BALTIMORE -- After Baltimore left-hander Wei-Yin Chen put together another dominant performance Friday against Seattle, his thoughts were with his family and friends thousands of miles away in his native Taiwan. A deadly gas explosion in Kaohsiung reportedly killed at least 25 people and injured close to 300. None of Chens family were injured but he expressed concern for those affected by the tragedy. On the mound, Chen was fully focused as he won his fifth consecutive start and had a season-high eight strikeouts to lead the Baltimore Orioles to a 2-1 victory over the Mariners. "Unfortunately back in my hometown there was a horrible accident," Chen said. "So today this win I would like to give out to my home people and I would like to send out my best wishes to them and hope everybody is all right there." Baltimore has won nine of its past 11 games and remained atop the AL League East. An RBI single by Manny Machado in the third, snapped the Orioles scoreless streak at 19 innings. Chen (12-3) allowed one run and five hits with one walk over 7 1-3 innings. Andrew Miller, acquired from Boston on Thursday, pitched a scoreless eighth in his debut for the Orioles (61-47). Left-hander Zach Britton picked up his 22nd save. The Orioles improved to 18-2 when Chen goes seven or more innings. "If you get seven innings out of your starter, youre going to win your share of games," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "Shortens up a lot of things in the bullpen and really allows you to put people in situations that they prosper in. But regardless of the analysis of the game, it starts and most of it is with Wei-Yin. Hes really solid for us here lately in a time of need, obviously standings-wise." Robinson Cano had two hits for the Mariners and is 115 for 317 (.363) lifetime at Camden Yards. "Hes tough," Cano said about Chen. "He threw everything for a strike. Hes not a guy that is just going to give you anything." Mariners left-hander Roenis Elias (8-9) allowed two runs and seven hits with seven strikeouts and one walk over 5 2-3 innings. It was his longest outing since June 28 against Cleveland. The Orioles took a 1-0 lead on Machados single in the third. The Mariners answered the next inning on a double by Kendrys Morales that scored Cano when Orioles catcher Caleb Joseph could not hold onto a relay throw by J.J. Hardy. That snapped a streak of 11 consecutive scoreless innings by Chen against Seattle. In the sixth, Machado led off with a double and Hardy drove him in with a two-out single for a 2-1 lead. "Both pitchers really good," Hardy said. "I think Chen threw the ball great. Elias threw the ball really well, and then our bullpen came in and shut them down and luckily we got a couple big hits." Seattle fell to 5-37 when trailing after seven innings. "They played a better game than we did," Seattle manager Lloyd McClendon said. "It was a hard-fought game. 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Gustav Nyquist also scored — off an assist from Abdelkader — and Henrik Zetterberg had two assists. Jimmy Howard made 25 saves.We showed some good character there, falling behind in the second and coming out and playing extremely well in the third, Howard said.Troy Brouwer and Evgeny Kuznetsov scored for Washington, which has lost three of four.I thought we were good up until midway through the second period, maybe even to the end of the second period, but then we started taking a few chances, Brouwer said. Couple of needless turnovers.Alex Ovechkin failed to score a point for the fifth straight game, the longest drought of his career.Holtby stopped 18 shots and had an assist.Datsyuks goal ended a streak of 23 Detroit power plays without a goal.The top line of Abdelkader, Zetterberg and Nyqvist has accounted for 13 of the teams 22 goals this seasonThe Red Wings opened the scoring midway through the second period following a Washington turnover. Abdelkader got the loose pucck and fed Nyquist, who was alone in front of the net.dddddddddddd Holtby made a pad save, but Nyquist banged in his own rebound for his fifth goal of the season.Their forwards backcheck hard. Theyre good at picking your pocket with a stick or picking off passes, Washingtons Matt Nikanen said about Detroits ability to generate turnovers.After the Capitals failed in their first three attempts against Detroits penalty killers, Holtby helped them break through.The Washington goalie sent a pass to Ward at the Red Wings blue line. Ward then fed a streaking Kuznetsov, who had gotten behind the defence and he beat Howard high to tie it.The Capitals took a 2-1 lead with 58 seconds left in the period when Brouwer one-timed John Carlsons pass home from the left circle.The Red Wings managed only three shots on goal in the first period.I dont think we were very good early, Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. They skated way better than us.A goal by Detroits Drew Miller was negated by penalty on Luke Glendening for goalie interference at 6:22. On the replay, it appeared Holtby tripped coming back from behind the net and wasnt touched by Glendening.Washingtons Jason Chimera went to the locker room with a broken nose after a hit by Brendan Smith early in the period. He later returned.NOTES: Ovechkin had gone without a point in four games four previous times. ... Prior to the national anthem, a photo of former Red Wings great Gordie Howe was shown on the scoreboard. Loud applause followed as the public address announcer conveyed the Capitals best wishes to Howe, who had a stroke Sunday. ... Capitals F Tom Wilson made his season debut after missing eight games while recovering from a broken left ankle. ' ' '