The Orioles entered tonight’s game in a virtual three-way tie for first place with The Boston Red Sox and The New York Yankees. Early season standings don’t matter per se, but banking wins in April is just as valuable as winning down the stretch in September. You’ll want to collect as many as you can because you don’t have to give ‘em back.
In what looked like a one-sided tilt on paper, Ubaldo Jiménez managed to go 7.2 spectacular innings against impressive rookie, Amir Garrett. This is why baseball is not played on paper, folks.