Baltimore manager Buck Showalter was a 21-year-old minor leaguer in the Yankees' system in 1979, with a locker made of ''two nails and a piece of tape.'' None of the players in his current clubhouse was even alive the last time the Orioles held a double-digit lead in the AL East. ''It's just a step,'' he said on Monday night after the Orioles beat Boston 4-0 to open a 10-game lead in the division over the second-place Yankees. ''Every night you get to take a step toward your goal.'' Nelson Cruz had a pair of hits and Miguel Gonzalez took a shutout into the seventh inning as Baltimore won for the ninth time in 12 games. The Orioles have their first double-digit lead in 35 years - and the second-place New York Yankees have 21 games to play. More...