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FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015  FLORIDA AUTO EXCHANGE STADIUM  DUNEDIN, FL BALTIMORE ORIOLES (3-8) vs. (4-7)  1:07 PM ET

TODAY’S GAME PROGRESS REPORT: RH Ubaldo Jimenez leads the AL Grapefruit circuit and is tied for second among AL leaders with seven . The Orioles matchup against the Blue Jays today for the fourth of six ROSTER MOVES: On March 11, the Orioles optioned RH Eddie Gamboa to Triple-A Norfolk…On contests between the two clubs this March 10, the Orioles agreed to terms with RHs Brad Brach, Jason Garcia, Kevin Gausman, spring…RH Ubaldo Jimenez will start Logan Verrett, Tyler Wilson, and Mike Wright, LHs Tim Berry and T.J. McFarland, CAs Steve for the O’s and RH Clevenger and Caleb Joseph, INFs Manny Macahdo, Jimmy Paredes, Jonathan Schoop, and will start for the Blue Jays…The Christian Walker, and OFs and Henry Urrutia on one-year contracts…With these Orioles won the season series last moves, the Orioles now have 51 player at Major League Spring Training, including 12 non-roster year, 11-8, posting the third straight invitees.

season of 10-plus wins against the GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE SLATE: The Orioles have 34 scheduled games, with 16 in Sarasota and Blue Jays…The O’s have won the 18 on the road…The Orioles will wrap up Spring Training with a game at Champion Stadium season series three consecutive years against the on April 4. after going 0-6-1 against the Blue Jays from 2005-11…The Orioles clinched DEFENDING CHAMPS: Last season, the Orioles won their ninth AL East title in club history...It the ninth AL East title in club history was their second-earliest date of a clinch (September 16), and tied for the third-earliest game on September 16, 2014 with an 8-2 number (151) to wrap up the East...It also marked the third division clinch in Baltimore (first since victory over Toronto…Yesterday, the 1979/first via a win in Baltimore since 1969).

Orioles fell to the Cardinals in Jupiter, HOMER HAPPY: The Orioles led the majors in 2014 with 211 home runs, 25 more than second 8-2 place Colorado and 34 more than the next highest AL club (Toronto, 177)...The O's went deep at least 200 times in three straight seasons for the first time in club history (2014, 2013, 2012, 1999, TODAY’S 1998, 1996, 1987 and 1985)...The Orioles hit at least 210 home runs for the third straight ORIOLES: RH Ubaldo Jimenez, LH season...Only the Yankees and White Sox (both in 2012) have hit at least 210 in any one of the T.J. McFarland, RH Tyler Wilson, RH last three years... became the first outfielder in club history with four straight seasons Steve Johnson of 25 or more homers.

BLUE JAYS: RH Aaron Sanchez, RH PITCH PERFECT: The Orioles pitched to a 3.43 ERA in 2014, their lowest in a full season since Roberto Osuna, LH Aaron Loup, RH 1979, when the AL champs posted a 3.26 mark...The Birds finished third in the AL in ERA behind Steve Delabar, RH Wilton Lopez, RH Seattle (3.17) and Oakland (3.22)...Baltimore posted 13 shutouts, their most in a season since Bo Schultz, RH Greg Burke. blanking the opposition 16 times in 1992.

SATURDAY’S PITCHERS COACHING STAFF: The Orioles have hired Scott Coolbaugh as hitting coach…This year will be the second for Dave Wallace (pitching coach) and Dom Chiti (bullpen coach)…Bobby Dickerson ORIOLES: LH Brian Matusz, TBD. (third base) and Einar Diaz (assistant hitting coach) return for their third years, while Wayne Kirby RAYS: RH Nathan Karns, TBD. (first base) and John Russell (bench) return for their fifth years on the coaching staff.

