BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 West Camden Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Monday, June 1, 2015 Game #50 Road Game #23 Baltimore Orioles (23-26) vs. Houston Astros (31-20) RHP Ubaldo Jimenez (3-3, 3.14) vs. LHP Brett Oberholtzer (0-0, 3.00) ROAD WARRIORS: Beginning tonight, the Orioles will play 15 of their next 23 games on the road…The stretch ODDS & ENDS includes games at Houston (4 games), at Cleveland (3 games), vs. Boston (3 games), vs. New York Yankees (3 Home 15-12 games), vs. Philadelphia (2 games), at Philadelphia (2 games), at Toronto (3 games) and at Boston (3 games). Away 8-14 Day 12-8 VS. HOUSTON: The Orioles and Astros play the fourth game of seven matchups between the two clubs this Night 11-18 season…The Astros visited Baltimore last week for a three-game series from May 25-27 and the O’s went 2- vs. LHP 4-4 1…The Orioles lead the Astros in the all-time series, 16-9…Baltimore took the season series last year, 4-3…The vs. RHP 19-22 Birds have gone 12-3 all-time against the Astros at Camden Yards and 4-6 at Houston. Series Record 8-7-2 BEASTS OF THE EAST: Tonight is Baltimore’s first game played this season outside of the Eastern Time First game of series 7-10 Last game of a series 9-8 Zone…Prior to tonight, Baltimore played road series at Tampa Bay (4/6-8, 5/1-3), Boston (4/17-20), Toronto Last 10 games 4-6 (4/21-23), New York Mets (5/5-6), New York Yankees (5/7-10) and Miami (5/22-24). Win/Loss streak L2 UBALDOMORE: In 11 starts since September 16, 2014 vs. Toronto when the Orioles clinched the American Longest win streak 3 (4/25-29) League East Division title, RHP Ubaldo Jimenez is 5-3 with a 3.16 ERA (22 ER/61.2 IP)...He has logged at least Longest losing streak 5 (last 4/20-24) 5.0 innings in eight of those 11 starts and has allowed three runs or fewer in nine of those outings...In six career Most games over .500 2 (last 7-5) starts at Minute Maid Park, Jimenez is 2-0 with a 2.23 ERA (9 ER/36.1 IP) with 34 strikeouts and a .188 Most games under .500 4 (15-19) opponents’ batting average. Extra innings 1-1 HOMER HAPPY: The Orioles logged a season-high four home runs on Sunday...3B Manny Machado and RF Shutouts 2-4 Delmon Young each recorded multi-homer games, the first time Orioles teammates have accomplished the feat One-run games 7-7 since September 26, 2012 vs. Toronto (Chris Davis and Machado)...Three different Orioles have combined to Two-run games 2-6 post four multi-homer games this season (Machado, May 31 vs. TB and April 23 at TOR; Young, May 31 vs. TB; Lead after 7 innings 20-0 Davis, May 27 vs. HOU). Tied after 7 innings 3-3 Trail after 7 innings 0-23 HOMERLESS NO MORE: RF Delmon Young hit his first two home runs of the season on Sunday...His first- Lead after 8 innings 22-0 inning solo shot snapped a 45-game homerless streak (dating back to August 30, 2014)...It marked the third Tied after 8 innings 1-2 longest homerless streak of Young’s career...The longest such streaks of his career were both set from 2007-08 (66 Trail after 8 innings 0-24 games, September 25, 2007-June 6, 2008; 59 games, June 23, 2007-August 26, 2007). Orioles score first 17-9 SIT ‘EM DOWN: Orioles pitchers struck out a season-high 14 Rays batters in Sunday's 9-5 loss...Each Oriole Opponent scores first 6-17 pitcher notched at least one strikeout in the effort: RHP Chris Tillman (7), RHP Chaz Roe (4), RHP Oliver Score four or more runs 21-8 Drake (2) and LHP Brian Matusz (1)...Sunday marked the 11th time this season the club’s pitching staff has Score fewer than four runs 2-18 recorded 10 or more strikeouts in a game. Orioles homer 19-14 HIT PAREDES: INF/DH Jimmy Paredes is tied for ninth in the American League among qualifying hitters Outhit opponents 17-6 Equal hit total 2-3 with a .3314 (49-for-156) batting average…In 38 games since being activated from the DL, Paredes has notched Outhit by opponents 4-17 six home runs, nine doubles, two triples, 25 RBI and 22 runs scored…Paredes has at least one hit in 29 of his 38 Most hits in a game 20 (4/26) games played this season and 17 of his 49 hits have been for extra bases. Fewest hits in a game 3 (4/8, 5/16, 5/30) OH, WHAT A RELIEF IT IS: Since April 29, the Orioles bullpen ranks fourth in the majors with a 2.34 ERA No errors 13-16 (22 ER/84.2 IP)…In that same time frame, Baltimore relievers have held opposing hitters to a .228 clip, ranking With one error 9-6 eighth in the majors and sixth in the American League. With two errors 1-2 With three or more errors 0-2 DRIVE ME CRAZY: CA Caleb Joseph went 1-for-3 with two RBI in Monday’s 4-3 win vs. Houston...Since last season, the Orioles are 27-3 in games in which Joseph records at least one RBI...Joseph ranks fifth among vs. AL 21-22 American League catchers with a .256 (32-for-125) batting average this season. vs. AL East 15-17 vs. AL Central 2-1 HAPPY TO ASSIST: The Orioles are tied for first in the majors (with Chicago White Sox) with 16 outfield vs. AL West 5-4 assists...Delmon Young leads the team and is tied for second in the majors with six, Adam Jones has four, Travis vs. NL 1-4 Snider has three and David Lough has one. Largest home crowd 45,936* (4/10) th Largest road crowd 42,280 (5/9) A GRAND ENTRANCE: With his Orioles debut on Sunday, RHP Chaz Roe became 996 player to appear in a game for the Orioles since the team moved to Baltimore in 1954…With his appearance on Saturday, RHP Oliver RECENT HOMESTAND Drake became the fifth Oriole to make his Major League debut this season...RHP Jason Garcia, 2B Rey Record 4-4 Navarro, RHP Mike Wright and RHP Tyler Wilson also made their Major League debuts this season. Team Average .233 (59-253) THIS DATE IN ORIOLES HISTORY: On this date in 1960, RHP Hal “Skinny” Brown allowed only one hit, Runs per Game 3.4 (27R/8G) a first-inning home run to CF Mickey Mantle...The 4-1 win gave the Orioles a three-game sweep of the Yankees Fielding Errors 1 that moved the O's into first place in the American League with a 27-15 record. Team ERA 3.62 (29ER/72.0IP) DISABLED LIST: Four Orioles are currently on the 15-day disabled list and two are on the 60-day disabled list...INF Jonathan Schoop (4/18, right knee sprain), RHP Kevin Gausman (retroactive to 5/7, right shoulder Starters W-L 1-4 tendinitis), RHP Jason Garcia (retroactive to 5/11, right shoulder tendinitis) and RHP Bud Norris (retroactive to Starters ERA 4.17 (23ER/49.2IP) 5/11, bronchitis) are all on the 15-day disabled list…CA Matt Wieters (retroactive to 3/27, “Tommy John” surgery) and LHP Wesley Wright (4/11, left trapezius strain) are currently on the 60-day disabled list. Bullpen W-L-S 3-0-3 Bullpen ERA 2.42 (6ER/22.1IP) THE SKIPPER: Buck Showalter (1282) is now two wins shy of tying Frank Selee-HOF (1284) for 34th on the Saves/Opps 3/3 all-time managerial wins list…Charlie Grimm (1287) is 33rd and Cap Anson-HOF (1295) ranks 32nd…His 400 Best homestand 3-1 (4/24-29) wins as Orioles manager are fourth-most in club history behind Earl Weaver (1480), Paul Richards (517), and th Worst homestand 3-3 & 4-4 (last 5/25-31) Hank Bauer (407)…He will manage his 2,500 game in the Major Leagues on July 5 at Chicago…He recently Best road trip 2-1 (4/6-8) won his third Manager of the Year award (1994, 2004, 2014) and is in his sixth season as Orioles manager. Worst road trip 3-9 (5/1-10) VOTE ORANGE: Voting for the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Cincinnati has begun, and for the first time ever, Major League Baseball is holding its All-Star Game balloting exclusively online, allowing all fans the chance to cast their votes for Orioles players up to 35 times per email address at www.orioles.com/voteorange...Online voting concludes on July 2 at 11:59 p.m. ET. ORIOLES NAME 2015 HALL OF FAME CLASS: 3B Melvin Mora has been elected to the Orioles Hall of Fame...Additionally, the former left field platoon duo of John Lowenstein and Gary Roenicke will be enshrined as selections of the Veterans’ Committee...Orioles scout Fred Uhlman, Sr. will be inducted as this year’s Herb Armstrong Award winner...Mora, Roenicke and Uhlman will be honored at a luncheon at Oriole Park sponsored by the Oriole Advocates, founders of the Orioles Hall of Fame, on Friday, August 14, as well as during an on-field ceremony prior to the game against Oakland that evening.