BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 West Camden Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Saturday, September 27, 2014 Game #161 Road Game #80 Baltimore Orioles (95-65) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (82-78) LH Wei-Yin Chen (16-5, 3.56) vs. LH J.A. Happ (10-11, 4.27) TONIGHT’S GAME: The AL East champion Orioles face the Blue Jays in the middle game of their regular BEST RECORD IN MLB season-ending series, the sixth game of a seven-game trip that began with the O’s splitting four games in the th TEAM W L PCT Bronx…The Orioles have the best record in baseball since June 30 (53-26, .671) and are the 20 club in team Los Angeles (AL) 98 62 .613 history to win 90+ games…The Orioles currently lead the division by 12.0 games and will be the first team since BALTIMORE (AL) 95 65 .594 the 2006 Yankees (10.0 games) to win the AL East by a double digit margin. Washington (NL) 94 66 .588 VS. TORONTO: The Orioles lead the season series, 10-7, going 6-4 in Baltimore and 4-3 in Toronto…In 2013, ODDS & ENDS the Orioles won the season series, 10-9, as they went 6-3 in Baltimore and 4-6 in Toronto…The Orioles trail in the Home 50-31 all-time series, 262-298 (149-134 in Baltimore and 113-164 in Toronto)…Per STATS, the Orioles have never Away 45-34 won more than 11 games vs. Toronto in a single-season (won club record 11 in 2012, 2004, 1980, and 1979). Day 23-29 Night 72-36 ROAD WARRIOR: Despite taking the loss in last night’s game, Chris Tillman will finish the season tied for the vs. LHP 22-18 2nd best road winning percentage in a season by an Oriole pitcher (.889; 8-1)…Scott McGregor holds the record vs. RHP 73-47 with a .933 mark (14-1) in 1983…Tillman is tied with Erik Bedard (2007), Mike Mussina (1994), and Jim Series Record 30-14-8 Palmer (1982)…Tillman came into last night’s game with a chance to make the most starts in a season without a First game of series 32-21 loss (16) since 1914…Greg Maddux holds the record, going 13-0 in 15 away starts in 1995. Last game of a series 31-21 nd Last 10 games 5-5 STREAK SNAPPED: Chris Tillman had allowed three earned runs or less in 20 straight starts, tied for the 2 - longest streak in club history with Steve Barber (1965-66) before last night’s start (6.0IP, 4ER)…Dave McNally Current W/L streak L2 (1968) holds the club record with 25 straight starts allowing 3ER or fewer. Longest W streak 6 (9/7-12) Longest L streak 4 (last 5/27-30) RARE AIR: With Wednesday’s win, the Orioles recorded their highest single-season victory total since winning Most games + .500 32 (last 95-63) 98 games in 1997…The Birds last won 99 or more games in 1980, when that club finished the season with 100 Most games - .500 3 (last 2-5) wins, the fifth-most in club history…The 1969 Orioles’ 109 wins are the club’s single-season record. Extra innings 14-6 SCORE FOUR OR MORE: The Orioles are 75-15 (.833) when scoring four or more runs this season, including Shutouts 12-11 a 43-3 mark in their last 46 such games since June 30. One-run games 31-23 Two-run games 17-13 bEASTly: The O’s are 19 games over .500 against the AL East (46-28)…With wins in the final two games of the Lead after 7 innings 74-7 season, the Birds would finish the season 20+ games over .500 in the East for the first time since 1980 (49-29). Tied after 7 innings 15-7 Trail after 7 innings 5-51 DIVISION DOMINANCE: The Orioles own the best in-division winning percentage in the AL, going 46-28 Lead after 8 innings 79-4 (.622) vs. AL East competition this season (LAD leads the majors; 48-26, .649 vs. NL West)…The Orioles’ .622 th Tied after 8 innings 12-8 winning percentage against the East ranks 5 in club history…The club record is .678 (61-29) in 1970. Trail after 8 innings 3-53 nd THE BOMB SQUAD: The Orioles lead the majors with 209 home runs (Colorado is 2 with 183) and are on Orioles score first 60-15 pace to hit 212…The Birds have gone deep at least 200 times