The New York Yankees lose a tough one in Masahiro Tanaka's home debut

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.  The game

took place in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-4 Baltimore.  Masahiro Tanaka pitched

well, Shawn Kelley didn't.  The offense was led by Carlos Beltran, Brett Gardner and Kelly Johnson

also had good games. 

Tanaka pitched seven innings giving up three runs on seven hits.  He walked one and struck out ten and got a no decision.  Matt Thornton pitched to one batter and struck him out, Adam Warren pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and walking one and Kelley pitched an inning giving up four hits and two runs with a strikeout.  Kelley took the loss his first of the season. 

Miguel Gonzalez pitched six innings giving up seven hits and three runs with a walk and three strikeouts.  Evan Meek pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and striking out two, Brian Matusz pitched 2/3 of an inning walking one and he picked up the win and Tommy Hunter picked up his third save of the season.  He pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run. 

Gardner had two hits, Derek Jeter had a hit and Beltran had three hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Alfonso Soriano had a hit and an RBI, Johnson had two hits and an RBI and Brian Roberts had an RBI and drew a walk.  Yangervis Solarte had a hit, Beltran, Gardner and Soriano each hit a double and Beltran and Johnson each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Johnson committed an error and McCann had a passed ball. 

Nick Markakis had a hit and an RBI, Delmon Young had three hits and Chris Davis had a hit and an RBI.  Adam Jones had two hits, Matt Wieters had a hit and drew two walks and Steve Lombardozzi had a hit.  Ryan Flaherty had a hit and Jonathan Schoop had two hits and three RBI.  Young and Flaherty each hit a double and Schoop hit a homerun.  The Orioles were 4-13 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. 

In the second inning Schoop hit a three run homerun to give the Orioles a 3-0 lead.  The Yankees came right back with two runs.  Beltran and Johnson each hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 3-2.  In the fourth Soriano had an RBI groundout to tie the game at three.  In the eighth the Yankees had a man on third and one out and failed to score.  In the ninth Markakis hit an RBI single and Davis hit a sacrifice fly giving the Orioles a 5-3 lead.  The Yankees scored a run in the bottom of the ninth on a Roberts sacrifice fly but that was it.  The final score was 5-4 Orioles.  The Yankees lost two out of three in the series and have lost two out of three series that they have played this season.  The Yankees will remain at home and start a four game series with the rival Boston Red Sox on Thursday night.