New O's reliever Chaz Roe on the time he thought his career might be over (Kline update)

Somewhat lost in the shuffle - with Mike Wright making two scoreless starts, Oliver Drake pitching four scoreless innings so far and Tyler Wilson getting his first major league win - was that another pitcher came up from Triple-A Norfolk in recent days and did well in his first Orioles appearance.

Right-hander Chaz Roe was called up Sunday and pitched two scoreless innings that afternoon against Miami. He retired all six batters he faced with two strikeouts. Roe was 3-1 with a 2.19 ERA in 17 games for Triple-A Norfolk this year.

"We really liked him in the spring," manager Buck Showalter said after Sunday's game. "He was another good addition to our depth. I'm happy for him. It's been a long road back for him, too."

Drake is a nice comeback story because he overcame shoulder surgery in August 2012 to make the majors this year. The 28-year-old Roe is a comeback story because in that same year, he pitched in the independent American Association. He was out of affiliated baseball and, he thought, out of luck. He believed at that time that his baseball career might soon be over.

It all stems from the news Roe got on Jan. 26, 2012. He was a minor league free agent at the time and was suspended 50 games for violating the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program for testing positive for an amphetamine.

He failed a drug test, which was reportedly for Adderall, during the offseason.

"After the suspension I wound up playing independent ball in 2012 and did really well, then got picked up by Arizona. They let me serve my time (for the suspension, which came in 2013) and then I wound up making the big leagues with them," Roe explained yesterday in the Orioles clubhouse.

The suspension followed a 2011 season when Roe went 0-7 with an ERA of 6.59 with Seattle's Triple-A team. A poor year followed by a suspension.

At that point, Roe felt a career that had started with a lot of promise when he was drafted by Colorado in the first round in 2005 (32nd overall) out of a high school in Lexington, Ky., might soon be nearing its end.

"I thought I was done," he said. "To come back and still have an opportunity to play. To get to return to pitch is unbelievable.

"I figured, 50-game suspension, no one would take a look at me. But Arizona gave me a chance and that pretty much resurrected my career."

He would pitch in 21 big league games with Arizona in 2013 and in three with the Yankees last September. One of those games with New York was on Sept. 12 when Roe pitched one inning at Camden Yards. He looked around and liked what he saw from the crowd and atmosphere that night. When he was a minor league free agent this winter, he heard from the Orioles and remembered his one night pitching on the mound at Camden Yards.

"I came here with the Yankees and I pitched here late last year. I liked the atmosphere here. Playing in Camden Yards was unreal. Plus it's a great group of guys on this team. Good opportunity here and I'm happy with my decision to sign here, for sure," Roe said.

Roe got a good look from the Orioles this spring. He had an ERA of 4.97 in 12 2/3 innings and only seven pitchers threw more innings in Florida in March.

Then he pitched well at Norfolk to start this season and now he's found his way to Baltimore.

"Just been throwing strikes, good quality strikes," he said of his year so far. "I was not getting behind in the count or walking people. That is usually when you get hurt. Have had my sinker effective down in the zone and my slider was pretty sharp too,."

Now Roe awaits another chance out of the Orioles bullpen. He is back playing pro ball and back in the major leagues. It wasn't that long ago he thought his chances to do that were over forever.

Lending a hand: Later today the Orioles will partner with the Maryland Food Bank to host a food distribution event at William Pinderhughes Elementary in West Baltimore. Orioles Brad Brach, Zach Britton, Miguel Gonzalez and Ryan Lavarnway will participate in the event along with Orioles wives Jenae Brach, Courtney Britton, Lucy Gonzalez, Audie Jones, Jamie Lavarnway, Yainee Machado, Jessica Pearce, Jaime Russell, Angela Showalter, Christina Tillman and Maria Wieters.

They will distribute food to local residents, many of whom have limited access to groceries due to last month's unrest in the city. The Oriole Bird will also make an appearance to help distribute food along with community volunteers.

Great research: Thanks to Katie Sharp of Riveraveblues.com and SBNationNFL for some research help last night. Her research found that the Orioles had never won a game with zero runners left on base and zero at-bats with a runner in scoring position until it happened yesterday against Houston.

She found that the last time this happened involving the Orioles before Sunday was on Oct. 1, 2006, when the O's lost a five-inning game 9-0 to the Red Sox. The last time it happened in a nine-inning game was on April 23, 1980 when Jim Palmer and the Orioles lost 6-5 to the Yankees.

So we saw something yesterday that had never before happened in an Orioles game and the team has been in Baltimore since 1954.

Kline update: Bowie right-handed pitcher Branden Kline is traveling to Florida today for an appointment with Dr. James Andrews to get a second opinion. Dr. Andrews will review the results of his MRI from last Friday. Last Wednesday, Kline left a start at Trenton after 1 2/3 innings with right elbow discomfort and tenderness in the flexor mass area.

Ranked as the Orioles' No. 26 prospect by Baseball America, Kline is 3-3 with an ERA of 3.66 in eight Baysox starts.

Single-A Delmarva right-handed reliever Derrick Bleeker is having a second MRI today after leaving an outing on last Wednesday with elbow discomfort. The first MRI was inconclusive.

Dylan Bundy will miss his start tonight with Bowie due to shoulder tightness. He'll see a doctor today in Baltimore.

Left-hander Jhonatan Ramos will move from Single-A Frederick to Bowie to make tonight's start for the Baysox. He went 0-0 with an ERA of 2.18 in four starts with the Keys.