# 2011 Baltimore Orioles season

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.

## 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. 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. The following day, the Orioles re-signed former starting shortstop César Izturis, though now as a utility middle infielder. Finally, after weeks of rumor and speculation, concerning possible first base signings, the Orioles inked veteran free agent Derrek Lee on January 6, 2011.
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. The following day, the Orioles signed former Toronto Blue Jays reliever Jeremy Accardo. A month later on January 13, the Orioles signed former Blue Jays closer Kevin Gregg. 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.
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.
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.

### Season standings
#### American League East

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 52‍–‍29 | 45‍–‍36 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 91 | 71 | .562 | 6 | 47‍–‍34 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Boston Red Sox | 90 | 72 | .556 | 7 | 45‍–‍36 | 45‍–‍36 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 81 | 81 | .500 | 16 | 42‍–‍39 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 69 | 93 | .426 | 28 | 39‍–‍42 | 30‍–‍51 |

#### American League Wild Card

vteDivision Winners :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| New York Yankees | 97 | 65 | .599 |
| Texas Rangers | 96 | 66 | .593 |
| Detroit Tigers | 95 | 67 | .586 |
vteWild Card team (Top team qualifies for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 91 | 71 | .562 | — |
| Boston Red Sox | 90 | 72 | .556 | 1 |
| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 86 | 76 | .531 | 5 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 81 | 81 | .500 | 10 |
| Cleveland Indians | 80 | 82 | .494 | 11 |
| Chicago White Sox | 79 | 83 | .488 | 12 |
| Oakland Athletics | 74 | 88 | .457 | 17 |
| Kansas City Royals | 71 | 91 | .438 | 20 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 69 | 93 | .426 | 22 |
| Seattle Mariners | 67 | 95 | .414 | 24 |
| Minnesota Twins | 63 | 99 | .389 | 28 |

### Record vs. opponents

| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Baltimore | – | 8–10 | 4–4 | 2–5 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 6–2 | 5–13 | 4–5 | 4–2 | 9–9 | 1–5 | 6–12 | 7–11 |
| Boston | 10–8 | – | 2–4 | 4–6 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 6–2 | 5–2 | 12–6 | 6–2 | 5–4 | 6–12 | 4–6 | 10–8 | 10–8 |
| Chicago | 4–4 | 4–2 | – | 11–7 | 5–13 | 7–11 | 2–6 | 9–9 | 2–6 | 6–4 | 7–2 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 3–4 | 11–7 |
| Cleveland | 5–2 | 6–4 | 7–11 | – | 6–12 | 12–6 | 3–6 | 11–7 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 5–4 | 2–4 | 1–9 | 3–4 | 11–7 |
| Detroit | 5–5 | 1–5 | 13–5 | 12–6 | – | 11–7 | 3–4 | 14–4 | 4–3 | 5–5 | 4–6 | 6–1 | 6–3 | 4–2 | 7–11 |
| Kansas City | 4–5 | 3–5 | 11–7 | 6–12 | 7–11 | – | 7–3 | 8–10 | 3–3 | 4–5 | 5–3 | 2–5 | 2–6 | 4–3 | 5–13 |
| Los Angeles | 6–3 | 2–6 | 6–2 | 6–3 | 4–3 | 3–7 | – | 6–3 | 4–5 | 8–11 | 12–7 | 4–4 | 7–12 | 5–5 | 13–5 |
| Minnesota | 2–6 | 2–5 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 4–14 | 10–8 | 3–6 | – | 2–6 | 4–4 | 3–5 | 3–7 | 5–3 | 1–5 | 8–10 |
| New York | 13–5 | 6–12 | 6–2 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 6–2 | – | 6–3 | 5–4 | 9–9 | 7–2 | 11–7 | 13–5 |
| Oakland | 5–4 | 2–6 | 4–6 | 2–5 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 11–8 | 4–4 | 3–6 | – | 9–10 | 5–2 | 6–13 | 5–5 | 8–10 |
| Seattle | 2–4 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 6–4 | 3–5 | 7–12 | 5–3 | 4–5 | 10–9 | – | 4–6 | 4–15 | 3–6 | 9–9 |
| Tampa Bay | 9–9 | 12–6 | 4–4 | 4–2 | 1–6 | 5–2 | 4–4 | 7–3 | 9–9 | 2–5 | 6–4 | – | 4–5 | 12–6 | 12–6 |
| Texas | 5–1 | 6–4 | 4–4 | 9–1 | 3–6 | 6–2 | 12–7 | 3–5 | 2–7 | 13–6 | 15–4 | 5–4 | – | 4–6 | 9–9 |
| Toronto | 12–6 | 8–10 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 5–5 | 5–1 | 7–11 | 5–5 | 6–3 | 6–12 | 6–4 | – | 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" in baseball with the AL and NL wild cards still tied and were up for grabs. 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. 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!
   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.

