Markakis comes through in the end for Orioles

After striking out looking twice early, he ties the score with a groundout and wins it with a home run in the eighth inning of a 3-2 victory over the Mariners. > * Baltimore 3, at Seattle 2: Nick Markakis struck out twice looking early but tied the score with a groundout and then hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning to make the Orioles' Daniel Cabrera (2-0) a winner. Cabrera gave up five hits and two runs in eight innings. He struck out five and retired his final 11 batters. [link]