Davis, Young and other notes

The Orioles lead the majors with a 3.12 ERA at night, and their 47 wins rank third in the majors and second in the American League behind the Angels' 50. Someone is keeping track. And the Orioles PR department was kind enough to share. The Orioles have a night game against the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. Roof open or closed, it's still night. The Orioles' 33 road wins lead the league and rank second in the majors behind the Dodgers' 34. In their last eight road games, the Orioles have gone 6-2 and the pitching staff owns a 2.09 ERA in 69 innings, with 25 walks and 55 strikeouts. During that span, Orioles starters are 4-1 with a 2.25 ERA in 52 innings. Since May 31, the Orioles possess a 18-8 road record with a 3.15 ERA in 234 innings, which ranks third in the league. Their .692 road winning percentage since May 31 leads the major leagues. The Orioles' 133 home runs are second-most in the majors behind Toronto's 134. The Orioles have hit two or more homers in 40 games, which leads the majors. They're 30-10 this season when they hit more than one homer. The last time Chris Davis batted seventh for the Orioles before tonight was Sept. 23, 2012. He went 2-for-3 with a walk against the Red Sox to raise his average to .264. Davis was wedged between Lew Ford and Manny Machado in the lineup. Yes, I'm serious. I wrote this morning that Delmon Young was 19-for-48 (.396) with two doubles, four homers and eight RBIs against Mark Buehrle. He's in tonight's lineup. Young is 9-for-17 with a double, home run and four RBis as a pinch-hitter this season. His nine pinch-hits tie him for seventh-most by an Oriole since 1974. The last Oriole with nine or more pinch-hits was Jeff Conine (nine) in 1999. Since 1974, Terry Crowley holds the club record with 13 pinch-hits in 1978. Reliever Brad Brach hasn't allowed a run in eight innings against the AL East this season, surrendering three hits, walking one and striking out nine. Reliever Darren O'Day has allowed four hits over his last 14 games for a .074 batting average against. Nick Markakis turned in his 42nd multi-hit game of the season last night, which ties him with Robinson Cano for second-most in the majors behind Jose Altuve's 47. Markakis now has 425 career multi-hit games, which places him fifth on the Orioles all-time list and just one shy of tying Brady Anderson for fourth. Markakis is a lifetime .435 (20-for-46) hitter against Buehrle. According to STATS, it's his highest average against any pitcher and the highest for any batter versus Buehrle (minimum 50 plate appearances). Down on the farm, Suk-min Yoon made his second relief appearance for Triple-A Norfolk and was charged with four runs in the 11th inning in a 6-2 loss to Buffalo. Ryan Webb allowed a hit in a scorless seventh inning. Christian Walker had three hits, including his third home run.