2011 Baltimore Orioles season

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2011  Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore Orioles Script.svg
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Oriole Park at Camden Yards
City Baltimore, Maryland
Record69–93 (.426)
Divisional place5th
Owners Peter Angelos
General managers Andy MacPhail
Managers Buck Showalter
Television MASN
WJZ-TV (CBS 13)
(Gary Thorne, Jim Palmer, Mike Flanagan, Jim Hunter)
Radio Baltimore Orioles Radio Network
(Joe Angel, Fred Manfra)
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The Baltimore Orioles' 2011 season was the 111th season in franchise history, the 58th in Baltimore, and the 20th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. It also marked the last year of a streak of fourteen consecutive losing seasons dating back to 1998.

Contents

Offseason

The 2010–11 offseason has been notable for the Orioles, featuring a complete makeover of their infield, with only Brian Roberts expected to reprise his starting role. On December 6, 2010, the Orioles completed a trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks for third basemen Mark Reynolds, in exchange for relief pitchers David Hernandez and Kam Mickolio. [1] The next day, the Orioles lost corner infielder, second baseman (40 games in 2010), and lone 2010 All-Star representative Ty Wigginton when he signed with the Colorado Rockies. On December 9, however, a deal was struck with the Minnesota Twins, acquiring shortstop J. J. Hardy, utility infielder Brendan Harris and cash in exchange for minor league pitchers Jim Hoey and Brett Jacobson. [2] The following day, the Orioles re-signed former starting shortstop César Izturis, though now as a utility middle infielder. [3] Finally, after weeks of rumor and speculation, concerning possible first base signings, the Orioles inked veteran free agent Derrek Lee on January 6, 2011. [4]

The Orioles also worked to stabilize their bullpen whose depth had been weakened in trades to strengthen the infield. They began on December 13 by re-signing former starter and de facto closer Koji Uehara. [5] The following day, the Orioles signed former Toronto Blue Jays reliever Jeremy Accardo. [6] A month later on January 13, the Orioles signed former Blue Jays closer Kevin Gregg. [7] Though still on the 40-man roster, the Orioles may have lost reliever Alfredo Simón, as he was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the Dominican Republic, following an accidental shooting death of his cousin during a New Year's celebration.

In addition to shoring up their bullpen, the Orioles signed Justin Duchscherer to a one-year deal. [8]

On February 4, the Orioles signed free agent Vladimir Guerrero to solidify the offense. Guerrero had hit for 29 home runs and a .300 average in the 2010 season with the Texas Rangers. He also had a career average of .320 and 436 home runs prior to the 2011 season.

Regular season

The team started the season 4–0, the first time since the 1997 baseball season. [9]

The Orioles eliminated the Boston Red Sox from the playoff on the final day of the season, the last of their five victories over the Red Sox in September. The Orioles were 15–13 in September, including two extra-inning wins over the division champion New York Yankees and another two wins against the AL wild card Tampa Bay Rays on September 13–14. They also stopped division champion Detroit Tigers's Justin Verlander attempt at 25 wins, beating the Tigers 6–5 while scoring five runs in Verlander's seven innings. [10]

Roster

2011 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Season standings

American League East

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9765.599—52‍–‍2945‍–‍36
Tampa Bay Rays 9171.562647‍–‍3444‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox 9072.556745‍–‍3645‍–‍36
Toronto Blue Jays 8181.5001642‍–‍3939‍–‍42
Baltimore Orioles 6993.4262839‍–‍4230‍–‍51

American League Wild Card

Division Winners
Team W L Pct.
New York Yankees 9765.599
Texas Rangers 9666.593
Detroit Tigers 9567.586
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Tampa Bay Rays 9171.562—
Boston Red Sox 9072.5561
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 8676.5315
Toronto Blue Jays 8181.50010
Cleveland Indians 8082.49411
Chicago White Sox 7983.48812
Oakland Athletics 7488.45717
Kansas City Royals 7191.43820
Baltimore Orioles 6993.42622
Seattle Mariners 6795.41424
Minnesota Twins 6399.38928

