Jake WINS first outing with Orioles!!!

Granddaughter Brittany's husband.....Way to go Jake!!!


Arrieta victorious in Major League debut

By Noah Rosenstein / MLB.com

06/10/10 9:58 PM ET


BALTIMORE -- In the Major League debut of highly touted right-hander Jake Arrieta, the Orioles put together their best effort in weeks and came out with a 4-3 win over the Yankees in front of 27,064 at Camden Yards.

Arrieta pitched a 1-2-3 inning to begin his career, which apparently ignited the O's offense. In the bottom of the first inning, they scored two runs on a sacrifice fly by first baseman Ty Wigginton and a single by center fielder Adam Jones. They got help from Yankees starter A.J. Burnett, who hit two batters and threw a wild pitch that allowed runners to advance to second and third before Wigginton's sacrifice.

Arrieta got his first Major League strikeout in the second inning, but he also gave up his first hits and first run. Second baseman Robinson Cano ripped a one-out double down the right-field line and, after Jorge Posada went down swinging, Curtis Granderson smacked an RBI triple to the same corner.

After Arrieta issed his first walk as a big leaguer, Derek Jeter made him pay with an RBI double to left field. Catcher Matt Wieters almost got Chad Moeller at the plate, but the run stood and Jeter went to third on the throw. Nick Swisher lofted a 2-0 fastball to the warning track in center field, scoring Jeter and giving Arrieta his first deficit. Second baseman Scott Moore tied the score in the fifth with his first homer of the year, a 394-foot shot to right-center field.

Arrieta worked himself in and out of his worst jam of the game in the sixth inning. He gave up a leadoff double to Jeter and intentionally walked Cano and Granderson. With the bases loaded and two outs, he fanned Marcus Thames and drew a roar from crowd.

It seemed the O's hitters found new life every time Arrieta turned in an impressive inning. They followed his bases-loaded strikeout with a go-ahead run in the bottom of the sixth. Luke Scott tripled on a fly ball to the warning track in right field that Swisher barely missed. Jones made it a 4-3 game on a double to the right-center gap, putting Arrieta in line for the win.

Noah Rosenstein is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.