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The Baltimore Orioles ended April with a 16-11 record and were in third place in the A.L. East, 2.5 games behind the first place Boston Red Sox. They gained one game on the Red Sox during the month of May (though they've already given it back here on June 5th, which is why I should have started writing this earlier).
May stats:
- Record: 15-13
- 142 runs scored (5.07 runs per game)
- 145 runs allowed - uh oh! (5.18 runs per game)
- Their longest losing streak was 6 (as we all know too well) and their longest winning streak was 4.
- They played 9 full series in May (if you count the four games against the Nationals as two series) and they were 6-2-1.
- The most runs they scored in May was 10, which they did twice. Once was against the Rays in a brutal 12-10 loss and the other was against Toronto.
- The must runs they gave up was 12, which they also did twice. Once in the above mentioned loss to the Rays, and the other also against Toronto (weird).
- They had two shutouts in May. The first was on May 12th when Wei-Yin Chen came out of the game after five innings with an injury. The second was just last week when Freddy Garcia threw eight innings against the Nationals.
- They were shut out once in their lone loss to the Angels out west.
The Hot Hitters
Adam Jones - .311/.344/.546 with 7 HR, 7 2B and 7-for-7 in stolen base attempts.
Nick Markakis - .336/.391/.526 with 4 HR, 10 2B, and 10 walks.
Chris Davis - .364/.442/.768 with 10 HR, 10 2B, and 13 walks.
Manny Machado - .355/.380/.556 with 3 HR and 14 2B
J.J. Hardy* - .273/.304/.518 with 7 HR and 6 2B
The Cold Hitters
Matt Wieters - .245/.295/.447 with 3 HR, 10 2B, 8 walks
Nate McLouth - .258/.308/.381 with 2 HR, 4 2B, and 9-for-9 in stolen bases.
The Part Timers
Danny Valencia - .227/.261/.591 with 2 HR and 2 2B in 23 PA.
Chris Dickerson - .314/.314/.714 with 4 HR and 2 2B in 25 PA.
Steve Pearce - .250/.341/.472 with 2 HR and 2 2B in 41 PA.
The Black Hole of Second Base
Ryan Flaherty - .182/.265/.273 in 29 PA
Alexi Casilla - .143/.194/.143 in 32 PA
Yamaico Navarro - .286/.333/.357 in 31 PA (currently at AAA Norfolk)
*I hesitate to put a guy who had an OBP of .304 for the month on the hot list, but as long as he slugs over .500 I guess he belongs.
Starting Pitchers - Ranked by May ERA
| GS | IP | ERA | BB | K | HR | BA/OBP/SLG | |
| Freddy Garcia | 6 | 35 1/3 | 3.57 | 6 | 15 | 7 | .227.261/.402 |
| Miguel Gonzalez | 4 | 24 2/3 | 3.83 | 6 | 23 | 4 | .232/.274/.400 |
| Chris Tillman | 6 | 36 2/3 | 3.93 | 9 | 27 | 11 | .254/.304/.522 |
| Wei-Yin Chen (DL) |
3 | 15 1/3 | 4.11 | 3 | 11 | 1 | .344/.373/.453 |
| Jason Hammel | 5 | 29 1/3 | 6.44 | 9 | 29 | 3 | .333/.379/.496 |
|
Jair Jurrjens ** |
1 | 5 | 7.20 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .286/.318/.667 |
| Kevin Gausman | 2 | 9 | 11.00 | 3 | 5 | 4 | .385/.419/.769 |
| Steve Johnson | 1 | 4 | 13.50 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .368/.478/.526 |
Relief Pitchers - Ranked by # of Appearances in May
| G | IP | K/BB | IR/IS | BA/OBP/SLG | ERA | WHIP | |
| Jim Johnson | 13 | 12 |
10/3 |
0/0 | .327/.377/.571 | 9.75 | 1.250 |
| Brian Matusz | 13 | 9 1/3 | 10/3 | 8/2 | .125/.200/.250 | 2.78 | 0.750 |
| Darren O'Day | 12 | 10 2/3 | 13/4 | 7/3 | .268/.362/.463 | 3.38 | 1.406 |
| Pedro Strop | 11 | 9 2/3 | 8/9 | 6/2 | .152/.317/.303 | 4.66 | 1.345 |
| Tommy Hunter | 10 | 16 1/3 | 12/3 | 5/1 | .217/.277/.333 | 1.65 | 0.980 |
| Troy Patton | 10 | 11 2/3 | 7/8 | 1/1 | .362/.446/.617 | 7.71 | 2.143 |
| T.J. McFarland | 7 | 13 1/3 | 9/5 | 6/2 | .268/.323/.387 | 3.38 | 1.500 |
| Steve Johnson | 3 | 5 1/3 | 7/2 | 3/0 | .158/.238/263 | 3.38 | 0.938 |
| Alex Burnett** | 2 | 1 1/3 | 2/2 | 2/2 | .500/.600/.750 | 20.25 | 4.500 |
| Zach Clark*** | 1 | 1 /23 | 2/1 | 0/0 | .429/.500/.571 | 16.20 | 3.000 |
**Currently with AAA Norfolk
***Currently with the Chicago Cubs
****Currently with AA Bowie, reinventing himself as a knuckleballer
The IR/IS, if you're not familiar, stands for inherited runners and inherited runners scored. It's something I always look at when I want to see reliever stats.