Stewart had a two-run double in the third. He added an RBI grounder in the fourth. The first two innings, I was fortunate to get away with no runs. His luck ran out in the third inning, when Mike Kinkade homered, and Conine hit his second career slam to power the Baltimore Orioles to a 7-2 victory over the Twins on Friday. Milton, who did not give up more than three runs in any of his eight previous starts this season, was yanked after Baltimore made it 7-0 in the fourth.
Life goes on.
You can t always have good starts. And sometimes even impressive performances can be deceiving. The streak was the longest for a pitcher at the start of a career since Fernando Valenzuela didn t allow an earned run in his first 34 innings for the Dodgers over the 1980-81 seasons. He allowed one hit in six innings in his first big league start against Anaheim last Saturday.