BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 West Camden Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Thursday, September 19, 2013 Game #152 Road Game #77 Baltimore Orioles (81-70) vs. Boston Red Sox (92-61) RH Chris Tillman (16-6, 3.70) vs. RH John Lackey (9-12, 3.56) TONIGHT’S GAME: The Orioles and Red Sox meet in the final game of their three-game series and the 6th ODDS & ENDS game of a 10-game, 11-day trip that began with the Birds taking two of three in Toronto…The O’s will visit Home 42-33 Tampa Bay for four games Friday through Monday, their final road games of the regular season. Away 39-37 Day 26-26 VS. BOSTON: The Orioles lead the season series, 9-6, with the Orioles going 4-3 in Baltimore and 5-3 in Night 55-44 Boston…The Orioles trail in the all-time series 447-525 (230-258 in Baltimore and 217-267 on Yawkey vs. LHP 25-24 Way)…The Birds are 22-11 against Boston since the start of the 2012 season, outscoring them 150-126…The vs. RHP 56-46 Orioles have won 18 of the last 27 and 28 of the last 42 games overall against the Red Sox, including 14 of their last 19 at Fenway Park…Buck Showalter is 33-24 against the Red Sox as Orioles manager (16-12 in Baltimore Series Record 27-17-4 and 17-12 at Fenway Park)…The Orioles have won 10 of the last 12 series against Boston, dating back to First game of series 30-19 Last game of a series 27-21 September 19, 2011…The O’s had won five straight series at Fenway prior to the August 27-29 series, a streak Last 10 games 5-5 that was tied with four other clubs for the longest series win streak at Fenway since 1969, most recently by the Braves from 1997-2002…The Birds are 28-14 in their last 42 games against Boston dating back to July 19, Win/Loss streak W3 2011…The Birds are 39-30 against the Red Sox since the beginning of 2010. Longest win streak 5 (7/14-22) th Longest losing streak 6 (5/14-20) CLUTCH DAVIS: Chris Davis hit his 16 game-winning RBI of the season in last night’s game…According to Most games + .500 14 (57-43) STATS, Davis’ 16 game-winning RBI are tied for the third-most by a MLB player this season, and are tied for the Most games - .500 1 (3-4) most by an AL player with Torii Hunter…23 of Davis’ 51 home runs have either tied the game or given the Orioles the lead. Extra innings 8-5 Shutouts 6-6 EXTRA EFFORT: The Orioles have won each of the last six extra-inning games they have played in Boston One-run games 17-28 dating back to the 2010 season…According to Elias, it is the second-longest winning streak in extra-inning games Two-run games 20-9 by any visiting team at Fenway Park in major league history…The White Sox beat the Red Sox in seven straight Lead after 7 innings 65-8 extra-inning games at Fenway from 1989 to 1997. Tied after 7 innings 12-8 SUCCESS VS. SOX: At 2.15, Chris Tillman has the lowest career ERA (min. 50IP) among active pitchers Trail after 7 innings 4-54 against Boston (STATS)…He not given up more than three earned runs in a start against the Red Sox since June Lead after 8 innings 69-9 Tied after 8 innings 9-8 4, 2010…According to STATS, Tillman’s eight consecutive starts against the Red Sox giving up three earned runs Trail after 8 innings 3-53 or fewer is the second-longest active streak against the Red Sox in MLB…In four career starts at Fenway Park, Tillman is 1-0 with a 1.93 ERA (23.1IP, 5ER) and two Quality Starts…His career 2.15 ERA against the Sox is Orioles score first 48-28 more than two runs per game better than his ERA against any other AL East club (4.18 against Toronto in nine Opponent scores first 33-42 starts, 4.90 against Tampa Bay in 11 starts and 6.70 against New York in 10 starts). Score four or more runs 66-29 Score fewer than four runs 15-41 GOING FOR SEVENTEEN: Chris Tillman will go for his 17th win tonight, which would make him the first Oriole to reach 17 wins since Mike Mussina won 18 in 1999...Tillman would become the 19th Oriole to record a Orioles homer 65-53 17-win season…It would be the 41st 17-win season by an Oriole pitcher…Tillman recorded a total of 16 wins in Out-hit opponents 53-22 Equal hit total 9-3 his previous four seasons in the big leagues. Out-hit by opponents 19-45 PITCHING PROWESS: The Orioles’ pitching staff has posted a 3.16 ERA in 17 games this month, second- Most hits in a game 18 (5/10, 7/22) lowest in the AL behind Oakland (3.10)…Their .222 opponents’ batting average