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1 Game #2&3 Delmarva Shorebirds vs. Greensboro Grasshoppers (Marlins) Arthur W. Perdue Stadium BASEBALL Bret Lasky, Director of Broadcasting & Graphic Design Arthur W. Perdue Stadium 6400 Hobbs Road Salisbury, Md O: ext. 142 C: & 2000 SAL Champions 2002 & 2005 Northern Division Champs 16th Season of Baseball Stat of the Night Due to weather, the Shorebirds played five doubleheaders last season, three of which came at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium. The Shorebirds went 2-8 in their doubleheaders last year. The first doubleheader didn t come until May Shorebirds Schedule Date Opponent Time/Result April 5 Salisbury U W, 6-2 April 7 Greensboro W, 2-1 April 8 Greensboro PPD. April 9 Greensboro 5:05 p.m. April 9 Greensboro Game 2 April 10 Greensboro 2:05 p.m. April 11 Kannapolis 7:05 p.m. April 12 Kannapolis 7:05 p.m. April 13 Kannapolis 7:05 p.m. April 14 Kannapolis 7:05 p.m. April 7:00 p.m. April 7:00 p.m. April 4:00 p.m. April 12:30 p.m. April 7:05 p.m. April 7:05 p.m. April 7:05 p.m. April 7:05 p.m. April 7:05 p.m. April 24 OFF DAY April 25 Savannah 7:05 p.m. April 26 Savannah 7:05 p.m. April 27 Savannah 7:05 p.m. April 28 Savannah 7:05 p.m. April 29 Savannah 7:05 p.m. April 30 Charleston 7:05 p.m. May 1 Charleston 2:05 p.m. May 2 Charleston 7:05 p.m. May 3 Charleston 10:35 a.m. May 4 OFF DAY May 7:05 p.m. May 7:05 p.m. May 6:05 p.m. May 2:05 p.m. May 6:35 p.m. May 10:35 a.m. May 6:35 p.m. May 6:35 p.m. May 13 Greensboro 7:05 p.m. May 14 Greensboro 7:05 p.m. May 15 Greensboro 2:05 p.m. May 16 Greensboro 7:05 p.m. May 17 Lakewood 7:05 p.m. May 18 Lakewood 7:05 p.m. May 19 Lakewood 10:35 a.m. May 7:05 p.m. May 7:05 p.m. May 5:05 p.m. May 7:05 p.m. May 24 OFF DAY May 25 West Virginia 7:05 p.m. May 26 West Virginia 7:05 p.m. May 27 West Virginia 7:05 p.m. May 28 West Virginia 7:05 p.m. May 7:05 p.m. May 12:05 p.m. *All listed game times are EST Delmarva (1-0) SHOREBIRDS GAME PREP Location...Salisbury, Md. Date...April 9, 2011 Venue...Arthur W. Perdue Stadium First Pitch of Game 1...5:05 p.m. Radio The Sports Animal Online...960thesportsanimal.com Talent...Bret Lasky Year-to-Date Attendance...2, Series...Tie Series...Tie 6-6 Delmarva Greensboro (0-0) (0-1) SHOREBIRDS GRASSHOPPERS Upcoming Games & Pitching Probables Date Time Opponent Pitching Matchup April 9 5:05 p.m. Greensboro RHP Tim Adleman (--, --) vs. RHP Alan Oaks (--, --) April 9 Game 2 Greensboro LHP Cameron Roth (--, --) vs. RHP Jheyson Manzueta (--, --) April 10 2:05 p.m. Greensboro LHP Jacob Pettit (--, --) vs. RHP Robert Morey (--, --) April 11 7:05 p.m. Kannapolis RHP Scott Copeland (--, --) vs. RHP Kevin Moran (--, --) April 12 7:05 p.m. Kannapolis RHP Tim Berry (--, --) vs. RHP Ryan Buch (0-1, 1.50) PREVIEW: After a nail-biting 2-1 win in the opener on Thursday and a postponement on Friday, the Shorebirds and Grasshoppers meet for a doubleheader tonight. Orioles first round selection Manny Machado blasted the eventual game-winning triple in the bottom of the sixth inning to score both runs. Brenden Webb drew a lead off walk and Mychal Givens singled him to third before the Machado hit. The Shorebirds bullpen tossed five scoreless innings and held the Grasshoppers to just hit in the final five innings. MACHADO TOP SHORTSTOP PROSPECT: In the most recent edition of Baseball America, Shorebirds shortstop Manny Machado was tabbed as the top overall shortstop prospect in professional baseball. BULLPEN DELIVERS: Chris Petrini, Clay Schrader and David Walters combined to shutdown the Grasshoppers from the fifth inning forward on Thursday night. Petrini threw three scoreless innings in middle relief, Schrader threw the eighth inning and David Walters picked up his tenth career minor league save. DOUBLE PLAY #1: The dynamic double play combo of Machado and Givens turned their first double play of the 2011 season in game one. Greensboro had the lead off man aboard when Pedro Mendoza grounded to Givens who started the double play. CAMERON ROTH GETS NOD (More on Page 10): Cameron Roth will make a spot start in game two of the doubleheader tonight. Roth is not unfamiliar with the starting role as he made 12 starts last season for the Bluefield Orioles. In 55.1 innings pitched, he struck out 47 batters and walked 21. Roth celebrated his 22nd birthday on April 5. He played his college baseball at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. The Poquoson, Virginia native was selected in the 29th round of the 2010 First Year Player Draft. PLAYER TO WATCH WHO S HOT/WHO S NOT KIERON POPE Kieron Pope, who went 0-for-3 last night, has played in 301 minor league games over his five plus season career. He has 28 career home runs and 152 career RBIs. Pope hit.232 with 12 home runs for the Shorebirds in 2008 and.250 with six home runs for Delmarva in Pope was selected in the 5th round of the 2005 draft by the Orioles. WHO S HOT MYCHAL GIVENS Mychal Givens, the Orioles second round pick in 2009, finished the 2010 campaign on an 8-game hitting streak with the Ironbirds. He went 12-of-33 (.364) with three homers and five RBIs during the stretch. WHO S NOT TRENT MUMMEY In 13 games towards the tail end of the season with Delmarva, Mummey went hitless in seven of them. He finished with nine hits in 54 at-bats (.167). Last night, he went 0-for-4 to open the 2011 season.

