BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 West Camden Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Sunday, September 21, 2014 Game #155 Home Game #81 Baltimore Orioles (93-61) vs. Boston Red Sox (67-88) RH Miguel Gonzalez (9-8, 3.28) vs. RH Joe Kelly (2-2, 4.21) TONIGHT S GAME: The American League East champion Orioles face the Red Sox in the finale of their threegame set, the last game of a 10-game homestand that will end the O s regular season home schedule The Orioles are 7-2 through eight games on the homestand, giving up a total of 18 runs (going 3-1 vs. New York, 3-0 vs. Toronto, and 1-1 vs. Boston) The O s have the best record in baseball (51-22,.699) since June 30 and are the 20 th club in team history to win at least 90 games in a season. AL EAST CHAMPS: Tuesday night s win clinched the ninth AL East title in O s club history It was the 2 nd - earliest date of a clinch, and tied for the 3 rd -earliest game number to wrap up the East Tuesday also marked the 3 rd division clinch in Baltimore, the first since 1979 It was the first clinch via a win in Baltimore since 1969: YEAR CLINCH DATE GAME # OPPONENT RESULT FINAL RECORD 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 1971 September 22 151 at New York (AL) W, 10-1 101-57 (.639), +12.0 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 1979 September 22 152 vs. Cleveland L, 3-7 102-57 (.642), +8.0 1983 September 25 155 at Milwaukee W, 5-1 98-64 (.605), +6.0 1997 September 27 161 at Milwaukee W, 5-4 98-64 (.605), +2.0 2014 September 16 151 vs. Toronto W, 8-2??-?? (.???), +?.? RARE AIR: With one more win, the Orioles will record their highest single-season victory total since winning 98 games in 1997 The Birds last won 99 or more games in 1980, when that club finished the season with 100 wins, the 5 th -most in club history The 1969 O s 109 wins are the club s single-season record. QUITE A MARGIN: The Orioles are currently 14.0 games up in the division and could become the first team since the 2006 Yankees (10.0 games) to win the AL East by double digits. VS. BOSTON: The O s have won the season series and currently lead, 11-7, going 5-4 in Baltimore and 6-3 in Boston, earning three straight season series victories for the first time since doing it in four straight seasons, 1964-67 In 2013, the O s won the season series, 11-8, going 6-4 at home and 5-4 at Fenway, and were the only team in the AL East to post a winning record against the world champion Red Sox Since September 20, 2011, the Orioles are 21-9 at Fenway Park Since 2012, the Birds are 35-20 against Boston The O s trail the alltime series 460-534, going 236-263 in Baltimore and 224-271 in Boston. THE BOMB SQUAD: The Orioles lead the majors with 202 home runs (Colorado is 2 nd with 178) and are on pace to hit 212 The Birds have gone deep at least 200 times in three straight seasons for the first time in club history (2014, 2013, 2012, 1999, 1998, 1996, 1987 and 1985) The O s are 25-0 when they hit three or more HR, 48-11 in their MLB-leading 59 multi-homer games, and 77-31 when hitting at least one HR this season. HE S THE (TILL)MAN: Chris Tillman has allowed three earned runs or less in 20 straight starts, tied for the 2 nd -longest streak in club history with Steve Barber (1965-66) Dave McNally (1968) holds the O s record with 25 straight Tillman also crossed the 200 IP threshold for the second time in his career last night, becoming the 21 st pitcher in O s history with multiple 200-inning seasons Jim Palmer (11) holds the club record. HOME COOKIN : The Orioles are an ML-best 31-9 (.775) at home since June 30 and are the 11 th team in club history to record at least 50 home wins The O s have not lost consecutive home games since June 28-29. BEASTS VS. THE EAST: The Orioles own the best in-division winning percentage in the majors, going 44-24 (.647) vs. American League East competition this season The O s.647 winning percentage against the East currently ranks 3 rd in club history The club record is.678 (61-29) in 1970. PITCH PERFECT: The Orioles current 3.44 team ERA currently ranks 3 rd in the American League (Seattle 3.09 and Oakland 3.25) and would be their lowest in a full season since 1979, when the AL champions posted a 3.26 mark The lowest single-season team ERA in club history is 2.53, done in 1972. SCORE FOUR: The Orioles are 73-14 (.839) when scoring four or more runs this season, including a 33-1 mark since July 19 Since June 30, the Birds are 41-2 in their last 43 games when scoring at least four runs. MOVIN UP: On September 16, Buck Showalter earned the 1,254 th win of managerial career, moving him into sole possession of 36 th place on the all-time list (37 th - Billy Martin; 1,253) Showalter became the 10 th manager to lead at least three teams to first place finishes (1994 NYY, 1999 ARI, and 2014 BAL). CRUZIN : Nelson Cruz has set new career-highs with 39 home runs and 105 RBI this season, and his 39 HR are the 2 nd -most in club history for a player in his first season with the Birds (49 by Frank Robinson in 1966) With one more home run, Cruz would be the 6 th Oriole with a 40-HR season, joining Chris Davis (53 in 2013), Brady Anderson (50 in 1996), Robinson (49 in 1966), Jim Gentile (46 in 1961) and Rafael Palmeiro (43 in 1998). BIG HITTERS: The O s could become the 4 th team since 1920 to have two players win the HR title in consecutive years (Nelson Cruz & Chris Davis), joining the 1936-37 NYY (Gehrig 49 & DiMaggio 46), 1987-88 OAK (McGwire 49 & Canseco 42), and 1993-94 SFG (Bonds 46 & Williams 43). MULTI-HIT MACHINE: Nick Markakis recorded his 50 th multi-hit game of the season on September 13, the 6 th time in his career (also 2007-11) he has reached the mark The only other Oriole to record six seasons with 50+ multi-hit games is Eddie Murray (1978-80, 1982-84) Markakis is 4 th in Orioles history with 433 multi-hit games behind Cal Ripken, Jr. (845), Brooks Robinson (745), and Murray (596). BEST RECORD IN THE AL TEAM W L PCT GB Los Angeles 96 59.619 -- BALTIMORE 93 61.604 2.5 Detroit 86 68.558 9.5 ODDS & ENDS Home 50-30 Away 43-31 Day 22-28 Night 71-33 vs. LHP 22-18 vs. RHP 71-43 Series Record 30-13-7 First game of series 32-19 Last game of a series 31-19 Last 10 games 8-2 Current W/L streak W1 Longest W streak 6 (9/7-12) Longest L streak 4 (last 5/27-30) Most games +.500 32 (last 93-61) Most games -.500 3 (last 2-5) Extra innings 14-6 Shutouts 12-10 One-run games 30-21 Two-run games 17-12 Lead after 7 innings 72-7 Tied after 7 innings 15-7 Trail after 7 innings 5-47 Lead after 8 innings 77-4 Tied after 8 innings 12-8 Trail after 8 innings 