 30, the Birds are 34-2 in their last 36 games scoring at least four runs. Score fewer than four runs 18-45 ROAD WARRIORS: The Orioles’ .569 (41-31) road winning percentage is tied for 2nd in the AL with Kansas Orioles homer 71-30 Outhit opponents 61-10 City and Los Angeles, trailing only Seattle (42-28, .600). Equal hit total 8-6 THE BOMB SQUAD: The Orioles lead the majors with 188 HR (Colorado is 2nd with 168) and are on pace to hit Outhit by opponents 15-43 Most hits in a game 20 (4/8) 213…The Birds have seven 200+ HR seasons in club history (2013, 2012, 1999, 1998, 1996, 1987 and 1985), Fewest hits in a game 1 (8/6 & 24) but have never done it in three straight years…The Birds have gone 22-0 when they hit three or more homers, 44-11 in their MLB-leading 55 multi-homer games, and 71-30 when hitting at least one homer this season. No errors 55-28 With one error 26-24 PITCH PERFECT: The Orioles current 3.55 team ERA would be their lowest in a full season since 1979, when With two errors 3-5 the AL champions posted a 3.26 mark…The lowest single-season team ERA in club history is 2.53, done in 1972. With three or more errors 0-2 WHOA NELLIE: On Monday, Nelson Cruz was named American League Co-Player of the Week with Detroit’s vs. AL 72-51 Miguel Cabrera…From September 1-7, Cruz batted .407/.467/.963, with six extra-base hits (four HR) and a vs. AL East 35-22 major league-leading 12 RBI, including his 3rd career game of at least seven RBI on September 7 at Tampa…It vs. AL Central 16-17 nd rd vs. AL West 21-12 was his 2 weekly award this season (also June 2) and the 3 of his career. vs. NL 12-8 CRUZIN’: Nelson Cruz has set new career-highs with 39 home runs and 101 RBI this season, and his 39 HR are nd Largest home crowd *46,685 (3/31) the 2 -most in club history for a player in his first season with the Birds (49 by Frank Robinson in 1966)…With Largest road crowd *48,142 (4/07) one more home run, Cruz would be the 6th Oriole with a 40-HR season, joining Chris Davis (53 in 2013), Brady CURRENT ROAD TRIP Anderson (50 in 1996), Robinson (49 in 1966), Jim Gentile (46 in 1961) and Rafael Palmeiro (43 in 1998)…He th th is the 10 Oriole to record a season of 35+ home runs and 25+ doubles, the 13 such season in club history. Record 2-2 BIG HITTERS: Nelson Cruz has an ML-best 39 HR, and the O’s could become the 4th team since 1920 to have Team Average .216 (30-139) two players win the HR title in consecutive years (Chris Davis hit 53 in 2013), joining the 1936-37 NYY (Gehrig Runs per Game 3.3 (13R/4G) 49 & DiMaggio 46), 1987-88 OAK (McGwire 49 & Canseco 42), and 1993-94 SFG (Bonds 46 & Williams 43). Fielding Errors 3 NICK SWINGING A BIG STICK: Nick Hundley has hit in eight straight games, going 11-for-29 (.379) with a Team ERA 2.21 (36.2IP, 9ER) double, three homers, three runs scored and seven RBI…The longest hitting streak of his career is nine games Starters W-L 1-0 (twice) from September 19-28, 2008 and August 20-September 1, 2009. Starters ERA 2.13 (25.1IP, 6ER) th ONE TO GO: Nick Markakis’ next multi-hit game will give him 50 for the 6 time in his career (2007- Bullpen W-L-S 1-2-1 11)…The only other Oriole to record six seasons with 50+ multi-hit games is Eddie Murray (1978-80, 1982- Bullpen ERA 2.38 (11.1IP, 3ER) 84)… Markakis is 4th in Orioles history with 432 multi-hit games behind Cal Ripken, Jr. (845), Brooks Saves/Opps 1/2 Robinson (745), and Murray (596)…Adam Jones has recorded 50 multi-hit games for the second straight season. Best homestand 9-2 (8/25-9/4) Worst homestand 2-4 (5/9-14) DIRTY 30: With his 30th save on August 30, Zach Britton became the 10th different Oriole to record a 30-save th Best road trip 3-1 (last 8/4-7) season (the 14 total 30-save season by an Oriole)…Britton leads the AL and is tied for the ML lead in saves Worst road trip 4-5 (8/15-24) since May 15, the day he recorded his first, with 33…Gregg Olson (three) has the most 30-save seasons in club history, and Jim Johnson and Randy Myers (two each) are the only other Orioles with multiple such seasons.