2 TONIGHT S SHOREBIRDS STARTER #36 RHP TIM ADLEMAN (--, --) Height: 6-5 Weight: 205 Age: 23 (11/13/87) Hometown: Raleigh, NC College: Georgetown University Drafted: 24th Rd. in 2010 draft by Orioles 2011 GAME-BY-GAME DATE OPP. DEC IP H R ER HR BB K Left W/L 4/8 GBO 2011 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS CG s: -- CG s: N/A SHO s: -- SHO s: N/A Low-Hit: -- Low-Hit 0, 8/2/ IP High-Hit: -- High-Hit: 8, 7/28/10 Innings: -- Innings: 7.0, 8/2/10 Walks: -- Walks: 4, 6/28/10 Strikeouts: -- Strikeouts:7, two times Runs: -- Runs: 6, 8/8/10 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBERS W L ERA GS IP ER Home Road Day Night vs. Left: vs. Right: TOTALS: AVG H AB HR BB SO INNING-BY-INNING Inning ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG GIDP RECAPPING LAST SEASON: Adleman made 13 starts for the Aberdeen Ironbirds in his first professional season. In 68.0 innings pitched, he surrendered just 52 hits. The New York-Penn League hit just.215 against him. Adleman allowed two or fewer earned runs in nine of his 13 starts last season. DEBUT TONIGHT: Tonight marks Adleman s first start in the South Atlantic League. He is in his second season in the Orioles organization. THE NO-NO: Adleman s best performance last season was a seveninning gem against the Staten Island Yankees on August 2. He did not allow a single yet. The S.I. Yankees managed only one hit in the game. Adleman recorded two other shutouts on the year (June 22 against Brooklyn IP & July 22 against Tri-City IP). NYPL ALL-STAR: Adleman was one of four players (only pitcher) on the Ironbirds roster last season to make the NYPL All-Star Team. He posted a 2-3 record with a 3.10 ERA in before the all-star break. MONTH-BY-MONTH Month Record ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG April May June July August CAREER STATISTICS Season Team W-L ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO 2010 Aberdeen Delmarva TOTALS TALLEST PITCHER ON ROSTER: Adleman is the tallest pitcher on the Shorebirds active roster this season at 6 5. Jess Beal, currently on the DL, is the two inches taller than Adleman. FINAL YEAR AT GEORGETOWN: In his final season at Georgetown ( ), Adleman posted a 4-4 mark with a 5.51 ERA in 14 starts for the Hoyas. FIRST GEORGETOWN PITCHER SELECTED SINCE 07: When his name was called in the 24th round last year, Adleman become the first Georgetown player to get drafted since 2007 when Matt Bouchard was selected in the 11th round by the Mets. HOYAS RECORD: Adleman holds the career strikeout record at Georgetown with 224 over his career. He fanned 58 in 2009, 66 in 2008, 45 in 2007 and 55 in TWO YEARS IN THE COASTAL PLAIN LEAGUE: In 2008, Tim Adleman was an all-star in the CPL, a wood-bat summer collegiate league, for the Wilson Tobs. He posted a perfect 8-0 record with a 1.84 ERA. He went 4-4 with a 3.95 ERA in his second season with the Wilson Tobs.