SUNDAY’S PITCHERS WELCOME BACK: Pitchers on the 40-man roster that saw regular season action for Baltimore in 2014 (13): Brach, Britton, Chen, Gausman, Gonzalez, Hunter, Jimenez, Matusz, McFarland, ORIOLES: LH Wei-Yin Chen, TBD. Norris, O’Day, Tillman and Webb…Returning Baltimore position players on the 40-man roster

PIRATES: RH Vance Worley, TBD. that played for the O’s in 2014 (15): Clevenger, Davis, De Aza, Flaherty, Hardy, Jones, Joseph, Lough, Machado, Paredes, Pearce, Schoop, Walker, Wieters and Young. MONDAY’S PITCHERS PROSPECTING: The Orioles have two of MLB.com’s Top 100 Prospects in RH Dylan Bundy (20) ORIOLES: TBD. and RH Hunter Harvey (41)… America has both righties in their Top 100, with Bundy at

PHILLIES: TBD. 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). BIRDLAND SOUTH OFFSEASON ADDITIONS: Since the end of the 2014 season, the Orioles traded for two players This season marks the sixth for the (RH Jason Garcia and OF Travis Snider)…The club signed five players as free agents (INF O’s in Sarasota, and the fifth in Everth Cabrera, OF Alex Hassan, INF Rey Navarro, OF Delmon Young, LH Wesley renovated Ed Smith Stadium. Called Wright)…The Birds selected RH Logan Verrett in the from the Mets…RH Oliver the "Augusta National of Spring Drake, RH Eddie Gamboa, RH Tyler Wilson and RH Mike Wright had their contracts selected.

Training," the facility features modern UNITED NATIONS: The Orioles have players from eight different countries in camp: Cuba amenities, historical architecture, and (Alvarez and Urrutia), Curacao (Schoop), Dominican Republic (Almanzar, De Aza, Jimenez and first-class playing surfaces. Paredes), Mexico (Gonzalez), Nicaragua (Cabrera), Puerto Rico (Navarro), Taiwan (Chen) and O’s ON THE TUBE the United States of America (several).

The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network THE SKIPPER: Buck Showalter, who recently won his third Manager of the Year award (1994, (MASN) will broadcast five remaining 2004, 2014), returns for his sixth season as Orioles manager…He has a 1259-1161 (.520) record Orioles spring training games (seven in 16 seasons as manager of the Yankees (313-268; 1992-95), Diamondbacks (250-236; 1998- total); 3/14, 3/17, 3/25, 4/1, 4/3. 2000), Rangers (319-329; 2003-2006) and Orioles (377-328, August 2010-current)…On May 10, 2013, Showalter became the 49th manager in MLB history to win 1,100 games…His 377 wins as O’s ON THE AIR Orioles manager are fourth-most in club history behind Earl Weaver (1480), Paul Richards (517),

CBS RADIO’s 105.7 The Fan (WJZ- and Hank Bauer (407)…Last season, Showalter passed former Orioles manager Johnny Oates, who won 291 games with Baltimore. FM), the flagship station of the Orioles Radio Network, will broadcast 12 LAST SPRING: In their fifth season in Sarasota, the Orioles drew 89,448 fans for 12 home games Orioles spring training games. (average of 7,454, which marked the highest average by the Orioles franchise and set a Sarasota Spring Training record)…In 2013, the Orioles drew a franchise and Sarasota Spring Training BREAKDOWN vs. OPPONENTS attendance record 120,455 fans for 17 home games (average of 7,086)…The Birds went 13-9-4 OPP. HOME ROAD TOTAL during the exhibition schedule, including a 6-5-1 record at Ed Smith Stadium…Entering 2015, the ATL (3) 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 O’s are 819-796-21 all-time in Spring Training, with a home attendance total of 3,892,701. BOS (2) 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 DET (3) 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-2-0 SPRING TRAINING IN SARASOTA: The Orioles are the sixth major league team to train in MIN (5) 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 Sarasota since the New York Giants began training in the Sun Coast City in 1924…The Giants NYY (2) 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 called Sarasota home from 1924-27 and the trained in Sarasota from 1933-58 PHI (2) 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 (with the exception of four years during World War II)…The Dodgers came to Sarasota for the PIT (4) 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 STL (2) 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 Smith Stadium from 1998-2009...Ed Smith Stadium was built in 1989 and renovated prior to the TB (5) 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 2011 spring season...According to a 2014 analysis by Sarasota County Government, the Orioles’ TOR (6) 1-1-0 0-1-0 1-2-0 TOTAL (34) 2-4-0 1-4-0 3-8-0 annual economic impact in the Sarasota area is more than $59 million.