Record vs. opponents

TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Baltimore –8–104–42–55–55–43–66–25–134–54–29–91–56–127–11
Boston 10–8–2–44–65–15–36–25–212–66–25–46–124–610–810–8
Chicago 4–44–2–11–75–137–112–69–92–66–47–24–44–43–411–7
Cleveland 5–26–47–11–6–1212–63–611–73–45–25–42–41–93–411–7
Detroit 5–51–513–512–6–11–73–414–44–35–54–66–16–34–27–11
Kansas City 4–53–511–76–127–11–7–38–103–34–55–32–52–64–35–13
Los Angeles 6–32–66–26–34–33–7–6–34–58–1112–74–47–125–513–5
Minnesota 2–62–59–97–114–1410–83–6–2–64–43–53–75–31–58–10
New York 13–56–126–24–33–43–35–46–2–6–35–49–97–211–713–5
Oakland 5–42–64–62–55–55–411–84–43–6–9–105–26–135–58–10
Seattle 2–44–52–74–56–43–57–125–34–510–9–4–64–153–69–9
Tampa Bay 9–912–64–44–21–65–24–47–39–92–56–4–4–512–612–6
Texas 5–16–44–49–13–66–212–73–52–713–615–45–4–4–69–9
Toronto 12–68–104–34–32–43–45–55–17–115–56–36–126–4–8–10
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September 28 -- Game 162

Despite being in last place in the division (29 games out and with a 68–93 record), the Baltimore Orioles were a part of what is famously touted in Major League Baseball lore as the "Best Night Ever" [11] in baseball with the AL and NL wild cards still tied and were up for grabs. [12] The Orioles had gone 4-2 down the stretch vs. Boston with game 162 still left to play in Baltimore. The game was broadcast on ESPN as well as the MASN and NESN networks. The Orioles were aiming to play the role of spoiler and end the Red Sox season with help from the Tampa Bay Rays.

In the AL wild card race, The Boston Red Sox were suffering through a 7-19 stretch in which they had blown a nine-game lead on August 30 (which gave them more than a 99.7% chance of making the playoffs). This was a do-or-die game for the Red Sox, but felt they had a lot of momentum going into this game having beaten the Orioles, 8–7, the night before.

The Orioles sent Alfredo Simón, who had a history of success vs. Boston against Jon Lester, who was 14-0 lifetime with a 3.26 ERA against the Baltimore Orioles. The scoring got started with Dustin Pedroia getting a single to score Mike Avilés to give the Red Sox a 1–0 lead. However, the Orioles struck back in the bottom of the 3rd as J. J. Hardy, laced his 30th home run of the season into left field to give the O's a 2–1 advantage. In the top of the 4th with Marco Scutaro at 3rd base, a controversial balk call was made on Alfredo Simón which tied up the game at two apiece. The bottom of the 4th went by one-two-three for the O's. In the top of the 5th, Dustin Pedroia hit a one-out solo home run to give the Red Sox back the lead, 3–2. At the start of the bottom of the 7th, the game was delayed for 85 minutes because of some heavy thunderstorms that moved through the area. In the top of the 8th, Marco Scutaro had singled to right and was on as a hopeful insurance run to boost the Red Sox lead. Carl Crawford then picked up a double after Nolan Reimold mistimed his jump to make the catch and Adam Jones fired the ball to catcher Matt Wieters to get Scutaro out. Mike Avilés fouled out and the inning ended.

In the bottom of the 9th inning, the Boston Red Sox sported a 77–0 record when leading after the 8th inning and the O's were down 3–2 to the Red Sox versus top closer Jonathan Papelbon, Chris Davis laced a double to the garage door in right field to put him on 2nd base. The next batter was Nolan Reimold (who hit pretty well against Boston pitching) and on a 2-2 count, Reimold laced a drive into the gap in right center field which one hopped the warning track over the wall for a ground rule double. The next batter following with Reimold on 2nd base was Robert Andino. Andino had success against the Red Sox as he hit .300 versus their pitching and was having an excellent series. Andino laced the 1-1 pitch towards Carl Crawford who was playing a bit too far deep and slid and trapped the ball. Reimold made a mad dash towards home. After Reimold slid to score the winning run, he and Andino were mobbed by their teammates, as they knew that they had just eliminated the Red Sox.

The Orioles' win broke ESPN's viewership record for a Wednesday Night game bringing in a 1.6 rating, 1.546M household impressions, and 2.116M viewers. It also broke Major League Baseball's record for internet traffic in one day. [13] The game itself made national headlines as well the next morning on Headline News, CNN, Fox News, and many other international news media outlets.