3 GAME #2&3 - Delmarva Shorebirds vs. Greensboro Grasshoppers (Marlins) Arthur W. Perdue Stadium MANAGER RYAN MINOR Minor enters his second season at the helm of the Shorebirds and his fourth on the Shorebirds coaching staff. He was named the 11th manager in team history prior to the 2010 season. The Shorebirds finished in his first season as manager. In 2008 and 2009, Minor excelled as the hitting coach for the Shorebirds. Under Minor s direction in 2008, the Shorebirds finished with a team batting average of.261, third best in the South Atlantic League. In 2009, Minor helped hone the skills of some of the top prospects in the Orioles organization. Ron Welty blossomed, leading the Shorebirds with a.290 batting average. Joe Mahoney increased his batting average by 55 points from 2008 to 2009 ( ). Minor helped usher five position players to Frederick by seasons end. Minor spent the 2006 and 2007 seasons as a coach in independent ball, serving as hitting and infield coach for the York Revolution in 2007 and worked as a coach for the Road Warriors in The 37 year-old was originally drafted by Baltimore in the 33rd round of the 1996 First Year Player Draft. Minor played 142 games in four major league seasons ( ) with the Orioles and Montreal Expos. Minor is remembered by Orioles fans for taking Cal Ripken, Jr. s place at third base on September 20, 1998, the night Ripken ended his consecutive games played streak. He also played in the Seattle, Los Angeles Dodgers and Florida Marlins organizations from He spent the 2005 season with the independent Lancaster Barnstormers before ending his playing career. Year Team Title Record 2011 Shorebirds Manager Shorebirds Manager Shorebirds Field Coach Shorebirds Field Coach Overall Record (.489) Managerial Record (.421) MACHADO ARRIVES: Miami, Florida native Manny Machado is widely considered the top prospect in the Orioles system. Machado hit.639 with 12 home runs and 59 RBIs for Brito High School last season. Britton led Team USA to a gold medal at the 18-andunder Pan American games in Venezuela last summer. Machado is the highest overall draft pick to ever suit up for the Delmarva Shorebirds. He was selected with the third overall pick in the 2010 draft. Below is a look at the top overall draft picks to play for the Shorebirds. The year in parenthesis represents the year that he played for the Shorebirds. NAME YEAR PICK Manny Machado (2011) rd Adam Loewen (2004) th Matt Hobgood (2009) th Nick Markakis (2004) th Brandon Snyder (2006) th Billy Rowell (2007) th Mike Paradis (1999, 2000) th Rich Stahl (2000) th Larry Bigbie (1999) st Jayson Werth (1997) nd Keith Reed (2000) rd Rick Elder (2000) th Darnell McDonald (1998) th Michael Barrett (1996) th NEW FIELD COACH: JOSE HERNANDEZ: The only new member of the coaching staff this season is Jose Hernandez, who takes over for Mike Devereaux as the new field coach. This is Hernandez s second season in the Orioles organization. Hernandez played 15 seasons in the major leagues for nine different teams. His longest tenure with one team was with the Chicago Cubs from 1994 to In 1,587 career games, Hernandez has a lifetime batting average of.252 with 168 home runs and 603 RBIs. He was named a 2002 NL All-Star. LAST 2-0 START: The Shorebirds started 2-0 in 2009 when they beat Lakewood at FirstEnergy Park twice to open the year. The Birds also started 2-0 in 2005, the last year they made the postseason. They have not started 3-0 since at least the 2003 season. BRITTON LATEST TO MAKE MAJORS: On April 3, 2011 former Shorebirds pitcher Zach Britton made his debut for the Baltimore Orioles in a starting role against Tampa Bay. Britton won 12 games for the Delmarva Shorebirds in 2008 (12-7, 3.12). Britton finished seventh in the South Atlantic League in ERA and fourth in innings pitched (147.2). He became the first former Shorebirds player to make the major leagues since David Hernandez made his MLB debut on May 28, Hernandez pitched for the Shorebirds in OPENING DAY RESULTS: Below is a look at the Shorebirds on opening day over the last eight years. The Birds took the opener last night 2-1. YEAR DATE OPPONENT RESULT 2011 April 7 Greensboro W, April L, April W, April 3 Hagerstown L, 5-4 (14) 2007 April L, April Virginia L, 4-1 (6) 2005 April W, April Virginia W, 6-4 NEW POSITION FOR GIVENS: Orioles second round pick in 2009, Mychal Givens, will play second base this season. Givens was a superstar pitcher and shortstop coming out of Plant High School in Tampa, Florida. He played shortstop in five games last season for the Shorebirds. Givens played second base six times late in the year with the Aberdeen Ironbirds, across from Manny Machado. L.J. Hoes (2009 Shorebirds player) began to make the transition to second base while he was with the Shorebirds. SECOND HALF MVP IS BACK: Third baseman Ty Kelly was voted the Shorebirds Second Half MVP by the Shorebirds Fan Club. Kelly led the Shorebirds last season in games played (129), at-bats (487), hits (126), RBIs (58), total bases (180) and sacrifice hits (11). Kelly also finished second on the team in doubles (30) and walks (68). TOUGH TO GO DEEP AT PERDUE: Arthur W. Perdue Stadium is one of the tougher parks in the league to hit the long ball. There were only 70 homers hit last season at Perdue Stadium. Greensboro s NewBridge Bank Park led the league with 143 home runs last season. Rome s State Mutual Stadium saw the fewest home runs hit last season (40). The chart below shows the amount of home runs hit at each ballpark around the SAL last season. Only one Shorebirds player has registered double digit homers over the last two seasons; Tyler Kolodny (10, 2010). Team Ballpark HR s Rome State Mutual Stadium 40 Savannah Grayson Stadium 51 Augusta Lake Olmstead 56 Lakewood First Energy Ballpark 57 Charleston Joseph P. Riley Park 59 Delmarva Perdue Stadium 70 Kannapolis Fieldcrest Cannon 78 Hagerstown Memorial Stadium 80 Greenville Fluor Field 93 Hickory L.P. Frans Stadium 97 Lexington Whitaker Bank 104 Asheville McCormick Field 104 West Virgina Appalachian Power 116 Greensboro NewBridge Bank Park 143

