TORONTO — Inside the Orioles clubhouse at Rogers Centre, David Hess scrolled through the scouting reports on his iPad while Austin Wynns studied pages of handwritten notes in a journal. They had clearly prepared for starts together before, having been minor league teammates since three years ago at High-A Frederick. But Thursday night marked the first time Hess and Wynns would be battery mates as major leaguers.

The Orioles’ 5-4 10-inning walk-off loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday night was gut-wrenching, but if there was a silver lining, it was the chemistry the two longtime teammates displayed in their first game together as major leaguers.

Hess, making his fifth big league start, held the Blue Jays to one run over six innings. In his past three starts, he has an ERA of 0.96.

Wynns was making just his second major league start behind the plate. He recorded his first big league hit in his first at-bat Tuesday night, and he hit his first major league homer Thursday, and it helped Hess’ cause.

“He’s been with me for the past few years,” Hess said. “I’ve gotten to kind of see him grow and he’s been able to see me grow. Together, it’s been a lot of fun. We’ve definitely grown to learn each other well, and it translates out there, being on the same page. It’s the same game, just a bigger stage. He did a really great job of not letting the game get too big on him and staying true to what he does.”

Hess and Wynns are players Orioles fans are likely to grow to love over time. They’re grinders, but also share a certain charisma. They are still getting their major league footing, and they’ve both made strong first impressions — especially Thursday — but don’t think they were satisfied with the outcome of the game.

“At the end of the day, we are just trying to get wins as a team,” said Hess, who recorded a quality start for the fourth time in his first five major league starts. “At the end of the day it doesn’t matter individually what happens. At the end of the day the team wins are what we care about most. Going out there and doing everything we could, I think we’ll come back tomorrow and be good to go.”

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