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Posted: 07/22/2012
CLEVELAND - Zach Britton pitched six shutout innings, J.J. Hardy drove in three runs and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Cleveland Indians 4-3 Sunday for their fifth straight win.
Britton (1-0) gave up four hits in his second start since being recalled from the minors. He struck out five and got 11 other outs on grounders.
Luis Ayala gave up a two-run homer to Cleveland's Carlos Santana with one out in the ninth.
Jim Johnson came on and got two outs for his 30th save in 32 chances. He yielded a double to Shelley Duncan and a pinch-hit RBI single to Travis Hafner that made it 4-3.
Hardy hit a two-run homer in the first off Josh Tomlin (5-7) and an RBI single in the seventh against reliever Esmil Rogers. Wilson Betemit also homered for Baltimore.
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