The New York Yankees lose 5-1 to the Baltimore Orioles

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Baltimore Orioles by the score of 5-1 on Monday morning. The game took place in Sarasota, Florida. Brett Gardner and Jayson Nix provided all the offense for the Yankees as they were the only two guys from last years playoff series against Baltimore in the game. Vidal Nuno started for the Yankees and pitched pretty well. 
Nuno pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with five strikeouts. He took the loss, Bryan Mitchell pitched one inning giving up two hits and a run, Corey Black pitched an inning giving up a hit and two runs with two walks and Shane Greene pitched an inning giving up a hit. Ryan Pope pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run, Kelvin Perez pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one and Josh Spence pitched a perfect inning.

Gardner had three hits including a bunt single. Nix had two hits, Gil Velazquez had a hit, Gregory Bird had a hit and Walter Ibarra had a hit and an RBI. Melky Mesa and Corban Joseph each drew a walk in the game. The Yankees were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. Joseph had a stolen base. Dan Johnson committed an error.

Brian Matusz picked up the win pitching two innings giving up two hits and striking out a batter. Tommy Hunter pitched an inning giving up two hits and striking out two, Pedro Strop pitched an inning walking one and striking out one and Mark Hendrickson pitched an inning giving up two hits and striking out one. Mike Wright pitched two innings giving up a hit and striking out one, Zach Clark pitched an inning striking out one and Adam Russell pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout.

Nate McLouth had a hit and two RBI, Brian Roberts had two hits and Nick Markakis had two hits and an RBI. Chris Dickerson had a hit, Adam Jones had a hit and an RBI and Trayvon Robinson had a hit. Russ Canzler had a hit and an RBI, Roberts had two doubles, Jones and McClouth each had a double. The Orioles were 4-11 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Jackson and Robinson each had a stolen base.

Adam Jones had an RBI double in the first to make it 1-0 Orioles. Markakis had an RBI single in the third and in the fourth McClouth had a two run double to make it 4-0 Orioles. Canzler had an RBI single in the sixth to make it 5-0 and the Yankees scored their only run in the ninth. Ibarra had an RBI single and the final score was 5-1 Orioles.

The Yankees spring record fell to 1-2 and the Orioles are now 3-0. The Yankees will play at the Philadelphia Phillies tomorrow afternoon and the Orioles will play at the Pittsburgh Pirates tomorrow.