3-49 Orioles score first 59-13 Opponent scores first 34-48 Score four or more runs 73-14 Score fewer than four runs 20-47 Orioles homer 77-31 Outhit opponents 68-12 Equal hit total 8-6 Outhit by opponents 17-43 Most hits in a game 20 (4/8) Fewest hits in a game 1 (8/6 & 24) No errors 60-29 With one error 31-24 With two errors 2-5 With three or more errors 0-3 vs. AL 81-53 vs. AL East 44-24 vs. AL Central 16-17 vs. AL West 21-12 vs. NL 12-8 Largest home crowd *46,685 (3/31) Largest road crowd *48,142 (4/07) CURRENT HOMESTAND Record 7-2 Team Average.260 (79-304) Runs per Game 4.6 (41R/9G) Fielding Errors 7 Team ERA 1.71 (84.0IP, 16ER) Starters W-L 5-1 Starters ERA 1.98 (54.2IP, 12ER) Bullpen W-L-S 2-1-1 Bullpen ERA 1.23 (29.1IP, 4ER) Saves/Opps 1/1 Best homestand 9-2 (8/25-9/4) Worst homestand 2-4 (5/9-14) Best road trip 3-1 (last 8/4-7) Worst road trip 4-5 (8/15-24) DIRTY 30: With his 30 th save on August 30, Zach Britton became the 10 th different Oriole to record a 30-save season (the 14 th total 30-save season by an Oriole) Britton is tied for the ML lead in saves since May 15, the day he recorded his first, with 35. TOMORROW S STARTER: LH Wei-Yin Chen will make his 30 th start, his 15 th on the road, where he has gone 8-2 with a 3.38 ERA (82.2IP, 31ER) He is 2-3 with a 5.76 ERA (45.1IP, 29ER) in eight career starts against the Yankees, going 1-2 with a 5.40 mark (21.2IP, 13ER) in four lifetime starts in the Bronx Chen won his only start against New York this season on April 8 (5.0IP, 4ER) Chen s 16 wins this season are the most by an O s left-hander since Jeff Ballard went 18-8 in 1989 Mike Cuellar and Dave McNally hold the single-season club record for southpaws, each posting 24 wins in 1970. UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS DAY OPPONENT TIME (ET) TV RADIO O S STARTER OPP. STARTER Sept. 22 at New York 7:05 p.m. MASN-HD 1090 AM WBAL LH Wei-Yin Chen (16-4, 3.58) RH Michael Pineda (3-5, 2.15) Sept. 23 at New York 7:05 p.m. MASN-HD/ESPN 1090 AM WBAL TBA RH Brandon McCarthy (7-4, 2.54) Sept. 24 at New York 1:05 p.m. MASN-HD 1090 AM WBAL TBA RH Shane Greene (5-3, 3.24) Sept. 25 at New York 7:05 p.m. MASN-HD 1090 AM WBAL TBA RH Hiroki Kuroda (11-9, 3.77)
TODAY S STARTING PITCHER: #50 MIGUEL GONZALEZ Height: 6-1 Weight: 168 Bats: Right Throws: Right Opening Day Age: 29 Born: May 27, 1984 in Guadalajara, Mexico Resides: Pacoima, CA How Acquired: Signed as a minor league free agent on February 28, 2012 QUICK HITS: Making his 25 th start of the season (26 th appearance) and 12 th start at home Is in his third year with the Orioles Made his MLB debut May 29, 2012 at Toronto Notched first major league win in his first MLB start July 6, 2012 at Los Angeles (AL) Missed 2008 with a torn meniscus and 2009 after Tommy John surgery Attended Mission (CA) CC Had his first child, Leah, on June 18, 2013. CAREER VS. BOSTON: Making his sixth career start (eighth appearance) against the Red Sox Is 4-0 with a 2.18 ERA (33.0IP, 8ER) and five Quality Starts in five career starts against Boston Is 2-0 with a 3.65 ERA (12.1IP, 5ER) in two career starts against the Red Sox at OPACY. AGAINST THE EAST: In his 35 career starts against the AL East, Gonzalez is 15-8 with a 3.39 ERA (212.1IP, 80ER) and 23 Quality Starts He beat each team in the East as a rookie in 2012 (only other Oriole since 69 to do that was Willis Roberts in 2001) and has worked at least 6.0 innings in 25 of his 35 career starts against the East In 10 starts against the division this season, he is 4-1 with a 2.82 ERA (60.2IP, 19ER) with six Quality Starts. STINGY SECOND HALF: After pitching to a 4-5 record and 4.04 ERA (89.0IP, 40ER) prior to the All-Star break, Gonzalez has posted a 5-3 record with a 2.12 ERA (59.1IP, 14ER) in his nine starts since the Midsummer Classic. LAST START: Suffered the loss against the New York Yankees on September 13 at OPACY despite tossing his sixth straight Quality Start (6.0 IP, 3H, 3ER, 3BB, 1K) Snapped his seasonhigh three-game winning streak Allowed three walks for the second consecutive start. QUALITY STREAK: Has made six straight Quality Starts dating back to August 7, the longest streak by an Oriole starter this season It is the longest such streak he has posted this season and the second-longest of his career behind a career-best eight-game streak (June 6-July 20, 2013). DEEPER WATERS: Gonzalez has thrown at least 100 pitches in four consecutive starts, one shy of his career-long streak of five straight outings of 100 or more pitches, set June 22-July 20, 2013 During the current four-game stretch, he has pitched to a 3-1 record and 1.27 ERA (28.1IP, 4ER). YOU COMPLETE ME: On September 3 vs. Cincinnati, Gonzalez logged his first-career complete game shutout, allowing just four hits over a career-high 9.0 innings He struck out a season-high eight batters and tossed a career-high 117 pitches (83 strikes). INNING EATER: Did not receive a decision in either of his July 5 (at New York) or July 11 starts, posting 8.0 innings of work in each Were the first two starts of his career he had gone 8.0 innings and not earned the win Became the second Oriole starter this season to make two consecutive starts of 8.0 or more innings (also Chris Tillman, April 6-11). TIME IN THE MINORS: After being optioned to Triple-A Norfolk on August 9, Gonzalez made one start for the Tides on August 13 in Buffalo and allowed one hit over 3.0 scoreless innings He did not walk a batter and threw 27 pitches (20 strikes) He retired the first seven hitters in order before surrendering a single in the third inning. DL STINT: Was placed on the 15-day disabled list on June 6 (retroactive to May 31), with a right oblique strain Appeared in one rehab game with the Double-A Bowie Baysox on June 11. AT ORIOLE PARK: Is 4-4 with a 3.06 ERA (70.2IP, 24ER) and seven Quality Starts in 12 appearances (11 starts) this season at Oriole Park In his 30 career home starts, he is 14-8 with a 3.49 ERA (185.2IP, 72ER) and the Orioles are 20-10 in those games As a reliever at home, he has a 2.45 ERA (7.1IP, 2ER) in three appearances In his 33 total appearances, is 14-8 with a 3.45 ERA (193.0IP, 74ER). ON THE ROAD: In 13 road starts this season, is 5-4 with a 3.48 ERA (77.2IP, 30ER) In his 37 career road starts, he is 15-12 with a 3.53 ERA (224.1IP, 88ER) and 25 Quality Starts. AS A STARTER: In his 67 starts for the Birds, is 29-20 with a 3.51 ERA (410.0IP, 160ER) and 45 Quality Starts Worked six or more innings in 48 of his 67 starts and the Orioles are 39-28. JULY FIREWORKS: After going 1-1 with a 6.14 ERA (14.2IP, 10ER) in three June starts, he pitched to a 1.82 ERA (29.2IP, 6ER) in four July starts He did not surpass 5.0 innings of work in any June start and his 6.14 ERA was the highest single month ERA of his career. MINIMIZE THE DAMAGE: Has allowed 23 home runs in 2014, 19 of which have been solo shots Of the 59 homers he has allowed in the majors, 45 have been solo shots Four were leadoff homers and 20 have come within the first two innings. GONZALEZ S 2014 SPLITS Home: 4-4, 3.06 ERA vs. LH:.254 (80-315), 13 HR Away: 5-4, 3.48 ERA vs. RH:.247 (62-251), 10 HR GONZALEZ S CAREER NUMBERS W-L ERA G IP H R ER BB SO 2014 9-8 3.28 25 148.1 142 58 54 49 102 2013 11-8 3.78 30 171.1 157 81 72 53 120 Career 29-20 3.47 73 425.0 391 177 164 137 299 Home: 14-8, 3.45 ERA vs. LH:.248 (207-835), 25 HR Away: 15-12, 3.49 ERA vs. RH:.239 (184-769), 35 HR RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING (STARTER) 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 4 th 5 th 6 th 7 th 8 th 9 th Tot 5 12 12 6 11 4 4 2 0 56 RUN SUPPORT WHILE IN GAME (STARTER) 0R 1R 2R 3R 4R 5R 6R 7R 8R 9R 10+ 2 3 8 4 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 LAST TIME AS A STARTER Date & Opp Final Line Win: 9/8/14 @ BOS 6.1IP, 6H,3 BB, 4K Loss: 9/13/14 vs. NYY 6.0IP, 3H, 3ER, 3BB, K ND: 7/27/14 @ SEA 6.0IP, 8H, ER, 2BB, K CG: 9/3/14 vs. CIN 9.0IP, 4H, BB, 8K SHO: 9/3/14 vs. CIN 9.0IP, 4H, BB, 8K 2014 SEASON HIGHS (STARTER) No. Date(s) & Opp. Innings Pitched: 9.0 9/3 vs. CIN Hits Allowed: 9 6/24 vs. CWS, 4/4 @ DET Runs Allowed: 7 4/4 @ DET Strikeouts: 8 9/3 vs. CIN Walks: 4 4x, last 7/22 @ LAA HR allowed: 2 6x, last 8/2 vs. SEA Winning Streak: 3 8/29-9/13 Losing Streak: 2 4/27-5/4 Shortest start: 3.1 4/4 @ DET Pitches thrown: 117 9/3 vs. CIN CAREER HIGHS (STARTER) No. Date(s) & Opp. Innings Pitched: 9.0 9/3/14 vs. CIN Hits Allowed: 9 4x, last: 6/24/14 vs. CWS Runs Allowed: 9 7/31/13 vs. HOU Strikeouts: 9 6/27/13 vs. CLE, 8/31/12 @ NYY Walks: 5 5x, last: 9/21/13 @ TB HR allowed: 3 4/18/13 vs. TB, 7/30/12 @ NYY Winning Streak: 4 9/21/12-4/4/13 Losing Streak: 4 7/25/13-8/30/13 Shortest start: 2.2 7/25/12 vs. TB Pitches thrown: 117 9/3/14 vs. CIN GONZALEZ VS. RED SOX PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI Betts.500 2 1 0 0 Bogaerts.143 7 1 0 0 Bradley.667 3 2 0 0 Brentz.--- -- -- -- -- Butler.--- -- -- -- -- Castillo.--- -- -- -- -- Cecchini.--- -- -- -- -- Cespedes.400 5 2 0 0 Craig.--- -- -- -- -- Holt.250 4 1 0 0 Lavarnway.000 3 0 0 0 Middlebrooks.333 6 2 1 3 Napoli.143 7 1 0 0 Nava.385 13 5 0 2 Ortiz.000 6 0 0 0 Pedroia.214 14 3 0 1 Rivero.--- -- -- -- -- Ross.000 5 0 0 0 Vazquez.--- -- -- -- -- Weeks.--- -- -- -- -- KELLY VS. ORIOLES PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI Berry.--- -- -- -- -- Clevenger.000 1 0 0 0 Cruz.500 6 3 0 1 De Aza.250 4 1 0 0 Flaherty.000 3 0 0 1 Hardy.--- -- -- -- -- Hundley.--- -- -- -- -- Johnson.--- -- -- -- -- Jones.000 3 0 0 1 Joseph.000 2 0 0 0 Lough.--- -- -- -- -- Markakis.000 2 0 0 0 Paredes.--- -- -- -- -- Pearce.667 3 2 0 1 Schoop.000 3 0 0 0 Walker.--- -- -- -- -- Young.--- -- -- -- -- GONZALEZ S LAST 10 STARTS DATE OPP SCORE WHEN LEFT DEC IP H R ER BB K HR PIT STR NOTES 7/11 vs. NYY 3-2 2-2 ND 8.0 6 2 2 0 5 2 105 69 Surrendered solo HRs to B. Roberts and K. Johnson 7/22 @ LAA 4-2 4-2 W 7.2 3 2 2 4 5 1 110 66 Allowed 2R HR to M. Trout in the eighth 7/27 @ SEA 3-2 (10) 1-1 ND 6.0 8 1 1 2 1 0 90 55 Season-high fourth straight Quality Start 8/2 vs. SEA 3-6 2-4 L 5.0 7 4 4 1 1 2 91 60 Snapped a streak of four consecutive Quality Starts 8/7 @ TOR 2-1 2-1 W 6.0 4 1 1 2 4 1 104 70 Surrendered solo HR to A. Gose in the fifth inning 8/24 @CHC 1-2 1-2 L 6.1 6 2 2 0 3 1 85 57 Pitched into seventh inning for 13 th time this season (20 starts) 8/29 vs. MIN 9-1 9-1 W 7.0 4 1 1 1 6 1 103 69 Surrendered solo HR to T. Plouffe in the seventh inning. 9/3 vs. CIN 6-0 6-0 W 9.0 4 0 0 1 8 0 117 83 First-career complete game shutout, tossed a career-high 117 pitches 9/8 @ BOS 4-0 4-0 W 6.1 6 0 0 3 4 0 103 69 Two consecutive starts without allowing a run (career-high) 9/13 vs. NYY 2-3 2-3 L 6.0 3 3 3 3 1 1 106 67 Sixth consecutive Quality Start LAST 10 STARTS TOTALS 5-3 67.1 51 16 16 17 38 9 1,014 665 (65.6%) SEASON TOTALS (STARTS) 9-8 146.1 140 56 53 48 101 22 2,344 1,499 (64.0%) GONZALEZ S 2014 STARTS VS. BOSTON DATE OPP SCORE WHEN LEFT DEC IP H R ER BB K HR PIT STR NOTES 7/5 @ BOS 2-3 2-2 ND 8.0 7 2 1 2 6 1 113 72 Matched his then career-high with 8.0 innings pitched 9/8 @ BOS 4-0 4-0 W 6.1 6 0 0 3 4 0 103 69 Two consecutive starts without allowing a run (career-high) SEASON TOTALS VS. BOSTON 1-0 14.1 13 2 1 5 10 1 216 141 (65.3%)
34 QUINTIN BERRY OF (L) 9/17 vtor: (PR-LF) 0-1, R vbos: STAND: 0-1, 2R, SB Hit Game - - Games - - - - - RBI Game - - Games - - - - - Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-2, 2R, SB since 9/7) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: N/A Batted.285/.382/.367 with 3HR, 53R, 35RBI, & 25SB in 112 games with Triple-A Norfolk Including the playoffs, he is 30-for-30 in stolen base attempts at the ML level (Detroit; 2012, Boston; 2013) Made three postseason pinch-running appearances with the 2013 World Series champion Boston Red Sox (3-for-3 in stolen base attempts) Has started his career 25-for-25 in stolen base attempts during the regular season, tied for the third-most consecutive stolen bases to start a player s career from 1961-present (expansion era) Signed by the Orioles as a minor league free agent on January 3, 2014 Had contract selected from Triple-A Norfolk on September 2 Made Orioles debut on September 4 vs. CIN (PR-LF) 45 STEVE CLEVENGER CA (L) 9/19 vbos: (PH) 0-1 vbos: 0-1 STAND: 0-1, BB Hit Game 3 5/12 vs. DET Games 1 2 - - 3 RBI Game 2 4/5 @DET Games 1 - - - 1 Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-7, BB since 5/24) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 4G (5/10-14;.500, 8-for-16, 3-2B, 2RBI) Played 64 games with the Tides (AAA) hitting.305/.366/.389 (28R, 13-2B, 2HR, 30RBI) & two games with SA Aberdeen (.667; 4-6, BB, 2-2B, HR, 2R, 5RBI) Collected season-high tying three hits, going 3-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI, May 12 vs. DET Became the 22 nd Maryland-born Oriole in club history when he debuted for the Birds, September 13, 2013 @TOR 23 NELSON CRUZ OF (R) 9/20 vbos: 1-4, 2B, RBI vbos: 4-9, 2-2B, 2RBI STAND: 13-36, 2BB, 5-2B, R, 4RBI 2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-Hit 2 3 4 5 T 2014 High # Date & Opp Multi-RBI 2 3 4 5+ T Hit Game 5 7/5 @BOS Games 32 6 1 1 40 RBI Game 7 9/7 @TB Games 18 6 1 2 27 Current Hit Streak: 8G (since 9/12 (GM2);.406, 13-for-32, BB, 5-2B, R, 