## Game log

Legend :
| Orioles Win | Orioles Loss | Game Postponed |
2011 Game Log :
April (12–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Rays4–1Guthrie (1–0)Price (0–1)34,0781–0
2April 2@ Rays3–1Accardo (1–0)Shields (0–1)Gregg (1)22,1642–0
3April 3@ Rays5–1Britton (1–0)Davis (0–1)17,4083–0
4April 4Tigers5–1Arrieta (1–0)Porcello (0–1)46,5934–0
5April 6Tigers3–7Verlander (1–0)Bergesen (0–1)12,4514–1
6April 7Tigers9–5Johnson (1–0)Thomas (0–1)11,6485–1
–April 8RangersPostponed (rain); Makeup: April 9 as part of a doubleheader
7April 9Rangers5–0Britton (2–0)Lewis (0–1)—6–1
8April 9Rangers1–13Harrison (2–0)Arrieta (1–1)36,2436–2
9April 10Rangers0–3Holland (2–0)Guthrie (1–1)Feliz (3)21,4526–3
–April 12@ YankeesPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 30 as part of a doubleheader
10April 13@ Yankees4–7Burnett (3–0)Tillman (0–1)Rivera (5)42,1716–4
11April 14@ Yankees5–6 (10)Rivera (1–0)Gonzalez (0–1)40,5176–5
12April 15@ Indians2–8Masterson (3–0)Britton (2–1)16,3466–6
13April 16@ Indians3–8Tomlin (3–0)Guthrie (1–2)10,7146–7
14April 17@ Indians2–4Carmona (1–2)Bergesen (0–2)Perez (5)13,0176–8
15April 18Twins3–5Liriano (1–3)Tillman (0–2)Capps (2)13,1386–9
16April 19Twins11–0Arrieta (2–1)Pavano (1–2)12,0457–9
17April 20Twins5–4Britton (3–1)Blackburn (1–3)Gregg (2)13,8258–9
18April 21Twins1–3Baker (1–2)Guthrie (1–3)Capps (3)16,7698–10
–April 22YankeesPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 27 as part of a doubleheader
19April 23Yankees3–15Sabathia (1–1)Bergesen (0–3)39,0548–11
20April 24Yankees3–6 (11)Logan (1–1)Berken (0–1)25,0518–12
21April 26Red Sox4–1Britton (4–1)Buchholz (1–3)Gregg (3)18,9389–12
22April 27Red Sox5–4Uehara (1–0)Bard (0–3)Gregg (4)15,51410–12
23April 28Red Sox2–6Lester (3–1)Johnson (1–1)21,20910–13
24April 29@ White Sox10–4Arrieta (3–1)Danks (0–4)21,81611–13
25April 30@ White Sox6–2Tillman (1–2)Humber (2–3)26,10412–13 :
May (12–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1@ White Sox6–4Britton (5–1)Floyd (3–2)Gregg (5)22,02913–13
27May 2@ White Sox2–6Buehrle (2–3)Guthrie (1–4)Santos (3)18,00713–14
28May 3@ Royals5–6Collins (2–1)Berken (0–2)11,98613–15
29May 4@ Royals3–2Arrieta (4–1)Davies (1–4)Gregg (6)11,13014–15
30May 5@ Royals1–9Chen (4–1)Tillman (1–3)29,92714–16
31May 6Rays2–6Shields (3–1)Britton (5–2)20,69414–17
32May 7Rays2–8Hellickson (3–2)Guthrie (1–5)18,96114–18
33May 8Rays3–5Davis (4–2)Bergesen (0–4)Farnsworth (7)16,35914–19
34May 10Mariners7–6 (13)Accardo (2–0)League (0–2)11,48515–19
35May 11Mariners4–2Tillman (2–3)F. Hernández (4–3)Gregg (7)11,56116–19
36May 12Mariners2–1 (12)Johnson (2–1)League (0–3)19,08217–19
37May 13@ Rays0–3Hellickson (4–2)Guthrie (1–6)20,47617–20
38May 14@ Rays6–0Bergesen (1–4)Davis (4–3)28,45118–20
39May 15@ Rays9–3Arrieta (5–1)Sonnanstine (0–1)21,50519–20
40May 16@ Red Sox7–8Aceves (1–0)Gregg (0–1)37,13819–21
–May 17@ Red SoxPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 19 as part of a doubleheader
41May 18Yankees1–4 (15)Noesí (1–0)Accardo (2–1)20,58919–22
42May 19Yankees2–13Sabathia (4–3)Bergesen (1–5)24,93919–23
43May 20Nationals5–17Rodriguez (1–0)Arrieta (5–2)24,44219–24
44May 21Nationals8–3Guthrie (2–6)Lannan (2–5)33,10720–24
45May 22Nationals2–1Johnson (3–1)Zimmermann (2–5)Gregg (8)33,62621–24
46May 24Royals5–3Simón (1–0)Soria (3–1)14,07722–24
47May 25Royals9–2Arrieta (6–2)Hochevar (3–5)15,74023–24
48May 26Royals6–5 (12)Accardo (3–1)Coleman (0–2)22,72024–24
