BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 West Camden Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Thursday, August 28, 2014 Game #132 Home Game #64 Baltimore Orioles (75-56) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (65-68) RH Bud Norris (11-8, 3.91) vs. RH Jeremy Hellickson (1-2, 2.56) TONIGHT S GAME: The Orioles and Rays meet in the final game of their four-game set and the fourth game of an 11-game homestand that will also see Minnesota (Friday-Monday) and Cincinnati (next Tuesday-Thursday) come to Charm City The O s have won two of three so far after going 4-5 on their trip to Cleveland (1-2) and Chicago (3-0 vs. the White Sox and 0-3 vs. the Cubs), their first losing road trip of the season Since June 30, the Birds have posted the best record in baseball (33-17,.660) and lead the AL East by 6.0 games over New York. VS. TAMPA BAY: The Orioles lead the season series, 10-5, going 5-4 in Baltimore and 5-1 in St. Petersburg From May 6-8, the Birds completed their first sweep of the Rays in St. Petersburg since April 1-3, 2011 In 2013, the Orioles went 6-13 against the Rays, going 3-6 in Baltimore and 3-7 in St. Petersburg The all-time series is tied, 146-146, with the O s going 77-69 in Baltimore and 69-77 at the Trop. HOME COOKIN : The Orioles are 17-6 at home since June 30, outscoring opponents 110-67 in that time, after going 19-21 in their first 40 home games The O s have not lost consecutive home games since June 28-29. BEASTS OF THE EAST: The Orioles have gone 32-20 (.615) against the American League East this season, posting the best in-division winning percentage in the American League (2 nd -best in the majors) Per STATS, the O s.627 winning percentage against the East would be their highest since posting a.628 mark (49-29) in 1980. OVERALL VS. DIVISION AL TEAMS VS. DIVISION NL TEAMS VS. DIVISION LAD (NL West) 36-19 (.655) BAL (AL East) 32-20 (.615) LAD (NL West) 36-19 (.655) BAL (AL East) 32-20 (.615) OAK (AL West) 31-22 (.585) STL (NL Central) 31-21 (.596) STL (NL Central) 31-21 (.596) LAA (AL West) 29-22 (.569) ATL (NL East) 31-23 (.574) SHORTEN THE GAME: The O s bullpen has pitched to a 1.65 ERA (98.1IP, 18ER, 23BB, 99K) in the last 31 games since July 24, lowering their season ERA from 3.49 to 3.05 (418.1IP, 142ER), the 4 th -best bullpen mark in the AL this year LH Andrew Miller has posted a 0.96 ERA (9.1IP, ER, 3H, 3BB, 13K) in 10 games with the Orioles since being acquired from Boston on July 31 Three Orioles are in the top-15 in individual ERA for AL relievers: RH Darren O Day (2 nd 0.92), LH Zach Britton (10 th 1.98) and Miller (13 th 2.09). TOP DOGS: The Orioles have spent all 27 days of August in first place in the East From 1998-2013, the Orioles spent a total of nine days from August 1 through the end of the season in first place. THE BOMB SQUAD: The Orioles lead the majors with 169 home runs (Colorado is 2 nd with 151) and are on pace to hit 207 home runs The Birds have seven 200+ home run seasons in club history (2013, 2012, 1999, 1998, 1996, 1987 and 1985), but have never done it in three straight years The Orioles have gone 39-10 in their MLB-leading 49 multi-homer games, and they are 63-28 when hitting at least one homer this season. DOWN ON THE FARM: Earlier today, Class-A Delmarva CA Chance Sisco was named to the South Atlantic League All-Star team as the team s starting catcher Coming into today, Sisco, 19, leads the SAL in on-base percentage (.400) and ranks 2 nd in batting with a.335 average (138-412) Frederick OF Michael Burgess was named to the Carolina League All-Star team Burgess hit.315 with 15 homers, 32 doubles, four triples and 68 RBI in 83 games for the Keys before being promoted to Double-A Bowie on July 22. AMAZING ADAM: Adam Jones is the sixth player in team history with 50-or-more extra-base hits in at least four straight seasons, joining Cal Ripken, Jr. (six, 1982-87), Rafael Palmeiro (five, 1994-98), Nick Markakis (four, 2007-10), B.J. Surhoff (four, 1996-99), and Eddie Murray (four, 1977-80 and 1982-85) (STATS) With his next home run, Jones will become the first outfielder in O s history with four straight seasons of 25 or more home runs Frank Robinson holds the club record for outfielders with five different seasons of 25+ HR, but never did it in four straight seasons (1966-67, 69-71). PEARCING: Steve Pearce has hit safely in a career-high 10 straight games since August 17 (previous high: eight games, August 5-12, 2012) He is batting.341/.372/.756 (14-41) during the 10-game stretch with nine extra-base hits (five doubles and four home runs), nine runs scored, and five RBI. PITCH PERFECT: The Orioles current 3.58 team ERA 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. CRUZIN : Nelson Cruz set a career-high with his major league leading 34 th home run of the season on August 22 Cruz hit his 30 th HR on August 9, becoming the 19 th different Oriole with a 30-home run season (the 34 th total 30-homer season in club history) Cruz also became the 18 th different Oriole with a 30-homer, 20-double season Eddie Murray holds the club record with five seasons of 30+ HR and 20+ doubles. BIG HITTERS: Nelson Cruz leads the majors with 34 home runs in 2014 after Chris Davis led the majors in homers with 53 in 2013 According to STATS, if Cruz leads the majors this year, the Orioles will become just the fourth team since 1920 to have two different players win the home run title