BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME NOTES ED SMITH STADIUM 2700 12th STREET SARASOTA, FL 34237 SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2015 ED SMITH STADIUM SARASOTA, FL BALTIMORE ORIOLES (2-3) vs. BOSTON RED SOX (0-2) 1:05 PM ET TODAY’S GAME 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 matchup against the Red against the Atlanta Braves on April 4. Sox today for the first of two contests between the two clubs…RH Bud GETTING STARTED: The Orioles opened the exhibition schedule with 57 players on their major Norris will start for the O’s and RH league camp roster (16 non-roster invitees)…30 players from the current 40-man roster were in Steven Wright will start for the Red major league camp with the O’s last spring. Sox…Last season, the Orioles went DEFENDING CHAMPS: Last season, the Orioles won their ninth AL East title in club history...It 11-8 against the Red Sox, winning the was their second-earliest date of a clinch (September 16), and tied for the third-earliest game season series for the third straight number (151) to wrap up the East...It also marked the third division clinch in Baltimore (first since year…Yesterday, the Orioles fell to the 1979/first via a win in Baltimore since 1969). Blue Jays in Dunedin, 5-4. HOMER HAPPY: The Orioles led the majors in 2014 with 211 home runs, 25 more than second TODAY’S PITCHERS place Colorado and 34 more than the next highest AL club (Toronto, 177)...The O's went deep at ORIOLES: RH Bud Norris, RH Hunter least 200 times in three straight seasons for the first time in club history (2014, 2013, 2012, 1999, Harvey, LH Wesley Wright. 1998, 1996, 1987 and 1985)...The Orioles hit at least 210 home runs for the third straight season...Only the Yankees and White Sox (both in 2012) have hit at least 210 in any one of the RED SOX: RH Steven Wright, LH last three years...Adam Jones became the first outfielder in club history with four straight seasons Eduardo Rodriguez, LH Edwin of 25 or more homers. Escobar, RH Zeke Spruill, RH Dalier Hinojosa, RH Miguel Celestino. PITCH PERFECT: The Orioles pitched to a 3.43 ERA in 2014, their lowest in a full season since 1979, when the AL champs posted a 3.26 mark...The Birds finished third in the AL in ERA behind SUNDAY’S PITCHERS Seattle (3.17) and Oakland (3.22)...Baltimore posted 13 shutouts, their most in a season since blanking the opposition 16 times in 1992. ORIOLES: RH Ubaldo Jimenez, TBD. COACHING STAFF: The Orioles have hired Scott Coolbaugh as hitting coach…This year will be TWINS: RH Ervin Santana, RH Jose the second for Dave Wallace (pitching coach) and Dom Chiti (bullpen coach)…Bobby Dickerson Berrios, LH Glen Perkins, RH Casey (third base) and Einar Diaz (assistant hitting coach) return for their third years, while Wayne Kirby Fien, LH Brian Duensing, RH Mark (first base) and John Russell (bench) return for their fifth years on the coaching staff. Hamburger. WELCOME BACK: Pitchers on the 40-man roster that saw regular season action for Baltimore in MONDAY’S PITCHERS 2014 (13): Brach, Britton, Chen, Gausman, Gonzalez, Hunter, Jimenez, Matusz, McFarland, ORIOLES: RH Chris Tillman, TBD. Norris, O’Day, Tillman and Webb…Returning Baltimore position players on the 40-man roster that played for the O’s in 2014 (15): Clevenger, Davis, De Aza, Flaherty, Hardy, Jones, Joseph, PHILLIES: RH Aaron Harang, TBD. Lough, Machado, Paredes, Pearce, Schoop, Walker, Wieters and Young. TUESDAY’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)…Baseball America has both righties in their Top 100, with Bundy at 48 and Harvey at 68…Baseball Prospectus has Bundy at No. 8 and Harvey at No. 20 in their Top YANKEES: TBD. 101 Prospects…Also making the list was O’s minor league CA Chance Sisco (101). WEDNESDAY’S PITCHERS OFFSEASON ADDITIONS: Since the end of the 2014 season, the Orioles traded for two players ORIOLES: TBD. (RH Jason Garcia and OF Travis Snider)…The club signed five players as free agents (INF Everth Cabrera, OF Alex Hassan, INF Rey Navarro, OF Delmon Young, LH Wesley BLUE JAYS: TBD. 