masn-baseballs-orioles.jpgWhen Chris Tillman gave up four runs and took the loss for the Orioles in tonight’s 4-2 defeat at Toronto, a few streaks came to an end.

* Tillman’s run of 20 straight starts allowing three earned runs or fewer is over. He went 8-3 with a 2.21 ERA during the streak, which began June 10.

* Tillman’s run at a season without a road loss ended. He was 8-0 with a 4.19 ERA this year in 15 road starts.

With a win or no-decision tonight, Tillman would have recorded the most road starts without a…When Chris Tillman gave up four runs and took the loss for the Orioles in tonight’s 4-2 defeat at Toronto, a few streaks came to an end.

* Tillman’s run of 20 straight starts allowing three earned runs or fewer is over. He went 8-3 with a 2.21 ERA during the streak, which began June 10.

* Tillman’s run at a season without a road loss ended. He was 8-0 with a 4.19 ERA this year in 15 road starts.

With a win or no-decision tonight, Tillman would have recorded the most road starts without a loss in a single season since at least 1914. He began this game tied with Greg Maddux, who went 13-0 in 15 road starts in 1995.

* The Orioles had won Tillman’s last 11 starts before tonight.

* Tillman was 6-0 over his last 13 starts since his most recent loss, July 12 against the Yankees.

tillman-pitching-black-back-sidebar.jpgTillman went six innings and gave up four runs on a career-high 11 hits with no walks and five strikeouts tonight. He threw 98 pitches and is now 13-6 with an ERA of 3.34.

In eight career starts at Toronto, Tillman is 2-4 with an ERA of 6.07.

Toronto’s 21-year-old rookie, Dalton Pompey, was a thorn in the Orioles’ side tonight. He went 3-4 with a double, two triples, two RBIs and two runs. He was batting .179 (5-for-28) coming into this game with one extra-base hit, a homer.

David Lough singled, stole a base and scored in the Orioles first on Delmon Young’s single. Lough knocked in the second O’s run on a an RBI grounder in the third inning.

The Orioles fall to 10-7 against Toronto, 4-3 in Toronto, 46-28 against the American League East and to 45-34 on the road.

The Orioles are 4-5 since clinching the division title and are 95-65 with two games remaining.

In Game 161 on Saturday afternoon, Wei-Yin Chen (16-5, 3.56 ERA) starts against left-hander J.A. Happ (10-11, 4.27 ERA) at 4:07 p.m.