4RBI) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 12G (5/20-31;.476, 20-42, 9BB, 6-2B, 8HR, 14R, 15RBI) Leads the majors in HR (39), T-3 rd in RBI (105) Snapped a career-high 0-for-21 streak with a double on August 2 vs. Seattle Established a new career-high with his 91 st RBI, September 2 vs. CIN Became the 2 nd Oriole in club history to hit 3B, HR, and record 7RBI in a game on September 7 @TB (Cal Ripken, Jr., April 13, 1991) Selected by the fans as the starting DH for the 2014 All-Star Game Was his third overall All-Star selection and second straight (also 2013, 2009) Named Co-AL Player of the Week on September 8 (3 rd career award), batting.407/.467/.963 Named AL Player of the Week on June 2, batting.476/.556/1.190 Collected career-high five hits, July 5 @BOS Is 3 rd visiting player in history with 5H, HR & SB in a game at Fenway Hit 12 home runs in May, the most in any single month in his career and a new club record for May Batted.339/.388/.748 in the month His 28 HR before the AS break were 3 rd -most in O s history Became the 5 th Oriole in franchise history to hit a HR in each of his first two games with the club (F. Robinson 66; Palmeiro 94; Incaviglia 96; Fasano 05) Made his O s debut on Opening Day vs. BOS, playing LF Became the 1 st Oriole since Cesar Izturis (April 6, 2009) to HR on Opening Day in his O s debut 12 ALEJANDRO DE AZA OF (L) 9/20 vbos: 1-4, BB, R vbos: 4-9, BB, 2-2B, 2R STAND: 11-34, 2BB, 3-2B, 3-3B, 4R, 5RBI Hit Game 3 9/19 vs. BOS Games 24 5 - - 29 RBI Game 3 9/16 vs. TOR Games 7 3 - - 10 Current Hit Streak: 5G (since 9/14;.333, 7-for-21, BB, 3-2B, 3B, 4R, 3RBI) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 8G (last 9/2-9/12 (GM2);.394, 13-for-33, 4BB, 2B, 2-3B, 2HR, 5R, 6RBI, 2SB, SAC) Hit safely in his first eight games as an Oriole (September 2-12), the longest streak to begin a player s career with the Orioles since Eric Byrnes hit in 11 consecutive games from July 30-August 10, 2005 Logged the 16 th two-triple game in club history, going 2-for-5, 2-3B, 2RBI on September 12 vs. New York (AL) (GM2) Set career-highs with 10 total bases and three extra-base hits, September 9 @BOS (3-4, BB, 2B, 2HR, 2R, 3RBI) Was the second multi-hr game of his career (also, March 31 vs. MIN) Acquired by the Orioles from Chicago (AL) in exchange for minor league RHPs Miguel Chalas and Mark Blackmar, August 30 Collected his first Oriole hit in his first at-bat, September 2 vs. CIN 3 RYAN FLAHERTY INF (L) 9/20 vbos: 2-4, 2B, R vbos: 2-8, 2B, R STAND: 4-18, 5BB, 2-2B, HR, 4R, 3RBI, 2SAC Hit Game 4 9/10 @BOS Games 12 1 1-14 RBI Game 3 8/31 vs. MIN Games 5 3 - - 8 Current Hit Streak: 1G (since 9/20;.500, 2-for-4, 2B, R) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 5G (9/7-9/12 (GM2);.429, 9-for-21, BB, 4-2B, 3R, 4RBI) Set a career-high with four hits, going 4-for-5 with a 2B, R, 2RBI, September 10 @BOS Collected two hits in the 3 rd inning on September 10 @BOS, becoming the 3 rd O s hitter this season to accomplish the feat Tripled for the first time since September 22, 2012, going 2-for-5, 3B, HR, 2R, and tied his season-high with 3RBI, August 31 vs. MIN Was 1TB shy of his career-high (eight) last set on September 25, 2013 vs. TOR Snapped season-opening 0-for-17 with 9 th inning single, April 6 @DET Also began the 2013 season going 0-for-his-first-17 2 J.J. HARDY SS (R) 9/20 vbos: 0-3, BB vbos: 0-3, BB STAND: 4-26, 2BB (IBB), 2B, 2R, HB Hit Game 4 8/4 @WSH Games 37 4 1-42 RBI Game 4 8/31 vs. MIN Games 4 2 2-8 Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-7, BB since 9/17) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 8G (5/18-26;.485, 16-for-33, 2BB, 4-2B, 4R, 4RBI) Hit his fourth career Grand Slam, August 31 vs. MIN Logged his 11 th career multi-hr game, going 2-for-3 with BB, 2HR, 3R, & a season-high 4RBI on August 8 vs. STL Collected a season-high four hits on August 4 @WSH Snapped career-long 339 AB HR-less streak, June 21 @NYY Played his 1,200 th career game on July 9 vs. WSH Is the only SS in MLB with at least 20 HR in each of the last three seasons Led MLB SS with 77 HR, 2011-13 40 NICK HUNDLEY CA (R) 9/20 vbos: 0-4 vbos: 0-4 STAND: 1-12, BB, RBI, SAC, SF Hit Game 3 8/8 vs. STL Games 11 1 - - 12 RBI Game 3 9/4 vs. CIN Games 2 2 - - 4 Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-8, RBI, SAC, SF since 9/14)) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 8G (last 8/19-9/6;.379, 11-for-29, 2B, 3HR, 3R, 7RBI) Tied a season-high three RBI, hitting a three-run HR off Mike Leake in the 1 st inning, September 4, vs. CIN Was the eighth time in his career homering in consecutive games and first since August 13-17, 2013 Posted a season-high three RBI, hitting a three-run HR off Phil Hughes in the 7 th inning, September 1 vs. MIN Was his first game-tying HR since September 29, 2013 at San Francisco (Moscoso) Collected the game-winning RBI with a single that scored Manny Machado in a 4-3 10-inning walk-off win over the Yankees on July 11 Made 1 st start for O s, May 26 @MIL and collected game-winning RBI single in the 10 th, joining Nelson Cruz collecting GW RBI in 1 st game with the club this season 14 KELLY JOHNSON INF (L) 9/19 vbos: 0AB (Def. Replacement) vbos: STAND: 2-12, BB, 2-2B, R, RBI Hit Game 2 7/19 vs. CIN Games 9 - - - 9 RBI Game 2 7/19 vs. CIN Games 4 - - - 4 Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-3, BB, R since 9/15) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 4G (last 6/23-29;.308, 4-for-13, 2BB, 2B, HR, 2R, 3RBI) Hit a walk-off 2B in the B9th on September 14 vs. NYY, becoming the 1 st player to register a walk-off RBI against the Yankees after playing for the club earlier in the season since Mike Hegan (MIL) in 1974 (Elias) According to Elias, he became the first player ever to play for all five current AL East clubs when he made his Orioles debut, September 2 vs. CIN Acquired from Boston on August 30 along with MiLg INF Michael Almanzar in exchange for MiLg INFs Jemile Weeks and Ivan De Jesus 10 ADAM JONES CF (R) 9/20 vbos: 2-4, 2HR, 2R, 4RBI vbos: 2-4, 2HR, 2R, 4RBI STAND: 8-29, 2-2B, 2HR, 3R, 6RBI Hit Game 4 6/27 vs. TB (2) Games 43 8 3-54 RBI Game 5 7/19 @OAK Games 12 5 2 1 20 Current Hit Streak: 1G (since 9/20;.500, 2-for-4, 2HR, 2R, 4RBI) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 14G (5/6-20;.356, 21-for-59, 2B, 5HR, 10R, 12RBI, HB) Posted his sixth career multi-hr game, going 2-for-4, 2HR, 2R, 4RBI, September 20 vs. BOS Is tied with Melvin Mora (89) for 3 rd on the OPACY all-time HR list Passed Cal Ripken, Jr. (85) for sole possession of 4 th place, August 8 vs. STL Became the first Oriole since Robert Andino (June 14, 2009) to