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World Champions 1983, 1970, 1966 American League Champions 1983, 1979, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1966 American League East Division Champions 2014, 1997, 1983, 1979, 1974, 1973, 1971, 1970, 1969 American League Wild Card 2016, 2012, 1996 Friday, March 31, 2017 Game Stories: Dylan Bundy hit hard as Orioles end Grapefruit League play with 7-3 loss to Tigers The Sun 3/30 Davis, Dickerson homer; Bundy allows 3 HRs MLB.com 3/30 Columns: Schmuck: Rick Sutcliffe looks back at being chosen to pitch Camden Yards opener The Sun 3/31 Orioles sign Ryan Ripken, son of Cal Ripken Jr., to minor league contract The Sun 3/31 Camden Yards: Still a jewel at 25 The Sun 3/31 Previewing the Orioles' AL East foes The Sun 3/31 On Opening Day, rain chances highest after sundown The Sun 3/31 Minor league assignment for Pedro Alvarez an unusual scenario for a veteran slugger The Sun 3/31 Trey Mancini makes Orioles’ Opening Day roster; final decisions loom The Sun 3/30 Orioles left-hander Wade Miley to begin season on disabled list, but not miss first start The Sun 3/30 Orioles announce Opening Day plans with first pitches for Catherine Pugh, Fred Manfra, Bobby Zirkin The Sun 3/30 Mancini, Rickard make O's roster; Miley to DL MLB.com 3/30 Orioles sign Ryan Ripken MASNsports.com 3/31 Getting closer to opening day roster MASNsports.com 3/31 Roster moves and wrapping up the final day of camp MASNsports.com 3/30 Miley headed to DL, Mancini and Rickard make team MASNsports.com 3/30 Projecting the minor league rotations and a look at today’s game MASNsports.com 3/31 Orioles sign Ryan Ripken to minor league deal ESPN.com 3/31 Orioles prospect Xu Guiyuan resumes MLB quest after WBC ESPN.com 3/31 Jonathan Mayo Talks Top Orioles Prospects Chris Lee, Chance Sisco And Trey Mancini PressBoxOnline.com 3/31 Trey Mancini Makes Orioles' Opening Day Roster As Right Fielder PressBoxOnline.com 3/30 Jim Henneman: 2017 Orioles Have More Depth Than Past Teams PressBoxOnline.com 3/30 Orioles Have Tough Roster Decisions To Make PressBoxOnline.com 3/30 2017 Baltimore Orioles Predictions: Local Media Personalities Weigh In PressBoxOnline.com 3/30 The Camden Effect: At 25, Ballpark’s Legacy Is Large In MLB CBS Baltimore 3/31 Orioles Announce New Food Coming To Oriole Park This Season CBS Baltimore 3/31 Orioles Sign Ryan Ripken To IronBirds Contract CBS Baltimore 3/31 What You Need to Know For Orioles Opening Day BaltimoreMagazine.com 3/31 Spring Training Spring Training Primer: The evolving roster; Mancini, Rickard make club; what’s left? BaltimoreBaseball.com 3/31 Spring Training Primer: About to head north; Gausman’s tune-up; McDowell on Britton BaltimoreBaseball.com 3/30 http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bal-dylan-bundy-hit-hard-as-orioles-end-grapefruit- league-play-with-7-1-loss-to-tigers-20170330-story.html Dylan Bundy hit hard as Orioles end Grapefruit League play with 7-3 loss to Tigers By Jon Meoli / The Baltimore Sun March 30, 2017 Right-hander Dylan Bundy ended a spring that hasn’t been kind to him with another rough start in the Orioles’ 7-3 loss to the Detroit Tigers, allowing three home runs in six innings and ending the Grapefruit League schedule for the club on a sour note. A combination of home runs — three Wednesday and six in the spring — and an uncharacteristically low strikeout rate contributed to a lackluster statistical spring for Bundy. He ends the Grapefruit League season with a 7.41 ERA. His two strikeouts gave him nine total in 17 innings, averaging 4.9 per nine innings. He struck out 8.53 per nine innings last year as a rookie. Bundy grew more efficient as the outing progressed, retiring the final nine batters he faced after a fourth-inning home run by catcher James McCann to lead off the fourth inning. All told, however, he was happy with the outing, especially in his ability to go six innings. Manager Buck Showalter agreed. “One of them is a home run during the season,” Showalter said. “The rest of them are fly-ball outs. I thought he pitched well. I love where he got pitch count-wise. He actually kind of got a little ticked off, I think, and ramped it up a little bit. He was casting a little bit on his curveball, not finishing some. He got a chance to throw his cutter some later on in the outing. That’s about as good a return, if you look at the things that are really important in his outing today, he got them done. I would have signed up for that before the day started.” In-game platoons: With the Tigers starting left-hander Matt Boyd and piggybacking him with right-hander Anibal