4 GAME #2&3- Delmarva Shorebirds vs. Greensboro Grasshoppers (Marlins) Arthur W. Perdue Stadium SHOREBIRDS UP CLOSE TOTAL HOME ROAD Overall Record Vs. Southern Division Vs. Northern Division Day Games Night Games Shorebirds Score 1st Opponent Scores 1st Games Won in Last AB Vs. RH Starters Vs. LH Starters Birds Starter 6+ Innings Birds Starter 7+ Innings Birds Starter 8+ Innings When Hitting a HR When Not Hitting a HR Out Hit Opponents Out Hit by Opponents Equal # of Hits Commit 0 Errors Commit 1-2 Errors Commit 3+Errors One Run Games Two Run Games Run Games Shutout Record Leading After 7th Trailing After 7th Tied After 7th Leading After 8th Trailing After 8th Tied After 8th Extra Innings Games Doubleheaders Series Record April Record May Record June Record July Record August Record September Record Monday Record Tuesday Record Wednesday Record Thursday Record Friday Record Saturday Record Sunday Record CAREER HOMERS: Kieron Pope returns for a third stint with the Delmarva Shorebirds. He has belted 18 of his 28 career minor league home runs while with the Shorebirds. Pope blasted a career best 12 homers in 2008 for the Birds. Jason Fransz owns the career Shorebirds record with 28 home runs between the 2004 season (6) and the 2005 season (22). DOWN YEAR AT HOME LAST YEAR: The Shorebirds had their fair share of troubles at Perdue Stadium last year. They went at home. Prior to that, the Shorebirds had posted a winning record at home in six straight seasons. The Shorebirds are normally much better at home than on the road. In fact, over the last six years, the Shorebirds have 41 more win at home than on the road. Year Home Record Road Record ALL-STAR RETURNS: 2010 South Atlantic League All-Star Brian Conley is back for his third stint with the Shorebirds. Conley lead the Shorebirds in batting average last season at.270. He also led the Shorebirds with 70 walks and a.401 on-base percentage. The Gaithersburg, Md. native earned a late promotion to Frederick. In 16 games, he hit.222 (10-45) with a home run and four RBIs. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE LOADED: The South Atlantic League is currently home to the top three picks in the 2010 First Year Player Draft; Bryce Harper (Hagerstown), Jameson Taillon (West Virginia and Manny Machado (Delmarva). The eighth overall pick in the draft, Delino Deshields, Jr. is also in the league with the Lexington Legends. FIRST MULTIPLE YEAR SKIP SINCE... Gary Kendall is the last manager to lead the Shorebirds for consecutive seasons. Ryan Minor enters his second season as the leader of the Shorebirds. After Kendall left for Aberdeen, Ramon Sambo managed in Orlando Gomez was the manager in 2009 and Ryan Minor took over in Kendall and Joe Ferguson ( ) are the only skippers in history to manage for three consecutive seasons. SHOREBIRDS SCHEDULE TIDBITS The 2011 Shorebirds schedule features 70 home games and 70 road games. Besides those obvious figures, here are some other tidbits. Eight of their first 12 games will be against the Greensboro Grasshoppers. The Shorebirds play the Grasshoppers 16 times in the first half and only five times in the second half of the year. The Shorebirds travel to Augusta this season for the first time since August of The Shorebirds go to Augusta, Georgia during the first road swing of the season. The Shorebirds will play only 11 home games in the month of June (15 road games). The two teams that the Shorebirds do not play this season are the Greenville Drive (Red Sox) and Lexington Legends (Astros). BEATO MAKES MLB DEBUT: Former Shorebirds pitcher Pedro Beato made his major league debut for the New York Mets this season. Beato went 7-8 with 4.05 ERA for the Shorebirds in He was selected by the Mets, the team that first drafted in him in 2005, in the 2010 Rule 5 Draft. Beato has pitched in one game this season for the Mets. He tossed two scoreless innings. COLLEGES REPRESENTED THIS YEAR: The Shorebirds roster features a lot of players with college experience; Tim Adleman (Georgetown), Scott Copeland (University of Southern Mississippi), Jason Gurka (Angelina JC), Brandon Holloway (Bluefield College), Jarret Martin (Bakersfield JC), Ryan Palsha (Diablo Valley JC, Chris Petrini (University of California-Berkeley), Cameron Roth (UNC Wilmington), Clay Schrader (San Jacinto JC), Aaron Swenson (Youngstown State), David Walters (Francis Marion), Justin Dalles (South Carolina), Kyle Moore (Alabama), Mike Flacco (CCBC- Catonsville), Adam Gaylord (Stanford), Ty Kelly (University of California-Davis), Brian Conley (Towson), Trent Mummey (Auburn), Kipp Schutz (Indiana) and Brenden Webb (Palomar JC). MATTES BACK ON STAFF: Former Shorebirds pitcher (1996), Troy Mattes, returns for his second season as the pitching coach in Delmarva. Mattes posted a 10-9 record with a 2.86 ERA back in 1996 for the Shorebirds. He also recorded five complete games and three shutouts. He made eight starts for the Expos in 2001.