in back-to-back seasons The others were the 1936-37 Yankees (Lou Gehrig 49 and Joe DiMaggio 46), the 1987-88 Athletics (Mark McGwire 49 and Jose Canseco 42), and the 1993-94 Giants (Barry Bonds 46 and Matt Williams 43). PIGGYBACKING: On August 25, the Orioles launched five HR, going back-to-back and back-to-back-to-back for the first time in club history (Elias) The last time the O s hit back-to-back home runs twice in the same game was May 27, 2008 vs. New York (Kevin Millar/Ramon Hernandez and Luke Scott/Millar) The last team to hit back-to-back-to-back and back-to-back homers in the same game was Toronto on June 19, 2012 at Milwaukee. THRICE AS NICE: On Monday, Delmon Young, J.J. Hardy, and Chris Davis became the first O s to hit backto-back-to-back HR since Ryan Flaherty, Hardy, and Nick Markakis did it May 10, 2012 vs. Texas (DH G1). SNAPPED OUT OF IT: On Monday night, Nick Markakis snapped a 0-for-21 slump with his 12 th home run of the season in the 3 rd inning It was his longest drought of the season, and the stretch of five straight hitless games tied his career-high (also April 21-28, 2006; August 29-September 2, 2011; and September 12-17, 2011). BEST RECORD IN THE AL TEAM W L PCT GB Los Angeles 79 53.598 -- Oakland 78 54.588 1.0 BALTIMORE 75 56.573 3.5 Kansas City 74 58.561 5.0 Seattle 72 60.545 7.0 ODDS & ENDS Home 36-27 Away 39-29 Day 18-25 Night 57-31 vs. LHP 21-17 vs. RHP 54-39 Series Record 24-12-7 First game of series 27-17 Last game of a series 25-18 Last 10 games 6-4 Current W/L streak L1 Longest W streak 5 (5/6-10) Longest L streak 4 (last 5/27-30) Most games +.500 21 (73-52) Most games -.500 3 (last 2-5) Extra innings 12-5 Shutouts 9-9 One-run games 25-19 Two-run games 15-10 Lead after 7 innings 57-7 Tied after 7 innings 13-4 Trail after 7 innings 4-45 Lead after 8 innings 62-4 Tied after 8 innings 10-6 Trail after 8 innings 2-46 Orioles score first 48-11 Opponent scores first 27-45 Score four or more runs 58-13 Score fewer than four runs 17-43 Orioles homer 63-28 Outhit opponents 55-9 Equal hit total 7-6 Outhit by opponents 13-41 Most hits in a game 20 (4/8) Fewest hits in a game 1 (8/6 & 24) No errors 52-27 With one error 21-22 With two errors 2-5 With three or more errors 0-2 vs. AL 66-48 vs. AL East 32-20 vs. AL Central 13-16 vs. AL West 21-12 vs. NL 9-8 Largest home crowd *46,685 (3/31) Largest road crowd *48,142 (4/07) CURRENT HOMESTAND Record 2-1 Team Average.248 (25-101) Runs per Game 4.7 (14R/3G) Fielding Errors 3 Team ERA 1.33 (27.0IP, 4ER) Starters W-L 1-1 Starters ERA 2.30 (15.2IP, 4ER) Bullpen W-L-S 1-0-1 Bullpen ERA 0.00 (11.1IP, 0ER) Saves/Opps 1/1 Best homestand 4-1 (8/8-13) Worst homestand 2-4 (5/9-14) Best road trip 3-1 (last 8/4-7) Worst road trip 4-5 (8/15-24) TOMORROW S STARTER: RH Miguel Gonzalez will make his 21 st start of the year and ninth home start, where he has gone 2-3 with a 3.66 ERA (46.2IP, 19ER) Gonzalez has made one career start against Minnesota and took the loss on May 4 of this season, allowing three earned runs in 4.2 innings of work in the O s 5-2 loss. UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS DAY OPPONENT TIME (ET) TV RADIO O S STARTER OPP. STARTER Aug. 29 vs. Minnesota 7:05 p.m. MASN-HD 1090 AM WBAL RH Miguel Gonzalez (6-7, 3.75) RH Trevor May (0-3, 8.79) Aug. 30 vs. Minnesota 7:05 p.m. MASN-HD 1090 AM WBAL RH Chris Tillman (11-5, 3.41) RH Kyle Gibson (11-10, 4.31) Aug. 31 vs. Minnesota 1:35 p.m. MASN-HD 1090 AM WBAL LH Wei-Yin Chen (13-4, 3.76) RH Ricky Nolasco (5-9, 5.62) Sept. 1 vs. Minnesota 1:35 p.m. MASN-HD 1090 AM WBAL RH Kevin Gausman (7-6, 3.84) RH Phil Hughes (14-9, 3.70)
TONIGHT S STARTING PITCHER: #25 BUD NORRIS Height: 6-0 Weight: 220 Bats: Right Throws: Right Opening Day Age: 29 Born: March 2, 1985 in Greenbrae, CA Resides: Houston, TX Acquisition Date: July 31, 2013 How Acquired: With International Signing Bonus Slot #91 from the Houston Astros in exchange for OF L.J. Hoes, LH Josh Hader and Baltimore s 2014 First Year Player Draft Competitive Balance Pick, Round A (selection #2). QUICK HITS: Making his 23 rd start of the year and 10 th at home The Orioles have won 20 of the 31 games he has started since being acquired July 31, 2013 (Norris is 15-9 in those 31 starts) Is making his 32 nd Orioles start (34 th appearance) Was Houston s sixth round pick in 2006 out of Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo. DOMINATING THE EAST: Norris has won his last six decisions against AL East foes (over seven starts) and the Birds are 8-1 in his nine starts against the division this season In those nine starts, Norris is 6-1 with a 2.62 ERA (55.0IP, 16ER) and four Quality Starts AL East foes are hitting just.221 (44-199) against him with six homers Against all other divisions this season, Norris is 5-7 with a 4.86 ERA (74.0IP, 40ER) and opponents are hitting.270 (77-285) with seven homers He is 7-5 with a 3.42 ERA (102.2IP, 39ER) in 18 career games (17 starts) vs. the East. CAREER VS. TAMPA BAY: Is 1-2 with a 3.96 ERA (25.0IP, 11ER) in five appearances (four starts) against the Rays Last faced the club on May 7, 2014 in Tampa Bay (ND, 5.2IP, 3H, 2ER, 4BB, 5K) Made one of three career relief appearances against the Rays on September 20, 2013 (L, 2.1IP, 3H, ER, 2BB, 3K). FINISH IT: Norris has gone 149 consecutive starts to begin his career without a complete game, the second-longest such streak among active players behind only Max Scherzer who went 178 