Calls from the game

Here's the 1-1 delivery...That is into left field, anddddddddd...NO, IT'S TRAPPED! THE ORIOLES COMING TO THE PLATE, REIMOLD! THEY DID IT! THEY DID IT! THEY DID IT! THE ORIOLES HAVE BEATEN THE RED SOX! TWO RUNS! BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING!

— Gary Thorne on MASN. [14]

The chance to end the season with a walk-off... Here comes the 1-1 delivery... Andino... LINE DRIVE! Into left, Crawford coming on! He trapped it! HERE COMES REIMOLD! HERE COMES THE THROW! IT IS TOO LATE! AND THE ORIOLES HAVE WON THE GAME! In the bottom of the Ninth inning! And they're going crazy! They are belting each other! They're jumping on each other! And right now it looks as though the Orioles had won the pennant! But all they did was possibly eliminate the Boston Red Sox.

— Joe Angel on WBAL-AM. [15]

Game log

Legend
Orioles WinOrioles LossGame Postponed
2011 Game Log
April (12–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Rays 4–1 Guthrie (1–0) Price (0–1)34,0781–0
2April 2@ Rays 3–1 Accardo (1–0) Shields (0–1) Gregg (1)22,1642–0
3April 3@ Rays 5–1 Britton (1–0) Davis (0–1)17,4083–0
4April 4 Tigers 5–1 Arrieta (1–0) Porcello (0–1)46,5934–0
5April 6 Tigers 3–7 Verlander (1–0) Bergesen (0–1)12,4514–1
6April 7 Tigers 9–5 Johnson (1–0) Thomas (0–1)11,6485–1
–April 8 Rangers Postponed (rain); Makeup: April 9 as part of a doubleheader
7April 9 Rangers 5–0 Britton (2–0) Lewis (0–1)—6–1
8April 9 Rangers 1–13 Harrison (2–0) Arrieta (1–1)36,2436–2
9April 10 Rangers 0–3 Holland (2–0) Guthrie (1–1) Feliz (3)21,4526–3
–April 12@ Yankees Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 30 as part of a doubleheader
10April 13@ Yankees 4–7 Burnett (3–0) Tillman (0–1) Rivera (5)42,1716–4
11April 14@ Yankees 5–6 (10) Rivera (1–0) Gonzalez (0–1)40,5176–5
12April 15@ Indians 2–8 Masterson (3–0) Britton (2–1)16,3466–6
13April 16@ Indians 3–8 Tomlin (3–0) Guthrie (1–2)10,7146–7
14April 17@ Indians 2–4 Carmona (1–2) Bergesen (0–2) Perez (5)13,0176–8
15April 18 Twins 3–5 Liriano (1–3) Tillman (0–2) Capps (2)13,1386–9
16April 19 Twins 11–0 Arrieta (2–1) Pavano (1–2)12,0457–9
17April 20 Twins 5–4 Britton (3–1) Blackburn (1–3) Gregg (2)13,8258–9
18April 21 Twins 1–3 Baker (1–2) Guthrie (1–3) Capps (3)16,7698–10
–April 22 Yankees Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 27 as part of a doubleheader
19April 23 Yankees 3–15 Sabathia (1–1) Bergesen (0–3)39,0548–11
20April 24 Yankees 3–6 (11) Logan (1–1) Berken (0–1)25,0518–12
21April 26 Red Sox 4–1 Britton (4–1) Buchholz (1–3) Gregg (3)18,9389–12
22April 27 Red Sox 5–4 Uehara (1–0) Bard (0–3) Gregg (4)15,51410–12
23April 28 Red Sox 2–6 Lester (3–1) Johnson (1–1)21,20910–13
24April 29@ White Sox 10–4 Arrieta (3–1) Danks (0–4)21,81611–13
25April 30@ White Sox 6–2 Tillman (1–2) Humber (2–3)26,10412–13
May (12–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1@ White Sox 6–4 Britton (5–1) Floyd (3–2) Gregg (5)22,02913–13
27May 2@ White Sox 2–6 Buehrle (2–3) Guthrie (1–4) Santos (3)18,00713–14
28May 3@ Royals 5–6 Collins (2–1) Berken (0–2)11,98613–15
29May 4@ Royals 3–2 Arrieta (4–1) Davies (1–4) Gregg (6)11,13014–15
