WASHINGTON -- When you're 26 and finally making your debut in Major League Baseball after eight seasons in the minors, the expectations aren't typically great.
But the Pirates have always been high on Nick Kingham. He just couldn't always deliver because of a myriad of injuries throughout his minor league career, most notably a UCL tear that required Tommy John surgery in 2015.
Kingham, however, remained patient and when he finally got that shot for his first start Sunday against St. Louis, he made the most of it, taking a perfect game into the seventh inning before allowing a hit after 6 2/3 innings. He was pulled after the seventh in the Pirates' 5-0 win that finished off a sweep of the Cardinals and Kingham told me Tuesday he's finally come down off that high.
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