starts from the beginning of his career before his first complete game on June 12 at Chicago (AL)...Norris' streak is the third-longest streak among active players behind Scherzer and Scott Kazmir who went 161 starts between July 8, 2006 and May 23, 2014 without a complete game and the 13th longest streak among starting pitchers since 1914 (Jimmy Haynes; 152 starts, May 23, 1998-June 8, 2003 is 12th). LAST START: Allowed four runs on four hits, walked one, and struck out four over 2.0 innings and suffered the loss at Wrigley Field on August 23 All four runs were surrendered in the second inning It was his shortest start as an Oriole Ubaldo Jimenez made his second career relief appearance after taking over for Norris (4.0IP, 3H, ER, BB, 5K). AT ORIOLE PARK: Has made nine starts at home this season Is 5-2 with a 2.86 ERA (56.2IP, 18ER) Is 7-3 with a 4.20 ERA (81.1IP, 38ER) in 14 career starts at OPACY. ON THE ROAD: In his 13 road starts, Norris is 6-6 with a 4.73 ERA (72.1IP, 38ER) and four Quality Starts In 17 career road starts for the Birds, he is 8-6 with a 4.05 ERA (95.2IP, 43ER). AS A STARTER FOR BALTIMORE: In his 31 starts for the Birds, he is 15-9 with a 4.12 ERA (177.0IP, 81ER). CAREER IN INTERLEAGUE PLAY: Is 1-3 with a 7.27 ERA (17.1IP, 14ER) in four Interleague starts this season In 13 career Interleague Play starts, is 3-5 with a 5.69 ERA (68.0IP, 43ER) and three Quality Starts Made one relief appearance in ILP and was tagged with the loss August 14, 2013 at Arizona as he came in to pitch in the 14 th inning, allowing the winning run on a hit and two walks. WILD THING: Is tied for fifth in the majors and is second in the AL with 12 hit batsmen Snapped a 19-game stretch in which he walked at least one batter from April 12-August 11 after not issuing a free pass on August 18 at Chicago (AL) It was the second-longest such streak of his career. SORRY, BUD: In Norris 52 starts for the Orioles and Astros since the beginning of 2013, he has received two or fewer runs of support while he was in the game in 24 of those starts and three or fewer runs of support in 36 of those 51 starts. FIRST HALF: Finished the first half of the season going 7-6 with a 3.96 ERA (91.0IP, 40ER) with 29 walks and 62 strikeouts Went 4-2 with a 3.02 ERA (44.2IP, 15ER) at home and 3-4 with a 4.86 ERA (46.1IP, 25ER) on the road His seven wins before the break were a career-high. CAREER FIRSTS: Made his major league debut July 29, 2009 at Wrigley Field in a relief appearance and fanned Koyie Hill for his first strikeout Made his first major league start August 2, 2009 at St. Louis and picked up his first major league win Recorded his first hit in the same game, an infield single off of Adam Wainwright Tallied first RBI on April 15, 2010 at St. Louis on a single off of Kyle Lohse. NORRIS 2014 SPLITS Home: 5-2, 2.86 ERA vs. LH:.248 (64-258), 7 HR Away: 6-6, 4.73 ERA vs. RH:.252 (57-226), 6 HR NORRIS CAREER NUMBERS W-L ERA G IP H R ER BB SO 2014 11-8 3.91 22 129.0 121 57 56 39 100 2013 10-12 4.18 32 176.2 196 89 82 67 147 Career 49-57 4.30 152 869.1 869 452 415 344 800 Home: 28-21, 3.53 ERA vs. LH:.270 (458-1699), 59 HR Away: 21-36, 5.14 ERA vs. RH:.250 (411-1641), 45 HR RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 4 th 5 th 6 th 7 th 8 th 9 th 10+ Tot 9 13 8 12 8 1 4 2 0 0 57 RUN SUPPORT WHILE IN GAME 0R 1R 2R 3R 4R 5R 6R 7R 8R 9R 10+ 3 3 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 LAST TIME AS A STARTER Date & Opp Final Line Win: 8/18/14 @ CWS 7.0IP, 3H, 2ER, 5K Loss: 8/23/14 @ CHC 2.0IP, 4H, 4ER, BB, 4K ND: 7/31/14 vs. LAA 7.0IP, 8H, BB, 4K CG: -- -- SHO: -- -- 2014 SEASON HIGHS No. Date(s) & Opp. Innings Pitched: 8.0 6/9 vs. BOS Hits Allowed: 9 4/5 @ DET Runs Allowed: 5 3x, last 7/9 vs. WSH Strikeouts: 8 7/21 @ LAA Walks: 4 5/7 @ TB HR allowed: 2 3x, last 7/9 vs. WSH Winning Streak: 4 6/4-21 Losing Streak: 2 4/5-19, 5/12-17 Shortest start: 2.0 8/23 @ CHC Pitches thrown: 113 5/12 vs. DET CAREER HIGHS No. Date(s) & Opp. Innings Pitched: 8.0 4x, last: 6/9/14 vs. BOS Hits Allowed: 11 7/9/13 @ STL Runs Allowed: 9 5/31/12 @ COL, 7/20/12 @ AZ Strikeouts: 14 8/14/10 vs. PIT Walks: 7 10/1/10 vs. CHC HR allowed: 3 5x, last: 8/15/12 @ CHC Winning Streak: 4 5/5-21/12, 6/4-6/21 Losing Streak: 7 5/31-7/20/12 Shortest start: 0.2 4/17/13 @ OAK Pitches thrown: 123 8/19/10 vs. NYM NORRIS VS. RAYS PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI Escobar.200 5 1 0 0 Forsythe.167 6 1 0 0 Hanigan.250 12 3 0 5 Guyer.--- -- -- -- -- Jennings.250 8 2 0 0 Joyce.429 7 3 0 0 Kiermaier.--- -- -- -- -- Loney.500 18 9 0 2 Longoria.111 9 1 0 1 Molina.333 3 1 0 0 Myers.143 7 1 0 0 Rodriguez.000 2 0 0 0 Zobrist.100 10 1 1 2 HELLICKSON VS. ORIOLES PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI Clevenger.--- -- -- -- -- Cruz.000 6 0 0 0 Davis.407 27 11 2 9 Flaherty.000 9 0 0 0 Hardy.270 37 10 2 2 Hundley.--- -- -- -- -- Jones.333 42 14 4 5 Joseph.--- -- -- -- -- Lough.333 3 1 0 1 Markakis.211 38 8 2 6 Paredes.--- -- -- -- -- Pearce.000 1 0 0 0 Schoop.--- -- -- -- -- Young.200 10 2 0 0 NORRIS 2014 STARTS DATE OPP SCORE WHEN LEFT DEC IP H R ER BB K HR PIT STR NOTES 4/5 @ DET 6-7 1-5 L 5.0 9 5 5 0 2 1 103 69 Allowed 2R HR to Torii Hunter in 5 th 4/11 vs. TOR 2-1 (12) 1-0 ND 7.0 5 0 0 3 4 0 105 66 In line for the win before blown SV in 9 th 4/19 @ BOS 2-4 2-3 L 6.1 5 4 4 2 7 1 103 66 Stuck out a season-high seven. 