ORIOLES POSTGAME NOTES
Oriole Park at Camden Yards  333 West Camden Street  Baltimore, MD 21201
Wednesday  April 26, 2017  Game #20  Home Game #11
Tampa Bay (11-12) vs. Baltimore Orioles (14-6)
RAYS
ORIOLES
R
4
5
H
8
12
E
3
1
LOB
10
9
WP: ASHER (1-0)
LP: Colome (0-1)
SV: None
TIME: 4:08
GETTING STARTED: Tonight’s first pitch was at 7:07 p.m.…Game-time temperature was 65 degrees.
TONIGHT’S ATTENDANCE was 16,289…The 11-date season total is 312,728...Average attendance is 28,430
ORIOLES NOTES
VS. TAMPA BAY: The Orioles defeated the Rays, 5-4, in 11 innings in the series finale…The O’s take the series, 2-1, and improve to 6-0-1 in series play this
season…It is their second walk-off win of the season (4/3 vs. Toronto, Mark Trumbo solo home run)…The Orioles improve to 10-3 at Oriole Park against
Tampa Bay since the start of the 2016 season…They improve to 39-23 against the Rays since 2014…They are now 3-0 in extra-inning games this
season…Recorded five straight singles in the third inning and scored three runs in the inning…Failed to record an extra-base hit for only the second time this
season (4/9 vs. NYY).
QUALITY TIME: RHP Dylan Bundy allowed two runs on four hits with two walks and three strikeouts in 6.1 innings of work…All five of his starts this
season have been Quality Starts; coming into this season he had three career Quality Starts...Allowed a season-low tying four hits…Has tossed at least 6.0
innings in all five of his starts this season; coming into the season he had three career starts of 6.0 innings or more…Surrendered a solo home run to SS Tim
Beckham to start the third inning, his first home run allowed this season and his first in 33.1 innings dating back to last season; also allowed a home run to
Beckham in the fifth inning, his first start allowing multiple home runs since September 19, 2016 vs. Boston.
WALK IT OFF: RF Seth Smith drew a walk-off walk in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Orioles a 5-4 win; it is Smith’s fourth career walk-off RBI
according to Baseball-Reference.com…Smith logged his third multi-hit game of the year and first since April 8; all three multi-hit games have come at Oriole
Park.
SEEING TWO: 2B Jonathan Schoop singled in his first two-at bats for his sixth multi-hit game of the season; tied for the team-lead with Mark
Trumbo...Hit a game-tying sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 11th inning.
SEIZING THE OPPORTUNITY: SS Ryan Flaherty drove in the game’s first run with an RBI single in the second inning…Tonight’s start was his second
of the season (fifth game played)…Collected his first hit of the season in his fifth at-bat.
KEEPING IT 100: LF Hyun Soo Kim singled in his first at-bat for his 100th career hit…54 of his 100 hits have come at Oriole Park where he is a career .314
(54-for-172) hitter.
RAYS NOTES
VS. BALTIMORE: The Rays lost the rubber match of the series, 5-4 to the Orioles, losing the series, 2-1…They fall to 2-8 on the road and 0-3 in series play
on the road…They fall to 3-10 at Oriole Park since the beginning of the 2016 season…They are now 1-2 in extra-inning games this season…Committed a
season-high three errors in tonight’s game, two coming on the same play; last time committing three errors in a game was July 6, 2016 vs. Los Angeles-AL.
ONE BAD INNING: RHP Alex Cobb tossed 5.0 innings, allowing three runs (two earned) on eight hits with two walks and three strikeouts…He allowed five
straight singles to Orioles batters in the fifth inning, resulting in three Orioles runs…He committed his first error of the season…It was his first start without
surrendering a home run this season…His two walks issued were a season-high; had walked one batter in all four of his previous starts.
ADDED RELIEF: RHP Erasmo Ramirez threw 4.0 scoreless innings in relief, allowing two hits with one walk and three strikeouts…He was last night’s
scheduled starter, but was replaced due to uncertain weather conditions…It is his second 4.0-inning relief appearance of the season (4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 2 K on
4/15 at Boston).
COMING UP CLUTCH: C Jesús Sucre drove in the go-ahead run in the 11th inning with his RBI single, plating Logan Morrison…He entered the game in
the ninth inning for C Derek Norris.
SUPPLYING THE POWER: SS Tim Beckham hit his third and fourth home runs of the season, both solo home runs, for his first career multi-home run
game…Beckham is only the third shortstop (fifth time) in Rays history to hit two home runs in a game, joining Yunel Escobar (9/11/14 at NYY) and Julio
Lugo (3x: 7/22/06 vs. BAL, 6/16/06 at PHI, and 8/18/03 at CLE)…It was the first multi-home run game by a Rays player this season, and first since Brad
Miller did so on September 21, 2016 vs. New York-AL…Recorded the first three extra-base hit game of his career (double and two home runs)…Extended his
hitting streak to seven games…Has hit safely in 10 of his last 11 games, hitting .372 (16-for-43) with four home runs, eight runs scored, and eight RBI during
this stretch…Recorded his second three-hit game and fourth multi-hit game of the season.
ROAD WARRIOR: DH Corey Dickerson led off the game with a single, his second leadoff hit of the series (leadoff home run in game one)…Is hitting .344
(11-for-32) on the road this season; coming into play tonight, he was eighth in the American League in road batting average.