--RF Nick Markakis was hitting just .167 with runners in scoring position and fewer than two outs before his RBI single in the sixth inning Wednesday. The RBI was his first since he hit a three-run homer May 8 and was also his first RBI on anything but a home run since May 2, when he hit a solo homer and a run-scoring double.
--2B Brian Roberts has quietly put together a modest four-game hitting streak, during which he has gone 5-for-13 with two walks and four runs while raising his average from .252 to .265. The double he hit Wednesday was his team-best 11th. He also leads the team with 40 hits and 11 stolen bases. --C Guillermo Quiroz has been behind the plate in each of the past four games because of the wrist injury that has sidelined starter Ramon Hernandez. On Wednesday, Quiroz had two singles and scored in each of the rallies that led to the victory over the Red Sox.
--LHP Garrett Olson will make his fourth start on the season Friday against the Nationals. He goes in at 2-0, and his 2.95 ERA is the best among the Orioles' starters. After waking five in his first start, he has walked only one in each of the last two. He has yet to get through the seventh inning in a start.
--RHP Chad Bradford, the submarining reliever who has not been in a game since May 10 in Kansas City, has not allowed an earned run since April 20 against New York. Overall, he has given up two earned runs in 13 1/3 innings for a 1.32 ERA this season.
BY THE NUMBERS: 12 -- Consecutive wins over the Royals before a loss on May 11. It was the second time Baltimore won 12 straight over Kansas City; the first was in 1970.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "As soon as I shaved my head it started kicking in, so I want to tip my hat to my haircut." -- 1B Kevin Millar, talking about his hitting spree since being moved from the cleanup spot on May 2.
