SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 2021 • GAME #122 • HOME GAME #56 ATLANTA BRAVES (66-56) at BALTIMORE ORIOLES (38-83) LHP Drew Smyly (8-3, 4.50) vs. RHP Matt Harvey (6-12, 6.25) O’s SEASON BREAKDOWN FLORIDA MAN DOING DAMAGE: INF/OF Ryan Mountcastle enters play today with a 12-game hit- GOING STREAKING Overall 38-83 ting streak (since July 28); he’s batting .409/.426/.773 (18-for-44) with four doubles, four home runs, MLB Active Hitting Streak Leaders Home 17-38 seven runs, and nine RBI during this stretch...The 12-game streak is a career-high and the longest No. 1) RYAN MOUNTCASTLE, BAL 12 G Road 21-45 active streak in the majors...It’s the second-longest hitting streak by an Oriole this season (Mullins, No. 2) JORGE MATEO, BAL 11 G Day 11-35 20-game); the O’s have had nine different hit-streaks of at least 10 games this season. Randy Arozarena, TB 11 G Night 27-48 Mountcastle’s 16 RBI since the All-Star Break (21 G) lead the O’s; he’s slashing .300/.322/.600 No. 4) Tim Anderson, CWS 10 G Current Streak L16 (24-for-80) with six home runs in the second half. Tyler Naquin, CIN 10 G Last 5 Games 0-5 Mountcastle’s 20 home runs and 64 RBI rank as the second-most by a rookie in the majors this Last 10 Games 0-10 season (García, TEX - 27 and 71). April 12-14 His 20 home runs are the eighth-most in O’s history by a rookie; Cal Ripken, Jr.’s 28 in 1982 HITTING IT OFF May 5-23 are the club record...Mountcastle and Trey Mancini (24 in 2017) are the only two O’s rookies American League Hit Leaders June 10-17 to record at least 20 home runs in the last 39 years. No. 1) David Fletcher, LAA 143 hits July 10-12 No. 2) CEDRIC MULLINS, BAL 142 hits August 1-17 STRONG FIRST IMPRESSIONS: INF Jorge Mateo is in the midst of a career-long 11-game hit- No. 3) Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., TOR 137 hits September -- ting streak, tied for the second-longest active streak in the majors, he’s hit safely in 13 of 14 games No. 4) Jonathan Schoop, DET 136 hits vs. LHSP 15-31 since joining the O’s on August 5 and is batting .340/.352/.491 (18-for-53) with six doubles during this No. 5) Tim Anderson, CWS 135 hits vs. RHSP 23-52 stretch...He’s started 28 of his 93 career MLB games; 13 of 14 since joining the O’s and just 15 of 79 Bo Bichette, TOR 135 hits Series Opener 14-26 prior to donning an O’s uniform. RHP Marcos Diplán has made six appearances for the O’s since his contract was selected Series Opener at Home 6-13 ROOKIE HITTING RANKS from Triple-A Norfolk on August 4...He has not been charged with an earned run (one un- Series Opener on Road 8-13 Ryan Mountcastle’s Rankings Among By Series 9-24-6 earned run) in 9.0 innings of work, allowing just two hits and two walks while striking out 10... American League Rookies: By Home Series 3-11-4 Diplán is the seventh pitcher in O’s history (since 1954) to not allow an earned run in any of rd Hits - 101 3 By Road Series 6-13-2 his first six career outings; last was LHP Donnie Hart, who holds the club record of 18-straight nd Home Runs - 20 2 Rubber Games 4-3 scoreless appearances to begin his career from July 17-September 20, 2016 (15.0 IP). rd Doubles - 20 3 Sweeps/Were Swept 3-15 nd CURSED BY THE CAT: The Orioles have dropped 16-straight games (since August 3 at NYY), their RBI - 64 2 Scored First 24-29 rd second-longest losing streak in club history (since 1954), trailing only a 21-game stretch to begin the Extra-Base Hits - 41 3 Opponent Scored First 14-54 Total Bases - 183 3rd 1-run games 8-15 1988 season...It’s the second-longest losing streak in the majors this season (Arizona, 17-straight, June Slugging Percentage - .479 2nd Comeback Wins 16-36 2-20)...It is the longest losing streak in the AL since 2011 when the Seattle Mariners lost 17-straight OPS - .787 3rd Last AB Wins 7-13 from July 6-26...It’s the O’s second stretch of at least 14 consecutive losses this season (14-straight, Walk-off Wins 4-5 May 18-31)...It is the first time in American