I made it out to Camden Yards for the first time this evening. Adam Loewen came out strong in the top of the first - striking out the first three batters he faced with a fastball in the low-to-mid 90s. After that inning, though, he seemed to lose his command and velocity and walked 5 batters - equal to the total number of strikeouts he recorded in 6 innings of work. He threw a lot of pitches in that time. Josh Beckett was much more efficient as he went 8 innings before Chris Ray blew the save opportunity with a grand slam off the bat of Wily Mo Pena to put the win right into Beckett's lap. Jonathan Papelbon picked up the save and he was impressive. Pena's hit had an amazing high arc as it sailed out to center field. Watching Brian Roberts steal third base off of Beckett in the third inning was a lot of fun to see.
The energy of the crowd at Camden Yard was surprising. Red Sox fans clearly outnumbered the home team fans and they erupted in a big way for that grand slam. It has clearly been too long since Baltimore fielded a winning team.
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