The New York Yankees come back late to beat the Baltimore Orioles

The New York Yankees come back late to beat the Baltimore Orioles


The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night. The final score was 7-5 and the game was played at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland. Ivan Nova started for the Yankees and was ok; he had to leave the game after six innings with forearm tightness. The bullpen was good with Mariano Rivera picking up a four out save. Alfonso Soriano led the offense with a couple of homeruns.

Nova pitched six innings giving up four runs on six hits. He walked two and struck out two. Adam Warren picked up his second win of the season pitching an inning and striking out one, Shawn Kelley pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a run with a walk and a strikeout and Mariano Rivera retired all four batters he faced for his 42nd save of the season.

Brett Gardner had a hit, Alex Rodriguez had two hits and an RBI and Robinson Cano had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. Alfonso Soriano had two hits and three RBI, Curtis Granderson had a hit and Mark Reynolds had two hits and two RBI. Eduardo Nunez had a hit, Chris Stewart had a hit and Gardner, Granderson and Reynolds each hit a double and Rodriguez hit two doubles. Soriano hit two homeruns and Reynolds one and the Yankees were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Nunez committed an error.

Miguel Gonzalez started for the Orioles and pitched six innings giving up six hits and three runs. He had six strikeouts and no walks. Kevin Gausman pitched an inning giving up three hits and three runs with two strikeouts and lost his fifth game of the season. Francisco Rodriguez pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with two strikeouts, Josh Stinson pitched to one batter and struck him out and Brian Matusz pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and a strikeout.

Rodriguez hit an RBI double in the third to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead. In the fifth Urrutia hit an RBI single, Markakis hit a sacrifice fly and Davis hit a two run homerun and it was 4-1 Orioles. Soriano hit a solo homerun in the sixth to cut the lead to 4-2 and Reynolds added a solo homerun to make it 4-3. In the eighth Cano hit an RBI single, Soriano hit a two run homerun and Reynolds hit a two run double and it was 7-4 Yankees. The Orioles would score another run in the eighth on a Wieters sac fly. The final score was 7-5 Yankees.

The Yankees record improved to 77-68 and the Orioles record fell to 77-67. The two teams will play game three of there four game set on Wednesday night.