49May 27@ Athletics2–6Ziegler (1–0)Simón (1–1)12,11024–25
50May 28@ Athletics2–4Outman (1–0)Bergesen (1–6)Fuentes (10)23,79524–26
51May 29@ Athletics4–6Moscoso (2–0)Britton (5–3)Fuentes (11)15,37324–27
52May 30@ Mariners3–4Fister (3–5)Arrieta (6–3)League (14)22,81924–28
53May 31@ Mariners2–3Ray (2–1)Guthrie (2–7)League (15)11,69224–29 :
June (11–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 1@ Mariners2–1Johnson (4–1)Wright (1–2)Gregg (9)18,03625–29
55June 3Blue Jays4–8Villanueva (3–0)Britton (5–4)18,58725–30
56June 4Blue Jays5–3Arrieta (7–3)Romero (5–5)Gregg (10)20,08626–30
57June 5Blue Jays4–7Reyes (2–4)Guthrie (2–8)25,43126–31
58June 6Athletics4–2Matusz (1–0)Gonzalez (5–4)Gregg (11)10,55627–31
59June 7Athletics4–0Jakubauskas (1–0)Moscoso (2–2)13,65228–31
60June 8Athletics3–2Britton (6–4)Outman (1–1)Gregg (12)11,76029–31
61June 10Rays7–0Arrieta (8–3)Hellickson (7–4)17,90030–31
62June 11Rays5–7 (11)Cruz (4–0)Accardo (3–2)Farnsworth (14)25,54130–32
63June 12Rays6–9Davis (5–5)Matusz (1–1)Howell (1)22,03230–33
64June 14@ Blue Jays5–6 (11)Camp (1–1)Uehara (1–1)15,59230–34
65June 15@ Blue Jays1–4Romero (6–6)Arrieta (8–4)Francisco (6)14,54130–35
66June 16@ Blue Jays4–3Berken (1–2)Rauch (2–3)Gregg (13)31,82231–35
67June 17@ Nationals4–8Burnett (3–3)Accardo (3–3)35,56231–36
68June 18@ Nationals2–4Zimmermann (5–6)Matusz (1–2)Storen (17)36,61431–37
69June 19@ Nationals7–4Jakubauskas (2–0)Gorzelanny (2–5)35,43932–37
70June 20@ Pirates8–3Arrieta (9–4)Morton (7–4)22,44733–37
71June 21@ Pirates3–9Resop (3–2)Guthrie (2–9)33,80633–38
72June 22@ Pirates4–5Correia (9–6)Britton (6–5)Hanrahan (20)19,41833–39
73June 24Reds5–4 (12)Gonzalez (1–1)Arredondo (0–3)45,38234–39
74June 25Reds5–10Arroyo (7–6)Matusz (1–3)38,97634–40
75June 26Reds7–5Guthrie (3–9)Bailey (3–2)Gregg (14)27,80935–40
76June 28Cardinals2–6Lohse (8–4)Britton (6–6)20,55635–41
77June 29Cardinals1–5Carpenter (3–7)Jakubauskas (2–1)17,40535–42
78June 30Cardinals6–9García (7–3)Matusz (1–4)Salas (13)28,34035–43 :
July (7–20)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1@ Braves0–4Jurrjens (11–3)Guthrie (3–10)33,26135–44
80July 2@ Braves4–5Hudson (7–6)Arrieta (9–5)Kimbrel (24)37,25935–45
81July 3@ Braves5–4Johnson (5–1)Proctor (1–2)Gregg (15)23,49236–45
82July 4@ Rangers4–13Lewis (8–7)Jakubauskas (2–2)42,88536–46
83July 5@ Rangers2–4Hunter (1–0)Johnson (5–2)Feliz (17)25,94536–47
84July 6@ Rangers5–13Ogando (9–3)Guthrie (3–11)31,95336–48
85July 7@ Red Sox4–10Miller (3–0)Arrieta (9–6)37,98136–49
86July 8@ Red Sox3–10Beckett (8–3)Britton (6–7)37,72936–50
87July 9@ Red Sox0–4Lackey (6–8)Simón (1–2)38,20536–51
88July 10@ Red Sox6–8Aceves (4–1)Guthrie (3–12)Papelbon (20)37,68836–52
89July 14Indians4–8Masterson (8–6)Guthrie (3–13)22,78036–53
90July 15Indians5–6Tomlin (11–4)Johnson (5–3)Perez (22)27,35236–54
91July 16Indians6–5Simón (2–2)Carrasco (8–7)Gonzalez (1)24,83537–54
92July 17Indians8–3Hendrickson (1–0)Gómez (0–2)17,75438–54
93July 18Red Sox10–15Wheeler (2–1)Gonzalez (1–2)27,92438–55
94July 19Red Sox6–2Guthrie (4–13)Weiland (0–1)Johnson (1)32,31439–55
95July 20Red Sox0–4Miller (4–1)Arrieta (9–7)35,17439–56
96July 22Angels1–6Santana (5–8)Simón (2–3)Takahashi (1)24,82339–57
97July 23Angels3–2Bergesen (2–6)Piñeiro (5–5)Gregg (16)20,31140–57
98July 24Angels3–9Chatwood (6–6)Guthrie (4–14)15,67640–58
99July 26@ Blue Jays12–4Arrieta (10–7)Morrow (7–5)17,47741–58
100July 27@ Blue Jays0–3Romero (8–9)Simón (2–4)Rauch (8)16,86141–59