steal home on August 28 vs. TB Posted the 5 th multi-hr game of his career and 2 nd this season, July 21 @LAA Is the first Orioles CF with four straight seasons with 20+ home runs and the first Orioles OF to do so since Rafael Palmeiro (five straight; 1994-98) Collected career-high tying 5 RBI, July 19 @OAK, becoming one of 6 players since 1914 with BB, HR, 2SB & 5RBI in a game Named Co-AL Player of the Week (with Steve Pearce) for the week of June 30-July 6 (.423; 11-for-26 with two walks, a double, two home runs, four runs and five RBI) Selected by fan vote to his third straight and fourth overall All-Star Game (2009, 2012, 2013) Competed in the 2014 Home Run Derby, eliminated in the 2 nd round Passed Melvin Mora (158) for sole possession of 9 th place in club history with his 159 th home run as an Oriole, August 8 vs. STL Hit his 150 th HR, June 9 vs. BOS 36 CALEB JOSEPH CA (R) 9/19 vbos: 0-3 vbos: 0-3 STAND: 0-16, SAC Hit Game 4 8/31 vs. MIN Games 9 2 1-12 RBI Game 3 9/10 @BOS Games 4 3 - - 7 Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-16, SAC since 9/12 (GM2)) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 7G (8/2-11;.385, 10-for-26, 2-2B, 5HR, 6R, 9RBI) Orioles are 17-1 when he records at least one RBI His nine HR are tied for third-most by an Orioles catcher in franchise history, and most since Geronimo Gil (12) in 2002 Hit HR in five straight games from August 2-9, setting the Orioles record for a catcher, passing Ramon Hernandez (June 22-28, 2006) and Gus Triandos (June 13-19, 1959) Is the 15 th CA since 1914 to homer in at least five consecutive games and joined Devin Mesoraco, Buster Posey, A.J. Pierzynski, Brian McCann, and Javy Lopez as the sixth catcher since 2000 to accomplish the feat Collected career-high three hits, including HR in second consecutive game, June 23 vs. CWS Hit his first career ML home run on June 22 @NYY Made his ML debut, May 7 @TB Collected his 1 st career hit, May 13 vs. DET Collected 1 st career RBI, May 20 @PIT Collected 1 st career multi-hit game, June 3 @TEX
9 DAVID LOUGH OF (L) 9/20 vbos: 0AB (PR-RF) vbos: 1-3 STAND: 2-7, BB, HR, 3R, RBI Hit Game 3 8/31 vs. MIN Games 4 2 - - 6 RBI Game 3 6/1 @HOU Games 1 1 - - 2 Current Hit Streak: 2G (since 9/17;.500, 2-for-4, HR, R, RBI) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 5G (6/1-8;.429, 6-for-14, 3BB, 2B, 2HR, 5R, 5RBI) Scored a run in a career-high five consecutive games despite recording an at-bat in just three of the five games (two pinch running appearances), September 7-17 Hit 1 st HR as an Oriole, collecting season-high 3RBI, June 1 @HOU Collected a season-high 3H, (BB, 2B, 3R and 2SB), April 24 @TOR Also 8/31 vs. MIN (3-5, 2R) Hit 3 rd HR of season, September 3 vs. CIN Hit walk-off RBI single in the 12 th inning, April 12 vs. TOR Was his 1 st multi-hit game of the year (2-5, R, RBI) Acquired from KC in exchange for INF Danny Valencia, December 18, 2013 21 NICK MARKAKIS RF (L) 9/16 vtor: 1-3, BB, 2R vbos: STAND: 4-21, BB, 4R, HB Hit Game 4 8/10 vs. STL Games 39 7 4-50 RBI Game 3 7/29 vs. LAA Games 8 1 - - 9 Current Hit Streak: 2G (since 9/15;.286, 2-for-7, BB, 3R, HB) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 18G (4/21-5/12;.356, 26-73, 9BB, 3-2B, 2HR, 9R, 8RBI, SB) After going 2-for-5 with a R on September 13 vs. NYY, became the second player in club history to record six seasons with 50+ multi-hit games (2007-11, 2014), joining Eddie Murray (1978-80, 1982-84) Snapped a season-long 0-for-21 stretch with his 12 th home run of the season, August 25 vs. TB (Odorizzi) His five-game hitless stretch tied the longest of his career Posted his 427 th career multi-hit game on August 10 vs. STL, passing Brady Anderson for sole possession of fourth place on the Orioles all-time list Collected his 1,500 th hit on August 1 vs. SEA, becoming the second outfielder in Orioles history with 1,500+ hits (Brady Anderson, 1589) Hit his 10 th home run of the season on August 4 @WSH, tying Brady Anderson for fourth in club history with nine seasons of 20+ 2B & 10+ HR Is T-14 th in the majors with 50 multi-hit games Passed Ken Singleton (1,456) and moved into 6 th place on the O s all-time hit list, June 16 @TB Collected two hits on May 22 vs. CLE, tying and passing Cal Ripken Jr. (702 hits) to become the all-time leader in hits at Oriole Park Is in 8 th place in franchise history with 315 doubles Moved into top 10 in hits (6 th - 1,539), total bases (6 th - 2,303), extra-base hits (7 th - 470), RBI (9 th - 652), runs (8 th 744) 38 JIMMY PAREDES INF (S) 9/19 vbos: 0-4 vbos: 0-4 STAND: 7-19, BB, 2-2B, HR, 4R, 4RBI, 2SB Hit Game 2 9/16 vs. TOR Games 4 - - - 4 RBI Game 2 9/12 vs. NYY Games 2 - - - 2 Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-5 since 9/7) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 6G (9/7-17;.471, 8-for-17, BB, 2-2B, HR, 5R, 4RBI, 2SB) Posted a career-high six-game hitting streak, September 7-17 (.471, 8-17, BB, 2-2B, HR, 5R, 4RBI, 2SB) Hit a pinch-hit, walk-off, two-run double in the bottom of the 11 th, September 12 vs. NYY (GM1) Hit first home run as an Oriole and collected fourth career game with two or more extra-base hits, August 30 vs. MIN (2-4, 2B, HR, R, 2RBI) Acquired from Kansas City in exchange for cash considerations on July 24 Collected 1 st Oriole hit in 1 st at-bat, August 29 vs. MIN (Entered game after Steve Pearce injury) Batted.200/.200/.200 in 10 games with the Royals (2-10, 3R, 2SB) Played in 127 career ML games since 2011 with Houston (2011-13) and Kansas City (2014) before acquisition 28 STEVE PEARCE INF/OF (R) 9/19 vbos: 1-4, BB vbos: 1-4, BB STAND: 11-27, 6BB, 2-2B, 4HR, 6R, 9RBI, HB Hit Game 4 7/3 vs. TEX Games 21 4 1-26 RBI Game 4 9/17 vs. TOR Games 7 2 2-11 Current Hit Streak: 7G (since 9/12 (2);.458, 11-for-24, 5BB, 2-2B, 4HR, 6R, 9RBI, HB) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 11G (8/17-8/28;.333, 15-for-45, 3BB, 5-2B, 5HR, 11R, 6RBI) Posted his second-career multi-hr game, going 2-for-3 with BB, 2HR, 2R, and a season-high tying 4RBI Also homered twice on June 30 vs. TEX (2-5, 2HR, 2R, 4RBI) After starting August 1-for-13 (.077) over his first six games, batted.326 (15-46) with five doubles and five homers over his final 12 games of the month (since August 17) Snapped a career-high 11-game hitting streak on August 29 vs. MIN, going 0-for-1 before leaving the game with a right abdominal strain Named co-al Player of the Week (with Adam Jones) for June 30-July 6 (.333; 10-for-30 with two walks, two doubles, three HR, eight runs, and nine RBI) Collected career-high four hits July 3 vs. TEX, going 4-for-5 with 2-2B, R, 2RBI & a