Chen-sational: Rookie guides Orioles to win over Braves – 7 innings, 0 runs

ATLANTA — This has been Baltimore Orioles rookie Wei-Yin Chen’s first foray into interleague play, where American League pitchers are forced to bat in National League parks, but the Taiwanese left-hander has already seen enough to know he’s not a fan.

“Not really because I hate hitting,” Chen said through an interpreter. But Chen and the Orioles left Turner Field on Sunday afternoon able to boast that they beat the Braves at their own game — excelling in an NL style of baseball that leans on manufacturing runs, solid pitching and technique-minded defense — for a 2-0 series-clinching win over Atlanta.

In just his 13th major league start, the 26-year-old Chen delivered his finest outing in an Orioles uniform, pitching seven shutout innings and allowing just six hits. It was his first scoreless outing in the big leagues…

via Chen-sational: Rookie guides Orioles to win over Braves – BostonHerald.com.