Radke, Coomer Blast Orioles

May 1, 1999 / 6:59 PM EDT / CBS/AP

Brad Radke was dominant, Ron Coomer was perfect and the Baltimore Orioles couldn't even field a popup.

As a result, Baltimore is still desperately seeking its first winning streak of the season.

Radke pitched an eight-hitter and Coomer went 4-for-4 with a three-run homer to lead the Minnesota Twins past the bungling Orioles 7-2 Saturday.

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Coomer's home run gave Minnesota a 5-0 lead in the third inning and Radke (3-2) made the advantage stand up. The right-hander struck out six and walked two in the Twins' first complete game of the year.

"It's good to get one out of the way," Radke said. "They've got probably one of the best hitting lineups in baseball. It's no slouch to come here and beat these guys like that. They're kind of struggling a little bit, but they can do some damage any time."

Terry Steinbach had two RBIs for Minnesota, which scored all its runs with two outs.

"We've given up a lot of two-out runs these past 10 days or so," said beleaguered manager Ray Miller, whose team owns an AL-worst 6-17 record.

Coomer's four hits matched his career high, but he had help from the Baltimore defense. Coomer was credited with a double when the Orioles failed to field his popup in the second inning.

Baltimore also gave its 14th unearned run of the season in the eighth inning.

Charles Johnson had three hits for the Orioles, who were hoping to build on Friday's victory over the Twins. Baltimore has yet to win two straight this season.

"I look at tomorrow as a chance to win a series," Miller said.

That's yet another achievement that has thus far eluded the Orioles this year.

The Twins got a tainted run off Rocky Coppinger (0-1) in the second. Coomer reached second when his popup fell to the right of the mound and in front of shortstop Mike Bordick, who had the sun in his eyes and third baseman Willis Otanez lurking nearby. Steinbach then hit a two-out RBI single.

It became 5-0 in the third when Matt Lawton hit a two-out RBI single and Coomer followed with his second homer of the year.

"e throws real hard, so if you put the barrel of the bat on the ball, you've got a chance," Coomer said. "I hit one good and I was lucky enough it climbed over the right-field wall."

Baltimore scored twice in its half of the inning, the key hit an RBI single by Brady Anderson, but that was the extent of the offense against Radke.

Coppinger allowed five runs and eight hits in 5 1-3 innings but lowered his ERA from 33.76 to 13.50.

"One bad pitch," Coppinger lamented. "Maybe the next time that one bad pitch will be a good one and I'll walk out of this clubhouse loving the game. It's frustrating, especially when things are going bad and you want to do well."

Minnesota made it 7-2 in the eighth off Doug Linton, scoring on a single by Steinbach and a throwing error by Otanez.

Notes: Bordick hit into two double plays in an 0-for-4 day that left him 5-for-44 in his last 14 games. ... Albert Belle entered in a 5-for-40 funk but got two singles. ... Baltimore has allowed at least five runs in 17 of 23 games. ... Despite its four-run third, Minnesota has been outscored 32-8 in that inning.