4/24 @ TOR 11-4 7-3 W 6.0 5 3 3 1 4 2 86 58 First win since September 2, 2013 5/01 vs. PIT G1 5-1 3-1 W 5.1 7 1 1 1 3 0 105 72 First home win since August 17, 2013 5/7 @ TB 4-3 2-1 ND 5.2 3 2 2 4 5 1 101 55 In line for the win before blown SV in 6 th 5/12 vs. DET 1-4 1-4 L 7.2 5 4 4 2 7 1 113 69 Kinsler hit a 2R HR w/2 out in the 8 th inning 5/17 @ KC 0-1 0-1 L 7.1 4 1 1 1 1 0 99 67 First game in 2014 with zero runs of support 5/23 vs. CLE 8-4 5-4 W 6.0 6 4 4 3 6 1 110 71 Allowed 3R HR to Jason Giambi in 4 th 5/28 @ MIL 3-5 2-4 L 6.0 5 4 4 3 1 0 111 68 Allowed 4ER in the first 3.0 IP 6/4 @ TEX 6-5 6-5 W 5.0 6 5 5 2 5 2 99 63 Surrendered 3 runs in the 5 th 6/9 vs. BOS 4-0 4-0 W 8.0 3 0 0 3 6 0 98 63 Tied his IP career-high for the 3 rd time 6/14 vs. TOR 3-2 3-1 W 6.2 7 1 1 1 5 0 112 72 Won his season-high 3 rd straight game 6/21 @ NYY 6-1 5-1 W 5.0 3 1 1 2 4 1 82 54 Removed with right groin tightness 7/9 vs. WSH 2-6 2-5 L 4.0 6 5 5 1 2 2 71 44 Shortest start of the season 7/21 @ LAA 4-2 4-2 W 6.2 8 2 1 2 8 0 103 69 Struck out a season-high eight 7/26 @ SEA 3-4 0-4 L 5.0 6 4 4 3 6 0 97 61 First loss against the AL West this season 7/31 vs. LAA 0-1 0-0 ND 7.0 8 0 0 1 4 0 110 73 Second straight outing with zero run support 8/5 @TOR 9-3 6-2 W 5.1 7 2 2 2 6 1 84 55 Allowed 2R HR to C. Rasmus in 4 th inning 8/11 vs. NYY 11-3 4-3 W 5.0 6 3 3 1 5 0 108 64 6 th straight win vs. AL East opponents 8/18 @ CWS 8-2 8-2 W 7.0 3 2 2 0 5 0 82 54 Snapped streak of 19 straight games with a BB 8/23 @CHC 2-7 2-4 L 2.0 4 4 4 1 4 0 58 38 Shortest start as an Oriole TOTALS 11-8 129.0 121 57 56 39 100 13 2,140 1,371 (64.1%)
45 STEVE CLEVENGER CA (L) 7/20 @OAK: 0AB (Def. Replacement) vtb: STAND: 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-3 since 5/24) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 4G (5/10-14;.500, 8-for-16, 3-2B, 2RBI) Is in his 3 rd stint with the Orioles this season (3/30-5/27, 7/12-21, 8/27-current) Played 64 games with the Tides (AAA) hitting.305/.366/.389 (28R, 13-2B, 2HR, 30RBI) 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) 8/27 vtb: 0-4 vtb: 3-13, 2B, 2R, RBI STAND: 3-13, 2B, 2R, RBI Hit Game 5 7/5 @BOS Games 25 5-1 31 RBI Game 5 4/23 @TOR Games 17 6 1 1 25 Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-4 since 8/27) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 12G (5/20-31;.476, 20-42, 9BB, 6-2B, 8HR, 14R, 15RBI) Leads the majors in HR (34), T-7 th in RBI (88) Snapped a career-high 0-for-21 streak with a double on August 2 vs. Seattle 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 AL Player of the Week on June 2 (2 nd career award), batting.476/.556/1.190 His 28 HR before the All-Star break were third most in O s history 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 8 th career Grand Slam and became first player in club history with a Grand Slam and two GIDP in the same game, June 25 vs. CWS Had 12 th career two-hr game, May 28 @MIL Homered in back-to-back games five times (last May 27-28) Recorded 500 th career RBI, April 19 @BOS 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 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 Signed by the Orioles as a free agent to a one-year contract, February 24, 2014 Named an AL All-Star for the 2 nd time in his career in 2013 (also 2009), hitting 27 HR (109G) Has at least 20 HR and 75 RBI in each of his last six seasons 19 CHRIS DAVIS 1B (L) 8/27 vtb: 1-3, HR, R, RBI vtb: 2-9, 2BB, 2HR, 3R, 2RBI STAND: 2-9, 2BB, 2HR, 3R, 2RBI Hit Game 4 5/20 @PIT Games 16-1 - 17 RBI Game 5 5/20 @PIT Games 10 2 2 1 15 Current Hit Streak: 1G (since 8/27;.333, 1-for-3, HR, R, RBI) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 8G (4/3-11;.355, 11-for-31, 2BB, 3-2B, 6R, 6RB) Hit go-ahead two-run HR after replacing an injured Manny Machado at 3 rd base, August 11 vs. NYY Hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the top of 11 th on July 7 @WSH Hit GW solo HR in the 10 th, July 25 @SEA Hit the go-ahead, and eventual game-winning, two-run HR in a rain-shortened game on July 13 vs. NYY Hit PH walk-off HR on June 23 vs. CWS, the O s first since Larry Sheets, August 24, 1988 vs. SEA Was his 2 nd career walk-off HR (also May 14, 2009 vs. SEA) Hit 3 rd career Grand Slam, June 17 @TB (Bedard) Collected his 600 th career MLB hit on a bunt single, June 9 vs. Boston Was his first career bunt single Tied career-highs with four hits, three home runs, and five RBI, and set career-high with four runs scored, May 20 @PIT (4-for-5, 3HR, 4R, 5RBI) Was the second 3HR game (August 24, 2012 vs. TOR) and fifth 5RBI game (last June 29, 2013 vs. NYY) of his career Reached base safely in a career-high 20 consecutive games April 2-24 (.393 OBP) Hit 1 st HR of 2014, April 13 vs. TOR 3 RYAN FLAHERTY INF (L) 8/26 vtb: 0AB (Def. Replacement) vtb: 0-1 STAND: 0-1 Hit Game 3 4/8 @NYY Games 9 1 - - 10 RBI Game 3 6/29 vs. TB Games 3 2 - - 5 Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-5 since 8/16) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 4G (4/25-5/6;.333, 5-for-15, 2B, R, 3RBI) Collected a season-high 3RBI, including his 1 st HR, May 22 vs. CLE Slugged his fifth HR and logged his first multi-rbi effort since June 29 on August 8 vs. STL 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 Had career-high eight-game hit streak, June 18-29, 2013, batting.483 (14-29) with a walk, four HR, six runs and nine RBI Hit streak included six multi-hit games Collected 1 st career multi-hr game and season-high three RBI, June 23, 