30May 5@ Royals 1–9 Chen (4–1) Tillman (1–3)29,92714–16
31May 6 Rays 2–6 Shields (3–1) Britton (5–2)20,69414–17
32May 7 Rays 2–8 Hellickson (3–2) Guthrie (1–5)18,96114–18
33May 8 Rays 3–5 Davis (4–2) Bergesen (0–4) Farnsworth (7)16,35914–19
34May 10 Mariners 7–6 (13) Accardo (2–0) League (0–2)11,48515–19
35May 11 Mariners 4–2 Tillman (2–3) F. Hernández (4–3) Gregg (7)11,56116–19
36May 12 Mariners 2–1 (12) Johnson (2–1) League (0–3)19,08217–19
37May 13@ Rays 0–3 Hellickson (4–2) Guthrie (1–6)20,47617–20
38May 14@ Rays 6–0 Bergesen (1–4) Davis (4–3)28,45118–20
39May 15@ Rays 9–3 Arrieta (5–1) Sonnanstine (0–1)21,50519–20
40May 16@ Red Sox 7–8 Aceves (1–0) Gregg (0–1)37,13819–21
–May 17@ Red Sox Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 19 as part of a doubleheader
41May 18 Yankees 1–4 (15) Noesí (1–0) Accardo (2–1)20,58919–22
42May 19 Yankees 2–13 Sabathia (4–3) Bergesen (1–5)24,93919–23
43May 20 Nationals 5–17 Rodriguez (1–0) Arrieta (5–2)24,44219–24
44May 21 Nationals 8–3 Guthrie (2–6) Lannan (2–5)33,10720–24
45May 22 Nationals 2–1 Johnson (3–1) Zimmermann (2–5) Gregg (8)33,62621–24
46May 24 Royals 5–3 Simón (1–0) Soria (3–1)14,07722–24
47May 25 Royals 9–2 Arrieta (6–2) Hochevar (3–5)15,74023–24
48May 26 Royals 6–5 (12) Accardo (3–1) Coleman (0–2)22,72024–24
49May 27@ Athletics 2–6 Ziegler (1–0) Simón (1–1)12,11024–25
50May 28@ Athletics 2–4 Outman (1–0) Bergesen (1–6) Fuentes (10)23,79524–26
51May 29@ Athletics 4–6 Moscoso (2–0) Britton (5–3) Fuentes (11)15,37324–27
52May 30@ Mariners 3–4 Fister (3–5) Arrieta (6–3) League (14)22,81924–28
53May 31@ Mariners 2–3 Ray (2–1) Guthrie (2–7) League (15)11,69224–29
June (11–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 1@ Mariners 2–1 Johnson (4–1) Wright (1–2) Gregg (9)18,03625–29
55June 3 Blue Jays 4–8 Villanueva (3–0) Britton (5–4)18,58725–30
56June 4 Blue Jays 5–3 Arrieta (7–3) Romero (5–5) Gregg (10)20,08626–30
57June 5 Blue Jays 4–7 Reyes (2–4) Guthrie (2–8)25,43126–31
58June 6 Athletics 4–2 Matusz (1–0) Gonzalez (5–4) Gregg (11)10,55627–31
59June 7 Athletics 4–0 Jakubauskas (1–0) Moscoso (2–2)13,65228–31
60June 8 Athletics 3–2 Britton (6–4) Outman (1–1) Gregg (12)11,76029–31
61June 10 Rays 7–0 Arrieta (8–3) Hellickson (7–4)17,90030–31
62June 11 Rays 5–7 (11) Cruz (4–0) Accardo (3–2) Farnsworth (14)25,54130–32
63June 12 Rays 6–9 Davis (5–5) Matusz (1–1) Howell (1)22,03230–33
64June 14@ Blue Jays 5–6 (11) Camp (1–1) Uehara (1–1)15,59230–34
65June 15@ Blue Jays 1–4 Romero (6–6) Arrieta (8–4) Francisco (6)14,54130–35
66June 16@ Blue Jays 4–3 Berken (1–2) Rauch (2–3) Gregg (13)31,82231–35
67June 17@ Nationals 4–8 Burnett (3–3) Accardo (3–3)35,56231–36
68June 18@ Nationals 2–4 Zimmermann (5–6) Matusz (1–2) Storen (17)36,61431–37
69June 19@ Nationals 7–4 Jakubauskas (2–0) Gorzelanny (2–5)35,43932–37
70June 20@ Pirates 8–3 Arrieta (9–4) Morton (7–4)22,44733–37
71June 21@ Pirates 3–9 Resop (3–2) Guthrie (2–9)33,80633–38
72June 22@ Pirates 4–5 Correia (9–6) Britton (6–5) Hanrahan (20)19,41833–39
73June 24 Reds 5–4 (12) Gonzalez (1–1) Arredondo (0–3)45,38234–39
74June 25 Reds 5–10 Arroyo (7–6) Matusz (1–3)38,97634–40
75June 26 Reds 7–5 Guthrie (3–9) Bailey (3–2) Gregg (14)27,80935–40
