Britton led the Birds to a 4-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night at Camden Yards, his fourth win in five attempts this season. Britton (4-1) no-hit the Sox through the first three innings before allowing a run in the fourth...he ran into a few jams after that but managed to keep Boston off the board through his final frames, pitching six solid innings and allowing just five hits and two walks while striking out two.
Britton became just the fifth AL rookie since 1980 to collect four wins in the month of April...
The Birds banged out 12 hits against Clay Buchholz, though it took some timely sac flies to give the O's some breathing room. Matt Wieters put the Orioles on the board with an RBI single in the second inning, but the last three runs all came via the sac fly (Adam Jones had two of them; Mark Reynolds had one). Vladimir Guerrero picked up his first three-hit game as an Oriole, going 3-for-4 (all singles) with a run scored...
The bullpen held up as well, with Jim Johnson looking like the old J.J. we know and love...Johnson went two frames of one-hit ball while fanning four. Kevin Gregg picked up his third save of the season with a 1-2-3 ninth, striking out one.
This was the first time the O's have taken the opening game of a series since Britton blanked the Texas Rangers way back on April 9. Jeremy Guthrie (1-3) looks to make it two straight as he takes the mound opposite Josh Beckett (2-1) on Wednesday night...
Bird Bites...
- The Orioles (9-12) stopped a three-game slide with the victory
- Boston (10-12) had won five straight before losing to Baltimore
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