Oriole Park at Camden Yards Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Notable games==== [[Image:Nightgameyrds.jpg|thumb|right|The Orioles hosting the [[Chicago White Sox]] in 1999]] *September 6, 1995: [[Cal Ripken Jr.]] broke [[Lou Gehrig]]'s record of 2,130 consecutive games played, and hit a home run during that game. Attendees included President [[Bill Clinton]], Vice President [[Al Gore]], [[Joe DiMaggio]], and [[Cal Ripken Sr.]] *May 17, 1996: [[Chris Hoiles]] hit a rare ultimate grand slam (walk off grand slam down by three runs), doing so in even more dramatic fashion with a full-count in the ninth inning to carry the Orioles to a 14β13 victory over the Seattle Mariners.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1996-05-18-1996139044-story.html|title = O's, Hoiles out-slam Seattle, 14-13 2-out shot in 9th answers Mariners' grand rally in 8th; Teams combine for 41 hits; Orioles had blown 7-2 lead; Palmeiro has 6 RBIs, Ripken 4 hits| date=18 May 1996 }}</ref> In advance of Oriole Park's 25th anniversary, MLB honored the game as #3 most memorable in Oriole Park history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/orioles/ballpark/greatest-games|title=Countdown|website=[[MLB.com]] }}</ref> *September 6, 1996: [[Eddie Murray]] hit his [[500 home run club|500th career home run]] exactly one year after Cal Ripken Jr. broke Lou Gehrig's consecutive game streak. *October 15, 1997: The [[1997 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] win Game 6 of the [[1997 American League Championship Series|1997 ALCS]] 1β0 in 11 innings to win the series 4-2 and advance to the [[1997 World Series]]. To date, this is the closest the Orioles have been to hosting a World Series in Camden Yards, with the last one occurring [[1983 World Series|14 years before]], when they were still playing at Memorial Stadium. *May 3, 1999: The [[Cuban national baseball team]] defeats the Orioles 12β6 in the second game of a [[1999 Baltimore Orioles β Cuban national baseball team exhibition series|two-game exhibition series]] *April 4, 2001: [[Hideo Nomo]] pitched the first [[no-hitter]] in the history of Camden Yards, walking three and striking out eleven. *October 4, 2001: [[Tim Raines|Tim Raines Sr.]] played left field and [[Tim Raines Jr.]] played center field, in the 5β4 loss to the Boston Red Sox becoming only the second father-son duo to play in the same game. [[Ken Griffey Sr.]] and Ken Griffey Jr. were the only other father-son duo to do so (with the Seattle Mariners, on August 31, 1990). *October 6, 2001: Cal Ripken, Jr.'s final [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] game. Former President Bill Clinton and MLB Commissioner [[Bud Selig]] were in attendance. *August 22, 2007: The [[2007 Texas Rangers season|Texas Rangers]] beat the Orioles 30–3<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2007/B08221BAL2007.htm|title=Retrosheet Boxscore: Texas Rangers 30, Baltimore Orioles 3 (1)|publisher=Retrosheet.org|date=August 22, 2007|access-date=January 22, 2013}}</ref> in game one of a [[doubleheader (baseball)|doubleheader]], the highest scoring game in 110 years. *May 31, 2008: [[Manny Ramirez]] of the Boston Red Sox hits his 500th home run in a game against the Orioles. *June 30, 2009: The Orioles rallied to score 10 runs against the [[2009 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]] after facing a 10–1 deficit in the 7th inning, breaking the franchise record for the largest comeback, and the Major League Baseball record for the largest comeback by a last place team over a first place team. *September 28, 2011: The Orioles defeated the [[2011 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] in [[Game 162|the final day of the season]] with a 4-3 [[walk-off home run|walk-off]] win. The loss, coupled with the [[2011 Tampa Bay Rays season|Tampa Bay Rays]]' 8β7 victory over the New York Yankees at [[Tropicana Field]] minutes later, eliminated the Red Sox from postseason contention. The Red Sox became the first team in baseball history to miss the postseason after leading by as many as nine games for a playoff spot entering the month of September. *May 8, 2012: [[Josh Hamilton]] tied the Major League Baseball record for home runs in a game with 4. He went 5 for 5 with four home runs and one double. *October 3, 2014: The Orioles rallied with four runs in the 8th inning to top the Tigers 7β6 in Game 2 of the American League Division Series. *April 29, 2015: As a result of the [[2015 Baltimore riots]], [[2015 White SoxβOrioles crowdless game|the game against the White Sox]] was [[Behind closed doors (sport)|closed to the public]], the first time that has happened in MLB history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.mlb.com/news/article/121011784/white-sox-orioles-to-play-in-private-weekend-games-moved-to-tampa-bay/ |title=Today's White Sox-Orioles game closed to fans |author=Brittany Ghiroli |website=MLB.com |date=April 29, 2015 |access-date=July 10, 2017}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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