O’s star pitcher has 9.28 ERA this spring

Orioles pitcher Jeremy Guthrie has given up 11 earned runs in 10 2/3 innings (9.28 ERA), including 10 in his past two starts. Last year in Grapefruit League games, he yielded 18 runs in 15 1/3 innings. “I wouldn’t know how to rate it,” Guthrie said of Thursday’s performance, which included serving up three homers and throwing 75 pitches. “I am concerned. I want to get people out, and I haven’t gotten people out. So I’d like to pitch better.” Before the game, Trembley pointed to Guthrie’s tireless work ethic and Millwood’s presence and said Guthrie “is going to have a nice year.” The Millwood signing slots Guthrie “in a better space, so that he can be Jeremy Guthrie and he doesn’t have to, maybe subconsciously, think there is more expected of him,” Trembley said. — Baltimore Sun