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Orioles manager Brandon Hyde pulled right-hander David Hess in the seventh inning of a no-hit bid that the Orioles led 6-0 at the time, only to cling to a 6-5 win to improve to 3-1.

Orioles manager Brandon Hyde pulled David Hess while he was in the seventh inning of a no-hit performance, which is never going to be a popular decision, but it's early in the season and Hess wasn't going nine innings regardless.

Orioles reliever Richard Bleier said he felt fine physically in his regular-season return after surgery last year, but his plan of attack let him down as the Yankees hit him around.

Here's what you need to know before the Orioles' game Monday at the Toronto Blue Jays.

If there's anything worth taking away from the Orioles' series win in New York to start the season, it's not how often they'll be able to replicate it, but that they're unburdened from anything but that day's game and can actually enjoy it.

The Orioles acquired Mason Williams as a minor league free agent Friday and assigned him to Triple-A Norfolk ahead of the start of the minor league season next week.

Orioles manager Brandon Hyde batted Chris Davis seventh in his Opening Day lineup, partially out of regular lineup strategy but seemingly to take pressure off him early in the season.

On Thursday, 11 of the 25 Orioles in uniform at Yankee Stadium for the 1:05 p.m. first pitch will be taking part in their first major league Opening Day, a milestone in every young ballplayers' life that none will take for granted.

With the Orioles' 2019 season beginning with Thursday's Opening Day game against the Yankees, here's a look at what fans need to know for the upcoming season.

New Orioles manager Brandon Hyde knows he is in for a very challenging season, but he seems well prepared to make his debut as a major league manager.

After right-hander Andrew Cashner makes the Orioles' Opening Day start in place of the injured Alex Cobb, the team's reshuffled rotation will feature Nate Karns starting the second game as the "opener" of a bullpen game Saturday in New York.

Dylan Bundy struggled through 4 2/3 innings and Dwight Smith Jr. hit two home runs as the Orioles lost the final game of the Grapefruit League season to the New York Mets at Ed Smith Stadium.

Mike Wright made his last start of the spring and pitched four innings, giving up two runs on three hits in the Orioles' 4-0 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays at Dunedin Stadium..

The Orioles outfield situation continues to clarify after the club released Eric Young Jr. on Friday. He could still return to the club if he doesn't find a major league job.

Outfielder Dwight Smith has been swinging a hot bat since he was acquired by the Orioles two weeks ago. He just wants to keep making a good impression.

On a day when manager Brandon Hyde spoke pregame about how in-game decisions regarding whether starting pitchers would get to face a batting order a third time when they're statistically shown to be more vulnerable, Andrew Cashner dazzled.

Projecting the Orioles' Opening Day roster after a round of cuts including Austin Hays, Anthony Santander, and Cody Carroll provided plenty of clarity into Mike Elias and Brandon Hyde's reasoning as they build the 25-man roster.

In sending Austin Hays out of major league camp despite his standout spring performance, the Orioles made the clearest indicator yet that even fielding the best or most exciting major league team possible won't get in the way of the player development plans they're putting in place.

Austin Hays, the one-time Orioles top prospect who had a team-high five home runs this spring, was sent out to minor league camp Sunday as part of the third wave of roster cuts for the team.

Alex Cobb struck out the first four batters he faced — one apiece on a fastball, curveball and split-change in the first inning — and didn't allow any of his four hits until the Blue Jays’ three-run fifth inning in an eventual 4-3 Orioles win at Dunedin Stadium. 

Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said the team has had discussions about using an opener to begin games as opposed to a traditional starter, but there's too much undecided on the team to determine that at this point.

A pair of veterans with eight years of big league service time apiece — designated hitter Mark Trumbo and right-hander Andrew Cashner — hit important benchmarks on their paths to Opening Day in the Orioles' 6-4 Grapefruit League win over the Toronto Blue Jays.

Orioles slugger Mark Trumbo, who underwent knee surgery in September is scheduled to make his first exhibition appearance on Wednesday.