in September is the lowest in the Fewest hits in a game 2 (6/7) AL…The Baltimore bullpen has posted a 1.93 ERA this month, tied with the Angels for lowest in the league. No errors 64-50 POWER BEHIND THE PLATE: Since 2010, Matt Wieters leads all major league catchers with 174 extra-base With one error 14-15 hits (as a catcher only)…Yadier Molina has 173 XBH over that span, with the next-closest catcher, AJ With two errors 2-5 With three or more errors 1-0 Pierzynski, in third place with 155 (STATS). DOMINANT DEFENSE: The Orioles’ 114 errorless games this season are a new major league record, vs. AL 70-61 vs. AL East 32-33 surpassing the 2008 Houston Astros (113 in 161 games) for most errorless games in a season since vs. AL Central 17-16 1900…The Birds have made 46 errors in 151 games, a pace for 49 errors in 162 games…The major league record vs. AL West 21-12 for fewest errors in a 162-game season is 65 by the 2003 Seattle Mariners…The 2013 Orioles lead the majors with vs. NL 11-9 a .992 fielding percentage, which, if maintained through the entire season, would be the best fielding percentage in baseball history, topping the 2007 Rockies’ .989 mark…Per STATS, the Orioles are the first team in MLB history Largest home crowd 46,653 (4/5) Largest road crowd 45,214 (6/23) to post 100 errorless games by the end of August (they had 101)…The O’s previous season-low for team errors was 104 in 1998. CURRENT ROAD TRIP HOT BAT: In his last 17 games (since August 4), Danny Valencia has 10 multi-hit games (incl. six in a row, Record 4-1 August 4-September 1)…He is 28-for-60 (.467) in those games with eight doubles, a triple, four HR and 13 RBI. Team Average .219 (40-182) THE NEW MARK: Chris Davis set a new club record with his 51st homer Tuesday, breaking Brady Runs per Game 3.8 (19R/5G) Anderson’s record of 50 set in 1996…Davis’ 48 home runs as a first baseman are the most in the AL since Jim Fielding Errors 3 Thome hit 48 for Cleveland in 2002 (the highest total since 1974, the furthest back STATS PASS can search)…Davis tied Anderson’s club record (also set in 1996) with his MLB-leading 92nd extra-base hit…The Team ERA 2.29 (47.0IP, 12ER) only O’s to lead MLB in extra-base hits were Frank Robinson (85 in 1966) and Cal Ripken, Jr. (85 in 1991). Starters W-L 1-1 CLOSE CALLS: Eighteen of the Orioles’ last 24 games have been decided by two or fewer runs (8-10 record), Starters ERA 3.72 (29.0IP, 12ER) including nine one-run games (3-6)…On the year, 84 percent (127 of 151) of the Orioles games have been Bullpen W-L-S 3-0-4 decided by four or fewer runs…The O’s are 17-28 in one-run games, 20-9 in two-run games, 19-10 in three-run Bullpen ERA 0.00 (18.0IP, 0ER) games and 11-13 in games decided by four runs…The White Sox are the only other team to play in as many as Saves/Opps 4/4 127 games decided by four or fewer runs (127 in 152 games). THE SAVE-IOR: Jim Johnson leads the AL with 47 saves…He is the first Oriole to post two 40-save seasons and became the 21st pitcher in MLB history to record consecutive 40+ save seasons…He now has 98 saves over the last two seasons, becoming the fourth pitcher in MLB history to record as many as 98 saves over a two season span, joining Eric Gagne (2x, 107 and 100), Francisco Rodriguez (102) and John Smoltz (100)…With Sunday’s save, he became the fifth pitcher in baseball history with at least two consecutive seasons posting 45 or more saves (Kimbrel, ATL (3x), 2011-13; Gagne, LAD (3x), 2002-04; Rodriguez, LAA, 2005-06; and Smoltz, ATL, 2002-03). HIT MAN(NY): Manny Machado collected his AL-leading 51st double Tuesday, the second-most in MLB history by a player in his age-20 or younger season (Alex Rodriguez, 54 in ‘96)…He is on pace for 54 doubles, two shy of Brian Roberts’ 2009 club record of 56…Machado is just the third Oriole to record a 50-double season, joining Roberts (2004, 2008-09), and Miguel Tejada (2005)…According to Elias, the only other players to hit 50 doubles in a season as a third baseman are Detroit's George Kell (56 in 1950), Colorado's Jeff Cirillo (53 in 2000) and Cincinnati's Pete Rose (50 in 1978)…Machado is the second-youngest player to reach 50 doubles in one season (regardless of fielding position) as he did it 70 days past his 21st birthday, but Rodriguez hit his 50th double of the season 43 days after he turned 21 years old in 1996 (Rodriguez was a shortstop at the time).