101July 28@ Blue Jays5–8Villanueva (6–2)Bergesen (2–7)16,15241–60
102July 29@ Yankees4–2Guthrie (5–14)Burnett (8–9)Gregg (17)46,49942–60
103July 30@ Yankees3–8Colón (8–6)Tillman (2–4)46,46942–61
104July 30@ Yankees3–17Nova (9–4)Britton (6–8)43,19042–62
105July 31@ Yankees2–4García (10–7)Arrieta (10–8)Rivera (27)46,91342–63 :
August (12–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 2@ Royals8–2Simón (3–4)Chen (5–5)17,11643–63
107August 3@ Royals2–6Hochevar (8–8)Guthrie (5–15)Holland (1)14,18743–64
108August 4@ Royals4–9Wood (5–0)Britton (6–9)12,16143–65
109August 5Blue Jays4–5Mills (1–1)Hunter (1–2)Rauch (11)18,77043–66
110August 6Blue Jays6–2Tillman (3–4)Morrow (8–6)19,39644–66
111August 7Blue Jays2–7Romero (10–9)Simón (3–5)13,82444–67
112August 8White Sox6–7Crain (6–3)Johnson (5–4)Santos (23)17,49844–68
113August 9White Sox3–4Floyd (10–10)Reyes (5–9)Santos (24)14,17744–69
114August 10White Sox6–4 (10)Gonzalez (2–2)Frasor (2–2)18,74745–69
115August 11White Sox3–6Buehrle (10–5)Tillman (3–5)Santos (25)21,04045–70
116August 12Tigers4–5Penny (8–9)Patton (0–1)Valverde (34)21,46545–71
117August 13Tigers5–6Scherzer (12–7)Guthrie (5–16)Valverde (35)24,14445–72
118August 14Tigers8–5Reyes (6–9)Fister (4–13)Johnson (2)18,34846–72
119August 15@ Athletics6–2Hunter (2–2)Gonzalez (9–11)10,12247–72
120August 16@ Athletics4–8Moscoso (6–6)Matusz (1–5)12,32547–73
121August 17@ Athletics5–6McCarthy (6–6)Simón (3–6)
Bailey (15)20,44847–74
122August 19@ Angels3–8Haren (13–6)Reyes (6–10)38,15647–75
123August 20@ Angels8–9 (12)Rodney (3–5)Gregg (0–2)43,20147–76
124August 21@ Angels1–7Williams (1–0)Matusz (1–6)37,14847–77
125August 22@ Twins4–1Britton (7–9)Pavano (6–10)Gregg (18)38,98648–77
126August 23@ Twins8–1Simón (4–6)Duensing (8–13)38,78649–77
127August 24@ Twins6–1Guthrie (6–16)Slowey (0–2)37,77850–77
128August 25@ Twins6–1Reyes (7–10)Swarzak (3–4)38,40651–77
129August 26Yankees12–5Hunter (3–2)Burnett (9–11)32,76252–77
August 27YankeesPostponed (Hurricane Irene); Makeup: September 8
130August 28Yankees2–0Britton (7–9)Colón (8–9)Gregg (19)28,75153–77
131August 28Yankees3–8Nova (14–4)Matusz (1–7)37,52853–78
132August 29Yankees2–3García (11–7)Simón (4–7)Rivera (34)18,22353–79
133August 30Blue Jays6–5 (10)Eyre (1–0)Tallet (0–2)10,75654–79
134August 31Blue Jays0–13Álvarez (1–2)Reyes (7–11)14,21154–80 :
September (15–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1Blue Jays6–8Camp (2–3)Eyre (1–1)Francisco (12)11,61754–81
136September 2@ Rays3–2Britton (9–9)Price (12–12)Gregg (20)11,95555–81
137September 3@ Rays3–6Davis (9–8)Simón (4–8)Farnsworth (23)14,23355–82
138September 4@ Rays1–8Hellickson (12–10)Guthrie (6–17)15,79055–83
139September 5@ Yankees10–11Laffey (2–1)Johnson (5–5)Rivera (38)45,06955–84
140September 6@ Yankees3–5Wade (4–0)Hunter (3–3)Rivera (39)44,57355–85
141September 7@ Yankees5–4 (11) Strop (1–1)Noesí (2–1)Johnson (3)40,10456–85
142September 8Yankees5–4 (10) Rapada (1–0)Proctor (2–4)33,84157–85
143September 9@ Blue Jays2–0Guthrie (7–17)Cecil (4–9)Johnson (4)13,91858–85
144September 10@ Blue Jays4–5Litsch (6–3)Gregg (0–3)17,74258–86
145September 11@ Blue Jays5–6Carreño (1–0)Hunter (3–4)Francisco (14)14,23558–87
146September 12Rays2–5Niemann (10–7)Britton (9–10)Peralta (3)11,92458–88
147September 13Rays4–2Patton (1–1)Howell (2–3)Johnson (5)13,26259–88
148September 14Rays6–2Guthrie (8–17)Davis (10–9)Johnson (6)14,66960–88
149September 16Angels8–3Hunter (4–4)Haren (15–9)24,02261–88
