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Final Score: NY Yankees 4 - Baltimore 2

Baltimore, MD (Sports Network) - Jason Giambi homered and drove in two runs as the New York Yankees clipped Baltimore, 4-2, to avoid getting swept in a three-game set at Camden Yards.

Johnny Damon went 3-for-5 with one run batted in, and Derek Jeter added an RBI for the Yankees, who rebounded from Tuesday's crushing 11-inning loss. New York has now won four of six overall.

Andy Pettitte (5-5) went 6 2/3 innings for the win, allowing eight hits and two runs with three strikeouts and one walk. The veteran lefty has won two straight starts after going winless in his previous five.

Melvin Mora collected three hits for the second game in a row, including a two-run home run for the Orioles, whose two-game win streak came to a halt.

Orioles starter Jeremy Guthrie (2-6) dropped his third consecutive decision, despite a solid performance which saw him yield only six hits and three runs over seven frames, and fan four without issuing a walk.

In the ninth, the Yanks picked up an insurance run which boosted their lead to two. With the bases loaded against Jamie Walker, Melky Cabrera went down swinging and the O's appeared to be out of the jam after Damon grounded to second. However, Walker was late covering first and Damon beat the throw from Brian Roberts, allowing a run to score.

Mariano Rivera worked around an Alex Rodriguez fielding error on a Luke Scott grounder in the home half and kept Baltimore off the board to record his 13th save.

A Giambi RBI single in the second put New York ahead, but Mora countered with a two-run homer in the third which gave the O's a one-run edge.

Giambi struck again, this time on a monster blast to right that landed beyond the seating area with two down in the fourth for a 2-2 game.

The Yankees went ahead 3-2 in the fifth, as Cabrera doubled with one out, went to third on a Damon single, and scored when Jeter lifted a sacrifice fly to left.

Roberts doubled in the fifth, but the potential tying run never materialized as he was thrown out trying to steal third. After a walk to Mora, Nick Markakis doubled to put runners on second and third, but Kevin Millar flied out to center.

New York went down in order in the sixth and seventh against Guthrie, then the O's had men on first and second with two down facing Joba Chamberlain in the bottom of the inning before Millar once again killed the rally by striking out swinging.