BALTIMORE ? Derek Jeter reached another milestone with the New York Yankees, only this one wasn't nearly as memorable as the last.
Rookie Zach Britton outpitched Bartolo Colon, and the Yankees lost to the Baltimore Orioles 2-0 Sunday in the first game of a split doubleheader.
It was Deter Jeter's 2,402nd game with New York, breaking a tie with Mickey Mantle for most in a Yankees uniform. Jeter went 0 for 4 as the designated hitter, and during his second at-bat he fouled a ball off his right knee.
He was subsequently robbed of a base hit when right fielder Nick Markakis fielded his short-hop liner and got a forceout at second on Francisco Cervelli, who had to wait to see if the ball dropped in.
Asked how his knee felt, Jeter said, "I mean, it hurts." But he quickly added, "It's really nothing" and was placed in the leadoff spot for Game 2.
On July 9, Jeter became the first Yankee to get 3,000 hits with a first-inning homer. He then singled in the winning run in the eighth inning to cap a five-hit game in a 5-4 victory over Tampa Bay.
In this one, Jeter and the Yankees went quietly against Britton (8-9), who permitted only four hits in seven innings. It was a stark contrast from his previous outing against New York, when the left-hander gave up nine runs and got only one out.
"He threw his sinker, two-seamer, mixed in the breaking ball," Jeter said. "He threw the ball well. I mean the last time we faced him, that's a fluke."
It was the sixth straight win for the Orioles, their longest such run since an identical streak in April 2008. Britton is 2-0 during Baltimore's six-game roll.
"When you pitch like that, you feel like you're playing in a baseball game instead of trying to survive," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said.
The game was scoreless until the seventh, when Markakis doubled and Vladimir Guerrero singled. Baltimore added a run in the eighth when Mark Reynolds led off with his third hit and scored on a two-out single by J.J. Hardy.
Jim Johnson pitched a perfect eighth inning and Kevin Gregg worked the ninth for his 19th save, getting Alex Rodriguez to hit into a double play after giving up a one-out single to Mark Teixeira, who had three hits.
Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano went 0 for 3, ending his 17-game hitting streak. He had also hit in 18 consecutive games at Camden Yards.
New York has lost four of five. The Yankees failed to get a runner past first base in their first shutout loss since June 13.
"I thought (Britton) threw the ball ? totally different from what we saw at our place last time," manager Joe Girardi said. "I thought his sinker was really good and I thought he mixed his pitches."
Colon (8-9) gave up two runs and seven hits in 7 2-3 innings. He had a two-hitter through six innings before faltering. He has lost his last three starts and is 2-6 in his last eight decisions.
But he considered this effort to be a breakthrough.
"I feel very happy. Thank God that everything is back together," he said through a translator. "We'll see how far we're going to go."
Colon surrendered five runs in each of his previous two outings and was winless in his last four starts. But that shortcoming was offset by his exceptional performance in day games: The right-hander was 6-0 with a 1.80 ERA in seven afternoon starts.
This loss could be attributed to a lack of run support.
"It was unfortunate we were unable to get him a win," Girardi said. "Two runs in eight innings. I thought he threw the ball really well."
NOTES: The nightcap was rescheduled from Saturday's rainout. Reacting to New York manager Joe Girardi's assertion that the teams should have played a doubleheader on Friday ? two days after former Orioles pitcher Mike Flanagan took his own life ? Showalter said Sunday, "I felt that some of the stuff was a little disrespectful to Flanny, quite frankly. That didn't sit with me very well. I can tell you that." ... Five of Baltimore's six shutouts this season have come at home. ... Britton's 120 pitches were most by an Oriole this season.
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