2013 @TOR Had career-high three hits, August 2, 2013 vs. SEA 2 J.J. HARDY SS (R) 8/27 vtb: 0-3 vtb: 2-10, BB, HR, R, RBI STAND: 2-10, BB, HR, R, RBI Hit Game 4 8/4 @WSH Games 34 4 1-39 RBI Game 4 8/8 vs. STL Games 3 2 1-6 Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-4 since 8/26) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 8G (5/18-26;.485, 16-for-33, 2BB, 4-2B, 4R, 4RBI) Batting.300 (15-50) over his last 14 games (since August 8) with five multi-hit efforts, 4HR, and 9RBI 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 Finished the first half of the season batting.280/.308/.363 with 18 doubles and 31 runs Batted.333/.364/.412 in May, raising season average from.242 to.301 Tied season-high with three RBI, July 6 @BOS Also collected three RBI June 22@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) 8/25 vtb: 1-4 vtb: 1-4 STAND: 1-4 Hit Game 3 8/8 vs. STL Games 9 1 - - 10 RBI Game 2 7/5 @BOS Games 2 - - - 2 Current Hit Streak: 4G (since 8/19;.357, 5-for-14, HR, R, RBI, SB) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 8G (6/20-7/11;.375, 12-for-32, 2BB, 3-2B, 2HR, 8R, 6RBI) Registered his first stolen base since September 20, 2013 on August 19 @CWS, breaking a 71-game drought Had eight-game hit streak, 2 nd longest of his career, June 20-July 11 Longest since he hit in eight straight from September 28, 2010-April 10, 2011 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 Acquired from SD on May 24, 2014 in exchange for LH Troy Patton and cash considerations Batted.271 (16-59) with a homer and three RBI in 33 games for the Padres 10 ADAM JONES CF (R) 8/27 vtb: 0-4 vtb: 3-12, R STAND: 3-12, R Hit Game 4 6/27 vs. TB (2) Games 38 6 3-47 RBI Game 5 7/19 @OAK Games 10 5 1 1 17 Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-4 since 8/27) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 14G (5/6-20;.356, 21-for-59, 2B, 5HR, 10R, 12RBI, HB) Is 2HR (87) shy of tying Melvin Mora (89) for 3 rd on the OPACY all-time HR list, after passing Cal Ripken, Jr. (85) for sole possession of 4 th place, August 8 vs. STL Posted the fifth multi-hr game of his career and second this season, July 21 @LAA Became the eighth player in franchise history to play 500 games as an Oriole at OPACY, August 25 vs. TB 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 Collected two hitting streaks of 10 or more games in a single season for the second time in his career (14G 6/6-20, 10G 6/27-7/6) 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 Tied his career-high with 4H (4-4, 2-2B, R) for the 13 th time and 3 rd time this season, 6/27 vs. TB (2) Reached base safely in 20 straight games, 5/6-26, batting.360/.378/.605 Recorded his 500 th and 501 st career RBI on May 11 vs. HOU Collected his 1,000 th career hit, April 13 vs. TOR, (3 rd inning single off of Mark Buehrle) Posted a 14-game hitting streak, May 6-20, batting.356/.361/.627 Was the second longest hitting-streak of his career (20G, 5/10-29/12) 36 CALEB JOSEPH CA (R) 8/27 vtb: 0-3 vtb: 2-7, 2RBI STAND: 2-7, 2RBI Hit Game 3 6/23 vs. CWS Games 8 1 - - 9 RBI Game 3 8/4 @WSH Games 4 2 - - 6 Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-4 since 8/26) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 7G (8/2-11;.385, 10-for-26, 2-2B, 5HR, 6R, 9RBI) 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) Batted.444/.444/1.333 during the five consecutive homer stretch with three multi-hit games and 9RBI Is the 15 th CA since 1914 to homer in at least five consecutive games 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 Had contract selected from Triple-A Norfolk, May 7, after batting.261/.284/.402 with seven doubles, two home runs, 11 RBI in 22 games with the Tides
9 DAVID LOUGH OF (L) 8/26 vtb: 0AB (Def. Replacement) vtb: STAND: Hit Game 3 4/24 @TOR Games 4 1 - - 5 RBI Game 3 6/1 @HOU Games 1 1 - - 2 Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-4 since 8/16) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 5G (6/1-8;.429, 6-for-14, 3BB, 2B, 2HR, 5R, 5RBI) Clubbed 1 st HR as an Oriole, collecting season-high 3RBI, June 1 @HOU Collected a season-high three hits, (BB, 2B, 3R and 2SB), April 24 @TOR 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) 8/27 vtb: 0-4 vtb: 2-14, HR, R, 2RBI STAND: 2-14, HR, R, 2RBI Hit Game 4 8/10 vs. STL Games 37 6 4-47 RBI Game 3 7/29 vs. LAA Games 8 1 - - 9 Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-8 since 8/26) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 18G (4/21-5/12;.356, 26-73, 9BB, 3-2B, 2HR, 9R, 8RBI, SB) 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 Hit his first career leadoff home run, which accounted for the only run in a 1-0 victory over Seattle on August 3 at OPACY 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-5 th in the majors with 47 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 Had three hitting streaks of at least 10G this season (10G, August 7-18; 14G, May 26-June 9; 18G, April 21-May 12) Tied season-high for the 4 th time with 4 hits, August 10 vs. STL Notched season-high 4 hits, May 23 vs. CLE, passing Paul Blair (1,426) for 8 th on the Orioles all-time hits list 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 Snapped an O s season-best 18-game hitting streak May 12 vs. DET, one game shy of his career-high (19) Hit HR in both games of May 1 DH vs. PIT Is in 6 th place in franchise history with 314 doubles Moved into top 10 in hits (6 th - 1,524), total