career-high 2SB Hit 3R PH HR, May 27 @MIL, the O s first PH HR since Luke Scott, April 18, 2011 vs. MIN 6 JONATHAN SCHOOP INF (R) 9/20 vbos: 0-2, BB, RBI, SAC vbos: 1-6, BB, R, RBI, SAC STAND: 3-20, BB, 3R, RBI, HB, SAC Hit Game 4 4/18 @BOS Games 16 2 1-19 RBI Game 3 9/3 vs. CIN Games 6 4 - - 10 Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-5, BB, RBI since 9/19) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 7G (4/7-17;.429, 12-for-28, 6-2B, HR, 4R, 7RBI) Tied his career-high with three RBI for the fourth time, September 3 vs. CIN (also August 18 @CWS, August 11 vs. NYY, & April 9 @NYY) Homered in three consecutive games for the first time in his career, September 2-4 vs. CIN Hit his first HR of the season at OPACY, August 11 vs. NYY Hit his first career HR off a LH pitcher, August 5 @TOR (Buehrle) The Orioles are 13-1 when he homers Collected first career multi-hr game, May 26 @MIL Had game-winning RBI, May 9 vs. HOU Collected career-high four hits, April 18 at BOS Hit 1 st HR of the season, April 9 at NYY (Tanaka) Made 1 st career Opening Day start for the Birds, March 31 vs. BOS, playing 2B and going 1-for-3 18 CHRISTIAN WALKER INF (R) 9/20 vbos: 2-4, HR, R, RBI vbos: 2-8, HR, R, RBI STAND: 3-11, 2B, HR, R, RBI Hit Game 2 9/20 vs. BOS Games 1 - - - 1 RBI Game 1 9/20 vs. BOS Games - - - - - Current Hit Streak: 1G (since 9/20;.500, 2-for-4, HR, R, RBI) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 1G (last 9/20-current;.500, 2-for-4, HR, R, RBI) Collected his first ML hit in his first ML game, doubling off of J.A. Happ in the seventh inning, September 17 vs. TOR Hit his first ML HR, September 20 vs. BOS (De La Rosa) Named the 2014 Brooks Robinson Minor League Player of the Year Hit a combined.288/.357/.489 with 53 extra-base hits, 96 RBI, and 73 runs in 139 total games between Double-A Bowie and Triple-A Norfolk Selected to the 2014 Eastern league Season Ending All-Star Team Named an Eastern League Player of the Week twice, for the weeks ending April 20 and May 18 Selected by the Orioles in the fourth round of the 2012 First Year Player Draft out of the University of South Carolina 27 DELMON YOUNG OF (R) 9/20 vbos: 3-4, 2R vbos: 4-6, 3B, 3R, RBI STAND: 6-14, 3B, 3R, 3RBI Hit Game 3 9/20 vs. BOS Games 9 6 - - 15 RBI Game 3 8/25 vs. TB Games 3 4 - - 7 Current Hit Streak: 3G (since 9/17;.556, 5-for-9, 3B, 3R, RBI) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 8G (last 6/14-30;.476, 10-for-21, 2B, HR, 3R, 2RBI) Tripled for the first time since September 1, 2012 vs. Chicago (AL) with a PH 3B, September 19 vs. BOS Recorded his first stolen base since April 16, 2011 @TB after swiping second on August 26 vs. TB (A. Cobb & R. Hanigan) Tied his season-high with three hits for the fifth time, August 25 vs. TB Reached base four or more times (w/o ROE) for the 16 th time in his career and second this season (also, August 5 at Toronto) on August 25 vs. TB (3-3, BB, 2RB, HR, R, 3RBI) Is T-6 th in club history (since 1974) with 10 pinch hits in a single regular season, one behind Terry Crowley (1980, 1979), Pat Kelly (1979), and Lee May (1980) for second 2014 ORIOLES HOME RUNS PLAYER 1R 2R 3R GS Tot LHP RHP Home Road Tie Go-Ahead Record Car. Most Recent HR Berry - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 09/29/13, T2 @BAL (C. Tillman) Clevenger - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 06/29/12, B4 vs. HOU (B. Norris) Cruz 20 14 3 2 39 8 31 15 24 3 13 24-12 196 09/07, T11 @TB (C. Ramos) Davis 14 9 1 2 26 9 17 13 13 1 9 19-5 156 09/06, T2 @TB (D. Smyly) De Aza 1 1 - - 2-2 - 2-1 1-0 37 09/09, T3 @BOS (A. Ranaudo) Flaherty 2 2 3-7 3 4 7 - - 2 5-2 23 09/15, B4 vs. TOR (M. Stroman) Hardy 7-1 1 9 3 6 5 4-1 8-0 167 08/31, B6 vs. MIN (R. Nolasco) Hundley 2 1 2-5 - 5 3 2 1 2 4-1 52 09/04, B1 vs. CIN (M. Leake) Johnson - - - - - - - - - - - - 130 07/11, T3 @BAL (M. Gonzalez) Jones 16 8 3-27 8 19 14 13 2 12 19-5 167 09/20, B5 vs. BOS (H. Hembree) Joseph 5 4 - - 9 5 4 4 5 1 3 8-1 9 09/10, T5 @BOS (C. Breslow) Lombardozzi - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 08/30/13, B8 vs. NYM (D. Gee) Lough 2 2 - - 4-4 3 1-1 4-0 9 09/17, B8 vs. TOR (C. Janssen) Machado 6 4 1 1 12 2 10 9 3-6 6-6 33 08/08, B2 vs. STL (J. Masterson) Markakis 7 4 1-12 1 11 8 4 2 3 9-3 139 08/25, B3 vs. TB (J. Odorizzi) Paredes 2 - - - 2 1 1 2 - - 1 2-0 5 09/16, B2 vs. TOR (D. Hutchison) Pearce 12 5 3-20 9 11 12 8 1 7 14-4 37 09/17, B5 vs. TOR (J. Happ) Peguero - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 09/29/13, B9 vs. SD (H. Street) Reimold - - - - - - - - - - - - 41 07/11/13, B3 vs. TEX (R. Wolf) Schoop 10 3 2-15 2 13 5 10 1 5 13-1 16 09/04, B4 vs. CIN (M. Leake) Walker 1 - - - 1-1 1 - - 1 1-0 1 09/20, B4 vs. BOS (De La Rosa) Wieters 4 1 - - 5 2 3 2 3-1 4-1 92 05/01, B10 vs. PIT (G2, S. Pimentel) Young 1 4 2-7 2 5 4 3-1 6-1 107 08/29, B5 vs. MIN (T. May) TOTALS 112 62 22 6 202 55 147 107 95 12 69 GRAND SLAMS (6): Hardy, 8/31 vs. MIN (B6, Swarzak, 4 th car) Davis, 6/17 @TB (T3, Bedard, 3 rd car) & 8/29 vs. MIN (B4, May, 4 th car); Machado, 6/1 @HOU (T6, Feldman, 1 st car), Cruz, 4/23 @TOR (T5, Redmond, 7 th car) & 6/25 vs. CWS (B8, Guerra, 8 th car) MULTI-HR GAMES (12): Jones (3x), 9/20 vs. BOS (2), 7/21 @LAA (2), 5/7 @TB (2); Pearce (2x), 9/17 vs. TOR (2), 6/30 vs. TEX (2); De Aza, 9/9 @BOS (2); Cruz (3x), 9/7 @TB (2), 5/28 @MIL (2), & 4/23 @TOR (2); Hardy, 8/8 vs. STL (2); Schoop, 5/26 @MIL (2); Davis, 5/20 @PIT (3 HR) PINCH HIT HR (3): Davis, 6/23 vs. CWS; Pearce, 5/27 @MIL; Young, 6/16 @TB BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK HR (1): Young, Hardy, & Davis, 8/25 vs. TB (B5) BACK-TO-BACK HR (6): De Aza & Jones, 9/9 @BOS (T3); Markakis & Pearce, 8/25 vs. TB (B3); Joseph & Schoop, 8/5 @TOR (T4); Davis & Hardy, 7/7 @WSH (T11); Davis & Cruz, 5/20 @PIT (T5); Davis & Wieters, 4/13 vs. TOR (B8) LEADOFF HR (1): Markakis, 8/3 vs. SEA WALKOFF HR (3): Machado, 7/29 vs. LAA (B12, Rasmus), Davis, 6/23 vs. CWS (PH B9, Belisario); Wieters, 5/1 vs. PIT; G2 (B10, Pimentel)
