ARLINGTON, Texas — Perhaps everything will come in twos for Corbin Burnes now. Less than three weeks ago, he and his wife, Brooke, welcomed twin baby girls into the world, and his whirlwind Tuesday to pitch in the All-Star Game featured a pair of other twins. The Orioles ace flew into Dallas early Tuesday morning to make it to Globe Life Field in time for the red carpet and to start the game for the American League.

Burnes pitched a scoreless first inning, and less than 12 hours later, he flew back to Arizona at night to get back to his family. “It’s just kind of been a crazy first half of the year for me, and so to cap it off with this, it’s pretty cool,” Burnes said. “But yeah, I think at some point I’ll be able to sit down and think about it and reflect.

But this has just been an awesome experience, getting to start and getting to be around this group of guys.” Burnes, whom the Orioles acquired from the Milwaukee Brewers this offseason, kicked off the Midsummer Classic by facing a gantlet atop the National League lineup, and his inning ended with two hugs with both teams’ catchers. He got leadoff hitter Ketel Marte of the Arizona Diamondbacks to ground out to lead off the game.

After walking Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, he got Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Trea Turner to fly out to center field. Phillies slugger Bryce Harper’s 0-2 double down the left field line put two runners in scoring position, but Burnes got Brewers backstop Willi.