Gonzalez: ‘Never hard feelings’ for the Orioles

CHICAGO — For White Sox — and former Orioles — pitcher Miguel Gonzalez, Friday’s start against Baltimore felt almost like a Spring Training intrasquad game.

Gonzalez, who spent four years with the Birds, was released at the end of the spring and has since found a home in Chicago, where he held Baltimore to four runs (three earned) over six innings in Friday’s 7-5 Orioles win.

“It was different. It meant a lot to me, yesterday’s game,” Gonzalez said. “I battled. That was it. I know that their lineup is great, we all know that, and they’re playing great baseball.”

Gonzalez’s release came on the heels of a poor spring.

“They wanted to give the other guys an opportunity,” said Gonzalez, who went 39-33 with a 3.82 ERA in 101 games (95 starts) for Baltimore. “The younger guys like Mike Wright and [Dylan Bundy]. Bundy is doing a real good job now. We all know how this works out. There are guys that are going to be there forever and others that will be somewhere else. There will always be doors opened somewhere else.”

Gonzalez, who was well liked in the Orioles’ clubhouse, saw all of his former teammates and coaches after Friday’s game. He still …

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