STARTING PITCHER RUN SUPPORT PITCHER STARTS RUNS RUNS/START RUN SUPP AVG O S W-L QUALITY STARTS Q.S. % Chen 29 115 3.97 5.96 19-10 13 44.8 Gausman 19 39 2.05 3.24 10-9 9 47.4 Gonzalez 24 70 2.92 4.31 13-11 16 66.7 Jimenez 21 46 2.19 3.47 8-13 6 28.6 McFarland 1 8 8.00 14.40 1-0 0 0.0 Norris 27 88 3.26 4.97 18-9 10 37.0 Tillman 33 115 3.48 5.14 24-9 21 63.6 TOTALS 154 481 3.12 4.76 93-61 75 48.7 BIRDS IN THE BULLPEN 35 BRAD BRACH RH 9/20 vbos: IP, 2K vbos: IP, 2K STAND: W, 4.2IP, 4H, ER, 4K, HR HR 2 2 1-5 9/12 (C. Young, GM1) 9/12 vs. NYY (1) 9/6 @TB None 4.0, 5/21 @PIT 4, 7/6 @BOS vs. 1 st batter (Retired-Faced): 35-43 Runners (Inherited/Scored): 23/6 Struck out career-high tying 4, July 6 @BOS (3IP) Earned 1 st O s win, June 23 vs. CWS Owns a 2.35 ERA (23.0IP, 6ER) with 22 strikeouts over his last 22 outings Posted a career-high 12 consecutive scoreless outings (14.1IP) from July 31-August 28 Is tied for third among AL relievers in wins (seven) His.875 winning percentage (7-1) leads AL relievers (min. 0.05 dec./team G or eight decisions/162g) Became the first MLB reliever in 2014 to earn a victory in three consecutive outings, July 2-6 53 ZACH BRITTON LH 9/19 vbos: IP, K vbos: IP, K STAND: SV, 3IP, H, 2BB, 2K HR 1-3 - 4 8/10 (P. Bourjos) 4/26 vs. KC 7/18 @OAK 9/15 vs. TOR 3.0, 4/16 vs. TB 3, 7/27 @SEA vs. 1 st batter (Retired-Faced): 57-68 Runners (Inherited/Scored): 10/1 Is 4 th in the AL with 35 saves Has converted 35 of 39 SV opps (89.7%) Converted 18 consecutive save opportunities from July 19-September 4 Became the 10 th different Oriole to record a 30-save season, August 30 vs. MIN...The 14 th 30-save season by an Oriole Posted a franchise record 35.1 consecutive scoreless innings at home from September 27, 2013-August 3, 2014 His stretch of 27 straight scoreless home appearances from September 27, 2013-August 3, 2014 tied the club record 29 TOMMY HUNTER RH 9/20 vbos: IP, H, K vbos: IP, H, K STAND: 4IP, 3H, 2K HR 3-1 - 4 8/23 (J. Baez) 9/4 vs. CIN 7/23 @LAA 5/9 vs. HOU 2.0, 8/23 @CHC 3, 9/8 @BOS vs. 1 st batter (Retired-Faced): 36-57 Runners (Inherited/Scored): 32/5 Struck out a season-high three on September 8 @BOS, his first outing of three-plus K s since September 13, 2013 @TOR Snapped a career-high stretch of 17 straight games (July 29-September 8) without allowing a walk after issuing a free pass to Mookie Betts, September 10 @BOS Reinstated from 15-day DL, June 8 Retired the side on three pitches, June 29 vs. TB Allowed his first home run since May 13 (Victor Martinez) on August 23 (Javier Baez) Posted a career-best streak of 12 consecutive games without allowing an earned run, June 18-July 22 (9K) Recorded save and win in DH vs. PIT on May 1, facing just three batters, 1 st pitcher with W/SV on the same day since Jonathan Papelbon, September 9, 2012 Earned Opening Day save vs. BOS, March 31 (IP, H, K, HB) 17 BRIAN MATUSZ LH 9/17 vtor: 1.1IP, 2H, ER, BB, 3K vbos: STAND: 2.1IP, 2H, ER, BB, 5K HR 3 3 1-7 8/15 (M. Aviles, walk-off) 6/3 @TEX 8/15 @CLE None 2.2, 4/18 @BOS 3, 9/17 vs. TOR vs. 1 st batter (Retired-Faced): 45-60 Runners (Inherited/Scored): 44/9 Since 2012, is 5 th in MLB, stranding 81 of 95 inherited runners (85.3% - min. 60 IR) Over his last 24 appearances since July 3, has pitched to a 1.35 ERA (20.0IP, 3ER) with four walks and 29 strikeouts Snapped a streak of 10 consecutive outings without allowing a run at OPACY (10.1IP) after surrendering an earned run on September 17 vs. TOR From April 26- May 27, posted a 13-game (9.1 inning) scoreless streak Was the second longest streak by games in his career 66 T.J. McFARLAND LH 9/17 vtor: IP, 2K vbos: STAND: 3IP, 2H, BB, 2K HR 1 1 - - 2 7/6 (D. Ross) 7/27 @SEA 7/5 @BOS (G1) None 5.0, 7/1 vs. TEX 4, 5/11 vs. HOU vs. 1 st batter (Retired-Faced): 16-33 Runners (Inherited/Scored): 19/11 Earned wins in back-to-back appearances on July 7 & July 11 Pitched to a 2.70 ERA (26.2IP, 8ER) prior to his start on July 1 and has since posted a 2.92 ERA (24.2IP, 8ER) over his last 19 appearances Earned his first win as a starter, July 1 vs. TEX, tossing a career-high 5.0 innings...posted a 0.57 ERA (15.2IP, 1ER) in eight games in June 47 EVAN MEEK RH 9/19 vbos: IP vbos: IP STAND: 2IP, BB HR - 2 1-3 6/29 (K. Kiermaier) 5/31/11 @NYM 6/29 vs. TB 9/21/10 vs. STL 2.0, 6/27 vs. TB 2, 6/27 vs. TB vs. 1 st batter (Retired-Faced): 9-20 Runners (Inherited/Scored): 13/4 Posted an eight-game scoreless stretch (9.1IP) from Opening Day to April 20 before allowing first ER of the season, April 22 @TOR Recalled from Norfolk (AAA) on September 1 Is in his fifth stint with the Orioles Went 2-0 with a 1.94 ERA (41.2IP, 9ER) and 16 SV in 39 games this season with the Tides Was a 2010 National League All-Star with Pittsburgh (2.14 ERA in 70G/80.0IP, 2.26K/BB) 48 ANDREW MILLER LH 9/19 vbos: IP, K vbos: IP, K STAND: 4IP, 9K HR 1 1 - - 2 7/23 (J. Bautista) 8/30 vs. MIN 6/20 @OAK 9/7 @TB 2.0, 5/6 vs. CIN 4, 5/6 vs. CIN vs. 1 st batter (Retired-Faced): 52-70 Runners (Inherited/Scored): 40/6 Has stranded 85.0% of his inherited runners which is 7 th in the AL and 12 th in MLB Has posted a 15.22 SO/9IP ratio since joining the Orioles on July 31 14 of his last 17 outs recorded have come via strikeout (5.2IP) Acquired from the Red Sox on July 31 in exchange for minor league LHP Eduardo Rodriguez Has pitched to a 0.98 ERA (18.1IP, 2ER) over 20 outings as an Oriole...Earned 1 st MLB save, September 7 @TB Since 2012, is 10 th in MLB, stranding 94 of 113 inherited runners (83.2% - min. 60 IR) Appeared in 50 games for the Red Sox this season going 3-5 with a 2.34 ERA (42.1IP, 11ER) with 13 walks and 69 strikeouts 56 DARREN O DAY RH 9/19 vbos: L, IP, H, 2R, ER, 2K, HR vbos: L, IP, H, 2R, ER, 2K, HR STAND: W, L, 4.1IP, 2H, 3R, 2ER, BB, 7K, 2HR, HB HR 4 1-1 6 9/19 (D. Ortiz) 9/14 vs. NYY 9/19 vs. BOS 9/10 @BOS 2.0, 7/29 vs. LAA 3, 7/7 @WSH vs. 1 st batter (Retired-Faced): 48-65 Runners (Inherited/Scored): 28/6 6 th in the AL in relief ERA (1.64) T-5 th in the AL with 23 holds Pitched to a 0.30 ERA (30.0IP, ER) over 27 outings from June 17-August 30 Snapped a 12-game scoreless streak (13.2IP) after surrendering the first Grand Slam of his career to Jay Bruce, September 2 vs. CIN Did not allow a run in 14 appearances from June 17-June 25 (15.1IP), striking out 19 in that span Earned W & SV @TB, May 6-8 Recorded 1 st save since 7/21/13 @TEX on April 18 @BOS Snapped a 10.1 scoreless IP streak (10 games), allowing PH HR to Chisenhall, May 22 vs. CLE 51 JOE SAUNDERS LH 9/10 @BOS: 0.1IP, 3H, 5ER, 2BB, HR vbos: STAND: HR 5 2 2-9 9/10 (C. Rivero) 8/31/13 @HOU 6/30 @BAL None 6.0, 6/14 @SEA 6, 5/28 @MIN vs. 1 st batter (Retired-Faced): 0-3 Runners (Inherited/Scored): 4/0 Made his first MLB relief appearance, September 5 @TB (0.2IP, HBP) Pitched to a 1.50 ERA (12.0IP, 2ER) over 10 appearances with Triple-A Norfolk Signed by the Orioles on August 5 Made 229 career starts over 10 MLB seasons Was the winning pitcher in the Orioles Wild Card playoff game against the Texas Rangers on October 5, 2012 (5.2IP, 6H, ER, BB, 4K) Made seven starts for the O s in 2012 58 RYAN WEBB RH 9/19 vbos: IP, H vbos: IP, H STAND: 2IP, H, K HR - 1 - - 1 4/4 (M. Cabrera) 7/29 vs. LAA 9/5 @ TB None 2.0, 7/12 vs. NYY 3, 6/28 vs. TB vs. 1 st batter (Retired-Faced): 37-47 Runners (Inherited/Scored): 19/3 Posted a 2.41 ERA (37.1IP, 10ER) in 36 games April 7-July 12 Surrendered a season-high 3ER, July 20 @OAK (also July 6 @BOS) Had a season-high eight-game scoreless streak from May 24-June 10 (8.0IP) allowing only three hits in that span Earned 1 st win since September 3, 2013 on May 7, 2014 @TB (1.1IP) K d the side in order for the first time in his career, April 21 @BOS and also on June 28 vs. TB Tossed season-high 1.2IP, April 4 @DET, allowing the 2,000 th hit of Miguel Cabrera s career (HR) Is his lone HR allowed this season
