BALTIMORE -- Sometimes, post-season experience isnt all that important. How else to explain Baltimore rookie Wei-Yin Chen outpitching playoff-tested Andy Pettitte to beat the New York Yankees in a game the Orioles couldnt afford to lose? With Chen leading the way, the Orioles squeezed out a 3-2 victory Monday night to even their AL division series at one game apiece. Chris Davis drove in two runs for the wild-card Orioles, who used the same formula that got them into the post-season for the first time in 15 years: a magnificent bullpen and an ability to win tight games. Baltimore was 29-9 in one-run decisions during the regular season and 74-0 when leading after seven innings. Major league saves leader Jim Johnson, roughed up for five runs in a Game 1 loss, came back to pitch a perfect ninth to close it out. "Its real easy, like I said last night, to trust Jim Johnson," Baltimore manager Buck Showalter said. "Hes done it a few times for us. Hes having a special year, a special year." Afterward, Orioles owner Peter Angelos shook hands with almost every player in the jubilant clubhouse. "It is great that he was in here," outfielder Adam Jones said. "Obviously it meant a lot to him as much as it did us and the fans. He doesnt come in here a lot. He takes care of business up there and we take care of it on the field. Hopefully, the next time I see him he will be holding a trophy." The rest of the best-of-five series is at Yankee Stadium, beginning with Game 3 on Wednesday night. Hiroki Kuroda will start for AL East champion New York against rookie Miguel Gonzalez, who was 2-0 with a 2.63 ERA in two starts in the Bronx this season, striking out 17 and walking only one in 13 2-3 innings. Baltimore won all three series at Yankee Stadium this year. "You definitely dont want to go into New York in a five-game series down two games. This is big -- having the day off tomorrow, hopefully building some momentum, and we can take that into New York," Davis said. Chen gave up two runs, one earned, and eight hits over 6 1-3 innings. The Taiwan native, who pitched previously in Japan, was 1-2 with a 5.25 ERA in four outings against New York this season, including two in September in which he yielded a total of 11 runs over 11 1-3 innings. "Chen did a good job of keeping us in the game," Davis said. "To hold that offence to two runs is saying something, and we were able to get timely hits when we needed it." And now, the playoff series is tied after the teams split 18 games during the regular season. "It seemed like Baltimore and us have kind of gone back and forth all year and thats what we did here," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. Chen left with a 3-2 lead, and the bullpen made it stand up. Johnson retired Derek Jeter and Ichiro Suzuki on grounders and struck out Alex Rodriguez to end it in front of a rollicking crowd at Camden Yards. Much earlier, Suzukis deft dancing at the plate put the Yankees ahead. The 40-year-old Pettitte, whose 19 wins and 43 starts are the most in post-season history, allowed three runs and seven hits in seven-plus innings. "I thought he pitched a really, really good game," Girardi said. "I thought he had really good command of his fastball, his curveball, really all his pitches." Pettitte came out of retirement before this season to pitch again in the playoffs, and although he was effective, Chen was better. "Its a playoff game," Pettitte said. "If you give up too many runs, that number doesnt have to get too high until you know youre going to get a loss." Pettitte, however, got little offensive backing. New York stranded 10 and went 2 for 8 with runners in scoring position. "They were tough. We werent able to get the big hits with runners in scoring position," Pettitte said. "It was a frustrating game and one you hate to lose. It would have been nice to get this one, thats for sure." After Davis hit a two-run single to put Baltimore up 2-1 in the third inning, Matt Wieters led off the sixth with a double and scored on a single by Mark Reynolds to make it 3-1. But New York came right back in the seventh. Eduardo Nunez got a double when Davis couldnt catch his blooper to right and Jeter followed with an RBI single. After Suzuki hit into a fielders choice, Darren ODay replaced Chen and struck out Rodriguez as Suzuki stole second. Brian Matusz came in and issued an intentional walk to Robinson Cano to set up a matchup with Nick Swisher. Swisher was 1 for 18 lifetime against Matusz and 1 for his last 32 in post-season play with runners in scoring position. A wild pitch moved up the runners, but the percentages held up, as Swisher hit a routine fly ball to left. The Yankees used the nifty footwork of Suzuki to take a 1-0 first-inning lead, and it had nothing to do with his speed on the basepaths. Jeter led off the game with a single and Suzuki reached when Reynolds fumbled a bare-hand pickup at first base for an error. Rodriguez hit a low line drive at second baseman Robert Andino, who caught it and doubled up Jeter. Cano followed with a drive to the base of the right-field wall for a double. The relay from Davis to Andino to Wieters beat Suzuki to the plate by plenty, but he dodged the tag coming toward home. Suzuki then circled around the batters box, juked around the catchers desperate lunge and touched the plate an instant before Wieters glove found its mark. Pettitte retired the first eight batters before Andino hit a bloop single with two outs in the third. Nate McLouth also singled, and a four-pitch walk to J.J. Hardy loaded the bases for Davis, who lined a single to right. "Obviously the game came down to a mistake to Davis that scored the two runs," Pettitte said. "Effectively a ball in the middle of the zone. That was a serious mistake by me in that situation. I pretty much cost us the game." Jones followed by grounding a single just beyond the reach of Jeter at shortstop, but Hardy stopped at third after failing to spot third-base coach DeMarlo Hale waving him home. Wieters then popped out with the bases loaded. In the fourth, the Yankees used two singles and a walk to load the bases with one out. Nunez popped out before Jeter bounced into a forceout. NOTES: It was the 16th start in a Game 2 for Pettitte, most in baseball history ahead of Tom Glavine (11). ... NY 1B Mark Teixeira let a ball go through his legs in the fifth inning for an error, matching his total for the entire regular season. ... Chen was 2-5 with 3.59 ERA in 10 post-season starts in Japan. He participated in the playoffs from 2008-11. ... Suzuki has reached safely in all 12 of his playoff games. ... Cano has 19 RBIs in 18 post-season games. Wholesale Jerseys . JOHNS, N. 