FRIDAY, MARCH 13 SATURDAY, MARCH 14 SUNDAY, MARCH 15 MONDAY, MARCH 16

at Toronto – 1:07 vs. Tampa Bay – 1:05 at Pittsburgh – 1:05 at Philadelphia – 1:05 BAL starter: RH Ubaldo Jimenez BAL starter: LH Brian Matusz BAL starter: LH Wei-Yin Chen BAL starter: TBD TOR starter: RH Aaron Sanchez TB starter: RH Nathan Karns PIT starter: RH Vance Worley PHI starter: TBD

CLUBHOUSE OPEN TO MEDIA: CLUBHOUSE OPEN TO MEDIA: CLUBHOUSE OPEN TO MEDIA: CLUBHOUSE OPEN TO MEDIA: 8:00-9:00 (Sarasota), post-game 8:00-9:00 a.m., post-game 8:00-9:00 (Sarasota), post-game 8:00-9:00 (Sarasota), post-game

TODAY’S STARTING BIRDS ON THE BUMP BIRDS ON THE BUMP

#73 TIM BERRY LHP #52 STEVE JOHNSON* RHP #31 UBALDO JIMENEZ RHP Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K 3/06 @TOR1.0 1 1 1 2 1 3/06 @TOR1.0 1 1 0 1 2 2014 HIGHLIGHTS 3/10 vNYY 1.0 0 0 0 0 2  Notched his first win for the Orioles, May 2 at Minnesota (7.1IP, #35 BRAD BRACH RHP 3H, BB, 10K), combining with Zach Britton and Tommy Hunter on Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K #17 BRIAN MATUSZ LHP a four-hit shutout 3/05 vTOR 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K  Posted a 3.12 ERA (34.2IP, 12ER) in six May starts, allowing one 3/08 @MIN 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 3/05 vTOR 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 earned run or fewer in four of the six outings 3/12 @STL 1.1 2 1 1 2 2 3/09 vPHI 2.1 2 1 1 0 4  Pitched to a 3.41 ERA (68.2IP, 26ER) in a 12-start stretch, May 2-June 30 #53 ZACH BRITTON LHP #66 T.J McFARLAND LHP  Placed on the DL, retroactive to July 8, with a right ankle Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K sprain…Reinstated from the DL, August 9 3/05 vTOR 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3/04 vDET 2.0 2 0 0 0 3  Made four starts and three relief appearances after coming off 3/09 vPHI 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3/08 @MIN 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 the DL, going 3-1 with a 5.96 ERA (25.2IP, 17ER) 3/11 vTOR 1.0 0 0 0 0 1  Earned the win in the AL East division-clinching game, #25 BUD NORRIS RHP September 16 vs. Toronto (5.0IP, 2H, 2ER, 4BB, 6K) #49 DYLAN BUNDY RHP Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K  Went 5-4 with a 3.40 ERA (92.2IP, 35ER), 52 walks, and 83 Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K 3/07 vBOS 1.0 4 4 4 1 2 strikeouts in 16 night starts 3/04 vDET 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 3/12 @STL 2.2 4 3 3 3 1  Struck out the side in his final appearance of the regular season 3/07 vBOS 1.2 3 2 2 2 2 (third relief outing), September 28 at Toronto 3/12 @STL 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 #56 DARREN O’DAY RHP  Was on the Orioles Division Series roster, but Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K did not pitch in the ALDS #16 WEI-YIN CHEN LHP 3/05 vTOR 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K 3/09 vPHI 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2015 SPRING TRAINING 3/05 @TB 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 3/11 vTOR 1.0 1 0 0 0 0  Is tied for second among AL Spring Training leaders with seven 3/10 vNYY 3.0 1 0 0 1 2 strikeouts this spring #65 CHAZ ROE* RHP #61 JASON GARCIA RHP Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K 2015 SPRING TRAINING STARTS Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K 3/04 vDET 2.0 5 4 4 2 1 DATE OPP. DEC IP H R ER BB K HR 3/05 @TB 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 3/07 vBOS 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 3/03 @DET L 1.1 2 6 5 2 2 0 3/10 vNYY 1.0 2 0 0 1 1 3/08 @MIN L 2.0 2 1 1 3 5 0 #30 CHRIS TILLMAN RHP 2014 & CAREER MLB STATS #39 KEVIN GAUSMAN RHP Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K W L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB K Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K ‘14 6 9 4.81 25 22 125.1 113 68 67 14 77 116 3/04 vDET 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 Tot 88 84 4.00 237 233 1401.0 1256 677 623 117 650 1288 3/10 vNYY 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 #64 LOGAN VERRETT RHP Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K #50 MIGUEL GONZALEZ RHP 3/03 @DET 2.0 3 0 0 1 1 Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K 3/06 @TOR2.0 3 1 1 0 3 SPRING TRAINING SPECIAL EVENTS 3/05 vTOR 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 3/10 vNYY 1.0 1 1 1 0 2

