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Default Help! Array formula for data that uses words instead of numbers

I have a Little League schedule with 129 rows that looks like this:

A B C
D E
1 9/8 Braves
Orioles vs Nationals
2 9/9 Pirates Red Sox vs Braves Orioles
3 9/10 Muckdogs vs Orioles Red Sox

I want to enter a formula in Column E that tells Excel to check cells b1:d1
in each row and if any cell contains the name orioles, regardless of whether
it's alone or as part of a match-up, then the text "baseball today" should
appear in the corresponding row in Column E. I'd use this formula in column
E for each row of my spreadsheet. I tried using the formula
=if(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("*orioles*", b1:d1)), "baseball today","") and
Ctrl+Shift+Ent but it doesn't work. If I change the formula so that instead
of an array, it references the specific cell that contains the word orioles,
for example instead of using b1:d1 just using d1, the formula works. Can
anyone help me?
 
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