SARASOTA, Fla. >> Tigers rookie right-hander Jackson Jobe did a lot of impressive things in his spring debut Tuesday against the Orioles in Sarasota. His fastball, according to the scoreboard gun at Ed Smith Stadium, was ringing in at 98 and 99 mph consistently.

He showcased his new curveball with his second pitch of the game and got Gunnar Henderson to pop out to short. Of his 31 pitches, 20 were strikes. He got four swings-and-misses and allowed only one hit.

But afterward he was scolding himself for a one-out walk to Tyler O’Neill in the second inning.

“I felt good,” he said. “Physically and mentally, felt really good. First game in a while, so it was good to be back out there. But the biggest takeaway from me was the 0-2 to walk. That just can’t happen.”

Jobe got ahead of O’Neill 0-2, pumping heaters at 99 and 98 mph. O’Neill fouled off a cutter and then Jobe tried to get him to chase. He missed with a curve and another fastball — both non-competitive pitches. O’Neill fouled off a fastball and slider, then took a fastball and a cutter to draw the walk.

Heston Kjerstad, a left-handed hitter, followed by swatting a 1-0 fastball over the fence in left-center.

But the O’Neill walk was the teaching point for Jobe.

“Just focusing too much on getting him to chase instead of executing,” Jobe said. “If he puts the bat on it, he’s puts the bat on it. At this point, honestly, I’d rather give up an 0-2 hit than an 0-2 walk and waste five more pitches. It’s just stupid. Can’t happen.”

Jobe was kicking at the mound after he lost O’Neill, but he doesn’t think he took it into the Kjerstad at-bat.

“No, that’s just the game,” he said. “I feel like when you walk people, they always find a way to score. They always find a way to get around the bases. I wasn’t even mad about that pitch (to Kjerstad). It was 97 mph, up in the zone and he hit it to a good spot on a good day and got it over the fence.”

Jobe faced most of the Orioles A-lineup and they came out swinging. Five of the eight hitters he faced saw two pitchers or fewer. He won a seven-pitch battle with Adley Rutschman in the first inning, punching him out with a slider. But, he threw a couple of non-competitive pitches after being ahead 1-2.

“I want to give myself some grace,” he said. “First time out there. I’m not going to be too hard on myself, but we strive for perfection, right? … It all boils down to two-strike execution and not being afraid to give up contact even, as long as I limit walks.”

The Tigers squandered a 7-3 lead in an 8-7 loss.

It was a good day for a couple of Tigers’ regulars. Riley Greene and Kerry Carpenter, who were pressed onto the road roster because of the rainout Monday, led an early offensive charge.

Greene singled off starter Charlie Morton in the first. Walked off right-hander Dean Kremer in the second, and then crushed a two-run homer over the wall in right in the third. Carpenter slapped three straight singles to right field.

Double-A outfielder Ben Malgeri continues to make the most of his spring opportunity. He hit a two-run homer in the second and slapped an RBI single in the fourth. In two games coming over from minor league camp, he has five hits and seven RBI.