150September 17Angels6–2Britton (10–10)Santana (11–12)31,09962–88
151September 18Angels2–11Weaver (18–7)Simón (4–9)2747162–89
152September 19@ Red Sox6–5Guthrie (9–17)Weiland (0–3)Johnson (7)37,88563–89
153September 19@ Red Sox9–18Atchison (1–0)Matusz (1–8)37,26163–90
154September 20@ Red Sox7–5Eyre (2–1)Bard (2–9)Johnson (8)37,41464–90
155September 21@ Red Sox6–4Rapada (2–0)Beckett (13–6)Johnson (9)38,00465–90
156September 22@ Tigers6–5Britton (11–10)Pauley (5–6)Gregg (21)27,84766–90
157September 23@ Tigers3–4 (11)Perry (1–0)Eyre (2–2)38,62366–91
158September 24@ Tigers6–5Strop (2–1)Schlereth (2–2)Gregg (22)44,84667–91
159September 25@ Tigers6–10Penny (11–11)Matusz (1–9)41,05167–92
160September 26Red Sox6–3Patton (2–1)Beckett (13–7)21,78668–92
161September 27Red Sox7–8Aceves (10–2)Britton (11–11)Papelbon (31)22,12368–93
162September 28Red Sox4–3Johnson (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
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
| Ryan Adams | 29 | 89 | 9 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .281 | 0 |
| Robert Andino | 139 | 457 | 63 | 120 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 36 | .263 | 13 |
| Matt Angle | 31 | 79 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .177 | 11 |
| Jake Arrieta | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | 0 |
| Josh Bell | 26 | 61 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .164 | 0 |
| Zach Britton | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .625 | 0 |
| Blake Davis | 25 | 59 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .254 | 1 |
| Chris Davis | 31 | 123 | 16 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .276 | 1 |
| Pedro Florimón | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 | 0 |
| Jake Fox | 27 | 61 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .246 | 0 |
| Vladimir Guerrero | 145 | 562 | 60 | 163 | 30 | 1 | 13 | 63 | .290 | 2 |
| Jeremy Guthrie | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | 0 |
| J. J. Hardy | 129 | 527 | 76 | 142 | 27 | 0 | 30 | 80 | .269 | 0 |
| Kyle Hudson | 14 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | 2 |
| César Izturis | 18 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | 0 |
| Chris Jakubauskas | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .667 | 0 |
| Adam Jones | 151 | 567 | 68 | 159 | 26 | 2 | 25 | 83 | .280 | 12 |
| Derrek Lee | 85 | 334 | 39 | 82 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 41 | .246 | 2 |
| Nick Markakis | 160 | 641 | 72 | 182 | 31 | 1 | 15 | 73 | .284 | 12 |
| Brian Matusz | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Félix Pie | 85 | 164 | 15 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .220 | 3 |
| Nolan Reimold | 87 | 267 | 40 | 66 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 45 | .247 | 7 |
| Mark Reynolds | 155 | 534 | 84 | 118 | 27 | 1 | 37 | 86 | .221 | 6 |
| Brian Roberts | 39 | 163 | 18 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | .221 | 6 |
| Luke Scott | 64 | 209 | 24 | 46 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 22 | .220 | 1 |
| Brandon Snyder | 6 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .231 | 0 |
| Craig Tatum | 31 | 87 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .195 | 1 |
| Matt Wieters | 139 | 500 | 72 | 131 | 28 | 0 | 22 | 68 | .262 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5585 | 708 | 1434 | 273 | 13 | 191 | 684 | .257 | 81 |