W-L BY POSITION (STARTS) BY BATTING ORDER (STARTS) PLAYER CA 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 4 th 5 th 6 th 7 th 8 th 9 th Berry Clevenger 8-10 1-0 2-3 3-5 4-2 Cruz 36-24 8-2 48-34 8-5 13-6 54-26 15-21 2-2 Davis 57-47 13-6 1-1 9-7 14-21 37-22 0-1 9-1 De Aza 12-2 3-1 9-1 Flaherty 18-11 15-9 12-7 9-5 29-19 7-3 Hardy 81-54 1-2 2-1 71-44 7-7 Hundley 27-15 3-3 11-2 13-10 Johnson 6-0 1-0 5-0 Jones 88-59 3-1 68-46 23-14 Joseph 46-26 6-3 18-12 21-11 Lombardozzi 8-9 4-3 4-2 0-4 Lough 19-18 5-2 1-2 3-6 2-0 6-4 6-3 6-5 Machado 47-35 30-22 17-13 Markakis 1-1 83-58 5-1 86-57 1-1 2-1 0-1 Paredes 6-3 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 3-2 Pearce 33-12 15-12 2-1 4-4 32-18 0-1 8-2 6-1 3-6 5-1 Peguero Reimold Schoop 66-41 6-8 1-0 1-0 9-6 20-21 42-22 Walker 2-1 1-1 1-0 Weeks 1-0 1-1 2-1 Wieters 12-10 4-0 13-6 3-3 0-1 Young 11-5 23-14 7-5 2-0 16-4 2-4 7-5 0-1 *Pitchers not listed in chart 2014 ORIOLES & OPPONENTS HIGHS TEAM BATTING ORIOLES OPPONENT Runs in a game/inning G: 14 (4/8 @NYY) I: 7 (8/31 vs. MIN, B6) G: 12 (6/29, TB) I: 7 ((6/29, TB, T6) Hits in a game/inning G: 20 (4/8 @NYY) I: 7 (8/25 vs. TB, B5) G: 18 (6/29, TB) I: 7 (7/6, BOS, B7) 2B in a game 6 (9/10 @BOS) 6 (6/29, TB) 3B in a game 2 (9/12 vs. NYY (2)) 1 (9/1, MIN) HR in a game 6 (8/8 vs. STL) 5 (6/29, TB) XBH in a game 8 (8/11 vs. NYY) 11 (6/29, TB) SB in a game 4 (7/3 vs. TEX) 4 (5/10, HOU) LOB in a game 12 (6/4 @TEX) 15 (5/1, PIT; G2) K in a game 16 (7/31 vs. LAA) 16 (7/6, BOS) BB in a game 8 (8/5 @TOR) 11 (6/8, OAK) TEAM PITCHING ORIOLES OPPONENT K in a game 16 (7/6 @BOS) 16 (7/31, LAA) BB in a game 11 (6/8 vs. OAK) 8 (8/5, TOR) Pitchers Used 8 (9/7 @TB) 7 (9/19, BOS) Total Quality Starts 75 (last Tillman, 9/20 vs. BOS) 70 (last Kuroda, 9/14, NYY) TEAM FIELDING ORIOLES OPPONENT Errors in a game 3 (9/19 vs. BOS) 3 (9/8, BOS) DP Turned in a game 4 (6/5 @TEX) 4 (6/24, CWS) IND. BATTING ORIOLES OPPONENT Hits in a game 5, Machado (7/7 @WAS) 5, Joyce (6/29, TB) Runs in a game 4, Davis (5/20 @PIT) 3, Ackley (8/2, SEA) 2B in a game 2, De Aza (9/19 vs. BOS) 3, Guyer (6/27, TB - G1) 3B in a game 2, De Aza (9/12 vs. NYY (2)) 1, Mauer (9/1, MIN) HR in a game 3, Davis (5/20 @PIT) 2, Ortiz (9/19, BOS) RBI in a game 7, Cruz (9/7 @TB) 6, Gordon (5/18, KC) XBH in a game 3, De Aza (9/9 @BOS) 3, Joyce & Zobrist (6/29, TB) SB in a game 2, Jones (7/19 @OAK) 2, Altuve (5/29, HOU) BB in a game 3, Cruz (7/27 @SEA) 4, Zobrist (9/6, TB) K in a game 4, Jones (9/12 vs. NYY) 4, Arcia (8/29, MIN) Hitting Streak 18, Markakis (4/21-5/11) - Consec. G w/ a HR 5, Joseph (8/2 vs. SEA - 8/4 @WSH - 8/5 @TOR 8/7 @TOR, 8/9 vs. STL) 3, Davis (5/26-28, MIL) IND. PITCHING ORIOLES OPPONENT K, Starter/Reliever S: 10, Norris (9/12 vs. NYY (2)) R: 5, Jimenez (8/23 @CHC) S: 12, Happ (8/7, TOR) R: 6, Wright (9/20, BOS) BB, Starter/Reliever S: 6, Jimenez (7/5 @BOS) R: 5, Brach (6/8 vs. OAK) S: 5, Gallardo (5/28, MIL) R: 3, Phelps (9/12, NYY) IP, Starter/Reliever S: 9.0, Tillman (5/16 @KC) R: 4.2, McFarland (6/8 vs. OAK) S: 9.0, Nolasco (5/2, MIN) R: 3.2, Badenhop (4/21, BOS) Fewest Hits (CG) 4, Gausman (7/13 vs. NYY) 9, Nolasco (5/2, MIN) Consec. Quality Starts 6 (Gonzalez, 8/7-current) - MISCELLANEOUS Walk-Offs: Win (10): 4/12 vs. TOR, 4/26 vs. KC, 5/1 vs. PIT (G2), 5/10 vs. HOU, 6/23 vs. CWS, 6/25 vs. CWS, 7/11 vs. NYY, 7/29 vs. LAA, vs. NYY 9/12 (1), and vs. NYY 9/14) Loss (7): 4/20 @BOS, 5/27 @MIL, 6/20 @NYY, 7/5 @BOS, 7/18 @OAK, 8/15 @CLE, 9/6 @TB Biggest Comeback Win/Lost Lead: Win: 5R (4/23 @TOR) Loss: 5R (4/20 @BOS) Largest Margin of Victory/Defeat: Win: 10R (8/8 vs. STL) Loss: 10R (6/8 vs. OAK) Longest/Shortest Game Time/Most Inn: Long (9 Inn): 3:51 (6/29 vs. TB) Long (Ex-In): 5:05 (7/6 @BOS) Short (9 Inn): 2:20 (4/11 vs. TOR) Short (less than 9 Inn): 1:39 (7/13 vs. NYY) Long Innings: 13 (7/31 vs. LAA & 5/22 vs. CLE) Shortest Innings: 5 (7/13 vs. NYY) Largest Crowd, Home/Road: Home: 46,685* (3/31 vs. BOS) Road: 48,142* (4/7 @NYY) OF Assists (33): HP: 12 1B: 1 2B: 15 3B: 5 Markakis (11); last 8/27 vs. TB Jones (7); last 8/26 vs. TB Pearce (5); last 9/19 vs. BOS Lough (4); last 7/6 @BOS Young (3); last 8/9 vs. STL Cruz (2); last 7/26 @SEA De Aza (1); last 9/10 @BOS 2014 BALTIMORE ORIOLES CUMULATIVE ROSTER PITCHERS (24) CATCHERS (4) OUTFIELDERS (9) Berry, Tim# (6/6-7) Clevenger, Steve (3/30-5/27, 7/12-21, 8/27-8/31, 9/2- ) Berry, Quintin (9/2- ) Brach, Brad (5/2-5/6, 5/16-6/9, 6/21- ) Nick Hundley (5/25- ) Cruz, Nelson (3/30- ) Britton, Zach (3/30- ) Joseph, Caleb# (5/7- ) De Aza, Alejandro (9/1- ) Chen, Wei-Yin (3/30-8/27, 8/31- ) Wieters, Matt** (3/30- (DL 5/11- )) Jones, Adam (3/30- ) DePaula, Julio (7/7) Lough, David (3/30- ) Escalona, Edgmer (DL 3/30-6/22) Markakis, Nick (3/30- ) Gausman, Kevin (5/14-5/15, 6/6-20, 6/27, 7/6-7/7, 7/12-8/27, 9/1- ) Peguero, Francisco (DL 3/30-6/23) Gonzalez, Miguel (3/30-7/11, 7/22-8/9, 8/24- (DL 5/31-6/17)) Reimold, Nolan (DL 3/30-7/1) Guilmet, Preston (5/11-5/13, 5/22-23, 5/25-6/6, 7/5, 7/10-7/22, 7/28-31) Young, Delmon (3/30- ) Hunter, Tommy (3/30- (DL 5/22-6/8)) INFIELDERS (13) Jimenez, Ubaldo (3/30- (DL 7/8-8/9)) Almanzar, Michael (DL 3/30-6/30) Matusz, Brian (3/30- ) Davis, Chris (3/30- (DL 4/26-5/11) (PL 5/25-27) (S 9/12- )) Miller, Andrew (8/1- ) Flaherty, Ryan (3/30- ) McFarland, T.J. (4/22-25, 5/6-5/11, 5/23-7/28, 7/31-8/31, 9/2- ) Hardy, J.J. (3/30- ) Meek, Evan (3/30-5/1, 5/15, 6/6-8, 6/27-30, 9/1- ) Johnson, Kelly (9/1- ) Norris, Bud (3/30-7/10 (DL 6/22-7/8), 7/21- ) Lombardozzi, Steve (3/30-5/1, 5/24-25) O Day, Darren (3/30- ) Machado, Manny** (3/30- (DL 3/24-5/1, 8/13- ) (S 6/30-7/5)) Patton, Troy (3/30-5/24 (RL 3/30-5/1)) Paredes, Jimmy (8/28- ) Ramirez, Ramon (6/30-7/6) Pearce, Steve (3/30-4/22, 4/29- ) Santana, Johan** (6/2- (DL 6/2- )) Phelps, Cord (8/13-8/24) Saunders, Joe (9/1- ) Schoop, Jonathan (3/30- ) Stinson, Josh (3/30-5/1, 6/9-17) Walker, Christian# (9/17- ) Tillman, Chris (3/30- ) Weeks, Jemile (4/26-5/7) Webb, Ryan (3/30-8/1, 9/2- ) * = 15-day DL ** = 60-day DL (3) # = ML Debut (3) & = Bereavement List S = Suspended (1)