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Opening Day

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Major league firsts for the 1993 season: CEREMONIAL PITCH: President Clinton to Baltimore catcher Chris Hoiles at Camden Yards. Clinton threw from in front of the mound, and his pitch to the plate was high. OFFICIAL PITCH: Rick Sutcliffe of Baltimore to David Hulse of Texas. It was a ball at 1:43 p.m. EDT. HIT: Jose Canseco of Texas. A bloop double. RUN: Brady Anderson of Baltimore. HOME RUN: Danny Tartabull of the New York Yankees at Cleveland against Charles Nagy. RBI: Cal Ripken of Baltimore, on a groundout. STOLEN BASE: Delino DeShields of Montreal at Cincinnati. STRIKEOUT: Don Mattingly of the Yankees against Cleveland’s Charles Nagy. WALK: Juan Gonzalez of Texas against Baltimore’s Rick Sutcliffe. ERROR: Second baseman Jody Reed of the Dodgers. EXPANSION PITCH: Charlie Hough of Florida, who struck out Jose Offerman of the Dodgers. EXPANSION BATTER: Eric Young of Colorado, thrown out on a bunt attempt by New York Met catcher Todd Hundley. EXPANSION HIT: Bret Barberie of Florida, a single in the first inning against the Dodgers’ Orel Hershiser. EXPANSION RUN: Benito Santiago of Florida, on a two-run triple by Walt Weiss.

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