The New York Yankees defeat the Baltimore Orioles 11-8

The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles by the score of 11-8 on Wednesday night. The game took place at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, Florida. David Phelps got the start and pitched well for the Yankees. Lyle Overbay, Ben Francisco and Brennan Boesch each had two hits. 
Phelps pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs walking two and striking out nine. He picked up the win, Josh Spence pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run, Branden Pinder pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up four hits and four runs with a strikeout and Juan Cedeno retired the only batter that he faced. Nick Goody pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two and Preston Claiborne picked up the save pitching an inning and striking out one.

Brett Gardner had a hit, Mason Williams had a hit and two RBI and Nunez had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk. Overbay had two hits, Boesch had a hit and two RBI and Melky Mesa had a hit. Francisco had two hits and an RBI, Ramon Flores had a hit and Jayson Nix had a hit and drew a walk. Thomas Neal had a hit and drew two walks, Addison Maruszak had a hit and two RBI, Bobby Wilson had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and Wilson, Williams and Mesa each hit a double. Boesch and Francisco each hit a homerun. The Yankees were 5-17 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. Nix and Neal each had a stolen base and Francisco was caught stealing.

Jair Jurrjen pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with one of them being earned. He walked one, Tommy Hunter pitched an inning giving up three hits and an unearned run, Adam Russell pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two and Troy Patton pitched an inning giving up a walk and striking out one. Mark Hendrickson took the loss pitching two innings giving up a hit and a run with two walks and a strikeout, Chris Petrini pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up six hits and six runs with a walk. Andy Loomis pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout and Zech Zinicola pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.

Nick Markakis had two hits and two RBI, Brian Roberts had a hit and an RBI and Adam Jones had a hit. Taylor Teagarden had a hit and three RBI, J.J. Hardy drew a walk and Nate McClouth had two hits and two RBI. Kyle Hudson had a hit, Manny Machado had a hit and Alexi Casilla had a hit and drew a walk. McClouth and Teagarden each hit a homerun and the Orioles were 4-7 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. Casilla, Petrini, Dickerson and Britton each committed an error and Wieters had a passed ball.

Maruszack had an RBI groundout, Wilson had an RBI double and Nunez an RBI single all in the second inning. The Yankees had a 3-0 lead and the Orioles came back to tie it in the fifth inning. McLouth hit a two run homerun and Markakis hit an RBI single. Wilson hit a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning to make it 4-3 Yankees. In the seventh the teams combined for 11 runs and it was 10-8 at the end of the inning. The Yankees tacked on a run in the eighth to complete the scoring at 11-8.

The Yankees record improved to 13-17 in the spring and the Orioles record fell to 18-9. The Yankees will play their final spring game in Florida on Thursday. They will play the Pittsburgh Pirates at home on Thursday afternoon and the Orioles will play the Tampa Bay Rays at home on Thursday night.