TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 2021 • GAME #60 • HOME GAME #31 NEW YORK METS (29-23) at BALTIMORE ORIOLES (21-38) LHP David Peterson (1-4, 5.89) vs. LHP Bruce Zimmermann (3-3, 4.96) O’s SEASON BREAKDOWN RECAPPING LAST GAME: The Orioles defeated the Indians 18-5 in Sunday’s rubber match; are HITTING IT OFF Overall 21-38 now 3-0 this season in rubber games...It was the O’s second-straight home series win, marking American League Hit Leaders: Home 10-20 the first time since May 8-10, 2018 vs. KC and May 11-13, 2018 vs. TB in which the O’s have won No. 1) CEDRIC MULLINS, BAL 73 hits Road 11-18 back-to-back home series during the same homestand...The O’s 18 runs scored were their most No. 2) Xander Bogaerts, BOS 69 hits Day 9-18 in a game since August 16, 2015 vs. OAK and their 21 hits were the most in a game since August Isiah Kiner-Falefa, TEX 69 hits Night 12-20 30, 2019 at KC...Nine different Orioles recorded at least one RBI, matching the club record, fourth No. 4) Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., TOR 68 hits Current Streak W1 time (July 9, 1993 vs. CWS, May 23, 1999 vs. TEX, and September 28, 2000 vs. TOR)...10 dif- No. 5) J.D. Martinez, BOS 67 hits Last 5 Games 4-1 ferent O’s scored at least one run, the first time doing so since September 10, 2014 at BOS...The Marcus Semien, TOR 67 hits Last 10 Games 4-6 O’s also had eight different players record a multi-hit game, the 12th time in club history in which April 12-14 at least eight players had a multi-hit game and first since August 25, 2017 at BOS. May 5-23 SOMETHING EXTRA Active Extra-Base Hitting Streak Leaders: June 4-1 KING OF THE CASTLE: INF/OF Ryan Mountcastle was named the AL Player of the Week for No. 1) RYAN MOUNTCASTLE, BAL 6 games July -- the week ending June 6...It is his first career Player of the Week award and he is the second August -- Ozzie Albies, ATL 6 games Oriole to win the award this season (LHP John Means - May 9)...During the week, Mountcastle September -- No. 3) Justin Upton, LAA 5 games slashed .458/.480/1.083 (11-for-24) with three doubles, four home runs, seven runs scored, and vs. LHSP 7-13 No. 4) J.P. Crawford, SEA 4 games vs. RHSP 14-25 10 RBI...He tied for the American League lead in total bases (26), extra-base hits (7), and slug- Andrew McCutchen, PHI 4 games Series Opener 7-12 ging percentage (1.083), while also ranking tied for second in home runs (4), third in RBI (10) and Tyler Naquin, CIN 4 games Series Opener at Home 2-7 OPS (1.563), and tied for third in hits (11), doubles (3), and runs scored (7). Series Opener on Road 5-5 Mountcastle has recorded an extra-base hit in six-straight games, tied for the longest RUN PRODUCERS By Series 6-11-2 active streak in the majors (Albies, ATL), and in eight of his last 12 games overall; hitting Major League RBI Leaders: .372/.413/.860 (16-for-43) with four doubles, five home runs, 11 runs scored, and 14 RBI By Home Series 2-6-1 No. 1) Rafael Devers, BOS 48 RBI By Road Series 4-5-1 in this stretch...The last Oriole with extra-base hits in six-straight games was Anthony Austin Meadows, TB 48 RBI Rubber Games 3-0 Santander from August 25-September 1, 2019; club record is nine-straight games. No. 3) Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., TOR 47 RBI Sweeps/Were Swept 1-6 His streak of six-straight games with at least one extra-base hit and RBI is tied for the No. 4) José Abreu, CWS 46 RBI Scored First 13-12 second-longest in Orioles history (last: Manny Machado from April 16-23, 2016), trailing No. 5) TREY MANCINI, BAL 44 RBI Opponent Scored First 8-26 only Reggie Jackson’s streak of seven-straight from July 17-23, 1976. Jesús Aguilar, MIA 44 RBI 1-run games 4-9 Mountcastle ranks among Major League rookie leaders in extra-base hits (T-1st, 21), home Comeback Wins 9-17 runs (T-2nd, 8), doubles (T-2nd, 12), RBI (3rd, 30), total bases (4th, 88), and hits (7th, 50). Last AB Wins 3-8 LEFTY LOOSEY He is batting .321 (35-for-109) with seven of his eight home runs and 21 RBI in 29 home Walk-off Wins 2-2 MLB Team Batting Leaders against LHP: games; is batting .170 (15-for-88) in 25 road games. Extra Innings 2-4 No. 1) BALTIMORE ORIOLES .2859 Mountcastle is hitting .417 (10-for-24) with runners in scoring position and two outs and Led After 6 17-2 No. 2) Houston Astros .2855 .355 (22-for-62) with two outs; his batting average with two outs is the second-highest in Led After 7 17-1 No. 3) Chicago White Sox .276 Led After 8 19-2 the AL and the fourth-highest in the majors. No. 4) Colorado Rockies .275 Tied After 6 1-6 No. 5) Boston Red Sox .266 #VOTE MULLINS: OF Cedric Mullins leads the American League with 73 hits and ranks third in Tied After 7 2-6 Tied After 8 1-2 the majors...His .322 batting average ranks third in the AL, his 121 total bases tied for third, his Behind After 6 3-30 nine stolen bases are tied for fourth, his .390 OBP fifth, his .923 OPS seventh, his 15 doubles tied O’s STATCAST NUGGETS Behind After 7 1-27 for seventh, and his 27 extra-base hits tied for eighth. Furthest Home Run Behind After 8 0-29 Mullins recorded hits in nine-straight at-bats (reached safely in 11-straight PA) from June 447 ft. - Mountcastle - 6/5 vs. CLE vs. A.L. Teams 20-32 4-6, tying Charles Johnson (September 13-17, 1999) for the second-longest streak in O’s Exit Velocity Max vs. N.L. Teams 1-6 history, falling one short of Ken Singleton’s club record of 10-straight at-bats with a hit. 114.6 MPH (2B) - Mountcastle - 6/5 vs. CLE Hit 0 HR 4-13 Is slashing .536/.594/1.071 (15-for-28) during his current seven-game hitting streak, with Exit Velocity Avg. Hit 1+ HR 17-25 seven extra-base hits, seven runs scored, and four RBI...Became the first player in O’s 90.0 mph - Santander (min. 100 AB’s) Barrels Scored 3 or Fewer Runs 3-26 history to record at least eight hits and three home runs in a two game span (June 5-6). Mancini (21) Scored 4 or More Runs 18-12 Mullins is batting .415 (22-for-53) in the first inning...His 22 first inning hits lead the ma- Allowed 3 or Fewer Runs 15-9 Fastest Pitch jors and are the most hits by a player in any inning in the majors. 100.2 MPH - Scott - 5/14 vs. NYY Allowed 4 or More Runs 6-29 He’s batting .386 (34-for-88) when leading off an inning; his 34 hits leading off an inning More Hits than Opponent 15-8 are the most in the majors. Fewer Hits than Opponent 4-27 His 2.8 WAR ranks tied for the second-best in the AL, according to STATS Platform and O’S AT HOME Committed No Errors 18-20 FanGraphs. Record 10-20 Committed 1 or More Errors 3-18 His six outs above average are the most by a center fielder in the majors and his five runs Team AVG/OBP/SLG .250/.323/.418 prevented are tied for the most, according to Statcast. Runs per Game 4.5 (134 R/30 G) VS. NEW YORK-NL In the O’s 21 wins, Mullins is hitting .424 (36-for-85), hitting safely in 20 of the 21, while Fielding Errors 13 Record in 2021 0-2 in the O’s 38 losses he’s hitting .261 (37-for-142). Team ERA 5.28 (156 ER/266.0 IP) at Home 0-0 at Citi Field 0-2 TORTOISE AND THE HARE: Today marks the Orioles 60th game of the season, the same Starters W-L 4-14 Starters ERA 6.55 (90 ER/123.2 IP) Team AVG/OBP/SLG .203/.288/.250 amount of games played during last year’s 2020 shortened season...The Orioles as a team are Starters Strikeouts/Walks 106/44 Runs per Game 1.5 (3 R/2 G) currently slashing .239/.304/.399 after slashing .258/.321/.429 last season...Through their first Bullpen W-L 6-6 All-Time Record (since 1997) 15-27 59 games, the O’s have posted a 4.84 team ERA (274 ER/509.0 IP), with starters having a 5.24 Bullpen ERA 4.17 (66 ER/142.1 IP) All-Time at Home 9-14 ERA (160 ER/274.2 IP) and the bullpen a 4.38 ERA (114 ER/234.1 IP)...Last season the O’s had Bullpen Strikeouts/Walks 164/52 All-Time at New York-NL 6-13 a team ERA of 4.51 (260 ER/518.2 IP) and starters ERA of 5.09 (151 ER/267.0 IP) and a bullpen ERA of 3.90 (109 ER/251.2 IP).