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BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME NOTES ED SMITH STADIUM 2700 12th STREET SARASOTA, FL 34237 THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2015 ED SMITH STADIUM SARASOTA, FL BALTIMORE ORIOLES (0-2) vs. TORONTO BLUE JAYS (1-1) 7:05 PM ET TODAY’S GAMES GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE SLATE: The Orioles have 34 scheduled games, with 16 in Sarasota and 18 on the road…The Orioles will wrap up Spring Training with a game at Champion Stadium The Orioles play the first of two split- against the Atlanta Braves on April 4. squad slates today (also 3/29)…LH Wei-Yin Chen will start the first game GETTING STARTED: The Orioles opened the exhibition schedule with 57 players on their major at TB at 1:05 while RH Miguel league camp roster (16 non-roster invitees)…30 players from the current 40-man roster were in Gonzalez will start the second game major league camp with the O’s last spring. vs. TOR at 7:05. DEFENDING CHAMPS: Last season, the Orioles won their ninth AL East title in club history...It TODAY’S PITCHERS – 1:05 was their second-earliest date of a clinch (September 16), and tied for the third-earliest game number (151) to wrap up the East...It also marked the third division clinch in Baltimore (first since ORIOLES: LH Wei-Yin Chen, RH 1979/first via a win in Baltimore since 1969). Tyler Wilson, RH Jason Garcia. HOMER HAPPY: The Orioles led the majors in 2014 with 211 home runs, 25 more than second RAYS: RH Nathan Karns, RH Kevin place Colorado and 34 more than the next highest AL club (Toronto, 177)...The O's went deep at Jepsen, RH Brad Boxberger, RH least 200 times in three straight seasons for the first time in club history (2014, 2013, 2012, 1999, Steven Geltz, LH Enny Romero, LH 1998, 1996, 1987 and 1985)...The Orioles hit at least 210 home runs for the third straight C.J. Riefenhauser, LH Robert Zarate, season...Only the Yankees and White Sox (both in 2012) have hit at least 210 in any one of the RH Jhan Mariñez. last three years...Adam Jones became the first outfielder in club history with four straight seasons of 25 or more homers. TONIGHT’S PITCHERS – 7:05 PITCH PERFECT: The Orioles pitched to a 3.43 ERA in 2014, their lowest in a full season since ORIOLES: RH Miguel Gonzalez, RH 1979, when the AL champs posted a 3.26 mark...The Birds finished third in the AL in ERA behind Brad Brach, LH Brian Matusz. Seattle (3.17) and Oakland (3.22)...Baltimore posted 13 shutouts, their most in a season since BLUE JAYS: LH Daniel Norris, RH blanking the opposition 16 times in 1992. Chad Jenkins, LH Jeff Francis, RH COACHING STAFF: The Orioles have hired Scott Coolbaugh as hitting coach…This year will be Cory Burns, RH Roberto Osuna, RH the second for Dave Wallace (pitching coach) and Dom Chiti (bullpen coach)…Bobby Dickerson Presto Guilmet, LH Colt Hynes, LH (third base) and Einar Diaz (assistant hitting coach) return for their third years, while Wayne Kirby Juan Oramas. (first base) and John Russell (bench) return for their fifth years on the coaching staff. FRIDAY’S PITCHERS WELCOME BACK: Pitchers on the 40-man roster that saw regular season action for Baltimore in ORIOLES: RH Mike Wright, TBD. 2014 (13): Brach, Britton, Chen, Gausman, Gonzalez, Hunter, Jimenez, Matusz, McFarland, Norris, O’Day, Tillman and Webb…Returning Baltimore position players on the 40-man roster BLUE JAYS: RH R.A Dickey, RH that played for the O’s in 2014 (15): Clevenger, Davis, De Aza, Flaherty, Hardy, Jones, Joseph, Drew Hutchison, LH Brett Cecil, LH Lough, Machado, Paredes, Pearce, Schoop, Walker, Wieters and Young. Aaron Loup, RH Matt West, RH Greg Burke, RH Scott Copeland. PROSPECTING: The Orioles have two of MLB.com’s Top 100 Prospects in RH Dylan Bundy (20) and RH Hunter Harvey (41)…Baseball America has both righties in their Top 100, with Bundy at SATURDAY’S PITCHERS 48 and Harvey at 68…Baseball Prospectus has Bundy at No. 8 and Harvey at No. 20 in their Top 101 Prospects…Also making the list was O’s minor league CA Chance Sisco (101). ORIOLES: RH Bud Norris, TBD. RED SOX: RH Steven Wright, LH OFFSEASON ADDITIONS: Since the end of the 2014 season, the Orioles traded for two players Eduardo Rodriguez, LH Edwin (RH Jason Garcia and OF Travis Snider)…The club signed five players as free agents (INF Escobar, RH Zeke Spruill, RH Dalier Everth Cabrera, OF Alex Hassan, INF Rey Navarro, OF Delmon Young, LH Wesley Hinojosa, RH Miguel Celestino. Wright)…The Birds selected RH Logan Verrett in the Rule 5 draft from the Mets…RH Oliver Drake, RH Eddie Gamboa, RH Tyler Wilson and RH Mike Wright had their contracts selected. BIRDLAND SOUTH TOGETHER AGAIN: LH Mark Hendrickson, 40, joins camp as a non-roster invitee. The This season marks the sixth for the southpaw last pitched in the majors in 2011 while with the Orioles…He spent three seasons (2009- O’s in Sarasota, and the fifth in 11) with Baltimore. renovated Ed Smith Stadium. Called