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 the "Augusta National of Spring UNITED NATIONS: The Orioles have players from eight different countries in camp: Cuba Training," the facility features modern (Alvarez and Urrutia), Curacao (Schoop), Dominican Republic (Almanzar, De Aza, Jimenez and amenities, historical architecture, and Paredes), Mexico (Gonzalez), Nicaragua (Cabrera), Puerto Rico (Navarro), Taiwan (Chen) and first-class playing surfaces. the United States of America (several). O’s ON THE TUBE THE SKIPPER: Buck Showalter, who recently won his third Manager of the Year award (1994, 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), O’s ON THE AIR and Hank Bauer (407)…Last season, Showalter passed former Orioles manager Johnny Oates, 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 Radio Network, will broadcast 12 (average of 7,454, which marked the highest average by the Orioles franchise and set a Sarasota Orioles spring training games. Spring Training record)…In 2013, the Orioles drew a franchise and Sarasota Spring Training attendance record 120,455 fans for 17 home games (average of 7,086)…The Birds went 13-9-4 BREAKDOWN vs. OPPONENTS during the exhibition schedule, including a 6-5-1 record at Ed Smith Stadium…Entering 2015, the O’s are 819-796-21 all-time in Spring Training, with a home attendance total of 3,892,701. OPP. HOME ROAD TOTAL ATL (3) 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 NO MINOR FEAT: Orioles minor leaguers utilize the Buck O’Neil Baseball Complex at Twin Lakes 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 NYY (2) 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 SPRING TRAINING IN SARASOTA: The Orioles are the sixth major league team to train in PHI (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 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 1-0-0 1-0-0 1959 season before the White Sox began a 28-year run from 1960-97…Cincinnati trained at Ed TOR (6) 1-0-0 0-1-0 1-1-0 Smith Stadium from 1998-2009...Ed Smith Stadium was built in 1989 and renovated prior to the TOTAL (34) 1-1-0 1-2-0 2-3-0 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. SATURDAY, MARCH 7 SUNDAY, MARCH 8 MONDAY, MARCH 9 TUESDAY, MARCH 10 vs. Boston – 1:05 at Minnesota – 1:05 vs. Philadelphia – 1:05 vs. New York (AL) – 1:05 BAL starter: RH Bud Norris BAL starter: RH Ubaldo Jimenez. BAL starter: RH Chris Tillman BAL starter: TBD BOS starter: RH Steven Wright MIN starter: RH Ervin Santana PHI starter: RH Aaron Harang NYY starter: TBD CLUBHOUSE OPEN TO MEDIA: CLUBHOUSE OPEN TO MEDIA: CLUBHOUSE OPEN TO MEDIA: CLUBHOUSE OPEN TO MEDIA: 8:00-9:00 a.m., post-game 8:00-9:00 (Sarasota), post-game 8:00-9:00 a.m., post-game 8:00-9:00 a.m., post-game TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER BIRDS ON THE BUMP BIRDS ON THE BUMP #73 TIM BERRY LHP #31 UBALDO JIMENEZ RHP #25 BUD NORRIS 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 3/03 @DET 1.1 2 6 5 2 2 2014 HIGHLIGHTS Set career-highs with 15 wins, a 3.65 ERA, a 1.22 WHIP, 8.1 #35 BRAD BRACH RHP #52 STEVE JOHNSON* RHP H/9.0 IP, 2.8 BB/9.0 IP, & 2.67 K/BB Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K Date, Opp IP H R ER BB K Set a single-season ballpark record (min.