Adrian Avena brought a five-bass limit to the scale Thursday weighing 16 pounds, 12 ounces to take the lead after the first day of the Walmart FLW Tour event on the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland.
Former Oriole Nick Markakis had a couple hits in his first game against his old team, and the Atlanta Braves rallied in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the Orioles, 6-5, in a Grapefruit League game at Champions Stadium.
The Baltimore Orioles go for the series sweep against the Dodgers this afternoon. They've already won the series, their first ever against the Dodgers -- well, if you're not counting the 1996 World Series of course.
If you're into flashy, Chen can't do much for you. Even on a day in which his 12 strikeouts Sunday broke Chien-Ming Wang¿s major league record for most strikeouts in a single game by a Taiwanese pitcher, it was business as usual.
Taiwanese pitchers Wei-Yin Chen and Chien-Ming Wang are scheduled to pitch on back-to-back days when Washington Nationals visit the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards this weekend.
When Orioles left-hander Wei-Yin Chen takes the mound at Camden Yards on Tuesday night for his first major league start against the New York Yankees, an entire nation will be watching.
