OAKLAND, Calif. — Orioles manager Buck Showalter said he usually tries to take notice of little things that might indicate whether a trade-deadline acquisition is getting accustomed to his new surroundings. But Showalter said Wednesday that he hasn't had any concerns about Wade Miley in his first 10 days with the club.

“You do look for it, but I would have been real surprised if it was a challenge for him,” Showalter said. “He's done it a lot and he rolls with the punches. He's very competitive and I think he's got a lot of confidence that he's going to be pitching every fifth day and he can do the job.”

After making his second Orioles start Tuesday night in Oakland, Miley conceded he's still getting accustomed to his new team, but said he felt much more comfortable in his second outing than his first. That showed on the mound, where Miley was able to mix his pitches well in a quality start against the Oakland Athletics in the Orioles' 2-1 loss at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.

Miley held the A's to two runs over six innings. Other than three consecutive one-out hits in the third inning, including a slap opposite-field RBI double by Danny Valencia, and the ensuing sacrifice fly, and Miley held the Oakland batting order in check.

Miley came to the Orioles with a reputation as a ground-ball pitcher, and nine of his 18 outs came on ground balls as he relied almost equally on his fastball (25 pitches), sinker (20) and changeup (24) to keep hitters off balance.

“A lot of balls on the ground,” Showalter said. “And [he] made very few mistakes. … Everything we were hoping we were getting with him. He's been impressive.”

Miley's outing was different from his first start with the Orioles on Aug. 4, when he relied more heavily on his fastball and allowed four runs on eight hits over five innings.

“I still have the jitters going in just like every start, but, yeah, it felt a lot better,” Miley said.

Pearce still recovering, hasn't tested elbow: Steve Pearce wasn't in the Orioles starting lineup against a left-handed starter Wednesday night in Oakland, and it appears the nonwaiver-trade-deadline acquisition might not test his ailing right arm for another few days.

Pearce said he felt good enough to play Wednesday against Athletics left-hander Ross Detwiler, but the team has limited his activity until all the discomfort gets out of his elbow area.

“I told them I could swing right now,” Pearce said. “I feel great. But they really want to make sure that it's completely gone. This is the competitor in me, the athlete. I want to get out there. I want to play. I feel great. But I think the smartest thing to do is let this thing completely heal up so I'm 100 percent down the stretch.”

Orioles shuffle lineup: Showalter shuffled his lineup for Wednesday's game, sliding slumping first baseman Chris Davis down to sixth from the cleanup spot for the second time in five games. He also moved shortstop J.J. Hardy, who has hit well from the bottom third of the order, up to the No. 2 position.

The lineup allowed Showalter to stack the top of his lineup with five right-handed hitters against Detwiler. He also put second baseman Jonathan Schoop in the fifth spot to separate two of the team's struggling hitters, outfielder Mark Trumbo and Davis.

“It's a presentation of where they are in the bullpen,” Showalter said. “They took a left-hander out of there and have a left-hander tonight. It was the best fit to try to put Jon in a different place.”

Around the horn: Left-hander T.J. McFarland pitched three scoreless innings in a Gulf Coast League game Wednesday and will begin a minor league rehabilitation assignment Monday with High-A Frederick. . ... Outfielder Hyun Soo Kim'scareer-high 10-game hitting streak ended when he went 0-for-4 on Tuesday night. Hardy's five-game hitting streak was also halted Tuesday. ... The Orioles announced that the annual LUNGevity Breathe Deep Baltimore 5K run and walk will be held Oct. 22 at Camden Yards. Registration for the race — which is in memory of former Orioles public relations director Monica Barlow, who died in 2014 after a 41/2-year battle with nonsmall cell lung cancer — can be found on orioles.com/lungevity.

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