The Orioles took game one of their division series 10-4 over the Indians, in
a game that was more tense than the score appears. Brady Anderson led off
the bottom of the first with a homer, but David Wells served up a leadoff
homer to Manny Ramirez in the second to tie the score at one. B.J. Surhoff
homered in the second to give the Orioles a 2-1 lead. In the third, the
Orioles added two runs on a Palmeiro rbi double and a Ripken rbi single for a
4-1 lead. Charles Nagy just didn't have his good stuff today - he
consistently got the ball up in the strike zone.
In the top of the fourth, Wells had his onlyy bad inning. With one out, he
allowed a Ramirez single, a Jeff Kent double, a Sandy Alomar rbi single, aand
a Vizquel sac fly (Bonilla made a good one-hop throw, but Hoiles didn't catch
it, and Kent was safe - he was out by five feet if Hoiles handles the throw.)
4-3.
In the bottom of the sixth, the Orioles scored five times. With one out,
Hoiles walked, Anderson singled, Zeile walked (on a pitch that sure looked
like strike three), Nagy was lifted for Embree, Alomar hit a sac fly,
Palmeiro was hit by a pitch, Shuey relieved Embree, Bonilla golfed a 3-2
pitch into the seats for a grand slam, and the Orioles led 9-3. Both teams
added a run (the Orioles' coming on Surhoff's second homer), and a great stab
by Ripken of an Albert Belle shot prevented the Indians from turning a 9-4
game in the seventh to 9-6.
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