bases (6 th - 2,287), extra-base hits (7 th - 469), RBI (9 th - 652), runs (9 th 732) Hit his 20 th double of the season on July 21 @LAA, joining Cal Ripken, Jr. (17), Brooks Robinson (14), Eddie Murray (12), and Brady Anderson and Paul Blair (nine each) as the sixth player in franchise history to have nine or more 20+ double seasons 38 JIMMY PAREDES INF (S) 5/28 vhou: 0-2 vtb: STAND: Hit Game 1 5/27 vs. HOU Games - - - - - RBI Game - - Games - - - - - Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-3 since 5/27) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 1G (last 5/27;.333, 1-for-3) Acquired from Kansas City in exchange for cash considerations on July 24 Batted.200/.200/.200 in 10 games with the Royals (2-10, 3R, 2SB) Has played in 127 career ML games since 2011 with Houston (2011-13) and Kansas City (2014) Played in 32 games with the Tides after being optioned to Norfolk on July 24 Batted.258/.286/.394 (34-132) with 7-2B, 3B, 3HR, 11R, 23RBI with Norfolk 28 STEVE PEARCE INF/OF (R) 8/27 vtb: 1-3, BB, SB vtb: 4-11, 2BB, HR, 3R, RBI, SB STAND: 4-11, 2BB, HR, 3R, RBI Hit Game 4 7/3 vs. TEX Games 16 4 1-21 RBI Game 4 6/30 vs. TEX Games 7 1 1-9 Current Hit Streak: 10G (since 8/17;.341, 14-for-41, 2BB, 5-2B, 4HR, 9R, 5RBI) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 10G (since 8/17;.341, 14-for-41, 2BB, 5-2B, 4HR, 9R, 5RBI) After starting August 1-for-13 (.077) over his first six games, is batting.341 (14-41) with five doubles and four homers over his last 10 games (since August 17) 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 Collected his first career multi-homer game on June 30 vs. TEX Hit single-season career-high 5 th HR, June 17 @TB Hit 3R PH HR, May 27 @MIL, the O s first PH HR since Luke Scott, April 18, 2011 vs. MIN Signed by the Orioles as a free agent, April 29, after being DFA on April 22 and released April 27 6 JONATHAN SCHOOP INF (R) 8/27 vtb: 0-3 vtb: 3-11, R, RBI STAND: 3-11, R, RBI Hit Game 4 4/18 @BOS Games 15 2 1-18 RBI Game 3 8/18 @CWS Games 6 3 - - 9 Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-4 since 8/26) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 7G (4/7-17;.429, 12-for-28, 6-2B, HR, 4R, 7RBI) Tied his season-high with three RBI for the third time, August 18 @CWS (also August 11 vs. NYY & April 9 @NYY) Homered in back-to-back games for the first time in his career, August 11 & 13 vs. NYY 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 10-1 when he homers Set a new career-high with three straight multi-hit games June 29-July 1 (6-for-12 in that span) 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 27 DELMON YOUNG OF (R) 8/27 vtb: 0-3 vtb: 3-9, 2BB, 2B, HR, 2R, 3RBI, SB STAND: 3-9, 2BB, 2B, HR, 2R, 3RBI, SB Hit Game 3 8/25 vs. TB Games 9 5 - - 14 RBI Game 3 8/25 vs. TB Games 1 4 - - 5 Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-6, BB, R, SB since 8/25) Longest 2014 Hit Streak: 8G (last 6/14-30;.476, 10-for-21, 2B, HR, 3R, 2RBI) Batting.296 (24-81) with 5BB, 6-2B, 3HR, 11R, 12RBI, HB, & SB since July 20 (25G) Tied his season-high with three hits for the fifth time on August 25 vs. TB Recorded his first stolen base since April 16, 2011 @TB after swiping second on August 26 vs. TB (A. Cobb & R. Hanigan) 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-7 th in club history (since 1974) with nine pinch hits in a single regular season, one behind Dwight Evans (1991) for sixth place Hit his first career pinch-hit home run, a solo shot on June 16 at Tampa Bay Was the second pinch-hit home run by an Oriole this season Collected back-to-back three-hit games for the 10 th time in his career, April 8-9 @NYY (first time since July 19-20, 2013 with PHI) Made O s debut on O.D. as DH, the 12 th different O.D. DH in the last 12 years Signed by the O s as a minor league FA, January 14, 2014 Contract selected, March 30 2014 ORIOLES HOME RUNS PLAYER 1R 2R 3R GS Tot LHP RHP Home Road Tie Go-Ahead Record Car. Most Recent HR Clevenger - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 06/29/12, B4 vs. HOU (B. Norris) Cruz 18 11 3 2 34 6 28 12 22 3 10 21-11 191 08/22, T7 @CHC (J. Arrieta) Davis 13 8 1 1 23 8 15 11 12 1 8 17-4 153 08/27, B2 vs. TB (D. Smyly) Flaherty 2 1 2-5 3 2 5 - - 2 3-2 21 08/08, B6 vs. STL (S. Freeman) Hardy 7-1 - 8 3 5 4 4-1 7-0 166 08/25, B5 vs. TB (J. Odorizzi) Hundley 2 1 - - 3-3 1 2-2 3-0 50 08/19, T7 @CWS (D. Webb) Jones 15 6 3-24 8 16 12 12 1 12 17-5 164 08/20, T6 @CWS (H. Noesi) Joseph 5 3 - - 8 4 4 4 4 1 3 7-1 8 08/09, B2 vs. STL (J. Lackey) Lombardozzi - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 08/30/13, B8 vs. NYM (D. Gee) Lough - 2 - - 2-2 1 1-1 2-0 7 06/07, B6 vs. OAK (J. Johnson) 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) Pearce 9 5 1-15 7 8 7 8 1 5 11-3 32 08/25, B3 vs. TB (J. Odorizzi) Peguero - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 09/29/13, B9 vs. SD (H. Street) Reimold - - - - - - - - - - - - 41 07/11/13, B3 vs. TEX (R. Wolf) Schoop 7 3 2-12 2 10 2 10 1 4 10-1 13 08/17, T9 @CLE (K. Crockett) Wieters 4 1 - - 5 2 3 2 3-1 4-1 92 05/01, B10 vs. PIT (G2, S. Pimentel) Young 1 3 2-6 2 4 3 3-1 5-1 106 08/25, B5 vs. TB (J. Odorizzi) TOTALS 96 52 17 4 169 48 121 81 88 10 59 GRAND SLAMS (4): Davis, 6/17 @TB (T3, Bedard, 3 rd 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 (8): Hardy, 8/8 vs. STL (2), Jones, 7/21 @LAA (2); Pearce, 6/30 vs. TEX; Cruz (2), 5/28 @MIL & 4/23 @TOR; Schoop, 5/25 @MIL; Davis, 5/20 @PIT (3 HR); Jones, 5/7 @TB 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 (5): 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 25 91 3.64 5.52 16-9 11 44.0 Gausman 15 33 2.20 3.62 9-6 7 46.7 Gonzalez 20 49 2.45 3.74 10-10 12 60.0 Jimenez 20 42 2.10 3.44 7-13 6 30.0 McFarland 1 8 8.00 14.40 1-0 0 0.0 Norris 22 69 3.12 4.81 13-9 8 36.4 Tillman 28 95 3.39 4.98 19-9 18 64.3 TOTALS 131 387 2.95 4.56 75-56 62 47.3 BIRDS IN THE BULLPEN 35 BRAD BRACH RH 8/26 vtb: W, 1.1IP, H, 2BB, K vtb: W, 1.1IP, H, 2BB, K STAND: W, 1.1IP, H, 2BB, K HR 1 1 1-3 7/9 (J. Werth) 8/26 vs. TB 9/2/12 @COL None 4.0, 5/21 @PIT 4, 7/6 @BOS vs. 1 st batter (Retired-Faced): 26-32 Runners (Inherited/Scored): 19/5 Struck out career-high tying 4, July 6 @BOS (3IP) Earned 1 st O s win, June 23 vs. CWS Owns a 0.56 ERA (16.0IP, ER) with 16 strikeouts over his last 13 outings Has not allowed a run in a career-high 11 consecutive outings (14.0IP) Became the first MLB reliever in 2014 to earn a victory in three consecutive outings, July 2-6 Had a career-high 12.0 inning scoreless streak (7G) from June 23-July 6 Recalled for third time, June 21 Allowed career-high 4ER and 5BB, June 8 vs. OAK Pitched to a 2.40 ERA (15.0IP, 4ER) in eight games, May 4-June 5 Tossed a career-high 4.0 scoreless innings on May 21 @PIT (2H, 3K) Recalled from Triple-A Norfolk for the second time, May 16 Acquired by Orioles on 11/25/13 from San Diego in exchange for minor league RHP Devin Jones Wife is country singer/songwriter Jenae Cherry 53 ZACH BRITTON LH 8/26 vtb: SV, IP, K vtb: SV, 2IP, 2K STAND: SV, 2IP, 2K HR 1-3 - 4 8/10 (P. Bourjos) 4/26 vs. KC 7/18 @OAK 8/26 vs. TB 3.0, 4/16 vs. TB 3, 7/27 @SEA vs. 1 st batter (Retired-Faced): 49-58 Runners (Inherited/Scored): 8/1 Is T-5 th in the AL with 28 saves Has converted 28 of 31 SV opps (90.3%) Has converted 13 consecutive save opportunities since July 19 Struck out the side on 12 pitches to record his 20 th save of the season on July 27 in Seattle Suffered third blown save and took the loss, allowing Donaldson 3R walk-off HR, July 18 @OAK Had not allowed a run in his previous 10 games (10.1IP) 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 Finished the first half of the season going 3-1 with 15 saves and a 1.30 ERA (48.1IP, 7ER) Pitched to a 0.40 ERA (22.2IP, ER), April 26-June 18 (21G) Had 12-appearance scoreless streak snapped, May 27 @MIL (1 st BS) Earned SV on back-to-back days for first time, May 25 vs. CLE and May 26 @MIL Earned his 1 st career save in his first opportunity on May 15 @KC Retired all three batters he faced Tossed season-high 3.0 scoreless innings, April 16 vs. TB Earned his second win of the season, tossing two no-hit innings in a 2-1, 12-inning victory vs. TOR, April 12 29 TOMMY HUNTER RH 8/27 vtb: IP, H, K vtb: 2IP, H, 2K STAND: 2IP, H, 2K HR 3-1 - 4 8/23 (J. Baez) 6/25 vs. CWS 7/23 @LAA 5/9 vs. HOU 2.0, 8/23 @CHC 2, 7/31 vs. LAA vs. 1 st batter (Retired-Faced): 29-46 Runners (Inherited/Scored): 21/2 Allowed his first home run since May 13 (Victor Martinez) on August 23 (Javier Baez) Has issued three walks over his last 24 outings (30.0IP), all three coming on July 23 at LAA Reinstated from 15-day DL, June 8 Retired the side on three pitches, June 29 vs. TB 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) 31 UBALDO JIMENEZ RH 8/23 @CHC: 4IP, 3H, ER, BB, 5K vtb: STAND: HR 5 5 3 1 14 8/16 (M. Brantley) 8/9 vs. STL 8/16 @CLE None 8.0, 6/30 vs. TEX 10, 5/2 @MIN vs. 1 st batter (Retired-Faced): 1-1 Runners (Inherited/Scored): N/A Has made two career relief appearances, pitching to a 1.80 ERA (5.0IP, ER) with a walk and five strikeouts Made 20 starts for the Orioles before making his first relief appearance on August 23 @CHC (4.0IP, 3H, ER, BB, 5K) Was 4-9 with a 4.83 ERA (110.0IP, 59ER) Notch his first win for the Orioles on May 2 at Minnesota, combining with Zach Britton and Tommy Hunter for a four-hit shutout Missed a month on the disabled list with a sprained right ankle (placed on DL retroactive to July 8) before returning from the DL on August 9 Has made five postseason starts, making three Division Series starts (one in 2007 and two in 2009), one League Championship Series start (2007 at Arizona) and one World Series start (2007, Game Two at Boston) Is 0-2 with a 3.54 ERA (28.0IP, 11ER) in those five starts His four-year contract is the longest free agent contract ever given to a pitcher by the Orioles 17 BRIAN MATUSZ LH 8/24 @CHC: 1IP, K vtb: STAND: HR 3 3 1-7 8/15 (M. Aviles, walk-off) 6/3 @TEX 8/15 @CLE None 2.2, 4/18 @BOS 3, 7/31 vs. LAA vs. 1 st batter (Retired-Faced): 41-54 Runners (Inherited/Scored): 41/9 Since 2012, is 6 th in MLB, stranding 78 of 92 inherited runners (84.8% - min. 60 IR) Over his last 18 appearances since July 3, has pitched to a 1.29 ERA (14.0IP, 2ER) with three walks and 19 strikeouts Did not allowed a run in 11 July appearances (8.1IP, 4H, 2BB, 13K) Struck out season-high 3, July 25 @SEA and again on July 31 vs. LAA Earned 1 st win of the season, April 9 @NYY, stranding a runner on third after entering with one out in the 8 th Posted a 1.80 ERA (10.0IP, 2ER) in 10 games in the month of May 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 8/27 vtb: 3IP, H, K vtb: 3IP, H, K STAND: 3IP, H, K 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): 12-29 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 3.48 ERA (20.2IP, 8ER) over his last 15 