BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 West Camden Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Friday, September 11, 2015 Game #140 Home Game #66 Baltimore Orioles (67-72) vs. Kansas City Royals (83-56) RHP Mike Wright (2-4, 5.19) vs. LHP Danny Duffy (7-7, 4.17) NEVER FORGET: Major League Baseball announced that there will be a league-wide commemoration of ODDS & ENDS September 11, 2001 with tributes at all Major League games...This remembrance is part of Baseball’s ongoing Home 38-27 effort to honor those whose lives were lost and affected on that tragic day...On-field personnel, including players, Away 29-45 coaches and umpires, will wear caps with a patch of an American flag during games...All MLB proceeds from Day 23-24 sales of these caps will be donated to the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, the Pentagon Memorial and the Flight 93 Night 44-48 Memorial...Home clubs will mark the date with pre-game ceremonies, including a moment of silence, and the “We vs. LHP 18-16 vs. RHP 49-56 Shall Not Forget” MLB silhouetted batter ribbon will be displayed throughout ballparks...Additionally, special lineup cards and base jewels will be used for every game played. Series Record 22-20-5 First game of series 20-27 BRONX CHEER: 1B Steve Pearce's eighth-inning home run on Wednesday broke a 3-3 tie in the Orioles Last game of a series 25-21 victory over the Yankees...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Pearce is the first former Yankees player to hit a Last 10 games 4-6 game-winning homer in the eighth inning or later against New York since Bobby Abreu did so in 2011. Win/Loss streak W2 Longest win streak 6 (6/7-13) HOMER HAPPY: The Orioles enter today’s game ranking fourth in the majors with 184 home runs…The Longest losing streak 6 (last 8/27-9/1) Orioles trail the Toronto Blue Jays (192), Houston Astros (192) and New York Yankees (187)…1B Chris Davis Most games over .500 7 (41-34) leads the majors with 41 home runs. Most games under .500 6 (last 63-69) MINOR LEAGUE RECAP: Two Orioles minor league affiliates are currently playing postseason baseball as Extra innings 5-5 Triple-A Norfolk and Double-A Bowie each clinched division titles...The Norfolk Tides won the International Shutouts 9-9 One-run games 19-24 League South Division, their first division title since 2005, and are trailing the International League West Division Two-run games 11-17 champion Columbus Clippers, 0-1, in the first round of the Governors’ Cup Playoffs as the best-of-five series continues today at 4:05 p.m. with the completion of Thursday’s suspended Game 2 at Harbor Park...The Bowie Lead after 7 innings 53-3 Baysox clinched their second division title in franchise history with 79 regular season wins, the third-highest Tied after 7 innings 12-6 single-season win total in franchise history...The Baysox are tied 1-1 in their best-of-five Western Division Trail after 7 innings 2-62 Lead after 8 innings 56-1 Championship Series against the Altoona Curve which continues tonight at 7:05 p.m. with Game 3. Tied after 8 innings 10-6 Trail after 8 innings 1-64 NO MINOR FEAT: Double-A Bowie INF Trey Mancini has been named as one of five finalists for USA Today’s Minor League Player of the Year...For over the last 25 years, USA Today Sports has named a Minor Orioles score first 48-25 League Player of the Year...The five candidates are Mancini, INF A.J. Reed (Houston), LHP Blake Snell (Tampa Opponent scores first 19-47 Bay), RHP Michael Fulmer (Detroit), and OF Adam Bret Walker (Minnesota)...Fans can vote online and the Score four or more runs 57-18 Score fewer than four runs 10-54 winner will be announced in September...Mancini, 23, batted a combined .341 (182-for-533) with 43 doubles, six triples, 21 home runs, and 89 RBI between High-A Frederick and Double-A Bowie. Orioles homer 60-37 Outhit opponents 49-13 VS. KANSAS CITY: The Orioles and Royals play the fifth game of seven matchups between the two clubs this Equal hit total 7-6 season…The Orioles trail the Royals in the season series, 1-3…The Orioles visited Kauffman Stadium, August Outhit by opponents 11-53 24-27…The Royals won the season series in 2014, 4-3…Baltimore leads Kansas City in the all-time series, 261- Most hits in a game 26 (8/16) 205, with the