League history in which a team has had two separate losing Extra Innings 3-5 streaks of at least 13 games in a single season...It is the third time in Major League history (since 1901) ROOKIE PITCHING RANKS Tyler Wells’ Rankings Among Led After 6 30-5 in which a team has had two separate losing streaks of at least 14 games in the same season; also Major League Rookie Relievers: Led After 7 30-4 the Boston Braves in 1935 (14-game and 15-game) and the Boston Rustlers in 1911 (14-game and 16- th Led After 8 32-4 game)...The O’s have been outscored 141-42 (-99) during this stretch and have pitched to a 8.73 ERA Strikeouts - 57 T-4 st Tied After 6 2-11 (131 ER/135.0 IP), with starters going 0-13 with an 8.91 ERA (66 ER/66.2 IP) and relievers going 0-3 Strikeouts/Walks- 5.70 T-1 st Tied After 7 3-9 and posting a 8.56 ERA (65 ER/68.1 IP)...Have surrendered 8+ runs in 11 of the games in this stretch. WHIP - 0.93 1 st Tied After 8 4-4 The Orioles went 10-6 in their first 16 games following the All-Star break and before the losing Opponent On Base Percentage - .244 1 th Behind After 6 6-67 stretch...O’s pitchers had a 4.25 ERA (66 ER/139.2 IP) in this span. Opponent Batting Average - .194 5 Behind After 7 4-66 SCHEDULING NOTES: The Orioles have the hardest remaining strength of schedule in the American Behind After 8 1-70 O’s STATCAST NUGGETS League (.534), according to FanGraphs, and the second-hardest in the majors (San Diego - .544)...The vs. A.L. Teams 32-74 Furthest Home Run O’s have eight games left against opponents who are currently under .500 (KC - 4 and TEX - 4). vs. N.L. Teams 6-9 455 ft. - Mancini - 7/25 vs. WSH The Orioles 55 home games played are the fewest in the majors...Of the O’s 41 remaining Hit 0 HR 8-32 Exit Velocity Max games (including tonight), 26 are at Oriole Park and 15 will come on the road (TOR, NYY, Hit 1+ HR 30-51 114.6 MPH (HR) - Severino - 6/20 vs. TOR BOS, PHI). Scored 3 or Fewer Runs 3-57 114.6 MPH (2B) - Mountcastle - 6/5 vs. CLE Including tonight’s game, the O’s have five games left against National League opponents (Phil- Scored 4 or More Runs 35-26 Exit Velocity Avg. adelphia, September 20-22)...The O’s have 25 games remaining against AL East opponents. Allowed 3 or Fewer Runs 26-11 90.6 MPH - Santander (min. 200 AB) Allowed 4 or More Runs 12-72 Sprint Speed Avg. THE MAN AT THE TOP: OF Cedric Mullins has made 113 starts for the O’s this season (118 games), More Hits than Opponent 29-13 30.5 ft/sec - Mateo each coming in center field and batting lead off...His 113 starts in CF lead the majors. Fewer Hits than Opponent 7-65 Hard-Hit Balls He has six lead-off home runs on the season, the second-most in the American League (Al- Committed No Errors 33-47 Mullins (148) tuve, HOU - 7), and tied for the third-most in the majors...His six lead-off home runs are the Committed 1 or More Errors 5-36 Barrels fourth-most in a single-season in Orioles history (since 1954), trailing only Brady Anderson’s Mancini (41) seven in 1999 and 2000 and Anderson’s club record 12 in 1996. Fastest Pitch VS. ATLANTA His 142 hits are the second most in the AL and the third-most in the majors (Fletcher, LAA - 100.2 MPH - Scott - 5/14 vs. NYY Record in 2021 0-1 143 and Frazier, PIT/SD - 144); the only Oriole to ever lead the AL in hits was Cal Ripken, at Home 0-1 Jr. in 1983 (211)...Mullins’ .311 batting average ranks tied for fourth in the AL and tied for sixth at Truist Park 0-0 in the majors. O’S AT HOME th Team AVG/OBP/SLG .138/.138/.172 Mullins’ 54 extra-base hits are the eighth-most in the AL and rank tied for 12 in the majors... Record 17-38 Runs per Game 0.0 (0 R/1 G) His 242 total bases are the sixth-most in the majors, trailing only: Ohtani, LAA (267), Guerre- Team AVG/OBP/SLG .250/.315/.435 ro, Jr., TOR (263), Semien, TOR (253), Devers, BOS (243), and Pérez, KC (243)...His .904 Runs per Game 4.3 (236 R/55 G) All-Time Record (since 1997) 23-23 OPS is the fifth-highest in the AL and the 15th-highest in baseball.