Brian Bass got his first win of the year as the Orioles prevailed 4-1 after hours or rain delays. Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire is seething, Dave Trembley welcomes the Win. Markakis and Luke Scott homered to provide the offense for the O’s.  The 2 teams meet again Thursday night. The pregame meeting with the umpires should be interesting.

I always tell my co-host Dino, that Exhibition games are a total waste of time to watch. Hopefully the Orioles will continue to prove my hypothesis. Can you believe another strong pitching performance by an O’s starter. Melvin Mora in essence put the game into safety with a Grand Slam in the first. The O’s are 4-1 and go for the sweep tomorrow. I promise not to get excited until the O’s play their 50th game.

How long can the bullpen survive these near misses. Timely hitting and George Sherrill again keyed a 5-4 Oriole victory before 22,000 Friday night at Camden Yards. I am sure the eyes of Trembley and MacPhail are already cast to Norfolk and Bowie for soon to be needed bullpen help. On the other hand, 4th starter Mark Hendrickson allowed just 1 run on 6 hits in 5 1/3 innings.Put this one in the win column.

It will not take long for Koji to become a folk hero in Baltimore if he continues to pitch like he did last night. The O’s coasted to a 7-5 victory behind the clutch hitting of Nick Markakis. George Sherrill was forced to enter the game in the 9th to retire Matsui and preserve the victory.