ago rick sutcliffe threw out the first pitch and tim hoyles caught it. they're 12-4 in the last 16 opening days in baltimore. nick markakis got us started with carl pavano. >> tanned goes off the bench. >> reporter: markakis with a home run and a triple in this game. the orioles lead it in the 8th inning. jake arrieta, the starting pitcher today, orioles trying to win the first game of the season. jake area riette -- ari etta. back a little later. >> stood a holy day for christians. parishioners gathered to reenact the crucifixion of jesus. they prosessed through the streets as jesus carried the cross. christians believe jesus was crucified on the friday before easter. >>> each year on this day people head to o'strawskys to pick up their sausage. abc2's sherrie johnson has that story. >> reporter: they traveled from the eastern shore for a taste of o'strawsky's, a tradition to buy it on friday ready to eat on sunday. everyone has a story to tell. >> sunday is easter. it's a tradition that we come to o'strawskys to get the kielbasa. that's been a traditio

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it was 20 years to the day that rick sutcliff through the first pitch ever in the history of oriole parken yards. and pitching proved to be a big story in the opener as was the hitting of nick markakis in his first at-bat in the season against carl pavano. it's a home run to left field, and a 2-nothing orioles lead. starting pitcher jake arrieta, seven innings, no runs, and struck out four. of the bullpen gave up a couple of runs in the 9th, but the orioles held on. >> my mindset today was really to set the toeven for -- tone for our team in front af i great crowd -- of a great crowd. i think it was important to come out and set the tone the way we did. >> he commanded all his pitches. didn't throw a lot of change-ups. but breaking balls, a curve ball, and a slider. made a lot of good pitches. >> reporter: starting season tends to go well for the orioles. 13 times they have won. let's check out some other opening day action as ron washington and his texas rangers start the season against the visiting chicago white sox. ian winsler of the white sox had a day like nick markakis. and the ra

you know that first game rick sutcliff shuts out cleveland, got us off to a good start. you know this ballpark as we all know is so important to major league baseball, kind of reset the standard, became the new cookie cutter you know for how ballparks should be done in the city so a great time to celebrate now 20 years later. we are all getting old. >> yeah, tell me about it. sports legends museum, great place, go by there tomorrow. >> yeah, listen, i have a jersey here with -- >> -- show this and we know there is controversy with mike me sin a going into the orioles hall of fame. of course dore is going in too. this one of the artifacts. >> -- wore this -- >> -- front of that, mike -- >> -playoffs so this will be going on display as part of the orioles hall of fame exhibit that we will be doing on mike and richie dour later this year, so nice artifact and this also is kind of cool because it features on the sleeve jackie robinson breaking the sports barrier and come -- >> -- rich dour as well -- >> that -- >> -- traffic presence at second base. >> and one of the great d

rick sutcliffe is throwing out the first pitch just as he did on the opening day in the new park in 1992. in addition, there will be a special commemorative ball used all season long at camden yards. it's a brand new season where all tied for first place. wjz is your place for live coverage. coverage begins friday at two here on wjz. >>> still ahead on our eyewitness news at 4, it's rare to see her on the receiving ends of an interview. oprah winfrey's candid interview on cbs's this morning. >>> trapped on floating ice on a frigid sea in russia. >>> we are enjoying normal early spring weather outside. will it warm up as the week goes on? bern will tell us coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a rescue effort in russia saves the lives of hundreds of trapped fishermen. officials say 675 people were ice fishing when the ice floe drifted out to sea. it took emergency rescuers several hours to rescue all the fishermen. no injure questions were reported >>> the -- no injuries were reported. >>> oprah winfrey appeared on cbs this morning. >> reporter: after 25 years on daytime tv, the queen of ta

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rick cut cliff threw out the first pitch to rich hoyles. sutcliff looked style ish. >> the ballparks. it's a cathedral. it's not a topic of conversation. >> kind of changes the way ballparks are made. >> reporter: well, some memories created here. jake ari etta is throwing goose eggs, nick markakis. we'll be back later with some of the highlights from opening day at camden yards on this 20th anniversary. >>> it may be orioles opening day but it's also an important holiday for christians and jewish people. today is good friday and the start of jewish passover. the archbishop sent out -- archdiocese sent out a statement. >> when you come to good friday and passover, you can't get anymore sensitive than that. i would hope because of the voices that have been raised that next year and the years ahead, they will take a new step. >> the archdioceses will pointed out that the cincinnati reds asked to have their game moved and major league baseball okayed the move. >>> passover starts tonight at sundown. the jewish holiday commemorates the hee mansation fro