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 Recalled from Triple-A Norfolk for the third time this season, May 23 Made 2014 O s debut, April 22 @TOR (IP, 2BB), after being recalled earlier in the day 48 ANDREW MILLER LH 8/26 vtb: IP, K vtb: IP, K STAND: IP, K HR 1 1 - - 2 7/23 (J. Bautista) 7/10 vs. CWS 6/20 @OAK None 2.0, 5/6 vs. CIN 4, 5/6 vs. CIN vs. 1 st batter (Retired-Faced): 45-60 Runners (Inherited/Scored): 29/2 Has stranded 93.1% of his inherited runners which is 2 nd in the AL and 4 th in MLB Acquired from the Red Sox on July 31 in exchange for minor league LHP Eduardo Rodriguez Has pitched to a 0.96 ERA (9.1IP, ER) over 10 outings as an Oriole Since 2012, is 5 th in MLB, stranding 87 of 102 inherited runners (85.3% - 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 Originally drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the first round (sixth overall) out of the University of North Carolina in the 2006 June Draft 56 DARREN O DAY RH 8/27 vtb: IP, H, 2K vtb: 2IP, 2H, 3K STAND: 2IP, 2H, 3K HR 3 - - - 3 7/27 (M. Zunino) 8/13 vs. NYY 6/16 vs. TB 5/8 @TB 2.0, 7/29 vs. LAA 3, 7/7 @WSH vs. 1 st batter (Retired-Faced): 42-56 Runners (Inherited/Scored): 25/6 2 nd in the AL in relief ERA (0.92) 4 th in the AL with 21 holds Has allowed one earned run in his last 26 games for a 0.31 ERA (29.0IP) with 36 strikeouts and 8BB in that span, including 11 straight scoreless outings (12.2IP) 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
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 Clevenger 8-10 2-3 3-5 3-2 Cruz 33-23 5-2 36-30 8-5 12-6 37-21 15-21 2-2 Davis 51-45 8-5 1-1 9-7 13-21 28-19 0-1 8-1 Flaherty 15-10 14-8 6-5 8-4 20-16 7-3 Hardy 69-51 1-2 1-1 60-41 7-7 Hundley 20-13 2-2 6-1 12-10 Jones 73-55 2-1 52-42 23-14 Joseph 35-23 1-2 14-11 20-10 Lombardozzi 8-9 4-3 4-2 0-4 Lough 18-17 2-1 1-2 0-4 1-0 6-4 6-3 6-5 Machado 47-35 30-22 17-13 Markakis 1-1 70-54 4-1 72-53 1-1 2-1 0-1 Pearce 23-10 15-12 4-4 28-17 3-1 3-1 3-6 5-1 Peguero Reimold Schoop 51-37 6-8 1-0 1-0 9-6 20-21 26-18 Weeks 1-0 1-1 2-1 Wieters 12-10 4-0 13-6 3-3 0-1 Young 9-4 20-13 5-4 2-0 13-4 2-3 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: 6 (8/25 vs. TB, B5) 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 (7/3 vs. TEX) 6 (6/29, TB) 3B in a game 2 (4/5 @DET) 1 (8/11, NYY) 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 7 (7/29 vs. LAA) 7 (8/17, CLE) Total Quality Starts 62 (last Tillman, 8/25 vs. TB) 64 (last Smyly, 8/27, TB) TEAM FIELDING ORIOLES OPPONENT Errors in a game 3 (6/5 @TEX) 3 (7/20, OAK) 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, Pearce (8/18 @CWS) 3, Guyer (6/27, TB - G1) 3B in a game 1, Lough (7/6 @BOS) 1, Gardner (8/11, NYY) HR in a game 3, Davis (5/20 @PIT) 2, Joyce (6/29, TB) RBI in a game 5, Jones (7/19 @OAK) 6, Gordon (5/18, KC) XBH in a game 3, Cruz (7/5 @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) 3, Choo (7/2, TEX) K in a game 4, Davis (8/15 @CLE) 4, Napoli & Drew (7/6, BOS) 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, Jimenez (5/2 @MIN) R: 5, Jimenez (8/23 @CHC) S: 12, Happ (8/7, TOR) R: 5, Sipp (5/11, HOU) BB, Starter/Reliever S: 6, Jimenez (7/5 @BOS) R: 5, Brach (6/8 vs. OAK) S: 5, Gallardo (5/28, MIL) R: 3, Elias (7/27, SEA) 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 4 (Tillman, 6/10-27, 7/7-23, & 8/3-current; Gonzalez, 5/10-30 & 7/5-27) - MISCELLANEOUS Walk-Offs: Win (8): 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 and 7/29 vs. LAA Loss (6): 4/20 @BOS, 5/27 @MIL, 6/20 @NYY, 7/5 @BOS, 7/18 @OAK, 8/15 @CLE 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 (31): HP: 11 1B: 0 2B: 15 3B: 5 Markakis (11); last 8/27 vs. TB Jones (7); last 8/26 vs. TB Pearce (4); last 7/25 @SEA Lough (4); last 7/6 @BOS Young (3); last 8/9 vs. STL Cruz (2); last 7/26 @SEA 2014 BALTIMORE ORIOLES CUMULATIVE ROSTER PITCHERS (23) CATCHERS (4) OUTFIELDERS (7) Berry, Tim# (6/6-7) Clevenger, Steve (3/30-5/27, 7/12-21, 8/27- ) Cruz, Nelson (3/30- ) Brach, Brad (5/2-5/6, 5/16-6/9, 6/21- ) Nick Hundley (5/25- ) Jones, Adam (3/30- ) Britton, Zach (3/30- ) Joseph, Caleb# (5/7- ) Lough, David (3/30- ) Chen, Wei-Yin (3/30-8/27) Wieters, Matt** (3/30- (DL 5/11- )) Markakis, Nick (3/30- ) DePaula, Julio (7/7) Peguero, Francisco (DL 3/30-6/23) Escalona, Edgmer (DL 3/30-6/22) Reimold, Nolan (DL 3/30-7/1) Gausman, Kevin (5/14-5/15, 6/6-20, 6/27, 7/6-7/7, 7/12-8/27) INFIELDERS (11) Young, Delmon (3/30- ) Gonzalez, Miguel (3/30-7/11, 7/22-8/9, 8/24- (DL 5/31-6/17)) Almanzar, Michael (DL 3/30-6/30) Guilmet, Preston (5/11-5/13, 5/22-23, 5/25-6/6, 7/5, 7/10-7/22, 7/28-31) Davis, Chris (3/30- (DL 4/26-5/11) (PL 5/25-27)) Hunter, Tommy (3/30- (DL 5/22-6/8)) Flaherty, Ryan (3/30- ) Jimenez, Ubaldo (3/30- (DL 7/8-8/9)) Hardy, J.J. (3/30- ) Matusz, Brian (3/30- ) Lombardozzi, Steve (3/30-5/1, 5/24-25) Miller, Andrew (8/1- ) Machado, Manny* (3/30- (DL 3/24-5/1, 8/13- ) (S 6/30-7/5)) McFarland, T.J. (4/22-25, 5/6-5/11, 5/23-7/28, 7/31- ) Paredes, Jimmy (8/28- ) Meek, Evan (3/30-5/1, 5/15, 6/6-8, 6/27-30) Pearce, Steve (3/30-4/22, 4/29- ) Norris, Bud (3/30-7/10 (DL 6/22-7/8), 7/21- ) Phelps, Cord (8/13-8/24) O Day, Darren (3/30- ) Schoop, Jonathan (3/30- ) Patton, Troy (3/30-5/24 (RL 3/30-5/1)) Weeks, Jemile (4/26-5/7) Ramirez, Ramon (6/30-7/6) Santana, Johan** (6/2- (DL 6/2- )) Stinson, Josh (3/30-5/1, 6/9-17) Tillman, Chris (3/30- ) Webb, Ryan (3/30-8/1) * = 15-day DL (1) ** = 60-day DL (2) # = ML Debut (2) & = Bereavement List