MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2020 • GAME #34 • ROAD GAME #15 BALTIMORE ORIOLES (14-19) at TORONTO BLUE JAYS (18-14) LHP Keegan Akin (0-0, 8.10) vs. RHP Chase Anderson (0-0, 3.68) O’s SEASON BREAKDOWN TRADE WINDS: On Sunday, the Orioles made two trades prior to the afternoon game against LEAGUE LEADERS Overall 14-19 the Blue Jays...The Orioles acquired two players to be named later from the Atlanta Braves in ex- Orioles ranks among MLB leaders: Home 6-13 change for LHP Tommy Milone...The Orioles also acquired INF Tyler Nevin, INF Terrin Vavra, Batting Average .259 7th in MLB Road 8-6 and a player to be named later from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for RHP Mychal Givens. Slugging Percentage .438 10th in MLB Day 6-3 OPS .161 11th in MLB Night 8-16 AIN’T NO MOUNT-CASTLE HIGH ENOUGH: INF/OF Ryan Mountcastle went 3-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI on Sunday at Buffalo’s Sahlen Field...The game marked his first career Hits 293 8th in MLB Current Streak L5 th Last 5 Games 0-5 three-hit game and his home runs were the first two homers of his career...According to MLB Doubles 61 7 in MLB th Last 10 Games 2-8 Statcast, his second-inning home run was estimated to travel 420 feet, while his sixth-inning Home Runs 45 T-12 in MLB st July 3-3 blast traveled an estimated 410 feet. First Pitch Batting Avg. .429 1 in MLB August 11-16 According to STATS, LLC., Mountcastle became the first Major League hitter to hit his SMALL BALL September -- first two career home runs in the same game since Saturday night, when Jo Adell did Leaders in the majors in bunt hits: vs. LHSP 4-3 so for the Los Angeles Angels against the Seattle Mariners...The last O’s hitter to do so vs. RHSP 10-16 was Manny Machado on August 10, 2012 against the Kansas City Royals. 1. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 11 Series Opener 3-8 2. Philadelphia Phillies 5 Series Opener at Home 1-5 SCORING CHANGE: Major League Baseball and the official scorer have made a change to a Texas Rangers 5 Series Opener on Road 2-3 play from the Orioles-Rays game on August 26 at Tampa Bay...In the top of the first inning with 4. Arizona Diamondbacks 4 By Series 4-6-1 OF Cedric Mullins on first base, INF Hanser Alberto singled to right field and the ball got past Colorado Rockies 4 By Home Series 1-4-1 the right fielder allowing Mullins to score from first...Originally, the ruling was that Mullins would Kansas City Royals 4 By Road Series 3-2-0 have stopped at second base if the error had not occurred...This has been changed to Mullins Rubber Games 1-1 advancing to third on the hit and the situation...As a result, one run in the inning is now earned. NOTHING AVERAGE ABOUT IT Sweeps/Were Swept 3-4 American League batting average leaders: Scored First 8-5 THAT HANSER IS SO HOT RIGHT NOW: INF Hanser Alberto went 1-for-5 on Sunday...Since 1. Tim Anderson, CWS .343 Opponent Scored First 6-14 the start of the 2019 season, Alberto leads the majors with 100 hits off of left-handed pitching... 2. Kyle Lewis, SEA .339 1-run games 5-8 In that time, he leads the majors with a .405 (100-for-247) average against lefties...This season, 3. HANSER ALBERTO, BAL .324 Comeback Wins 7-9 Alberto ranks third in the AL and eighth in the majors with a .324 (44-for-136) average against all 4. Nelson Cruz, MIN .319 Last AB Wins 3-5 pitchers...He is tied for first in the AL and is tied for second in the majors with 12 doubles...His 14 5. David Fletcher, LAA .313 Walk-off Wins 2-2 multi-hit games rank second in the AL and are tied for third-most in the majors. 