masn-baseballs-orioles.jpgCHICAGO – Miguel Gonzalez makes the start at Wrigley Field as the Orioles aim to salvage one game of this weekend series. Gonzalez is 1-0 with a 3.32 ERA in three career interleague starts.
For the Orioles Nick Markakis RF Steve Pearce 1B Adam Jones CF Nelson Cruz LF J.J. Hardy SS Chris Davis 3B Caleb Joseph C Jonathan Schoop 2B Miguel Gonzalez P
For the Cubs Chris Coghlan LF Javier Baez SS Anthony Rizzo 1B Luis Valbuena 3B Welington Castillo C Arismendy Alcantara CD Logan Watkins 2B Matt…

CHICAGO – Miguel Gonzalez makes the start at Wrigley Field as the Orioles aim to salvage one game of this weekend series. Gonzalez is 1-0 with a 3.32 ERA in three career interleague starts.

For the Orioles
Nick Markakis RF
Steve Pearce 1B
Adam Jones CF
Nelson Cruz LF
J.J. Hardy SS
Chris Davis 3B
Caleb Joseph C
Jonathan Schoop 2B
Miguel Gonzalez P

For the Cubs
Chris Coghlan LF
Javier Baez SS
Anthony Rizzo 1B
Luis Valbuena 3B
Welington Castillo C
Arismendy Alcantara CD
Logan Watkins 2B
Matt Szczur RF
Tsuyoshi Wada P

Nick Markakis is hitless in his last four games, going 0-for-16. The last time he went four consecutive games without a hit was April 8-11, 2012.

Markakis has gone hitless in five straight games three times in his career – April 21-28, 2006,
Aug. 29-Sept. 2, 2011 and Sept. 12-17, 2011.

The Orioles are 4-4 on the road trip. They haven’t had a losing trip in 2014.

The Orioles have won three straight series finales and six of their last seven.. They’re 25-17 in series finales overall, including a 15-7 record on the road.

The Orioles have spent all 23 days of August in first place. From 1998 to 2013, they spent a total of nine days in first place from Aug. 1 through the end of the season.

Cal Ripken Jr. is celebrating his 54th birthday today.