One of the slowest working pitchers in baseball, Steve Trachsel, started but did not last long, otherwise it could have been a long night. Although not the most exciting of baseball, it is always nice to see your team explode offensively every once in awhile. Everybody chipped in w/at least 1 hit, and the Jays had their 1st inning of the season where they sent at least 10 men to the plate.
Something a veteran like Mora should know, but you always take the DP in the 1st inning even if it means giving up a run. All it took was a simple look at the runner heading home and it cost them the DP. Teams will gladly trade the run for 2 outs early in the game. They have plenty of time to come back and they want to stay away from the big inning.
Rios is starting to look a little sloppy, he had no reason to even think of heading for 2nd after his single in the 4th. Markakis had no shot at Hill going to 3rd. Not a good situation to make the 2nd out in, when you’ve got a man at 3rd w/less than 2 outs. At least I’ll give him credit for forcing the Orioles to make 3 throws in the rundown to finally tag him out. The O’s are lucky Hill didn’t try to scamper home.
Here are the game stats:
Adv+: Hill (1)
P-Adv+: Trachsel
NAdv: Payton
P-NAdv: Marcum (2)
ME(r): Rios (3)
ME(f): Mora
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