6. PEDRO SEVERINO, BAL .312 Extra Innings 3-2 7. José Abreu, CWS .312 Led After 6 10-1 SMALL BALL FOR ALL: The Orioles lead the majors with 11 bunt hits this season...OF Cedric 8. Randal Grichuk, TOR .307 Led After 7 12-1 Mullins leads the majors with six bunt hits, while INF Hanser Alberto ranks second in the majors Led After 8 11-1 with three bunt hits and INF/OF Andrew Velazquez is tied for third in the majors with two bunt hits. 9. Teoscar Hernandez, TOR .306 Tied After 6 2-1 ON THE ROAD AGAIN Tied After 7 0-3 ROAD WARRIORS: At 8-6 (.571), the O’s own the fourth-best road record in the AL and are tied Top road records in the AL: Tied After 8 2-3 for sixth-best in the majors...Tuesday’s loss at Tampa Bay was the O’s first loss on the road since Behind After 6 2-17 Opening Day at Boston...O’s hitters lead the AL and rank second in the majors with a .284 team 1. Chicago White Sox 10-4 (.714) Behind After 7 2-13 batting average on the road (Washington, .312)...The Orioles rank thid in the AL and rank sev- 2. Cleveland Indians 12-6 (.667) Behind After 8 1-13 enth in the majors with a .793 team OPS on the road...O’s pitchers own a 4.23 ERA (58 ER/123.1 Tampa Bay Rays 12-6 (.667) vs. A.L. Teams 7-13 IP) in 14 games on the road this season to rank fourth in the AL and eighth in the majors. 4. BALTIMORE ORIOLES 8-6 (.571) vs. N.L. Teams 7-6 Hit 0 HR 3-7 I SAN-TAN-DARE YOU: OF Anthony Santander went 0-for-4 on Sunday night, but has hit safely DRIVE ME CRAZY Hit 1+ HR 11-12 in 20 of his last 23 games...His recent hitting streak of 18 games marked a career high...Santander Major League RBI leaders: hit .329 (25-for-76) with eight home runs, eight doubles, a triple, and 20 RBI from August 5 [2]-23...It Scored 3 or Fewer Runs 0-12 1. Mike Trout, LAA 32 Scored 4 or More Runs 14-7 was the longest stretch by an Oriole since Nick Markakis’ 18-game mark from April 21-May 11, 2014. 2. José Abreu, CWS 30 Allowed 3 or Fewer Runs 7-2 Santander’s 10 home runs on the season lead the O’s, are tied for seventh in the AL, and 3. Nelson Cruz, MIN 29 Allowed 4 or More Runs 7-17 are tied for 10th in the majors...He ranks fifth in the AL and is tied for seventh in the majors Kyle Tucker, HOU 29 More Hits than Opponent 12-5 with 28 RBI this season...22 of his 36 hits have been for extra-bases (11 doubles, one tri- 5. ANTHONY SANTANDER, BAL 28 Fewer Hits than Opponent 1-11 ple, 10 home runs), leads the AL and is tied for first in the majors with 22 extra-base hits. Committed No Errors 8-9 Committed 1 or More Errors 6-10 CATCH THIS: The O’s catching corps of Pedro Severino, Chance Sisco, and Bryan Holaday LEFTY-LOOSEY ranks among league leaders in many offensive categories...Severino ranks sixth in the AL with a Most hits against left-handed pitching since 2019: VS. TORONTO .312 (29-for-93) overall batting average...O’s catchers ranks (while catching): 1. HANSER ALBERTO, BAL 100 Record in 2020 0-6 Batting Average .268 4th in AL 8th in MLB 2. Charlie Blackmon, COL 89 at Home 0-3 On-Base Percentage .364 3rd in AL 5th in MLB 3. Jonathan Villar, BAL/MIA 73 at Toronto (at Buffalo) 0-3 Slugging Percentage .482 3rd in AL 5th in MLB 4. Ketel Marte, ARI 70 Team AVG/OBP/SLG .263/.317/.397 OPS (on-base plus slugging) .846 3rd in AL 5th in MLB 5. José Abreu, CWS 69 Runs per Game 3.3 (20 R/6 G) Hits 30 5th in AL 8th in MLB Carlos Santana, CLE 69 All-Time Record (since 1977) 305-258 Extra-Base Hits 12 T-2nd in AL T-4th in MLB All-Time at Home 173-160 RBI 22 1st in AL T-2nd in MLB CURRENT ROAD TRIP All-Time at Toronto 132-198 Record 0-5 IF YOU AIN’T FIRST, YOU’RE LAST: The O’s have been very successful swinging at the first Team AVG/OBP/SLG .251/.301/.351 ORIOLES - BLUE JAYS HEAD-TO-HEAD pitch...They rank first in the majors in batting average (.429), rank second in OPS (1.168) and Runs per Game 2.8 (14 R/5 G) BALTIMORE ............................ TORONTO extra-base hits (23), lead the AL and are tied for first in the majors in doubles (14), and lead the Fielding Errors 5 0-6 .....................Record .......................6-0 AL and rank fourth in the majors in hits (54) as a team on the first pitch. .263 ..................Average .................... .254 Team ERA 4.25 (20 ER/42.1 IP) OF Anthony Santander leads the Orioles with nine hits on the first pitch...He is tied for 20 ........................Runs.......................... 36 seventh-most in the majors and is tied for second in the AL...Renato Núñez is tied for Starters W-L 0-2 55 .........................Hits ..........................