76June 28 Cardinals 2–6 Lohse (8–4) Britton (6–6)20,55635–41
77June 29 Cardinals 1–5 Carpenter (3–7) Jakubauskas (2–1)17,40535–42
78June 30 Cardinals 6–9 García (7–3) Matusz (1–4) Salas (13)28,34035–43
July (7–20)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1@ Braves 0–4 Jurrjens (11–3) Guthrie (3–10)33,26135–44
80July 2@ Braves 4–5 Hudson (7–6) Arrieta (9–5) Kimbrel (24)37,25935–45
81July 3@ Braves 5–4 Johnson (5–1) Proctor (1–2) Gregg (15)23,49236–45
82July 4@ Rangers 4–13 Lewis (8–7) Jakubauskas (2–2)42,88536–46
83July 5@ Rangers 2–4 Hunter (1–0) Johnson (5–2) Feliz (17)25,94536–47
84July 6@ Rangers 5–13 Ogando (9–3) Guthrie (3–11)31,95336–48
85July 7@ Red Sox 4–10 Miller (3–0) Arrieta (9–6)37,98136–49
86July 8@ Red Sox 3–10 Beckett (8–3) Britton (6–7)37,72936–50
87July 9@ Red Sox 0–4 Lackey (6–8) Simón (1–2)38,20536–51
88July 10@ Red Sox 6–8 Aceves (4–1) Guthrie (3–12) Papelbon (20)37,68836–52
89July 14 Indians 4–8 Masterson (8–6) Guthrie (3–13)22,78036–53
90July 15 Indians 5–6 Tomlin (11–4) Johnson (5–3) Perez (22)27,35236–54
91July 16 Indians 6–5 Simón (2–2) Carrasco (8–7) Gonzalez (1)24,83537–54
92July 17 Indians 8–3 Hendrickson (1–0) Gómez (0–2)17,75438–54
93July 18 Red Sox 10–15 Wheeler (2–1) Gonzalez (1–2)27,92438–55
94July 19 Red Sox 6–2 Guthrie (4–13) Weiland (0–1) Johnson (1)32,31439–55
95July 20 Red Sox 0–4 Miller (4–1) Arrieta (9–7)35,17439–56
96July 22 Angels 1–6 Santana (5–8) Simón (2–3) Takahashi (1)24,82339–57
97July 23 Angels 3–2 Bergesen (2–6) Piñeiro (5–5) Gregg (16)20,31140–57
98July 24 Angels 3–9 Chatwood (6–6) Guthrie (4–14)15,67640–58
99July 26@ Blue Jays 12–4 Arrieta (10–7) Morrow (7–5)17,47741–58
100July 27@ Blue Jays 0–3 Romero (8–9) Simón (2–4) Rauch (8)16,86141–59
101July 28@ Blue Jays 5–8 Villanueva (6–2) Bergesen (2–7)16,15241–60
102July 29@ Yankees 4–2 Guthrie (5–14) Burnett (8–9) Gregg (17)46,49942–60
103July 30@ Yankees 3–8 Colón (8–6) Tillman (2–4)46,46942–61
104July 30@ Yankees 3–17 Nova (9–4) Britton (6–8)43,19042–62
105July 31@ Yankees 2–4 García (10–7) Arrieta (10–8) Rivera (27)46,91342–63
August (12–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 2@ Royals 8–2 Simón (3–4) Chen (5–5)17,11643–63
107August 3@ Royals 2–6 Hochevar (8–8) Guthrie (5–15) Holland (1)14,18743–64
108August 4@ Royals 4–9 Wood (5–0) Britton (6–9)12,16143–65
109August 5 Blue Jays 4–5 Mills (1–1) Hunter (1–2) Rauch (11)18,77043–66
110August 6 Blue Jays 6–2 Tillman (3–4) Morrow (8–6)19,39644–66
111August 7 Blue Jays 2–7 Romero (10–9) Simón (3–5)13,82444–67
112August 8 White Sox 6–7 Crain (6–3) Johnson (5–4) Santos (23)17,49844–68
113August 9 White Sox 3–4 Floyd (10–10) Reyes (5–9) Santos (24)14,17744–69
114August 10 White Sox 6–4 (10) Gonzalez (2–2) Frasor (2–2)18,74745–69
115August 11 White Sox 3–6 Buehrle (10–5) Tillman (3–5) Santos (25)21,04045–70
116August 12 Tigers 4–5 Penny (8–9) Patton (0–1) Valverde (34)21,46545–71
117August 13 Tigers 5–6 Scherzer (12–7) Guthrie (5–16) Valverde (35)24,14445–72
118August 14 Tigers 8–5 Reyes (6–9) Fister (4–13) Johnson (2)18,34846–72
119August 15@ Athletics 6–2 Hunter (2–2) Gonzalez (9–11)10,12247–72
120August 16@ Athletics 4–8 Moscoso (6–6) Matusz (1–5)12,32547–73
