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Jun 30, 2009 - 5:39 AM By MATT BEARDMORE STATS Writer

Boston (46-29) at Baltimore (34-41), 7:05 p.m. EDT

As excited as he was about his Boston Red Sox debut, John Smoltz is looking forward to getting back into a normal routine.

The veteran right-hander looks for his first AL victory on Tuesday night at Camden Yards where the AL East-leading Red Sox go for their ninth straight win over the Baltimore Orioles.

Making his season debut and first major league start not in an Atlanta Braves uniform, the 42-year-old Smoltz (0-1, 9.00 ERA) allowed four runs in a 34-pitch first inning before settling down in Thursday's 9-3 loss at Washington.

"This was bigger than one start," said Smoltz, who went 210-147 with 154 saves for the Braves from 1988-2008.

Smoltz struck out the side in the fifth as he finished with five runs and seven hits allowed.

"There's been so much going on in the last eight days, I'm kind of glad it's over so I can resume the five-day rotation and do what every pitcher does," he said, "and that's make improvements from game to game."

Smoltz is 1-1 with a 5.40 ERA in three career starts against the Orioles. This is his third appearance and first career start at Camden Yards. Smoltz was 2 for 2 in save opportunities in Baltimore in 2004, when he recorded 44 saves.

"He's a warrior," Orioles manager Dave Trembley said of Smoltz on the team's Web site, "and a big game pitcher. I'd love to talk to him. He's got to be one tough son of a gun, mentally, to be able to come back from the injuries that he's had and be so successful in one area and then another. The guy's a horse."

Boston (47-29) improved to 5-2 on its nine-game trip with Monday's 4-0 series-opening victory over the Orioles. J.D. Drew hit a two-run homer and was a double shy of the Red Sox's first cycle since John Valentin in 1996 as Boston improved to 22-9 at Camden Yards since Sept. 23, 2005.

"Not a player alive would not be trying to get a double in that situation," Drew said of his eighth-inning at-bat when he grounded out to second. "I got a ball down and away and swung through it, then I hit a changeup. I was trying to hit a double, but it didn't quite work out."

Jonathan Papelbon picked up his 19th save of the season, tying Bob Stanley for the Red Sox's all-time saves mark at 132. Papelbon is 2-0 with a 0.39 ERA and 20 saves in 20 opportunities lifetime against the Orioles.

Baltimore (34-42), meanwhile, is looking to get back on track after being it managed only six singles Monday and was shut out for the fourth time this season.

The Orioles have been outscored 34-14 and are batting .213 while losing all five games to Boston this season.

Baltimore gives the ball to left-hander Rich Hill (3-2, 6.03), who looks for his first win at home in 2009. In his last start, Hill yielded six runs and a season-high eight hits over 4 1-3 innings in Thursday's 11-3 loss at Florida. Hill gave up two homers after surrendering only one in his first seven starts.

Hill, who has pitched 4 1-3 innings or fewer in four of eight starts, has no record and a 12.27 ERA in two starts at Camden Yards. This is his first appearance against Boston.

The Orioles' last win over the Red Sox was 11-6 at home on Aug. 20, 2008.