3/5: Pirates at O's

[PaulFolk]

A rare spring-training night game.

Lineups per Roch, with two late substitutions for the O's...

PIRATES:

Iwamura 2B

Tabata LF

Jones RF

Doumit C

Pearce 1B

Moss DH

Cedeno SS

Walker 3B

Raynor CF

Duke P

ORIOLES:

Jones CF

Andino SS

Markakis RF

Tejada 3B

Wieters C

Scott DH

Atkins 1B

Tucker LF

Davis 2B

Tillman P

[PaulFolk]

Izturis and Turner were in the original lineup, but Izturis came down with the flu and Turner got HBP in batting practice.

[PaulFolk]

Tillman retires Iwamura on a comebacker to start the game.

[PaulFolk]

After a long battle with Tabata, Tillman whiffs him on a high fastball.

[PaulFolk]

And now a swinging strikeout of Garrett Jones.

Very impressive 1st inning for Tillman. Retires the side in order with two Ks.

[Sport Foo]

Back to Back K's to end the inning, sounds like a good Start for Tillman...especially the 3 pitch punch out to end it.

[PaulFolk]

Adam Jones with a groundout to first to open the 1st.

[PaulFolk]

Manfra just said that the "appendicitis struck" Izturis last year, but I thought he said "appendicitis truck." I was confused about why they would ship that stuff around.

Anyway, Andino flies out.

[PaulFolk]

Markakis strikes out to end a 1-2-3 inning.

Manfra just referred to Zach Duke as "Zuke." Well, I guess it's spring training for broadcasters, too.

[PaulFolk]

Third straight strikeout for Tillman as he rings up Ryan Doumit.

Manfra alternately called him "Doom-it" and "Doh-mit" throughout the at-bat. I think it's the latter.

[Sport Foo]

Yeah I had Zuke as well, thought maybe it was a nickname I didn't know of...Did Tillman just whiff another? I walked away.

[PaulFolk]

Tejada makes a bare-handed play on a Pearce hopper to third. It sounds like he didn't necessarily have to use his bare hand, but he made the play.

[Mooreisbetter27]

Is this only on 105.7?

Ever since I moved I haven't been able to get that station.

[PaulFolk]

Brandon Moss (who was part of that 3-way Manny Ramirez trade a couple years ago) flies out to right.

Great job by Tillman today. Six up, six down. He's presumably done for the day.

[PaulFolk]

Tejada smokes a leadoff double over the head of CF John Raynor.