in three straight seasons for the first time in Opponent scores first 35-50 club history (2014, 2013, 2012, 1999, 1998, 1996, 1987 and 1985)…The O’s are 26-1 when they hit three or Score four or more runs 75-15 more HR, 49-12 in their MLB-leading 61 multi-homer games, and 78-32 when hitting at least one homer this year. Score fewer than four runs 20-50 PITCH PERFECT: The Orioles current 3.46 team ERA currently ranks 3rd in the American League (Seattle Orioles homer 78-32 Outhit opponents 70-12 and Oakland – 3.23) and would be their lowest in a full season since 1979, when the AL champions posted a 3.26 Equal hit total 8-6 mark…The lowest single-season team ERA in club history is 2.53, done in 1972. Outhit by opponents 17-47 Most hits in a game 20 (4/8) CRAZY GAME: On Thursday, the O’s fell to the Yankees, 6-5, despite hitting four home runs…Before Fewest hits in a game 1 (3x, last 9/22) Thursday, the O’s had not lost a game this season in which they hit at least HR (had been 26-0)…The Birds last lost a four-homer game on June 25, 2011 vs. Cincinnati, winning 19 straight four-or-more HR games in No errors 62-30 between…The O’s had also gone 35-1 in their last 36 games when scoring at least four runs (since July With one error 31-26 19)…Thursday’s game was the O’s eighth walk-off loss of the season (second to New York; also June 20). With two errors 2-5 With three or more errors 0-4 COMING OUT HOT: On Thursday, Nick Markakis and Alejandro De Aza became the first set of O’s to lead vs. AL 83-57 off a road game with back-to-back homers since Jerry Hairston and Mike Bordick, June 6, 2001 at New York. vs. AL East 46-28 SOUTHPAW SAVES: With his 36th save of the year on Tuesday, Zach Britton became the eighth AL left- vs. AL Central 16-17 vs. AL West 21-12 hander to save 36 or more games in a season…He is the third Orioles southpaw to accomplish the feat, joining th vs. NL 12-8 Randy Myers (45 in 1997) and B.J. Ryan (36 in 2005)…With his 30 save on August 30, Britton became the 10th different Oriole to record a 30-save season (the 14th total 30-save season by an Oriole)…Britton’s 36 saves Largest home crowd *46,685 (3/31) since May 15 (the day he recorded his first) lead the majors. Largest road crowd *48,613 (9/25) CURRENT ROAD TRIP CRUZIN’: Nelson Cruz has set new career-highs with 40 home runs and 108 RBI this season, and his 40 homers nd are the 2 -most in club history for a player in his first season with the Birds (49 by Frank Robinson in Record 2-3 1966)…Cruz became the 6th Oriole with a 40-homer season, joining Chris Davis (53 in 2013), Brady Anderson Team Average .251 (44-175) (50 in 1996), Robinson (49 in 1966), Jim Gentile (46 in 1961) and Rafael Palmeiro (43 in 1998). Runs per Game 4.2 (21R/5G) AL EAST CHAMPS: Last Tuesday’s win clinched the ninth AL East title in Orioles history…It was the second- Fielding Errors 5 earliest date of a clinch, and tied for the third-earliest game number to wrap up the East…It also marked the third Team ERA 4.04 (42.1IP, 19ER) division clinch in Baltimore, the first since 1979…It was the first clinch via a win in Baltimore since 1969: Starters W-L 2-2 YEAR CLINCH DATE GAME # OPPONENT RESULT FINAL RECORD Starters ERA 4.18 (28.0IP, 13ER) 1969 September 13 146 vs. Cleveland W, 10-5 109-53 (.673), +19.0 1970 September 17 149 at Washington L, 0-2 108-54 (.667), +15.0 Bullpen W-L-S 0-1-2 1971 September 22 151 at New York (AL) W, 10-1 101-57 (.639), +12.0 Bullpen ERA 3.77 (14.1IP, 6ER) Saves/Opps 2/2 1973 September 22 154 at Milwaukee W, 7-1 97-65 (.599), +8.0 1974 October 1 161 at Detroit W, 7-6 91-71 (.562), +2.0 Best homestand 9-2 (8/25-9/4) 1979 September 22 152 vs. Cleveland L, 3-7 102-57 (.642), +8.0 Worst homestand 2-4 (5/9-14) 1983 September 25 155 at Milwaukee W, 5-1 98-64 (.605), +6.0 Best road trip 3-1 (last 8/4-7) 1997 September 27 161 at Milwaukee W, 5-4 98-64 (.605), +2.0 Worst road trip 4-5 (8/15-24) 2014 September 16 151 vs.