The Orioles had two days off and a rainout over the first nine days of May, but the going is going to get a lot tougher.
Starting with Friday night’s weather-threatened series opener against the Los Angeles Angels at Camden Yards, the O’s are scheduled to play on 20 consecutive games — including an 11-game stretch that features seven games against the New York Yankees and a four-game road series against the Cleveland Indians.
Manager Brandon Hyde acknowledged the magnitude of that challenge before Friday night’s game and said his team’s success over that period will depend on the starting pitchers continuing to put together the kind of outings that Andrew Cashner, John Means and Dylan Bundy have produced over the past week.