TAMPA, Fla. -- In his first game in right field, Pedro Alvarez caught the only ball hit his way when the Yankees' Starlin Castro led off the sixth by flying to right-center.
Orioles manager Buck Showalter, who convinced Alvarez last September to try the outfield as a way to help his career, said that he and Alvarez were relieved when the first fly ball was caught.
"I don't think anything is routine yet," Showalter said.
When Alvarez caught it, he told Showalter: "Now I got that one out of the way."
Alvarez hit an RBI single in the fourth and a home run in the seventh, but it was his play in the outfield that was of more interest in the Orioles' 5-4 win on Saturday.