You’d be hard-pressed to ask for a better final spring tune-up than what Yovani Gallardo provided for the Baltimore Orioles this afternoon against Atlanta. Gallardo’s line: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K. Atlanta wasn’t exactly fielding their A-List lineup, however the fact is that Gallardo looked very sharp in his final spring game. Gallardo was also very economical in his pitches, which in fairness was helped by virtue of the fact that Atlanta’s hitters seemed intent on getting out of Sarasota from the first pitch.
Again in fairness, the Orioles didn’t exactly appear to be giving the maximum effort either.