### 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
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | R | ER | BB | K |
| Jeremy Accardo | 3 | 3 | 5.73 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 37.2 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 23 |
| Jake Arrieta | 10 | 8 | 5.05 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 119.1 | 70 | 67 | 59 | 93 |
| Mitch Atkins | 0 | 0 | 8.44 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10.2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 7 |
| Brad Bergesen | 2 | 7 | 5.70 | 34 | 12 | 0 | 101.0 | 73 | 64 | 32 | 61 |
| Jason Berken | 1 | 2 | 5.36 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 29 | 28 | 21 | 41 |
| Zach Britton | 11 | 11 | 4.61 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 154.1 | 93 | 79 | 62 | 97 |
| Willie Eyre | 2 | 2 | 3.44 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 18.1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
| Mike Gonzalez | 2 | 2 | 4.27 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 46.1 | 26 | 22 | 18 | 46 |
| Kevin Gregg | 0 | 3 | 4.37 | 63 | 0 | 22 | 59.2 | 35 | 29 | 40 | 53 |
| Jeremy Guthrie | 9 | 17 | 4.33 | 34 | 32 | 0 | 208.0 | 113 | 100 | 66 | 130 |
| Mark Hendrickson | 1 | 0 | 5.73 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Tommy Hunter | 3 | 3 | 5.06 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 69.1 | 44 | 39 | 10 | 35 |
| Rick van den Hurk | 0 | 0 | 8.00 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Chris Jakubauskas | 2 | 2 | 5.72 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 72.1 | 46 | 46 | 29 | 52 |
| Jim Johnson | 6 | 5 | 2.67 | 69 | 0 | 9 | 91.0 | 30 | 27 | 21 | 58 |
| Brian Matusz | 1 | 9 | 10.69 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 49.2 | 60 | 59 | 24 | 38 |
| Troy Patton | 2 | 1 | 3.00 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 22 |
| Zach Phillips | 0 | 0 | 1.13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Clay Rapada | 2 | 0 | 6.06 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 16.1 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| Jo-Jo Reyes | 2 | 3 | 6.16 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 30.2 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 23 |
| Josh Rupe | 0 | 0 | 5.65 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14.1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 |
| Alfredo Simón | 4 | 9 | 4.90 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 115.2 | 69 | 63 | 40 | 83 |
| Pedro Strop | 2 | 0 | 0.73 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| Chris Tillman | 3 | 5 | 5.52 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 62.0 | 41 | 38 | 25 | 46 |
| Koji Uehara | 1 | 1 | 1.72 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 62 |
| Pedro Viola | 0 | 0 | 9.82 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Mark Worrell | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| Team Totals | 69 | 93 | 4.89 | 162 | 162 | 32 | 1446.2 | 860 | 786 | 535 | 1044 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| 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 |