121August 17@ Athletics 5–6 McCarthy (6–6) Simón (3–6) Bailey (15)20,44847–74
122August 19@ Angels 3–8 Haren (13–6) Reyes (6–10)38,15647–75
123August 20@ Angels 8–9 (12) Rodney (3–5) Gregg (0–2)43,20147–76
124August 21@ Angels 1–7 Williams (1–0) Matusz (1–6)37,14847–77
125August 22@ Twins 4–1 Britton (7–9) Pavano (6–10) Gregg (18)38,98648–77
126August 23@ Twins 8–1 Simón (4–6) Duensing (8–13)38,78649–77
127August 24@ Twins 6–1 Guthrie (6–16) Slowey (0–2)37,77850–77
128August 25@ Twins 6–1 Reyes (7–10) Swarzak (3–4)38,40651–77
129August 26 Yankees 12–5 Hunter (3–2) Burnett (9–11)32,76252–77
August 27 Yankees Postponed (Hurricane Irene); Makeup: September 8
130August 28 Yankees 2–0 Britton (7–9) Colón (8–9) Gregg (19)28,75153–77
131August 28 Yankees 3–8 Nova (14–4) Matusz (1–7)37,52853–78
132August 29 Yankees 2–3 García (11–7) Simón (4–7) Rivera (34)18,22353–79
133August 30 Blue Jays 6–5 (10) Eyre (1–0) Tallet (0–2)10,75654–79
134August 31 Blue Jays 0–13 Álvarez (1–2) Reyes (7–11)14,21154–80
September (15–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1 Blue Jays 6–8 Camp (2–3) Eyre (1–1) Francisco (12)11,61754–81
136September 2@ Rays 3–2 Britton (9–9) Price (12–12) Gregg (20)11,95555–81
137September 3@ Rays 3–6 Davis (9–8) Simón (4–8) Farnsworth (23)14,23355–82
138September 4@ Rays 1–8 Hellickson (12–10) Guthrie (6–17)15,79055–83
139September 5@ Yankees 10–11 Laffey (2–1) Johnson (5–5) Rivera (38)45,06955–84
140September 6@ Yankees 3–5 Wade (4–0) Hunter (3–3) Rivera (39)44,57355–85
141September 7@ Yankees 5–4 (11) Strop (1–1) Noesí (2–1) Johnson (3)40,10456–85
142September 8 Yankees 5–4 (10) Rapada (1–0) Proctor (2–4)33,84157–85
143September 9@ Blue Jays 2–0 Guthrie (7–17) Cecil (4–9) Johnson (4)13,91858–85
144September 10@ Blue Jays 4–5 Litsch (6–3) Gregg (0–3)17,74258–86
145September 11@ Blue Jays 5–6 Carreño (1–0) Hunter (3–4) Francisco (14)14,23558–87
146September 12 Rays 2–5 Niemann (10–7) Britton (9–10) Peralta (3)11,92458–88
147September 13 Rays 4–2 Patton (1–1) Howell (2–3) Johnson (5)13,26259–88
148September 14 Rays 6–2 Guthrie (8–17) Davis (10–9) Johnson (6)14,66960–88
149September 16 Angels 8–3 Hunter (4–4) Haren (15–9)24,02261–88
150September 17 Angels 6–2 Britton (10–10) Santana (11–12)31,09962–88
151September 18 Angels 2–11 Weaver (18–7) Simón (4–9)2747162–89
152September 19@ Red Sox 6–5 Guthrie (9–17) Weiland (0–3) Johnson (7)37,88563–89
153September 19@ Red Sox 9–18 Atchison (1–0) Matusz (1–8)37,26163–90
154September 20@ Red Sox 7–5 Eyre (2–1) Bard (2–9) Johnson (8)37,41464–90
155September 21@ Red Sox 6–4 Rapada (2–0) Beckett (13–6) Johnson (9)38,00465–90
156September 22@ Tigers 6–5 Britton (11–10) Pauley (5–6) Gregg (21)27,84766–90
157September 23@ Tigers 3–4 (11) Perry (1–0) Eyre (2–2)38,62366–91
158September 24@ Tigers 6–5 Strop (2–1) Schlereth (2–2) Gregg (22)44,84667–91
159September 25@ Tigers 6–10 Penny (11–11) Matusz (1–9)41,05167–92
160September 26 Red Sox 6–3 Patton (2–1) Beckett (13–7)21,78668–92
161September 27 Red Sox 7–8 Aceves (10–2) Britton (11–11) Papelbon (31)22,12368–93
162September 28 Red Sox 4–3 Johnson (6–5) Papelbon (4–1)29,74969–93

