Opening Day – Baltimore Orioles beat Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 April 1, 2011 before 34,078 in Tampa Bay review by baseball historian The first two batters in the Baltimore Orioles batting lineup, Brian Roberts and Nick Markakis each had 2 RBI to complement the fine pitching of O’s starter Jeremy Guthrie and roll to a 4-1 opening day victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. Baltimore second baseman Brian Roberts lined a 2 run triple in the 5th inning and teammate J.J. Hardy scored twice on a double and a walk. Right handed Jeremy Guthrie yielded just 3 hits, walked 1, struckout 6 in 8 scoreless innings to pick up the win. Ji Johnson relieved Guthrie and pitched the final inning - surrendered a homer to Rays second baseman Ben Zobrist, who was 2-for-4. For Tampa Bay David Price (0-1) 5 hits, 4 Runs, 1 W, 7 SO in 7 innings. Relievers were Jake McGee (0 hits in 2/3 inning), A. Russell (0 hits in 1 inning) and C. Ramos (0 hits in 1/3). Baseball History Opening Days by the first Internet Baseball Historian ======================================================= For lots of stories of your favorite team, type in Tampa Bay or Orioles or whomever into our Search our Site in the lower left side of our Home Page. Thank You |
