Showalter on Jimenez: "I would have signed up for that"

Orioles reliever Vance Worley will throw a bullpen session on Thursday, report to Double-A Bowie on Saturday and pitch in the first game of his injury rehab assignment.

Reliever Darren O'Day will throw off a half-mound on Thursday.

Caleb Joseph will catch at Single-A Frederick on Monday.

"Hopefully, we've got some guys moving in a good direction," said manager Buck Showalter.

Ubaldo Jimenez didn't get lost tonight.

Jimenez completed six innings for the first time since getting through the eighth on May 7. It's fair to consider the opponent, the last-place Padres, but the guy turned in a quality start and left the mound for the final time to a standing ovation. Don't precipitate on his parade.

Jimenez held the Padres to two runs over six innings, striking out the last four batters, and the Orioles split the series with a 7-2 win before 23,785 at Camden Yards.

Brad Brach retired all six batters he faced to lower his ERA to 1.11 in 40 2/3 innings.

Zach Britton, after throwing 23 pitches last night, struck out two batters and stranded two, as the Orioles posted their 1,000th win at Camden Yards.

Jimenez allowed a run after facing only three batters. He threw 21 pitches in the first inning while also surrendering two hits and walking a batter. However, he recorded his fourth quality start of the season.

Who knows whether Jimenez stays in the rotation? Tonight was about getting another chance in it and not falling on his face. Or someplace softer.

Here's a sampling from Showalter:

On Jimenez: "Bent, didn't break. What did he have, four walks? Stolen bases were a challenge, but made some good pitches and got through six innings. Gave our bullpen a rest. We didn't have many options down there tonight, so he delivered what we needed. It was good to see him go home and feel good about himself.

"Started to take him out with two outs in that last inning, let him feel some good ... what's a good word? I don't know. But I kind of like the thought of him getting the next guy out and not having to use somebody. I wanted to have (Ashur) Tolliver as a backup if there was an issue physically with somebody. Brad was good, obviously. I wanted to get Zach back out there."

On how Jimenez finished: "Like a lot of starting pitchers, if you can minimize the damage early when you're trying to find it, they seem to come on the later they get into it. We've had a lot of times I know with Chris (Tillman) and another one, sometimes their best inning is their last one. I thought he had a crisper fastball. There was a lot of crispness and intensity to his fastball tonight."

On whether Jimenez gets another start: "We have two more of that spot before the All-Star break. We're going to take it each day and put our best foot forward. Tonight, he was it. So we'll see. We get to add a pitcher for both games of the doubleheader on Saturday. We got through this four-game stretch without Manny (Machado)."

On what Jimenez did to improve: "He had better command of his fastball. He got some counts in his favor. He went from 0-2 to 3-2 with some guys, which you don't like to see. When you throw some uncompetitive pitches at 0-2, 1-2, they're balls right out of your hand, you get back into a count you have to throw a fastball. That's been something that's been a challenge.

"He didn't execute the pitchout. Between the four walks and the hits, that's almost like it's 90 feet we could have kept from happening. But I'll take the end product. I would have signed up for that and hopefully he can take it and build on it."

On Adam Jones scoring from first on Jonathan Schoop's hustle double: "Adam is always on. He doesn't have an off or down day. How many of you would have scored on that ball? That's a third base coach's dream. Adam does a lot of things that create a lot of cache with me because of his effort and because he's engaged.

"They have to do something to keep you from continuing to go. Maybe half the people are still at first base. You can't assume anything. Bobby (Dickerson) made a good read. He was looking for that read because of the baserunner he had coming to him. If you're on the other team, you don't feel good about that."

On Mark Trumbo breaking out of slump with home run, double and single: "It's fun to watch him hit a line drive. You talk about hanging laundry on that line. You can do a whole month's worth of laundry. Some of the same pitches he was missing, he squared up tonight. That was good."

Down on the farm, Mike Wright allowed one run and five hits in six innings, with two walks and three strikeouts in Triple-A Norfolk's 2-1 loss to Lehigh Valley. He threw 96 pitches, 58 for strikes.