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Orioles vs. Yankees 4/9/09 game 3


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Lots of first pitch strikes. I think he's thrown them to 8 of the first 11 batters he's faced.

He doesn't have good command of any of his off-speed pitches right now. Doing a great job of getting by with his fastball so far, but I'd think he'll have to get his splitter, curve or change-up over if he wants to go deep in this game.

Been impressed with his ability to throw strikes when he's needed to. With two men on base in the 3rd, he got up 0 - 2 on both Jeter and Damon before putting them both away.

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