BOSTON - It appears as though Wei-Yin Chen doesn't need to be pampered. He worked on regular rest tonight and turned in arguably his best start of the year. "He was good," said catcher Matt Wieters. "He pitched out of two jams where he really was able to keep them to one run (or less) and the rest of the inning he knew what he wanted to do. He used all of his pitches today. He was able to put guys away with his off-speed and his fastball today." Chen stranded two runners in scoring...

BOSTON - The Orioles are back in first place in the American League East, and they finally won a series after four straight failed attempts. Most of the credit goes to Wei-Yin Chen, who held the Red Sox to one run over seven innings. Manager Buck Showalter thinks Chen might actually benefit from working on normal rest. "We've been trying to be careful with him rest-wise, but he was crisp from the get-go," Showalter said. "You come in this ballpark, left-handers, command of the fastball,...

The Orioles made 25 picks on day three of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft on Wednesday, completing rounds 16-40. This year, the Orioles selected 40 players overall, 20 pitchers and 20 position players, with 28 of their 40 selections being college products. The Orioles selected seven left-handed pitchers and 13 right-handed pitchers, six catchers, two first basemen, two second basemen, three shortstops and seven outfielders. ORIOLES 2012 DRAFT SELECTIONS ROUND PLAYER POS ...

For the first time in Baltimore Orioles history, the club has a seven-game winning streak at Boston's Fenway Park. The Orioles won a tense pitchers' duel 2-1 over Boston tonight, as Wei-Yin Chen got the win and the O's came up with a two-run rally against Josh Beckett in the top of the sixth after they were shut out on one hit through five innings. The Orioles had won six in a row at Fenway Park four times previously, with the most recent being July 31, 1992-June 12, 1993. Chen gave up...

After a stretch where it seemed like none of the Nationals' middle-of-the-order hitters could get anything done at the plate, Ryan Zimmerman, Adam LaRoche and Michael Morse have done all the damage for the Nats tonight. The three veteran hitters are now a combined 5-for-8 with a walk, and they've delivered all four Washington RBIs. LaRoche got the scoring started in the first, drilling a three-run homer to right. It gave the Nats an early 3-0 lead and snapped what had been a brutal slump at...

BOSTON - The Orioles managed one hit off Josh Beckett in five innings, but consecutive singles by Wilson Betemit, Ryan Flaherty and Robert Andino to open the sixth allowed them to tie the game, 1-1. Endy Chavez hit into a force, bringing in the go-ahead run. Chavez had three hits last night, and he's singled and driven in a run tonight. Boston's Mike Aviles lifted a sacrifice fly to right field in the third after former Oriole Darnell McDonald led off with a double and Marlon Byrd...

The Washington Nationals today selected 24 players on the third day of Major League Baseball's First-Year Player Draft. Nationals Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo, Nationals Assistant General Manager & Vice President of Player Personnel Roy Clark and Nationals Director of Scouting Kris Kline made the joint announcement. Over the three-day Draft, the Nationals selected a total of 40 players: 14 right-handed pitchers, six left-handed...

So the Orioles enter tonight's game with a six-game win streak at Fenway Park. They last won seven in a row there - well, actually never. Here is note tonight via Twitter from Stats LLC: The #Orioles haven't won 7 straight in Boston since the St. Louis Browns beat the Boston Americans at Huntington Ave. Grounds in 1906. #MLB Neither Roch or I covered that Huntington Avenue game. Here is a note tonight from the Orioles media notes: The Orioles have won six straight games at Fenway Park...

The Orioles today announced that they have reinstated LHP Zach Britton from the 60-day disabled list and optioned him to Triple-A Norfolk. Britton was originally placed on the 15-day DL on March 26 with a left shoulder impingement. He made a total of three rehab starts with Double-A Bowie (two games; 1-0, 0.75 ERA, 12.0IP, 8H, ER, 3BB, 11K) and Triple-A Norfolk (one game; 1-0, 6.00 ERA, 6.0IP, 7H, 4ER, 2BB, 2K). To make room for Britton on the 40-man roster, RHP Stu Pomeranz was transferred...

With the addition of Michael Gonzalez a couple days ago, the Nationals now have four lefties in their bullpen. It might not be that way for long, however. Both Brad Lidge and Ryan Mattheus are closing in on returns to the Nats, and when the righties are ready to come back, the team will need to make some tough decisions on how they want to structure their bullpen. Lidge is pitching in his second rehab game for Single-A Potomac tonight as he works back from hernia surgery, while Mattheus, who...