Tillman isn't commanding his fastball to start but his change and curve look good. The hit that Vlad got was something you don't see very often at all. In fact, Jim Palmer said that in his 40+ years of baseball, he's never seen anything like it. The ball hit 3 feet in front of the plate and on the bounce up, he poked a pop-up into left field that dropped, leading to Pie's throwing error. Adding insult to injury, Tillman followed the run scoring error by throwing followed a belt high fastball that Rivera launched off the CF wall. At least we threw two runners out on the base paths, but it's not a good start to this one.
Roberts doubled and Jones walked so let's go Markakis, get us back in it! Home plate ump is all over the place but after Markakis' strikeout Huff came through with a 2-run 2B. Good times, rooting for the O's! Reimold walked and Wieters struck out, then Mora had a very nice AB and hit a single up the middle. Pie doubled and there is actually some excitement in baltimore, and in Seattle. Izturis dumped one in for 2 more and what a first inning. We got some breaks, including the check swing on mora that the Angels catcher didn't ask for help from the 1B ump. Gotta go, inning still going and heading out for birthday dinner
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