He did not allow one Yankees runner to reach second base in improving to 8-9 with an ERA of 4.28. In two starts since returning from the disabled list, Britton has allowed one run and 10 hits over 12 innings. Jim Johnson pitched a 1-2-3 eighth and Kevin Gregg finished the shutout with a scoreless ninth, recording his 19th save. He got Alex Rodriguez to ground into a double play to end the game. Over the last six games, Orioles starting pitchers have worked to an ERA of 1.80. The game was a 0-0 contest until the last of the seventh. Nick Markakis led off with a double against Bartolo Colon and, with one out, scored on a Vlad Guerrero single to right. A J.J. Hardy RBI single in the eighth made it a 2-0 game and extended Hardy's hit streak to ten games. The Orioles have now won six in a row, out-scoring their opponents 38-9 in the process. They were 1-9 this year against the Yankees coming into this series, but have now won the first two games. This is the Orioles first six-game win streak since April 2-8, 2008. In tonight's contest set for a 7:35 start, Brian Matusz (1-6, 8.92) pitches against Ivan Nova (13-4, 3.97).