Chris Tillman pitched seven innings of four-hit ball to win his fourth straight Womens Charles Clay Jersey decision, and the Orioles breezed past the Cleveland Indians 8-0 Sunday night to complete a doubleheader sweep.
In the afternoon game, Ubaldo Jimenez tossed eight crisp innings and Baltimore got home runs from Jimmy Paredes and Manny Machado in a 4-0 victory.
The sweep boosted the Orioles to the top of the AL East by percentage points over Tampa Bay. Baltimore (41-34) has won 15 of 19 to move a season-high seven games above .500.
''To stay engaged Authentic Haloti Ngata Jersey in our division is a challenge,'' manager Buck Showalter said, ''and our guys have done it.''
It was the first time since Sept. 6, 1974, that the Orioles registered shutouts in both games of a doubleheader, according to STATS. The opposition that day was also Cleveland.
Tillman and Jimenez combined for 15 scoreless innings and the bullpen took care of the other three, allowing the Indians to pass second base only twice.
''I don't take for granted how hard that is,'' Showalter said.
Tillman (6-7) struck out six, walked none and reduced his ERA from 6.22 to 5.67. The right-hander hasn't lost since May 31, even though he surrendered six runs in 1 1/3 innings at Toronto in his last start.
''I was able to command the fastball and make some good pitches early on,'' Tillman said. ''That's key to getting deep in a ballgame.''
After Baltimore scored two unearned http://www.jaguarsnflofficialonline.com/WOMENS_YOUTH_SENDERRICK_MARKS_JERSEY.html runs in the second inning, Chris Davis, Travis Snider and Chris Parmelee homered in a six-run fourth that made it 8-0.
Cleveland (33-41) absorbed its first doubleheader sweep since Sept. 8, 2009, against Texas. From the start of the 2010 season through last year, the Indians owned a 23-7 record in 15 doubleheaders.
Jason Kipnis, who started the day with a 20-game hitting streak, was a collective 0 for 7 with four strikeouts. David Murphy went 4 for 4 in the second game.
Manager Terry Francona was ejected in the ninth inning of the nightcap for arguing a third-strike call.
''Today was not a pretty day for us,'' he said. ''I don't see guys grinding the at-bat. We're not doing the things we're capable of doing.''
The Indians summoned Toru Murata (0-1) from the minors to make his major league debut Eagles Byron Maxwell Jersey in the nightcap. Now in his fifth season in the Cleveland organization, the 30-year-old Japanese right-hander allowed five runs in 3 1/3 innings despite retiring the first five batters he faced.
''Just my fault,'' he said. ''The ball high.''
In the opener, the Orioles collected their 5,000th win since the move from St. Louis to Baltimore in 1954.