AROUND THE HORN

Orioles: Matt Harvey gets another fresh beginning, this time with the Baltimore Orioles. He’s scheduled to start against the Red Sox at Fenway Park. The 2013 NL All-Star was one of the game’s best young pitchers for the New York Mets early in his career, but that success was derailed by injuries and ineffectiveness. The right-hander bounced between the Reds, Angels and Royals after leaving the Mets but has mostly struggled. The 32-year-old made the Orioles’ roster after signing a minor league deal during the offseason and will make $1 million this season. Harvey will try to keep the Orioles perfect for the 2021 season. John Means threw seven scoreless innings as the Orioles beat the Red Sox 3-0 on Friday . ... Orioles lefthander John Means was supposed to start the 2020 opener in Boston before a sore arm landed him on the injured list. When he got his chance this year, he froze the Red Sox in a frigid Fenway Park. Means pitched seven innings of one-hit ball, allowing a single to lead off the game and retiring the last 18 batters he faced on Friday to lead Baltimore to a 3-0 victory over Boston in their rain-delayed opener. “It was a really cool experience. Something I’ll have, to tell my kids forever,” Means said. “It was probably one of the best starts of my career.” Cardinals: Two of the big league’s oldest players take the mound on Saturday. Adam Wainwright turns 40 years old later this summer but is still an important piece of the rotation for the St. Louis Cardinals. The three-time All-Star has won 167 career games and was very good in 2020, when he finished with a 5-3 record and 3.15 ERA. He makes his season debut against the Reds in Cincinnati. And 41-year-old Rich Hill will take the bump for the

Rays against the Marlins in Miami. The left-hander had a 3.03 ERA for the Twins last season in eight starts. Rangers: Kohei Arihara gets his first big league start for the Texas Rangers when they visit the Royals. The 28-year-old right-hander signed a $6.2 million, two-year contract after six seasons in Japan and earned a spot in the Rangers’ starting rotation. He had a 3.86 ERA in four spring starts while striking out 11 and walking one in 14 innings. Indians: The Indians will use a pinch-drummer for their home opener. With long-time drummer and ballpark fixture John Adams recovering from heart surgery and unable to attend his first opener in Cleveland in 48 years, Black Keys drummer and life-long Indians fan Patrick Carney will fill in and pound away from the left-field bleachers at Progressive Field during Monday’s game against Detroit. “When I found out that John Adams wouldn’t be able to make Opening Day in Cleveland for the first time in almost fifty years, I reached out to the team,” Carney said. “I share John’s love of baseball and the Cleveland Indians franchise, and drumming for him during the home opener when he can’t physically be there feels like a meaningful way to show John the love and respect he deserves. “I want to be there for John.” The Indians said Adams, who first started banging away on his drum in 1973, will bestow drumming duties and his bleacher seat for the day to Carney during an in-game video presentation. A rocking duo from Akron, The Black Keys (Carney and lead singer Dan Auerbach) have produced plenty of their own hits, such as “Lonely Boy,” “Gold on the Ceiling,” “Little Black Submarines” and ‘Tighten Up.”