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MILWAUKEE -- Mike Fiers knows how damaging the loss might be for the surging Milwaukee Brewers. "The playoffs are right around the corner, and we need to win as many games as possible," the Brewers pitcher said. "Sure, theres a little bit of pressure there, but there is no excuse for me throwing the ball all over the place. I need to get back to pitching and start in the first inning." Lucas Duda homered and doubled, Jonathon Niese pitched six strong innings and the New York Mets snapped a six-game losing streak, beating the surging Brewers 7-3 on Friday night. The loss dropped Milwaukee back to .500 at 72-72 -- four games behind St. Louis for the second National League wild-card spot. Fiers (9-8) gave up six hits and four runs in five innings for Milwaukee, which had won 18 of 23 coming in. "One game is not going to change it," Fiers said. "We had a really good stretch of wins here. We can still win the series. Its one game. If we can come back and win these next two games, it would be nice. It doesnt really matter where were at. We need to win." Niese (11-9), who had lost three straight starts, settled down after giving up two second-inning runs, allowing six hits, three walks and the two runs. He also had two hits and scored a run, helping the Mets to their biggest offensive output since a 9-5 extra-inning victory over Philadelphia on Aug. 28. Daniel Murphy also homered for New York. Fiers struggled from the start, and the Mets scored twice in both the first and second innings, equaling their offensive output in three losses in a sweep against Washington. In the first, Murphy walked with one out, went to third on David Wrights double and scored on Ike Davis groundout. Wright scored on Dudas ground-rule double. The Mets made it 4-0 in the second when Niese singled with one out and, two batters later, Murphy hit a ball into the second deck in right field for his sixth home run of the season. "Just command again," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said about Fiers. "He came out not throwing strikes. He tried to throw fastballs away and was pulling them across the plate a lot on the lefties. It was command, with the offspeed pitches also." Milwaukee answered with two in the second, and it would have been more but for two runners getting thrown out at home. Jonathan Lucroy and Carlos Gomez led off with singles, and Travis Ishikawa doubled in Lucroy. Jean Segura grounded to Niese, who caught Gomez off third base, and Wright eventually tagged him out in a rundown. Fiers then singled in Ishikawa for his second RBI of the season. Norichika Aoki bounced to third, and Segura was tagged out at home. Rickie Weeks struck out to end the threat. Shoddy defence cost Milwaukee in the sixth. Duda homered to right centre off reliever Manny Parra to lead off the inning -- his second since being recalled from Triple-A Buffalo.dddddddddddd Then, with one out, Andres Torres reached on an error by shortstop Jean Segura, who threw high to first on the slow roller. Torres scored on Josh Tholes double. Niese followed with an infield single that caromed off third baseman Aramis Ramirezs chest -- barely keeping alive his errorless streak of 42 games. Ruben Tejada followed with what should have been an easy double-play grounder to Ramirez, but Rickie Weeks relay throw to first bounced in the dirt and got away from Ishikawa, scoring Thole. "We havent played this type game in quite a while," Roenicke said. "I know were going to have one of these once in a while, but we certainly need to bounce back tomorrow and play a lot better." The Brewers threatened in the eighth with leadoff singles by Ryan Braun and Ramirez before a spectacular Mets double play, as Lucroy grounded sharply up the middle to a diving Tejada, who from his stomach flipped the ball to second, where Murphy pivoted and threw quickly to first. Milwaukee added a run in the ninth on Nyjer Morgans RBI triple. The Brewers had won nine straight at home, tying a Miller Park record, and were one shy of equaling the franchise mark. The streak included a sweep of the Braves earlier in the week that put them over .500 for the first time since they were 4-3 on April 12. Milwaukee was 12 games under .500 as recently as Aug. 19 before its recent streak made it a wild-card contender. "Nobody expects us to be in this thing, and I think weve played that way, and thats why weve gotten back in it," Roenicke said. "If you start looking at every game like its you have to win, I dont think the young guys will do well with that. So we havent gone there." The Mets -- 19-38 since the All-Star Break entering play -- had lost eight of nine and came in 13 games under .500 for the first time since the end of the 2009 season. "They play great here, we know they play great here," Mets manager Terry Collins said about the Brewers. "Theyre in the hunt. They dont make many mistakes, so when they do, youve got to capitalize on it, and we did tonight." Notes: Mets 3B David Wright extended his hitting streak to eight games with his first-inning double. ... Brewers 1B Corey Hart missed his fourth straight game with plantar fasciitis in his left foot. ... New York Mets RHP Jenrry Mejia starts on Saturday -- exactly two years since his last major league start. Mejia started three games for New York in 2010 and did not pitch in the majors in 2011 after Tommy John surgery. He has one relief appearance since being recalled Sept. 4. ' ' '