Updating Tillman's latest start (Orioles win 6-4)

ORIOLES QUICK WRAP

Score: Orioles 6, Pirates 4

Recap: Henry Urrutia homered on the first pitch from Stolmy Pimentel leading off the bottom of the eighth to break a 4-4 tie and Ryan Lavarnway added an RBI double later in the inning. Chris Tillman allowed one run and four hits in four innings, with no walks and five strikeouts. Ryan Flaherty and Adam Jones homered off Pirates reliever Arquimedes Caminero in the fifth inning to break a 2-2 tie. Jones gave the Orioles a 1-0 lead in the first with an RBI single that scored Manny Machado. They went ahead 2-1 in the third on Travis Snider's double and a two-out throwing error by former Oriole Steve Lombardozzi. Tommy Hunter gave up a run in the fifth on a triple - the ball clearing Jimmy Paredes' head in left field - and bloop single. Corey Hart homered off Darren O'Day leading off the sixth to reduce the Orioles' lead to 4-3 and Elvis Escobar had a game-tying RBI triple off Brad Brach in the seventh. Brach retired the side in order in the eighth. Mike Wright pitched the ninth for a save.

Need to know: Machado stole his second base of the spring after his leadoff single in the first inning. Jones was 4-for-25 with no home runs and one RBI before today. Snider made his first start in right field today. Chris Davis stole second base in the fourth. O'Day hadn't allowed a run in five innings over five appearances. Lombardozzi had two throwing errors at second base on routine ground balls. Attendance: 7,883 at Ed Smith Stadium, the eighth sellout of the spring.

On deck: Friday, at Red Sox in Fort Myers, 1:05 p.m.
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SARASOTA, Fla. - Chris Tillman turned in his longest start of the spring today, going four innings against the Pirates and leaving with a 2-1 lead.

Tillman, Ubaldo Jimenez (twice), Miguel Gonzalez and Bud Norris each have gone four innings this spring. Jimenez is the only pitcher to work into the fifth, facing three batters yesterday without recording an out.

Tillman allowed one run and four hits, walked none and struck out five. He retired the Pirates in order in the third and stranded two runners in the fourth by inducing two pop ups to second baseman Ryan Flaherty.

Flaherty, back in the lineup after taking a fastball off his helmet on Tuesday, struck out in his only at-bat in the second inning.

Update: Flaherty led off the bottom of the fifth with his first home run of the spring, a shot to right-center field off Pirates reliever Arquimedes Caminero.

The Pirates tied the score in the fifth on Gorkys Hernandez's one-out triple off Tommy Hunter and Jaff Decker's broken-bat bloop single into center field. Hernandez's fly ball cleared Jimmy Paredes' head in left field.

It actually cleared his entire body.

Manny Machado, Jimmy Paredes and Chris Davis have stolen bases today. Machado looks pretty good atop the order.

Machado scored in the first on Adam Jones' RBI single past the Pirates' drawn-in infield. Steve Clevenger walked in the second. Travis Snider doubled in the third and scored with two outs on former Oriole Steve Lombardozzi's throwing error.

Lombardozzi fielded a routine grounder from Chris Davis and threw wide of the bag. He did the same thing an inning later on Clevenger's grounder.

Lombardozzi had issues making throws last summer at Triple-A Norfolk, a big reason why the Orioles kept him in the minors.

Davis is 0-for-2, but he lined out to right field in the first inning. He crushed the ball, but Gregory Polanco got back on it quickly and made the grab near the warning track.

Update II: Jones also homered in the fifth to give the Orioles a 4-2 lead. It was a no-doubter to left-center field.

The Pirates got a run back in the sixth on Corey Hart's home run off Darren O'Day, who had tossed five scoreless innings in five appearances before today.

Update III: The Pirates scored the tying run off Brad Brach in the seventh on Elvis Escobar's RBI triple.

Brach had allowed one run in 5 1/3 innings before today.

Update IV: Henry Urrutia hit his first spring home run leading off the bottom of the eighth, the ball clearing the center field fence to give the Orioles a 5-4 lead.