New York Yankees erupt late to bury the Baltimore Orioles

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 10-3.  Jameson Taillon started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  DJ LeMahieu led the offense with three hits and four RBI. 

Taillon pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with two of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out ten.  Jonathan Loaisiga won his eighth game of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Clay Holmes pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one.  Albert Abreu pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts. 

Matt Harvey started for the Orioles and he pitched four innings giving up three hits and two runs with two walks and a strikeout.  Cesar Valdez pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run, Cole Sulser pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout and he lost his second game of the season.  Paul Fry pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk, Dillon Tate pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout and Dusten Knight pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs with a strikeout. 

LeMahieu had three hits and four RBI, Anthony Rizzo had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Aaron Judge had a hit.  Joey Gallo drew a walk, Giancarlo Stanton had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk and Gleyber Torres had two hits and two RBI.  Kyle Higashioka had a hit and drew a walk, Jonathan Davis had a hit and Gary Sanchez had a hit and drew a walk.  Higashioka, Stanton, Torres and LeMahieu each hit a double.  Rizzo hit a homerun and the Yankees were 6-14 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Gallo committed an error and Judge had an outfield assist. 

Cedric Mullins had two hits, Ramon Urias had a hit and Ryan Mountcastle had a hit and two RBI.  Austin Hays had a hit and an RBI, DJ Stewart drew a walk and Pedro Severino had a hit.  Mountcastle hit a homerun and the Orioles were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left two men on base.  Hays had a stolen base. 

In the first Mountcatle hit a sac fly to give the Orioles a 1-0 lead.  Hays hit an RBI single making it 2-0.  In the fourth Mountcastle hit a solo homerun pushing the Orioles lead to 3-0.  In the bottom of the fourth Rizzo hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 3-1.  Torres hit an RBI single and it was a 3-2 game.  In the bottom of the fifth LeMahieu hit an RBI single tying the game at three.  In the bottom of the seventh LeMahieu hit an RBI single giving the Yankees a 4-3 lead.  Stanton hit a three-run double and it was 7-3.  Torres hit an RBI double and the lead was pushed to 8-3.  In the bottom of the eighth LeMahieu hit a two-run double extending the lead to 10-3 and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees took two out of three in the series and will now remain at home to begin a four-game series with the Seattle Mariners on Thursday night.