5 DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS HITTERS NOTES BRIAN CONLEY #4 L/L OF SERIES (GBO): 0-2 LAST SERIES (): CURRENT STREAK: VS. LHP: VS. RHP:.000 (0-2) STARTS BY POSITION: (RF) 1 STARTS BY BATTING ORDER (6) 1 JUSTIN DALLES #9 R/R C CURRENT STREAK: VS. LHP: VS. RHP: STARTS BY POSITION: STARTS BY BATTING ORDER CAREER STATS/HIGHLIGHTS ( ): Selected in the 17th round of the 2008 First Year Player Draft by the Orioles Named to the South Atlantic League All-Star Team in 2010 Led the Shorebirds last season in batting average (.270), walks (70) and on-base percentage (.401) Has played in 127 games over parts of two seasons in Delmarva coming into 2011 Promoted to High-A Frederick at end of hit.222 (10-45) in 16 games Had 10 outfield assists last season in 98 games with the Shorebirds Played college baseball at the University of Towson Second Team All-CAA as a Senior - hit.352 with 12 home runs and 65 runs scored CAREER STATS/HIGHLIGHTS (ABERDEEN): Selected in the 6th round of the 2009 First Year Player Draft Played in 48 games for the Shorebirds in hit.208 (35-168) with four homers Hit.225 with 21 RBIs in 48 games for the Ironbirds in 2009 Played his college baseball at South Carolina - Second Team All-SEC in 2009 Hit.324 with 39 runs scored, 15 homers and 47 RBIs for the Gamecocks in 09 Selected in 2008 Draft by Toronto Blue Jays (26th round) Selected in 2007 Draft by St. Louis Cardinals (40th round) Selected in 2006 Draft by New York Mets (15th round) Born in Brooklyn, New York and resides in Lake Worth, FL MIKE FLACCO #39 R/R INF CURRENT STREAK: VS. LHP: VS. RHP: STARTS BY POSITION: STARTS BY BATTING ORDER: ADAM GAYLORD #38 R/R IF SERIES (GBO): 1-3 LAST SERIES (): CURRENT STREAK: 1 (1-3,.333) VS. LHP: VS. RHP:.333 (1-3) STARTS BY POSITION: (1B) 1 STARTS BY BATTING ORDER (7) SEASON STATS/HIGHLIGHTS (DELMARVA): CAREER STATS/HIGHLIGHTS (BLUEFIELD, ABERDEEN, DELMARVA): Selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 31st round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft out of the Community College of Baltimore County-Catonsville Hit.324 in 29 games for the Shorebirds in doubles and 10 RBIs Called up to the Shorebirds on July 25th after hitting.250 with 16 RBIs in Aberdeen Is the younger brother of Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco Split 2009 with Bluefield and Delmarva, playing 65 games and hitting.263 Was named Appalacian League Player of the Week on Aug. 24, 2009 One year at CCBC - hit.399 with 14 home runs and 51 RBIs CAREER STATS/HIGHLIGHTS (ABERDEEN): Selected in the 31st round of the 2010 First Year Player Draft Hit.273 in 68 games for the Aberdeen Ironbirds last season in his first pro season Named a New York-Penn League All-Star Hit.321 in the month of July (36-112) with 14 RBIs Played college baseball at Stanford University Hit.232 with 8 runs scored and nine RBIs in 31 games as a senior Played on the 2008 Stanford College World Series team that advanced to the semi s Dad Ken was a long team head coach at Cerritos College and former UCLA baseball player

6 DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS HITTERS NOTES MYCHAL GIVENS #11 R/R IF SERIES (GBO): 1-3, R LAST SERIES (): CURRENT STREAK: 1 (1-3,.333) VS. LHP: VS. RHP:.333 (1-3) STARTS BY POSITION: (2B) 1 STARTS BY BATTING ORDER (2) 1 TYLER KELLY #14 S/R IF CURRENT STREAK: VS. LHP: VS. RHP: STARTS BY POSITION: STARTS BY BATTING ORDER Selected in the 2nd round of the 2009 First Year Player Draft Played across four levels last season; GCL (7 games), Aberdeen (8 games), Delmarva (7 games) and Frederick (1 game) Batted.222 (4-18) during his short stint with the Shorebirds Injured hand diving into first base last season 7th best prospect in the Orioles farm system according to Baseball America Florida Dairy Farms Class 