Sanchez, Showalter got to use both halves of his corner outfield platoon. Joey Rickard and Trey Mancini started in the outfield — with Mancini rotating with Mark Trumbo between first base and right field — before the pair gave way to Seth Smith and Hyun Soo Kim once Sanchez arrived. Davis homers again: The Orioles’ first run came on a towering opposite-field home run by Chris Davis, who was the team’s designated hitter. Davis ends the spring batting .195. All three of his home runs went the opposite way. His three home runs are tied for the most on the team this spring. Chris Dickerson hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth to cut the deficit to 7-3, but Caleb Joseph struck out with the bases loaded to end the game. Jones gets a game: Center fielder Adam Jones returned to camp almost a week ago after helping Team USA win the World Baseball Classic but merely worked out until Thursday, when he finally got into a game. Jones batted second and played center field, staying in longer than nearly all of the other regulars. After a groundout in his first at-bat and a strikeout swinging in his second, Jones hit a single up the middle in his third trip. Asher debuts: The final game of the Grapefruit League season was the first in an Orioles uniform for right-hander Alec Asher, who was acquired from the Philadelphia Phillies for future considerations Tuesday. Asher faced four batters, coaxing two quick ground-ball outs before allowing a single and closing the inning with a strikeout. http://m.mlb.com/news/article/221561050/tigers-hit-3-home-runs-off-orioles-dylan-bundy/ Davis, Dickerson homer; Bundy allows 3 HRs By Brittany Ghiroli and Jason Beck / MLB.com March 30, 2017 SARASOTA, Fla. -- Led by a trio of homers, the Tigers ended the Orioles' spring season with a 7-3 win on Thursday afternoon at Ed Smith Stadium. Omar Infante, Tyler Collins and James McCann all went deep off Orioles starter Dylan Bundy, with Collins' two-run homer part of a three-run third. Infante's homer in the first inning was his first of the spring. "He's had a good spring. We just don't have a spot for him," manager Brad Ausmus said of Infante. "He's hit the ball well, he's played good defense, he's run better than I expected. And he hit that ball well." Bundy, in his final spring tuneup before Wednesday's start, went six innings and allowed five earned runs on six hits, including the three homers. The right-hander threw 82 pitches, 59 strikes, striking out two without issuing a walk. "Got through six innings, and I was just hoping to get through five," Bundy said. "Getting through that extra inning was a bonus. I wanted to get through at least five one outing this spring, and I was able to accomplish that this spring. Me and [catcher Welington] Castillo figured some stuff out, we think, after that fourth inning. So, we are happy about it." Detroit, employing a split start between lefty Matthew Boyd and righty Anibal Sanchez, got some solid pitching. Boyd, who will be in the Tigers' rotation, went four scoreless innings and held the O's to two hits. Sanchez, ticketed for the 'pen, went the next four frames, allowing only a Chris Davis homer in the bottom of the fifth. It was Davis' third homer this spring. "Spring Training's the time to get better," Boyd said. "Games are going to start counting here on Monday, so that's what I look forward to." Chris Dickerson hit a two-run homer for the Orioles in the ninth off Arcenio Leon. The O's completed their Grapefruit League season at 16-14. Tigers Up Next: The Tigers close out their Spring Training schedule with a two-game series against the Marlins in Jupiter, beginning with a 7:05 p.m. ET contest Friday, live on Gameday Audio. Jordan Zimmermann will make his final start of the spring, with most of the Tigers projected lineup behind him, including Miguel Cabrera, Ian Kinsler, Nicholas Castellanos and Justin Upton. Orioles Up Next: The O's will go to Norfolk for an exhibition game against their Triple-A affiliate on Friday at 3:05 p.m. ET before heading up to Baltimore in advance of Monday's Opening Day. Kevin Gausman will get the ball for that one, against Toronto righty Marco Estrada. http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/season-preview-2017/bs-sp-orioles-special-section- schmuck-column-20170317-story.html Schmuck: Rick Sutcliffe looks back at being chosen to pitch Camden Yards opener By Peter Schmuck / The Baltimore Sun March 31, 2017 Rick Sutcliffe had never given a thought to being the first guy to start a regular-season game at the brand-new, old-school ballpark that had just sprung up near Baltimore's Inner Harbor.