The Birds only came away with one win against the A’s after their recent hot streak at home. Here’s a look at the numbers from their series played June 29-July 1:
5 – Number of homeruns the Orioles hit in Wednesday’s victory
0 – Number of homeruns combined in both Tuesday’s and Thursday’s losses
1 – Number of bases rounded by Luke Scott before pulling his hamstring on his homerun trot
2 – Number of bases rounded by Luke Scott while in lots of pain and agony after pulling his hamstring
.314 – Josh Bell’s average at Norfolk with runners in scoring position
0-1 – Josh Bell last night with runners in scoring position
2.77 – Jake Arrieta’s ERA after his first 2 starts
5.81 – Jake Arrieta’s ERA after last night’s game
17 – Number of losses the Orioles have vs. Oakland in last 20 meetings
2-5 – Orioles record vs. Oakland this season
76 – Number of games into the season without a homerun by a first baseman before Wigginton hit one on Wednesday
5-4 – Orioles record on the 9 game homestand