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Harvey is ready pitch in Bowie DJ LeMahieu Jersey , Susac is off to Kansas City and Baltimore restaurants are having opening day discounts."ve about this team at this moment, bottle them up and save them for later in the summer, when things are (likely) not going as well as they are right now. The season is less than a week old. This team still has 97% of their schedule in front of them, and yet the 2019 Orioles have nearly 10% of the wins that the 2018 Orioles were able to muster over the entire 162-game slate. How are they doing this? I�m not entirely sure, but it�s a whole lot of fun. They are winning games in different ways. Sometimes the defense makes an awesome play. Other times they power their way to victory. And the last two nights have seen them get ridiculously good starts from unlikely sources.If this good run of form could just last through their first home stand, then I consider this season a success. That would give us all some good feelings to carry us through the year and set them up to improve upon their record while maintaining a nice draft position. That said, I�m not gonna complain about more wins. Keep it going, Birds!Links & NotesAndrew Cashner pitches the Orioles to a 2-1 win over the Blue Jays - Camden ChatNothing can stop these guys!Royals Acquire Andrew Susac - MLB Trade RumorsFrom the Orioles perspective, this move just clears out the logjam behind the plate. They had too many minor league catchers and not enough innings to go around. Andrew Susac has had injury problems and did not perform well when he had a shot in the bigs last season. It makes sense that he was the one to get the boot.Orioles Opening Day specials in the Baltimore area - Baltimore SunThe big day is on Thursday. If you are headed to Camden Yards, then you�ve already shelled out a good amount of money on tickets and parking alone. You may as well save a couple of bucks on some grub.Hunter Harvey to pitch without restrictions in Bowie: �The gloves are off� - Baltimore SunThis is awesome to hear. It feels like Hunter Harvey has been in the Orioles organization for decades at this point. While his prospect star has certainly fallen since being drafted, scouts still seem highly impressed by his stuff. The problem is that his ability to become a starter long term is questionable. Instead, we may have to settle for Harvey becoming a high-leverage reliever. In the modern game, that can still be an incredibly important role.Birdland Radio 2019 (Ep. 30) - The Warehouse PodcastShameless plug time! In case any of you haven�t heard http://www.rockiesfanproshop.com/authentic-chad-bettis-jersey , I have an Orioles-themed podcast that I host with two of my non-blogging buddies. We were invited to the third ever Birdland Radio event, hosted by the guys at Section 336, this past weekend. It was a lot of fun and we got to record an episode of our show, where we talked roster composition, pitching decisions, Richard Bleier and more. Check it out!Orioles birthdays and historyIs it your birthday? Happy birthday!Only one former Oriole celebrates his birthday today, but it�s a pretty important one, at least to me. Former relief pitcher Koji Uehara turns 44 today. He appeared in 98 games for the O�s over three seasons from 2009 to 2011. During that time, he had a 3.03 ERA, 144 ERA+, 2.94 FIP and 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings. He was traded to the Texas Rangers in July of 2011 in a deal that landed Chris Davis and Tommy Hunter in Birdland.1960 - The Orioles make a trade, sending second baseman Billy Gardner to the Washington Senators in exchange for catcher Clint Courtney and shortstop Ron Samford.1997 - Jimmy Key starts opening day for the Orioles, beating the Kansas City Royals 4-2. He now has a 7-0 career record in the season opener, an MLB-best mark.2011 - Zach/Zack Britton makes his major league debut. The lefty starts for the Orioles Todd Helton Jersey , allowing one run on three hits and six strikeouts over six innings. The O�s beat the Rays 5-1 at Tropicana Field. Another day, another loss"Then, Gurriel was at third base with Devers nowhere near him to hold him close. That, combined with Sale pitching in the windup, was an invitation for a team and player who wanted to be aggressive. Toronto and Gurriel accepted the invite and he had a clean steal of home. Just like that, the Jays had taken a 5-2 lead in demoralizing fashion. Sale would eventually get out of the inning, and that would end his night. His stuff looked better than it has all year, but he still allowed too much contact. Bad luck played a role in that contact finding holes, and he didn�t get help from Vzquez behind the plate, but Sale still needs to be better.So, now the Red Sox were looking for a comeback from their bats, which had slowed down some since that second inning. They did get a leadoff single in the third, but Vzquez inexplicably tried to steal second with Mookie Betts at the plate and was cut down, helping lead to a three-batter inning. In the fourth http://www.rockiesfanproshop.com/authentic-chad-bettis-jersey , they once again had runners on the corners for Pedroia, this time with two outs, but he grounded out yet again. After a 1-2-3 fifth, the Red Sox started to chip away a bit in the sixth. The deficit was still at three thanks to two strong innings out of the bullpen from Tyler Thornburg, continuing a great run from Boston�s relief corps. Betts was up to lead off the sixth, and Shoemaker threw one right in his wheelhouse. The righty threw a fastball up in the zone and Betts ripped it right into the Monster Seats to cut the deficit down to two. A few batters later Bogaerts would draw a walk, and Toronto brought the left-handed Tim Mayza in to face Devers. He made a good pitch that Devers lunged at and popped out to left field, but Hernandez just straight-up dropped an easy catch. Bogaerts would come all the way around the score, closing the gap to one with Devers at second for Pedroia in yet another big spot. Once again he couldn�t get it done, lining out to right field to end the inning.Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY SportsThe top of the seventh brought Heath Hembree into the game in a one-run situation, and after two quick outs he issued a bad walk to Hernandez. That was enough for Cora, who quickly took the righty out and turned to another in Brandon Workman. He wouldn�t be able to get the job done. Workman has been great all year, but he struggled with his command as well as his velocity a bit here, walking the first batter he faced before giving up a little bloop single to score another run as Toronto pushed their lead back up to two.The deficit was still at a couple of runs in the bottom of the eighth. There Charlie Blackmon Jersey , J.D. Martinez came through with a two-out double, and Bogaerts would cut that deficit in half with a double of his own. That brought Devers up with the tying run in scoring position, and while he put up a tough at bat it ended in an easy ground out to finish off the inning.Matt Barnes came on for the top of the ninth to try and keep the lead at one, but he got into early trouble. He hit the first batter he saw with the first pitch he threw, and then a wild pitch in the next at bat moved the runner to scoring position. Galvis then came through with a double and Toronto had their lead back at two. Barnes would get a couple of outs and Galvis would move to third on a steal, bringing Colten Brewer in to try and finish the inning and keep the deficit at two. He would do just that.So, the Red Sox had the bottom of the lineup coming down by two in the bottom of the ninth. Pedroia led off against Ken Giles and he got on with a line drive base hit down the right field line. Jackie Bradley Jr. followed that up with a walk, bringing Blake Swihart up with the tying run on base in a pinch hitting situation. He made the first out on a first-pitch fly out. Andrew Benintendi did the same thing, leaving it all up to Betts with two on and two outs. He couldn�t get it done, striking out in an at bat where he let a hanging slider go by before swinging at ball four and ending the game.Boston has another off-day on Wednesday before the Sox and Jays finish off this quick two-game set on Thursday. They�ll be sending Nathan Eovaldi to the mound to take on Aaron Sanchez. First pitch is at 7:10 PM ET.BOXCourtesy of Fangraphs