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40 Pearce, Gonzalez lead O’s past Rays 2-run double secures win; starter goes 7-plus innings in club’s first shutout of season

By Eduardo A. Encina The Baltimore Sun

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. —Steve Pearce is one of the few Orioles who can say he’s truly playing at home during this weekend’s series against the Tampa Bay Rays. Pearce always has played well at Tropi- cana Field, which is ROB CARR/GETTY IMAGES about an hour away sprays ’s owner with champagne in the winner’s circle after capturing the 141st running RAYS@ from his hometown of the at . The Preakness, the middle jewel in the Triple Crown, is May 16 at Pimlico in Baltimore. ORIOLES of Lakeland, so much St. Petersburg, so that Orioles man- KENTUCKY DERBY Fla. ager Buck Showalter To day, 1:35 p.m. is testing him at sec- TV: MASN2, ond base —aposition Ch. 13 he had never played Radio: —to get his bat into 105.7FM the lineup. And with the Ori- oles’ home series re- ‘Pharoah’ rules located to Tampa Bay after the unrest in Baltimore this past week, Pearce provided the “home” team with its biggest hit of the game. Baffert-trained colt lives up to hype; Pearce’s two-out, two-run double capped athree-run third inning as the Orioles broke is 2nd, 3rd See ORIOLES, page 6 By Childs Walker | The Baltimore Sun

LOUISVILLE, KY. — It’s rare for a RAVENS horse to be anointed the most gifted in his ORDER OF 2-year-old crop and cling to that dis- FINISH tinction all the way through a win in the 1: American Draft picks Kentucky Derby. Pharoah Which is another way of saying 2: Firing Line American Pharoah is a rare horse. His 3: Dortmund help to check effortless stride has long stirred the passions of the most cynical trackside INSIDE: observers, who’ve compared the muscu- Notebook, race off top needs lar colt to Seattle Slew. chart PG 3 On Saturday, he made good on his Offense-heavy selections promise, beating the most talented field 140TH of 3-year-olds in recent memory to win PREAKNESS ‘scratched a lot of itches’ the 141st running of the Derby. Pimlico Race In a thrilling run down the stretch, Course By Jeff Zrebiec American Pharoah held off game runner- May 16, The Baltimore Sun up Firing Line and stablemate Dortmund approximately to win the $2.18 million race before a 6:20 p.m. Pick by pick, the Ravens, an organization record announced crowd of 170,513 at TV: Chs. 11, 4 that clings tightly to the draft-the-best- Churchill Downs. (starting at player-available philosophy, attacked their “He’s a freak,” said Dortmund’s jockey, 4:30 p.m.) biggest needs over the past three days. , who had ridden American Gates open: The speedy wide receiver came first, Pharoah in workouts. “He showed it 8a.m. followed by the play-making tight end. The ANDY LYONS/GETTY IMAGES today.” First post: defensive line was bolstered with the next American Pharoah, with Espinoza aboard, rounds the final turn The brilliant bay colt, who went off as a 10:30 a.m. two picks, and then and begins his stretch drive. The bay colt was a 5-2 favorite. See DERBY, page 3 arunning back was added with one of Inside the fourth-round ■ USC RB Allen selections. A cor- BIG TEN MEN’S LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIP NO. 17 JOHNS HOPKINS 13, NO. 14 OHIO STATE 6 added PG 8 nerback finally was ■ Diggs goes to taken later in the Vikings PG 9 fourth round, fol- Jays win conference title, automatic NCAA bid lowed by an offen- sive lineman in the By Edward Lee first quarter — to anchor the No. 17 Blue of the team’s final two regular-season fifth. The Baltimore Sun Jays’13-6 rout over No.14 Ohio State before games, was solid in the cage. Ateam that entered the NFL draft with an announced 1,713 at Byrd Stadium on Schneider, who entered with a 10.59 several definitive needs, the Ravens COLLEGE PARK —The Johns Hopkins Saturday night. goals-against average and a .454 save checked off pretty much all the boxes with men’s lacrosse team’s first Big Ten tourna- Johns Hopkins (9-6) earned its fifth percentage, made six stops in the opening their nine picks, prompting general man- ment championship and an automatic bid consecutive win and will wait for the period. With his fifth save with less than ager Ozzie Newsome to say confidently, to the NCAA postseason got a boost from 18-team field for the NCAA tournament to five minutes left in the quarter, Schneider “We feel good about the three days’ work.” an unlikely source. be announced Sunday night. matched his performance in Johns Hop- With their six selections Saturday, the Eric Schneider, the much-beleaguered, The Blue Jays can credit their relaxation kins’ 15-12 loss to the Buckeyes on April 5. Ravens added Kentucky defensive end inconsistency-plagued goalkeeper, made a in part to the play of Schneider. The Senior defenseman John Kelly limited See RAVENS, page 8 game-high 11 saves — including six in the fifth-year senior, who had been in and out See HOPKINS, page 7

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