Opening Day in Baltimore included a twelve minute snow delay in the top of the third inning. When play resumed, Karim Garcia’s sac fly gave the Indians a 3-1 lead off Rodrigo Lopez. The teams would each score a single run in the sixth, with Garcia (homer) and Jay Gibbons (single) driving in the runs. CC Sabathia departed after seven, and in the bottom of the eighth David Riske got two quick outs before Tony Batista doubled and Marty Cordova homered to knot it 4-4. In the bottom of the ninth, Jerry Hairston bunted for a hit and took second on pitcher Jose Santiago’s throwing error, but was gunned out at third when Gary Matthews sac bunt attempt failed.
Neither team got a runner into scoring position in the tenth or eleventh, but in the twelfth Milton Bradley doubled and Omar Vizquel singled off Kerry Ligtenberg to give Cleveland the lead back. In the bottom of the frame, Gary Matthews led off with a single off Danys Baez, took second on BJ Surhoff’s sac bunt, third on Jeff Conine’s ground out, and scored on Josh Bard’s passed ball. Karim Garcia led off the top of the thirteenth with a single and was bunted to second, but BJ Ryan retired the next two Indians without incident. Jake Westbrook came on for the bottom of the inning, and two infield hits and a hit batter loaded the bases with two outs for Matthews, who lined a walkoff single to center to win it for Baltimore. The thirteen innings were played in 3:58 without subtracting the twelve minute delay.
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