5A Player of the Year in 2009 out of Plant HS Went 8-4 on the mound and batted.374 with four home runs CAREER STATS/HIGHLIGHTS (ABERDEEN): Selected in the 13th round of the 2009 First Year Player Draft Played in team best 129 games last season for the Shorebirds -.259, 30 2B, 58 RBIs Paced the Shorebirds in: games played, hits (126), RBIs and runs scored (68) Hit.265 in 61 games for the Aberdeen Ironbirds in runs scored 2009 Ironbirds Team MVP NYPL All-Star Played his college baseball at University of California-Davis Honorable Mention All Big West as a junior (2009) Led the Aggies with 20 doubles, 66 hits, 40 RBIs, four homers and a.465 slugging % Kelly led the Big West conference in batting average (.397) as a sophomore in 08 MANNY MACHADO #21 R/R IF SERIES (GBO): 2-3, 2 RBI LAST SERIES (): CURRENT STREAK: 1 (2-3,.667) VS. LHP: VS. RHP:.667 (2-3) STARTS BY POSITION: (SS) 1 STARTS BY BATTING ORDER (3) 1 TRENT MUMMEY #7 L/L IF SERIES (GBO): 0-4 LAST SERIES (): CURRENT STREAK: VS. LHP:.000 (0-1) VS. RHP:.000 (0-3) STARTS BY POSITION: STARTS BY BATTING ORDER Went 2-3 with the game-winning two-run triple in his Shorebirds debut (4/7) CAREER STATS/HIGHLIGHTS (2010): Selected in the 1st round (3rd overall) by the Orioles in the 2010 draft Highest draft pick to ever play for the Delmarva Shorebirds (surpasses Adam Loewen - selected fourth overall in 2002 and played for the Birds in Played in two games for the GCL Orioles last season (1-7) and seven games for the Aberdeen Ironbirds (.345, 10-29) Hit.639 with 12 homers and 68 RBIs in just 29 games as a senior at Brito High School Highest Orioles draft pick since 1989, when they took LSU s Ben McDonald #1 Top prospect in the Orioles farm system according to Baseball America CAREER STATS/HIGHLIGHTS (2010): Selected in the 4th round of the 2010 First Year Player Draft by the Orioles Played in 49 games for the Ironbirds last season - hit.266 with three home runs Promoted to Delmarva for the final 13 games of hit.167 (9-54), with five RBIs New York-Penn League All-Star in 2010 Led the Ironbirds in doubles (16) and tied for team high in steals (6) Played college baseball at Auburn First Team All-SEC at Auburn - 15 doubles, 17 home runs,.366 batting average as Jr. Highest player drafted from Auburn since 2007 (Josh Donaldson, th overall)

7 DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS HITTERS NOTES MICHAEL OHLMAN #12 R/R C SERIES (GBO): 0-3, 3 K s LAST SERIES (): CURRENT STREAK: None VS. LHP:.000 (0-1) VS. RHP:.000 (0-2).167 (1-6) STARTS BY POSITION: (C) 1 STARTS BY BATTING ORDER (8) 1 KIERON POPE #17 R/R OF SERIES (GBO): 0-3 LAST SERIES (): CURRENT STREAK: NONE VS. LHP: VS. RHP: 0-3 STARTS BY POSITION: (DH) 1 STARTS BY BATTING ORDER (4) 1 Selected in the 11th round of the 2009 First Year Player Draft Did not sign with the Orioles until August 17th Started the 2010 season with the Shorebird -34 games,.174 batting average Transferred down to Bluefield - 50 games,.233 average, 20 RBIs Played in just four games for the GCL Orioles in 2009 (1-for-11) Tabbed as the 15th best prospect in the Orioles system by Baseball America in 2010 Batted.550 with 28 RBIs in senior year at Lakewood Ranch High School Born and resides in Bradenton, Florida CAREER STATS/HIGHLIGHTS (2005-Present): Drafted by the Orioles in the 4th round of the 2005 First Year Player Draft Recipient of Moe Drabowsky Comeback Player of the Year Award in 2010 Missed entire 2009 season due to a right femur break suffered in Spring Training 300 minor league games entering the 2011 season Returned to Shorebirds in 2010 and batted.250 in 75 games with six homers Has played in 183 career games for Shorebirds entering 2011 season Career.239 hitter through five minor league seasons Graduated from East Coweta H.S. in Georgia JONATHAN SCHOOP #46 R/R