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When Nick Markakis delivered the Orioles' ninth double of tonight's game, it tied an Orioles record set previously on July 30, 1996 against the Minnesota Twins. Nine doubles also is a major league high this season. Felix Pie's cycle-completing triple also was the 12th extra-base hit of the game, which also tied a club record.
The 16 runs are a season high and the 19 hits are a nine-inning high for the Orioles this year.
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According to Yahoo!'s feed, Cesar Izturis has so far singled to shallow left (no big deal, happens all the time), doubled to shallow center (kind of rare, but sometimes those pop flies fall in), and tripled to shallow left (huh?). Sadly he failed to homer to shallow right in his last plate appearance, instead grounding out.
Posted by: Steve | August 14, 2009 9:59 PM
brob is pacing 61 doubles. that would be 6th most all time since the 20's-30's and Todd Helton hitting 59
WOW!
Posted by: SHAMROCK | August 15, 2009 9:54 AM