The New York Yankees break out in Baltimore to take back first place

The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles by the score of 13-3. The game took place at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland. Freddy Garcia started for the Yankees and didn’t pitch too well, the bullpen did though. Curtis Granderson as a pinch hitter had three hits and five RBI to lead the offense. Zach Britton started for the Orioles and wasn’t very good, their bullpen also got hit around. Wilson Betemit led the Orioles offense. 
Garcia pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up three hits and three runs with a walk and a strikeout. Joba Chamberlain picked up his first victory of the season pitching 1 2/3 perfect hitless innings with a walk and four strikeouts, Boone Logan pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts and Cory Wade pitched two perfect innings with three strikeouts. Derek Lowe pitched a perfect inning. Britton lost his second game of the season pitching 3 1/3 innings giving up five hits and five runs with five walks and two strikeouts, Jake Arrieta pitched three innings giving up three hits and three runs with a walk and four strikeouts and Zach Phillips pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run. Kevin Gregg pitched an inning giving up three hits and four runs with three of them earned. He walked two and struck out one and Tommy Hunter pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two.

Derek Jeter had two hits and three RBI with a walk, Nick Swisher drew a walk and Chris Stewart had a hit. Alex Rodriguez had a hit and drew a walk, Robinson Cano had two hits, an RBI and drew two walks and Russell Martin had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk. Steve Pearce had an RBI and drew a walk, Raul Ibanez drew a walk and Granderson had three hits and five RBI. Jayson Nix had a hit and an RBI, Ichiro Suzuki had two hits and an RBI and Granderson hit a double and hit a homerun. Jeter hit a homerun and the Yankees were 7-15 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.

Nate McClouth drew two walks, Wilson Betemit had a hit and two RBI and Adam Jones had a hit. Matt Wieters had a hit and an RBI, Mark Reynolds drew a walk and Chris Davis had a hit. Betemit hit a double, the Orioles were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. McClouth had a stolen base, Machado and Reynolds each committed an error. Exposito had a passed ball and Davis had an outfield assist.

In the first inning the Yankees took a 1-0 lead on an RBI single by Cano. In the fourth Pearce had an RBI walk, Nix had an RBI single, Suzuki had an RBI single and Jeter had an RBI walk. The Yankees took a 5-0 lead. In the fourth Betemit had an RBI double and Wieters had an RBI single to make it a 5-3 game. Granderson hit a solo homerun in the sixth to make it 6-3 and in the seventh Granderson hit a two run single to make it 8-3. In the eighth Jeter hit a two run homerun, Martin hit an RBI single and Granderson hit a two run double to make it 13-3.

The two teams split their four game series and ended the season with a 9-9 record against each other. The Yankees regained sole possession of first place and have a one game lead over the Orioles. The Yankees record improved to 79-61 and the Orioles record dropped to 78-62. The Yankees will have an off day on Monday and then head to Boston for a three game series. Baltimore will stay home and host the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night.