MARCH 14 - KIDS RUN THE BASES/PLUSH COW GIVEAWAY: 3/11 vTOR 3.0 3 2 2 0 1 #58 RYAN WEBB RHP Fans 14 and under will be invited to run the bases after the game, #62 HUNTER HARVEY* RHP presented by Schofield, Hand & Bright Orthopaedics. A Plush Cow Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K 3/04 vDET 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 presented by Chick-fil-A will be given to the first 3,000 fans. 3/07 vBOS 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/06 @TOR1.0 0 0 0 0 0 MARCH 17 - GO GREEN DAY: Celebrate St. Patrick's Day as the 3/12 @STL 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 O's battle the Twins in the environmentally-friendly Ed Smith #63 TYLER WILSON RHP Stadium, sponsored by Waste Pro. #34 MARK HENDRICKSON* LHP Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K

MARCH 25 – SENIORS RUN THE BASES: Fans 55 and over will Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K 3/05 @TB 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 be invited to run the bases after the game. 3/05 @TB 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 3/09 vPHI 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 3/08 @MIN 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 MARCH 29 - YOUTH BASEBALL DAY: Youth baseball players, 3/12 @STL 0.1 2 3 3 1 0 #59 MIKE WRIGHT RHP in uniform, take part in a pre-game parade on the field, sponsored Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K by the Sarasota YMCA. #29 TOMMY HUNTER RHP 3/06 @TOR2.0 4 2 2 0 2 MARCH 31 – ALL FAITHS FOOD DRIVE: Volunteers will collect Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K 3/11 vTOR 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 food and monetary donations at the gates. 3/05 vTOR 1.0 0 0 0 1 2

APRIL 3 – FIREWORKS NIGHT: Fireworks will follow the Spring 3/08 @MIN 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 #40 WESLEY WRIGHT LHP Training finale at Ed Smith Stadium, presented by Coast Cadillac. 3/10 vNYY 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K 3/04 vDET 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 #31 UBALDO JIMENEZ RHP 3/07 vBOS 2.0 1 1 1 1 0 2015 SPRING GAME-BY-GAME RESULTS Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K 3/11 vTOR 2.0 2 1 1 0 2 3/03 @DET 1.1 2 6 5 2 2 DATE OPP. W/L REC. ATT. WIN/LOSS/ 3/08 @MIN 2.0 2 1 1 3 5 3/3 at DET L, 2-15 0-1 8,183 Lobstein/Jimenez/-- 3/4 DET L, 4-5 0-2 8,367* VerHagen/Roe/Mantiply 3/5 at TB W, 3-2 1-2 4,884 Davies/Zarate/Rodriguez

