1B Chris Davis hit his 14th homer of the season Friday in the 4-3 loss to the Blue Jays and has 15 career homers at Rogers Centre in 149 at-bats there. The 9.3 AB/home run ratio is the best of any of the 345 players with at least 100 at-bats at Rogers Centre.

1B Chris Davis hit his 13th homer of the season Thursday to tie the game in the seventh inning. He then hit his second sacrifice fly of the game in the ninth to provide what turned out to be the winning run in the 6-5 victory over the Blue Jays. Since 2008, no one has hit more home runs against the Blue Jays than Davis, who has 32 against them. Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz is next at 31.

1B Chris Davis had played in every game before manager Buck Showalter did not write him into the lineup Wednesday. Showalter said Davis is battling a few nagging physical ailments, including a thumb problem. After Wednesday's game, Showalter said he still wasn't sure if Davis could play Thursday but was hopeful for that or Friday.

1B Chris Davis got his first day off this season. Showalter said Davis is battling a few minor issues, including a thumb problem. But Davis will return Thursday in Toronto.

1B Chris Davis got his 100th career home run at Camden Yards -- third all-time behind Rafael Palmeiro (124) and Adam Jones (110). It was also his first homer since May 20 and he has 11 on the season. Davis is batting .218 with 29 RBIs.

1B Chris Davis matched a career high with four walks. He did it earlier this season and is showing the kind of patience not seen as much in the last few years. Each of his walks helped spark a rally.

BALTIMORE -- The song "It Never Rains in Southern California" was first released Oct. 21, 1972, one year and four days after the Baltimore Orioles lost Game 7 in the World Series to Pittsburgh.Baltimore certainly hopes that title rings true as it begins a series on Friday in Los Angeles against the Angels. The Orioles, who ended their homestand Thursday afternoon with a 7-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners, have been rained out four times so far this year.It was a rainy and damp Tuesday and Wednesday as the Orioles began their three-game series with Seattle, which is also no stranger to precipitation in the Pacific Northwest. But Thursday was played with no hint of rain in Baltimore.The road trip includes games in three different time zones for the Orioles, who will also play in Houston and Cleveland before coming home May 30 to face the Boston Red Sox."You would rather stay out there," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "Everyone has a tale of woe. It isn't like we are going out there on... [More]

1B Chris Davis is one of baseball's top power hitters but he did plenty of damage in other ways in this game thanks to a run-scoring double and an RBI single. The Orioles didn't get a homer in the 7-5 victory but put a bunch of hits together, and that's how they rallied from a 5-0 deficit. "It was very unusual for us, but I'm proud of the way we've been going about our at-bats and not just giving in or going up there and hacking when we get down," Davis said.

1B Chris Davis entered the series against the Twins in a slump but got going in a big way at Target Field. On Wednesday, he added four hits, including a two-run homer in the fourth inning, his ninth of the season. He also had an RBI double that came inches short of a home run later in the game. Davis raised his batting average 42 points to .242in the two games against the Twins.

1B Chris Davis had three hits, including his third double of the season off Twins pitcher Kevin Jepsen in the ninth inning. For Davis, who entered the game hitting .200 this season, it was his first three-hit game of the season and seventh multi-hit game.

1B Chris Davis found a good way to snap out of a dry spell. He was in an 0-for-16 slide before hitting a two-run homer that sparked a four-run third inning which gave the Orioles a lead they never lost in Saturday's nightcap. Davis' average has fallen to .206 but he has eight homers and 19 RBIs so far.

1B Chris Davis once again came through with a clutch hit on Saturday. His two-run double in the eighth tied the game as he has now driven in 17 runs in the first 23 games and keeps getting big hits for the Orioles -- and drawing plenty of walks.

1B Chris Davis also broke out of his recent slump. Davis came into Thursday's game having gone hitless in his last six at-bats and went 2-for-4 with two RBIs -- including a two-run homer in the third that gave the Orioles the lead for good as Baltimore belted three homers overall that brought in seven runs. "The conditions weren't favorable, but you can't let that bother you," Davis said. "I thought as an offense, we did a great job of not trying to do too much, going out there and taking what the game gave us."

1B Chris Davis had a rough night, going 0-for-4 with three strikeouts to lower his season average to just .215. The Rays got at least one strikeout against all but one of the Orioles' starting nine, but Davis in particular had trouble with the majors' leading strikeout staff.

1B Chris Davis had a career-high four walks against Toronto on Thursday night. The Blue Jays pitchers decided to try their luck with DH Mark Trumbo, who went 1-for-3 with two strikeouts. Davis entered the game fifth in the American League with 11 walks, but he leapfrogged to the lead with Toronto's Jose Bautista, who also took a walk Thursday night.

1B Chris Davis, who won Monday's series opener with a three-run homer in the ninth inning, drilled a two-run homer on a 3-0 pitch from Joe Kelly to give the Orioles a 2-0 lead they failed to hold on Wednesday. He has four homers in the first eight games of the season.

1B Chris Davis relished his role as the spoiler Monday, driving in two runs off Red Sox LHP David Price and hitting a three-run homer off Craig Kimbrel in their respective Fenway Park debuts. "We knew we were going to have our work cut out for us coming in here," said Davis, whose ninth-inning homer broke a 6-6 tie. "First road trip, opening day for those guys. They were going to be jacked up." Davis, who was 2-for-5 with three strikeouts Monday and is now batting .227 (14-for-22) with three homers and seven RBIs this season, also drew praise for his defense. "That's as good as you'll see a first baseman play nine innings," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said.

1B Chris Davis continued to show good early-season power and patience at the plate in Friday's win. He hit his second homer and walked twice, scoring three runs and reaching base three times, something the Orioles are working at doing more of this season.

1B Chris Davis got his first home run of the season Wednesday against the Twins with a with a towering solo shot to dead center in the third inning. Davis led the majors with 47 home runs last season. Fans are expecting an even better performance after he signed a 7-year, $161 million dollar contract in the offseason. "I think the expectations we have for ourselves every season are so high that the pressure's kind of self-inflicted," Davis said. "I think that every guy in here goes into the offseason with something in mind to get better at, to work hard on, to come to spring training prepared. We expect a lot of each other. The biggest thing for me is that I know that I'm going to be here for a number of years and trying to do everything to try and help this team win a championship."

1B Chris Davis signed a long-term deal with the Orioles, something that surprised some in the baseball world but delighted the fans of Baltimore, many of whom thought he was gone. The team signed Davis to a reported seven-year, $161-million deal which gives them an anchor in the middle of their lineup for a long time. Last season, Davis rebounded after a slow start to finish with 47 homers and 117 RBIs. He also raised his average to .262 and despite the 208 strikeouts, came through in the second half of the season when the Baltimore offense often went quiet.