Orioles leading 139-90 at home and leading 122-115 at Kansas City…The Royals defeated the Fewest hits in a game 0 (8/12) Orioles 4-0 in the ALCS last season. No errors 46-47 With one error 19-15 MAKE NO MISTAKE: The Orioles lead the American League and are tied for first in the majors (with the Los With two errors 2-7 Angeles Dodgers) for having committed the fewest number of errors in the majors (61)…The Orioles lead the With three or more errors 0-3 American League and rank second in the majors with a .988 team fielding percentage. vs. AL 58-64 HAPPY TO ASSIST: The Orioles are tied for the MLB lead with 41 outfield assists (with Minnesota)...OF vs. AL East 30-29 vs. AL Central 13-17 Adam Jones leads the team and is tied for fourth in the majors with 13 outfield assists…According to FanGraphs, vs. AL West 15-18 Orioles outfielders rank seventh in the American League with seven Defensive Runs Saved (DRS). vs. NL 9-8 OH, WHAT A RELIEF IT IS: Since April 29, the Orioles bullpen leads the American League and ranks second Largest home crowd 46,289* (7/10) in the majors with a 2.65 ERA (110 ER/373.1 IP)…In that same time, Baltimore relievers have held opponents to Largest road crowd 46,875* (7/23) a .229 clip, fifth in the majors…This season, Orioles relievers rank fourth in the majors and second in the AL with RECENT ROAD TRIP a 2.93 ERA (143 ER/439.2 IP)…Their .231 opponents’ batting average ranks seventh in the majors. Record 3-3 IRON MANNY: 3B Manny Machado is the current active Major League leader in consecutive games played at Team Average .234 (47-201) 139 games (through Wednesday)...According to STATS, LLC., Kole Calhoun of the Los Angeles Angels ranks Runs per Game 4.7 (28R/6G) second at 130 consecutive games played. Fielding Errors 6 TIME CHANGE: The start time for the Sunday, September 13 game against the Kansas City Royals at Oriole Team ERA 4.76 (27ER/51.0IP) Park has been moved from 1:35 p.m. to 8:05 p.m. ET...The adjusted time is due to the selection of the game for ESPN Sunday Night Baseball...All gates will open to fans at 6:05 p.m...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Starters W-L 2-2 Orioles are 12-17 all-time when appearing on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball. Starters ERA 5.46 (18ER/29.2IP) Bullpen W-L-S 1-1-2 FALL IS IN THE AIR: RHP Jon Keller, LHP Donnie Hart, CA Chance Sisco, OF Mike Yastrzemski, and Bullpen ERA 3.80 (9ER/21.1IP) SS Adrian Marin have all been selected to play for the Peoria Javelinas in the Arizona Fall League this Saves/Opps 2/2 year...Norfolk hitting coach Sean Berry will serve as hitting coach for the Javelinas…The Javelinas are made up Best homestand 7-1, .875 (6/9-16) of members from the Orioles organization, as well as representatives from the Braves, Mariners, Padres, and Reds. Worst homestand 5-5, .500 (last 8/14-23) A GRAND ENTRANCE: On August 1, OF Gerardo Parra became the 1000th player to appear in a game for Best road trip 2-1, .667 (4/6-8) Worst road trip 1-6, .143 (8/24-30) the O’s since the team moved to Baltimore in 1954…RHP Jason Garcia, 2B Rey Navarro, RHP Mike Wright, RHP Tyler Wilson, RHP Oliver Drake, RHP Mychal Givens and OF Dariel Alvarez have all made their UPCOMING MILESTONES Major League debuts this season for the Orioles. Buck Showalter Needs 26 wins for 1352* Chris Davis Needs 1 HR for 91** LITTLE BIG LEAGUE: The Orioles will host the Red Land Little League team from Lewisberry, Pa. at Needs 3 HR for 200 and 158*** Camden Yards on Saturday, September 12, prior to the 1:05 p.m. game against Kansas City...Representing the Adam Jones Needs 6 HR for 200 Mid-Atlantic Region in the Little League World Series, Red Land defeated the Southwest Region to win the U.S. Manny Machado Needs 1 RBI for 200 J.J. Hardy Needs 7 HR for 100 title game on August 29, in Williamsport, Pa...The team went 4-1 in the tournament, losing only to Japan in the Matt Wieters Needs 2 HR for 100 World Series Championship game on August 30...During a special pre-game ceremony, the Red Land team will be Zach Britton Needs 2 K for 300 Ubaldo Jimenez Needs 1 win for 100 introduced to the fans in attendance and a video will showcase highlights from their U.S. Championship victory. th *1352 wins, Chuck Tanner, 30 All-Time rd DISABLED LIST: RHP Miguel Gonzalez (Sept.