Orioles Take Two Of Three From The Yankees

Normally, going into Yankee Stadium is a nightmare for the Orioles and their pitchers (they went 2-7 with a 6.49 ERA there last year). Their first trip to New York was a bit more impressive this season.On Monday, Jason Hammel continued to impress with a 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 HR line. He got more groundballs than flyballs, plus 7 swings and misses on his fastballs. That two-seamer has been doing some work this year. Unfortunately the O's could only scrape one run across, and Hammel fell to 3-1 on the season with the 2-1 loss.Tuesday it was Brian Matusz's second crack at the Yankees' lineup (his first start in 2012 was 4 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 BB, 1 K). Things had been on an upward trend since then, though the win eluded him despite a nice start against the Blue Jays last week (6 IP, 0 ER). Better luck in NY, as Matusz had perhaps his best game - 6.1 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HR - and the offense actually helped him out with 7 runs. The W was Matusz's first since June...