BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME NOTES Ed Smith Stadium • 2700 12th Street • Sarasota, FL 34237 BALTIMORE ORIOLES SPRING TRAINING NOTES Saturday, March 22, 2014 • Charlotte Sports Park • Port Charlotte, FL BALTIMORE ORIOLES (12-7-1) vs. TAMPA BAY RAYS (14-5-2) • 1:05 PM ET YESTERDAY’S GAME GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE SLATE: The Orioles have 30 games scheduled this spring, with 15 in Sarasota A strong start from Miguel Gonzalez and 15 on the road…The Orioles will wrap up Spring Training with an exhibition game in Norfolk, VA combined with a late-inning surge lifted against their Triple-A club on March 29. the Orioles over the Atlanta Braves, 8-0. Gonzalez tossed six scoreless innings, GETTING STARTED: The Orioles opened the exhibition schedule with 61 players on their major league surrendering just three hits while striking camp roster (21 non-roster invitees)…24 players from the current 40-man roster were in major league camp with the O’s last spring. out six. Zach Britton (IP), Ryan Webb (IP, H, K) and Darren O’Day (IP, 2H, BB, VOTE EARLY, VOTE OFTEN: Ed Smith Stadium is among the leading vote getters in a USA Today poll 2K) combined for the Orioles’ first ranking the top Spring Training stadiums in the US…Voting concludes March 24…Fans can vote by visiting shutout of the spring. The O’s plated http://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-spring-training-facility/. seven runs in the eighth, highlighted by a two-run single from OF Nick Markakis COACHING STAFF: Over the off-season, the Orioles hired Dave Wallace as pitching coach and Dom and an RBI double by INF J.J. Hardy. Chiti as bullpen coach…Bobby Dickerson (third base) and Einar Diaz (assistant hitting) return for their RING CEREMONY SUNDAY second years, while Wayne Kirby (first base), Jim Presley (hitting) and John Russell (bench) return for their fourth years on the coaching staff. Prior to Sunday’s game against Pittsburgh, the eight Orioles that were members of the TOGETHER AGAIN: With the signing of free agent RH Ubaldo Jimenez and non-roster invitee INF Surprise Saguaros will receive their 2013 Alexi Casilla, the Orioles have reunited a pair of little league teammates…The pair played together in San Arizona Fall League championship Cristobal, Dominican Republic from ages 11-14. rings…Players and staff include: Gary Kendall (Manager), Alan Mills (pitching WELCOME BACK: Pitchers on the 40-man that saw regular season action for Baltimore in 2013 (14): coach), Henry Urrutia, Jonathan Schoop, Belfiore, Britton, Chen, Gausman, Gonzalez, Hunter, Johnson, Matusz, McFarland, Norris, O’Day, Patton, Eduardo Rodriguez, Tim Berry, Michael Stinson and Tillman…Returning Baltimore position players on the 40-man roster that played for the O’s in Ohlman, and Dariel Alvarez. 2013 (12): Clevenger, Davis, Flaherty, Hardy, Jones, Machado, Markakis, Pearce, Reimold, Schoop, Urrutia and Wieters…Alexi Casilla is in camp as non-roster invitee. TODAY’S PITCHERS @ TB ORIOLES: RH Ubaldo Jimenez. PROSPECTING: The Orioles have five of ESPN.com’s Top 100 prospects: RHP Kevin Gausman (23), RHP Dylan Bundy (31), RHP Hunter Harvey (38), Eduardo Rodriguez (43), and INF Jonathan Schoop RAYS: RH Alex Cobb, RH Joel Peralta, (86)…MLB.com has Bundy (20), Gausman (31) and Rodriguez (68) ranked in their Top 100…Baseball LH Jake McGee, and RH Josh Lueke. th th th America has the same trio on their list, with Bundy ranked 15 , Gausman ranked 20 and Rodriguez 65 . SUNDAY’S PITCHERS vs. PIT OFFSEASON ADDITIONS: Since the end of the 2013 season, the Orioles traded for four players (INF ORIOLES: RH Kevin Gausman. Jemile Weeks, OF David Lough, CA Johnny Monell and RHP Brad Brach)…The club signed seven PIRATES: RH Gerrit Cole. players as free agents (OF Nelson Cruz, LH Kelvin De La Cruz, RH Edgmer Escalona, RH Ubaldo Jimenez, OF Francisco Peguero, RH Ryan Webb and RH Suk-min Yoon)…The Birds selected INF MONDAY’S PITCHERS vs. BOS Michael Almanzar in the Rule 5 draft from Boston…LH Tim Berry and CA Michael Ohlman had their ORIOLES: LH Brian Matusz. contracts selected. RED SOX: RH Jake Peavy, LH Rich Hill, UNITED NATIONS: The Orioles have players from nine different countries in camp: Cuba (Urrutia), RH Francisco Cordero, LH Andrew Miller Curacao (Schoop), Dominican Republic (Almanzar, Casilla, Castillo, Cruz, De La Cruz, Jimenez and and LH Drake Britton. Peguero), South Korea (Yoon), Mexico (Aceves and M. Gonzalez), Puerto Rico (DeJesus), Taiwan (Chen), TUESDAY’S PITCHERS @ MIN United States of America (several) and Venezuela (Escalona, Gonzalez and Rodriguez). ORIOLES: RH Bud Norris and TBA. WELCOME TO THE SHOW: LHP Tim Berry is the only pitcher on the 40-man roster in camp that TWINS: RH Kyle Gibson, LH Scott pitched in the organization last year but did not see major league action (Dylan Bundy was injured)…CA Diamond and TBA. Michael Ohlman is the lone position player in camp that was in the organization but did not play for the O’s in 2013. GO TO THE MONITOR NEW FACES: Pitchers in camp that were not with the organization in 2013: (6) Yoon, Jimenez, Brach, Five Orioles spring training games will Webb, Escalona and De La Cruz in addition to (6) non-roster invitees: Aceves, Additon, Alderson, Castillo, have instant replay: March 5 @MIN, Huntzinger and Meek…Position players new to the organization (6): Almanzar, Cruz, Lough, Monell, March 7 vs. PHI, March 8 vs. BOS, March Peguero and Weeks in addition to (8) non-roster invitees: Berry, Borbon, DeJesus, Gonzalez, Marrero, Paul, 14 @MIN and March 25 @MIN. Phelps and Young. O’s ON THE TUBE THE SKIPPER: Buck Showalter, a two-time Manager of the Year (1994 and 2004), returns for his fifth The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network season as Orioles manager…He has a 1163-1095 (.515) record in 15 seasons as manager of the Yankees (MASN) will broadcast seven Spring (313-268; 1992-95), Diamondbacks (250-236; 1998-2000), Rangers (319-329; 2003-2006) and Orioles (281- Training games (March 1, 7, 8, 15, 17, 19 262, August 2010-current)…On May 10, 2013, Showalter became the 49th manager in MLB history to win and 24)…MLB Network will carry three 1,100 games…His 281 wins as Orioles manager are fifth-most in club history behind Earl Weaver (1480), additional games (March 2, 4 and 26). Paul Richards (517), Hank Bauer (407) and Johnny Oates (291). O’s ON THE AIR LAST SPRING: In their fourth season in Sarasota, the Orioles drew a franchise and Sarasota spring training WBAL Radio (1090 AM) will broadcast attendance record 120,455 fans for 17 home games (average of 7,086)…The old record was the 115,506 fans 14 games this spring (full schedule on in 16 dates in 2011…The Orioles sold out nine of their 17 home games in 2013…The 7,086 average was the back of notes)…WBAL will air all 162 third-highest average in club history…The Birds went 19-9-4 during the exhibition schedule, including a 10- O’s regular season games, with Joe Angel 4-3 record at Ed Smith Stadium…The 19 wins tied for the second-most wins in a spring for the Birds (also and Fred Manfra calling the action. 1969), one win behind the 20 spring wins by the 2002 Orioles…Entering 2014, the O’s are 806-787-17 all- BREAKDOWN vs. OPPONENTS time in Spring Training, with a home attendance total of 3,803,253. OPP. HOME ROAD TOT. SPRING TRAINING IN SARASOTA: The Orioles are the sixth major league team to train in Sarasota ATL (1) 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 since the New York Giants began training in the Sun Coast city in 1924…The Giants called Sarasota home BOS (6) 1-1-0 1-1-0 2-2-0 from 1924-1927 and the Boston Red Sox trained in Sarasota from 1933-58 (with the exception of four years MIN (4) 0-1-0 1-0-1 1-1-1 during World War II)…The Los Angeles Dodgers came to Sarasota for the 1959 season before the Chicago NYY (3) 1-0-0 1-1-0 2-1-0 White Sox began a 28-year run here (1960-97)…The Cincinnati Reds trained at Ed Smith Stadium from PHI (2) 1-1-0 0-0-0 1-1-0 PIT (4) 1-0-0 2-0-0 3-0-0 1998-2009...Ed Smith Stadium was built in 1989 and renovated prior to the 2011 spring season. TB (5) 0-1-0 1-0-0 1-1-0 TOR (2) 1-0-0 0-1-0 1-1-0 HAPPY ANNIVERSARY: 20 years ago, Ed Smith Stadium was the site of Michael Jordan’s transition TOTAL (28) 6-4-0 6-3-1 12-7-1 from the NBA to professional baseball with the White Sox in 1994…That fall, Orioles Assistant Athletic Trainer Brian Ebel served as the trainer for Jordan’s Scottsdale Scorpions club in the Arizona Fall League. SATURDAY, MARCH 22 SUNDAY, MARCH 23 MONDAY, MARCH 24 TUESDAY, MARCH 25 At Tampa Bay – 1:05 Vs. Pittsburgh – 1:05 Vs. Boston – 1:05 At Minnesota – 1:05 BAL starter: RH Ubaldo Jimenez BAL starter: RH Kevin Gausman BAL starter: LH Brian Matusz BAL starter: RH Bud Norris TB starter: RH Alex Cobb PIT starter: RH Gerrit Cole BOS starter: RH Jake Peavy MIN starter: RH Kyle Gibson CLUBHOUSE OPEN TO MEDIA: CLUBHOUSE OPEN TO MEDIA: CLUBHOUSE OPEN TO MEDIA: CLUBHOUSE OPEN TO MEDIA: 8:45-9:45 a.m.