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
Ryan Adams 29899254007.2810
Robert Andino 13945763120220536.26313
Matt Angle 317912144017.17711
Jake Arrieta 24010001.2500
Josh Bell 26616100006.1640
Zach Britton 38351012.6250
Blake Davis 25596153116.2541
Chris Davis 31123163490213.2761
Pedro Florimón 48110002.1250
Jake Fox 27618154126.2460
Vladimir Guerrero 145562601633011363.2902
Jeremy Guthrie 35011000.2000
J. J. Hardy 129527761422703080.2690
Kyle Hudson 1428340002.1432
César Izturis 1830460001.2000
Chris Jakubauskas 23020001.6670
Adam Jones 151567681592622583.28012
Derrek Lee 8533439821511241.2462
Nick Markakis 160641721823111573.28412
Brian Matusz 12000000.0000
Félix Pie 8516415368107.2203
Nolan Reimold 8726740661031345.2477
Mark Reynolds 155534841182713786.2216
Brian Roberts 39163183671319.2216
Luke Scott 642092446110922.2201
Brandon Snyder 613231001.2310
Craig Tatum 31877173007.1951
Matt Wieters 139500721312802268.2621
Team Totals1625585708143427313191684.25781

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPRERBBK
Jeremy Accardo 335.73310037.224241823
Jake Arrieta 1085.0522220119.170675993
Mitch Atkins 008.4433010.2101037
Brad Bergesen 275.7034120101.073643261
Jason Berken 125.36400047.029282141
Zach Britton 11114.6128280154.193796297
Willie Eyre 223.44190018.177510
Mike Gonzalez 224.27490146.126221846
Kevin Gregg 034.376302259.235294053
Jeremy Guthrie 9174.3334320208.011310066130
Mark Hendrickson 105.7380011.07765
Tommy Hunter 335.061211069.144391035
Rick van den Hurk 008.004209.09887
Chris Jakubauskas 225.72336072.146462952
Jim Johnson 652.67690991.030272158
Brian Matusz 1910.691212049.260592438
Troy Patton 213.00200030.01010522
Zach Phillips 001.1310008.01128
Clay Rapada 206.06320016.11111718
Jo-Jo Reyes 236.1695030.221211323
Josh Rupe 005.6590014.19967
Alfredo Simón 494.9023160115.269634083
Pedro Strop 200.73120012.111312
Chris Tillman 355.521313062.041382546
Koji Uehara 111.72430047.099862
Pedro Viola 009.824003.24424
Mark Worrell 0036.004002.08823
Team Totals69934.89162162321446.28607865351044

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Norfolk Tides International League Gary Allenson
AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Gary Kendall
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Orlando Gómez
A Delmarva Shorebirds South Atlantic League Ryan Minor
A-Short Season Aberdeen IronBirds New York–Penn League Leo Gómez
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Ramón Sambo

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