UNITED NATIONS: The Orioles have players from eight different countries in camp: Cuba the "Augusta National of Spring (Alvarez and Urrutia), Curacao (Schoop), Dominican Republic (Almanzar, De Aza, Jimenez and Training," the facility features modern Paredes), Mexico (Gonzalez), Nicaragua (Cabrera), Puerto Rico (Navarro), Taiwan (Chen) and amenities, historical architecture, and the United States of America (several). first-class playing surfaces. THE SKIPPER: Buck Showalter, who recently won his third Manager of the Year award (1994, O’s ON THE TUBE 2004, 2014), returns for his sixth season as Orioles manager…He has a 1259-1161 (.520) record The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network in 16 seasons as manager of the Yankees (313-268; 1992-95), Diamondbacks (250-236; 1998- (MASN) will broadcast seven Orioles 2000), Rangers (319-329; 2003-2006) and Orioles (377-328, August 2010-current)…On May 10, spring training games (3/5, 3/10, 3/14, 2013, Showalter became the 49th manager in MLB history to win 1,100 games…His 377 wins as 3/17, 3/25, 4/1, 4/3). Orioles manager are fourth-most in club history behind Earl Weaver (1480), Paul Richards (517), and Hank Bauer (407)…Last season, Showalter passed former Orioles manager Johnny Oates, O’s ON THE AIR who won 291 games with Baltimore. CBS RADIO’s 105.7 The Fan (WJZ- LAST SPRING: In their fifth season in Sarasota, the Orioles drew 89,448 fans for 12 home games FM), the flagship station of the Orioles (average of 7,454, which marked the highest average by the Orioles franchise and set a Sarasota Radio Network, will broadcast 12 Spring Training record)…In 2013, the Orioles drew a franchise and Sarasota Spring Training Orioles spring training games. attendance record 120,455 fans for 17 home games (average of 7,086)…The Birds went 13-9-4 during the exhibition schedule, including a 6-5-1 record at Ed Smith Stadium…Entering 2015, the BREAKDOWN vs. OPPONENTS O’s are 819-796-21 all-time in Spring Training, with a home attendance total of 3,892,701. OPP. HOME ROAD TOT. NO MINOR FEAT: Orioles minor leaguers utilize the Buck O’Neil Baseball Complex at Twin Lakes ATL (3) 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 BOS (2) 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Park...Minor league pitchers and catchers report on March 6, while position players report on DET (3) 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-2-0 March 10...The first minor league game will be played on March 18. MIN (5) 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 SPRING TRAINING IN SARASOTA: The Orioles are the sixth major league team to train in NYY (2) 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Sarasota since the New York Giants began training in the Sun Coast City in 1924…The Giants PHI (2) 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 PIT (4) 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 called Sarasota home from 1924-27 and the Boston Red Sox trained in Sarasota from 1933-58 STL (2) 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 (with the exception of four years during World War II)…The Dodgers came to Sarasota for the TB (5) 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1959 season before the White Sox began a 28-year run from 1960-97…Cincinnati trained at Ed TOR (6) 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Smith Stadium from 1998-2009...Ed Smith Stadium was built in 1989 and renovated prior to the TOTAL (34) 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-2-0 2011 spring season...According to a 2014 analysis by Sarasota County Government, the Orioles’ annual economic impact in the Sarasota area is more than $59 million. THURSDAY, MARCH 5 (ss) THURSDAY, MARCH 5 (ss) FRIDAY, MARCH 6 SATURDAY, MARCH 7 at Tampa Bay – 1:05 vs. Toronto – 7:05 at Toronto – 1:05 vs. Boston – 1:05 BAL starter: LH Wei-Yin Chen BAL starter: RH Miguel Gonzalez BAL starter: RH Mike Wright BAL starter: RH Bud Norris TB starter: RH Nathan Karns TOR starter: LH Daniel Norris TOR starter: RH R.A. Dickey BOS starter: RH Steven Wright CLUBHOUSE OPEN TO MEDIA: CLUBHOUSE OPEN TO MEDIA: CLUBHOUSE OPEN TO MEDIA: CLUBHOUSE OPEN TO MEDIA: 8:00-9:00 (Sarasota), post-game 2:00-3:00 p.m., post-game 8:00-9:00 (Sarasota), post-game 8:00-9:00 a.m., post-game TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER BIRDS ON THE BUMP BIRDS ON THE BUMP #73 TIM BERRY LHP #31 UBALDO JIMENEZ RHP #50 MIGUEL GONZALEZ RHP Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K 3/03 @DET 1.1 2 6 5 2 2 2014 HIGHLIGHTS Posted the lowest ERA of his three-year career, allowing three #35 BRAD BRACH RHP #52 STEVE JOHNSON* RHP earned runs or fewer in 23 of his 26 starts Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K Became the fourth O’s starting pitcher to record 10 wins in 2014, the first time the O’s accomplished the feat since 1997 Recorded his first career complete game shutout, September 3 #53 ZACH BRITTON LHP #75 CHRIS JONES* LHP vs.