Reporters keep asking Dave Trembley if it is comforting to him that Kevin Millwood, the man the club traded for to be the veteran leader and innings eater, was in line Sunday to stop the Orioles' two-game skid.
Those questions are a little premature since it's only Game 6 of the season. But Millwood has done everything asked of him today, everything expected of an "ace."
He's entering the top of the eighth with a 2-1 lead. He's thrown 70 pitches, 46 strikes. He has allowed three hits and walked none.
And he's resting this bullpen, which has had to warm up early throughout the young season.
Dan Connolly