Here's a breakdown of some of the most important roster battles playing out in Orioles camp, including the starting rotation, catcher, shortstop, third base, and the outfield.

Outfielder Dwight Smith Jr. wasted no time showing up at Ed Smith Stadium and talked about his reaction to the deal that sent him to the Orioles from the Toronto Blue Jays.

Outfielder Dwight Smith Jr. is the latest addition to the Orioles' loaded outfield mix, and the third trade executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias has made using international signing bonus pool money this spring.

Longtime Orioles radio voice Joe Angel won't return for the 2019 season, the team announced Thursday, ending his 19-year run on the Orioles Radio Network and causing a shakeup on the team's broadcast.

With Richie Martin and Drew Jackson lined up beside each other on the infield for the first Orioles road game of the spring, manager Brandon Hyde said he had a good impression of the two Rule 5 players.

Baltimore Sun baseball writers Jon Meoli and Peter Schmuck weigh in about the Orioles’ spring training win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday.

The Orioles and Blue Jays traded big innings all day long until Branden Kline came on in the ninth inning and struck out the side in impressive fashion to get the save in a 9-8 Orioles victory.

The Orioles played the Toronto Blue Jays in their second exhibition game of the spring. David Hess started and allowed a run. Rio Ruiz hit a three-run homer.

When he learned about Manny Machado’s reported $300 million deal with the San Diego Padres, young Yankees fan Jacob Carpenter argued he was glad the former Orioles star would not be suiting up in pinstripes, as some in New York had hoped.

Longtime Orioles radio voice Joe Angel won't return for the 2019 season, the team announced Thursday, having spent 19 seasons on the Orioles Radio Network and causing a shakeup on the team's broadcast.

Remember when Chuck Thompson, John "Boog" Powell and De De Sneeringer were in the news?

Top prospects Yusniel Diáz, Ryan Mountcastle, Ryan McKenna and Dean Kremer headline the Orioles' group of 2019 nonroster invitees for major league spring training.

Former Orioles and Yankees star Mike Mussina will go into the Baseball Hall of Fame this summer without a logo on his cap for his enshrinement plaque.

Remember when Elvis Grbac, Marvin Webster and Wes Unseld were in the news?

As his Jan. 7 court date looms ever closer, Kevin Spacey has been sighted out and about in Baltimore. His relationship with the city extends as far back as 2012.

Washington Redskins tackle Trent Williams practiced Monday and has been fully cleared after being taken to the hospital in an ambulance following the team’s game at Dallas on Thanksgiving Day.

The Orioles and Washington Nationals finished their arguments in a two-day rehearing before a committee of baseball executives in their long-running dispute over television rights fees.

Resetting the Orioles' known executive candidates with the possibility that they could make a decision on a replacement for executive vice president Dan Duquette this week.

As they rebuild and deal with an uneven organizational depth chart, the Orioles should take a deeper and different look at the list of minor league free agents this winter.

The Orioles have the only remaining vacancy at the top executive level after the San Francisco Giants hired Dodgers general manager Farhan Zaidi as their president of baseball operations late Tuesday.

As the Orioles search for a top executive stretches on, the work former Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington did in building the 2018 World Series champion should stand out for how he ran a complete organization before his dismissal.

Steve Pearce, who has played for all five American League East teams, including the Orioles, is named World Series MVP after helping the Boston Red Sox defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2018 World Series.

The Orioles were shut out of the 2018 finalists for the Gold Glove Awards. Who could be the next player in an Orioles uniform to even be a finalist?

The Orioles moved quickly to dismiss Buck Showalter and Dan Duquette, but even if they have a sense of urgency, the search for a new general manager and manager could take awhile.

Considering the type of candidates the Orioles went after in 2011 — young, analytics-minded executives who have vast experience in the baseball world — here are a handful of people who fit that mold now.

Dan Duquette won't be offered a new contract to return as Orioles executive vice president.

The Orioles announced a 78-date total of 1,564,192 fans at Camden Yards this year, the lowest in the ballpark's history and the team's lowest since 1978.