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Orioles: Millwood knows best

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Kevin Millwood had everyone fooled in spring training. He couldn't get anybody out when he pitched against major league competition early in the spring and he spent much of March pitching against minor league competition, but he delivered a pretty solid performance in his Orioles regular season debut.

He gave up just a run on six hits through five, but the Rays finally got to him in the sixth when Evan Longoria launched a moonshot into the upper deck above left field. Two hits later, he turned the game -- and a one-run lead over to middle reliever Matt Albers, who worked out of a two-on, no out jam to keep the O's in front.

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Millwood's line: 5 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 9 H, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 HR. He threw 100 pitches, 64 for strikes.


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