TOR W, 5-0 2-2 6,078 Matusz/Jenkins/-- 2015 TRANSACTIONS

3/6 at TOR L, 4-5 2-3 5,013 Burke/Johnson/Oramas 1/26 Agreed to terms with INF and RHP Bud Norris on one- 3/7 BOS (ss) L, 6-7 2-4 8,526* Wright/Norris/Celestino year contracts, avoiding arbitration. 3/8 at MIN L, 1-2 2-5 8,610 Santana/Jimenez/Hamburger 3/9 PHI L, 0-1 2-6 7,639* Morgan/Matusz/Garcia 1/27 Acquired OF Travis Snider from Pittsburgh in exchange for LHP 3/10 NYY W, 3-1 3-6 7,987* Gausman/Pinder/Verrett and a player to be named later. Designated CA 3/11 TOR L, 2-5 3-7 7,403* Hutchison/Gonzalez/Copeland Michael Ohlman for assignment.

3/12 at STL L, 2-8 3-8 7,068 Garcia/Norris/-- 1/30 Agreed to terms with OF Steve Pearce on a one-year contract, avoiding 3/13 at TOR 1:07 MLBN arbitration. 3/14 TB 1:05 MASN 3/15 at PIT 1:05 R/MLBN 2/3 Agreed to terms with RHP Miguel Gonzalez on a one-year contract, 3/16 at PHI 1:05 avoiding arbitration.

3/17 MIN 1:05 MASN 2/4 Agreed to terms with LHP Zach Britton on a one-year contract, avoiding 3/18 at MIN (ss) 1:05 arbitration. 3/19 PIT 1:05 3/20 at BOS 1:05 2/19 Signed INF Jayson Nix to a minor league contract with an invitation to 3/21 at MIN (ss) 1:05 R spring training.

3/22 STL 1:05 R 2/20 Sent LHP to Pittsburgh as the player to be named later to 3/23 OFF DAY complete the January 27 Travis Snider . 3/24 at PIT 1:05 3/25 TOR 1:05 MASN 2/25 Signed free agent INF Everth Cabrera to a one-year contract. 3/26 at DET 1:05 MLBN Designated OF Alex Hassan for assignment.

3/27 TB 1:05 2/27 OF Alex Hassan was claimed off waivers by Oakland. 3/28 at NYY 1:05 R/MLBN 3/29 MIN 1:05 R 3/5 Released RHP Suk-min Yoon from his contract allowing him to sign with at TOR 1:07 the Kia Tigers of the KBO.

3/30 at TB 1:05 3/9 Optioned RHP Oliver Drake to Triple-A Norfolk…Reassigned INF 3/31 TB (ss) 1:05 Michael Almanzar, RHP Dane De La Rosa, LHP Chris Jones, and CA 4/1 PIT 7:05 R*/MASN/MLBN Brian Ward. 4/2 at ATL 6:05 4/3 ATL 6:05 R*/MASN/MLBN 3/10 Agreed to terms with RHPs Brad Brach, Jason Garcia, Kevin 4/4 at ATL 3:05 R* Gausman, Logan Verrett, Tyler Wilson, and Mike Wright, LHPs Tim Berry and T.J. McFarland, CAs Steve Clevenger and Caleb Joseph, All Times Eastern; (ss) – split squad INFs Manny Macahdo, Jimmy Paredes, Jonathan Schoop, and *indicates sellout Christian Walker, and OFs David Lough and Henry Urrutia on one- R – Game broadcast on 105.7 The Fan; R* – pre-/post-game year contracts. MASN – Game televised on MASN-HD 3/11 Optioned RHP Eddie Gamboa to Triple-A Norfolk MLBN – Game televised by MLB Network (Live)