IF SERIES (GBO): 0-3 LAST SERIES (): CURRENT STREAK: NONE VS. LHP: VS. RHP: 0-3 STARTS BY POSITION: (3B) 1 STARTS BY BATTING ORDER (5) 1 KIPP SCHUTZ #23 L/L OF CURRENT STREAK: VS. LHP: VS. RHP: STARTS BY POSITION: STARTS BY BATTING ORDER Signed as a non-drafted free agent on August 20, 2008 Played across three levels in 2010; GCL (17 g), Bluefield (39 g), Frederick (6 g) Batted.316 in 39 games for the Bluefield Orioles Led the GCL Orioles with three homers in just 17 games 10th best prospect in the Orioles organization according to Baseball America Native of Willemstad, Curacao Second youngest player on the team - 19 years old Selected in the 19th round of the 2009 First Year Player Draft Batted.313 in 68 games for the Aberdeen Ironbirds last season - 42 RBIs, 4 HR s Named to the New York-Penn League All-Star Team Finished 4th in the NYPL in hits (83) and 8th in the league with 42 RBIs Hit.252 in his first year in the Orioles organization with Bluefield (2009) Played college baseball at Indiana Batted.392 for IU in his final season - Big Ten All-Tournament Team Selected by Orioles in 26th round of the 2006 First Year Player Draft Played one seasons on the IU basketball team - 6 games, 6 points

8 DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS HITTERS NOTES BRENDEN WEBB #25 L/L OF SERIES (GBO): 0-2, R LAST SERIES (): CURRENT STREAK: NONE VS. LHP:.000 (0-1) VS. RHP:.000 (0-1) STARTS BY POSITION: (LF) 1 STARTS BY BATTING ORDER (9) 1 Selected by the Orioles in the 30th round of the 2009 First Year Player Draft Batted.227 in 61 games for the Bluefield Orioles last season - 5 HR s, 25 RBIs Hit.186 in his first professional season (2009) in the GCL Played his college baseball at Palomar JC Hit.342 with 8 homers and 42 RBIs at Palomar in 2009 Committed to play baseball at USC before signing with the Orioles

9 SHOREBIRDS TEAM PITCHING STATS (2011): DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS BULLPEN NOTES JASON GURKA #31 L/L LHP LAST SAVE: LONGEST OUTING: SHORTEST OUTING: MOST STRIKEOUTS: MOST WALKS: Vs. LH: Vs. RH: INHERITED/STRANDED: SAVE OPPORTUNITIES: JARRET MARTIN #37 L/L LHP SERIES (GBO): LAST SERIES (): LAST SAVE: LONGEST OUTING: SHORTEST OUTING: MOST STRIKEOUTS: MOST WALKS: Vs. LH: Vs. RH: INHERITED/STRANDED: SAVE OPPORTUNITIES: CAREER STATS/HIGHLIGHTS (2008-Present): Selected 15th Round of the 2008 First Year Player Draft by the Orioles Posted a 2-2 record with a 4.93 ERA in 22 relief appearances last season in Aberdeen Did not pitch in 2009 Made just two appearances in his first professional season (2008) in Bluefield Played college baseball at Angelica JC in Texas CAREER STATS/HIGHLIGHTS (FIRST PROFESSIONAL SEASON): Selected in the 18th round of the 2009 First Year Player Draft by the Orioles Went 3-5 with a 4.07 ERA in 13 starts last season in Bluefield Batted.331 with 11 HR s in 2009 at Bakersfield JC (most all-time in a single season) Played collegiately at Bakersfield JC in California RYAN PALSHA #6 R/R RHP LAST SAVE: LONGEST OUTING: SHORTEST OUTING: MOST STRIKEOUTS: MOST WALKS: Vs. LH: Vs. RH: INHERITED/STRANDED: SAVE OPPORTUNITIES: CHRIS PETRINI #26 R/L LHP SERIES (GBO): 1 G, 3.0 IP, 0 R LAST SERIES (WVP): 1 G, 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R LAST SAVE: LONGEST OUTING: SHORTEST OUTING: MOST STRIKEOUTS: 3, 4/7 vs. GBO MOST WALKS: 1, 4/7 vs. GBO Vs. LH:.200 (1-5) Vs. RH:.000 (0-4) INHERITED/STRANDED: 0-0 SAVE OPPORTUNITIES: 4/7 GBO ND SEASON STATS/HIGHLIGHTS (DELMARVA): Tossed three scoreless innings in his debut on opening night against Greensboro Selected in the 16th round of the 2009 First Year Player Draft Made five appearances for the Shorebirds early in the season last year (1-1, 4.00) Suffered an injury that ended the rest of his season Went 2-1 with a 4.33 ERA in 11 appearances for Bluefield Orioles in 2009 Second youngest pitcher on the staff this season (20, 5/17/90) Attended Diablo Valley JC in California 16 appearances in 09 at Diablo Valley - 5-2, 4.06 ERA CAREER STATS/HIGHLIGHTS (2010): Signed as a non-drafted free agent on June 14, 2010 Made 15 appearances in Bluefield in 2010 (3-1, 2.22) and six in the GCL (0-1, 1.53) Played college baseball at University of California-Berkeley Posted a 1-1 record with a 5.44 ERA in 2010 at UC-Berekely (49.2 IP) Tommy John Surgery in 2007

10 SHOREBIRDS TEAM PITCHING STATS (2011): DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS BULLPEN NOTES CAMERON ROTH #19 L/L LHP LAST SAVE: LONGEST OUTING: SHORTEST OUTING: MOST STRIKEOUTS: MOST WALKS: Vs. LH: Vs. RH: INHERITED/STRANDED: SAVE OPPORTUNITIES: CLAY SCHRADER #35 L/R RHP SERIES (GBO): 1 G, 1.0 IP, 0 R LAST SERIES (): LAST SAVE: LONGEST OUTING: 1.0 IP, 4/7 vs. GBO SHORTEST OUTING: MOST STRIKEOUTS: 1, 4/7 vs. GBO MOST WALKS: 2, 4/7 vs. GBO Vs. LH:.000 (0-2) Vs. RH:.000 (0-1) INHERITED/STRANDED: 0-0 SAVE OPPORTUNITIES: 4/7 GBO ND CAREER STATS/HIGHLIGHTS (2008-Present): Selected 29th Round of the 2010 First Year Player Draft by the Orioles Went 2-4 with a 4.23 ERA in 12 starts for the Bluefield Orioles in 2010 Played college baseball at UNC-Wilmington Posted a 7-4 record with a 2.98 ERA for the SeaHawks in led team with 74 SO Went 1-3 with a 7.39 ERA in 2009 at UNC-Wilmington CAREER STATS/HIGHLIGHTS (2010): Selected in the 10th round of the 2010 First Year Player Draft by the Orioles Made seven appearances for the Ironbirds last season (1.0, 0.00 ERA, 8.0 IP) Promoted to Delmarva on August 31 - made 3 appearances (0-1, 6.75) Played collegiately at San Jacinto JC in Texas 2010 Region XIV South All-Conference Team at San Jacinto Started at University of Texas-San-Antonio (one season) Signed at Oklahoma before signing with the Orioles DAVID WALTERS #40 R/R RHP SERIES (GBO): 1 G, 1.0 IP, 0 R LAST SERIES (): LAST SAVE: 4/7 vs. GBO LONGEST OUTING: 1.0, 4/7 vs. GBO SHORTEST OUTING: MOST STRIKEOUTS: MOST WALKS: Vs. LH:.000 (0-1) Vs. RH:.000 (0-2) INHERITED/STRANDED: 0-0 SAVE OPPORTUNITIES: 1-1 4/7 GBO S (1) Signed as a non-drafted free agent on June 15, 2009 Pitched across three levels in 2009 (GCL, Bluefield, Aberdeen) Went 2-1 with a 4.91 ERA for the Shorebirds last season - Promoted to Delmarva on July 14 Played college baseball at Francis Marion Went 7-3 with a 5.97 ERA in his senior year at Francis Marion First Team All All-Peach Belt Conference Went 9-4 with a 4.66 ERA in 2008 at FMU

11 2011 DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS DAY-BY-DAY RESULTS DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE REC PLACE G +/- WINNER LOSER SAVE TIME ATT 4/7 Greensboro W st -- C. Petrini (1-0) K. Winters (0-1) D. Walters (1) 2:29 2,891 4/8 Greensboro - PPD. - doubleheader on April 9

12 2011 DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS TRANSACTIONS 2011 Opening Day Roster ( DL) P: Tim Adleman, Jesse Beal, Tim Berry, Scott Copeland, Jake Cowan, Jason Gurka, Matt Hobgood, Kevin Landry, Jarret Martin, Luis Noel, Ryan Palsha, Chris Petrini, Jacob Pettit, Cameron Roth, Clay Schrader, David Walters C: Justin Dalles, Michael Ohlman, Kyle Moore IF: Mike Flacco, Adam Gaylord, Mychal Givens, Ty Kelly, Manny Machado, Mike Mooney Jonathan Schoop OF: Brian Conley, Trent Mummey, Kieron Pope, Kipp Schutz, Brenden Webb APRIL 7 RHP Jesse Beal placed on the DL (right shoulder tendonitis)...rhp Jake Cowan placed on the Disabled List (right shoulder surgery)...rhp Matt Hobgood placed on the DL (right shoulder strain)...rhp Kevin Landry placed on the DL (right shoulder strain)...c Kyle Moore placed on the DL (right hamstring strain)...if Mike Mooney placed on the DL (right elbow strain)...of Mikey Planeta (left quadriceps strain)