The New York Yankees lost to the Baltimore Orioles and were officially eliminated

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 9-5.  Shane Greene started and didn't pitch well.  Chase Headley had three hits and Mark Teixeira had three RBI. 

Greene pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and six runs.  He walked three batters and struck out five.  David Huff pitched two innings giving up two hits and he struck out one, Chase Whitley pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up three hits and two runs and David Phelps pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run.  Preston Claiborne pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Bud Norris won his 15th game of the season pitching six innings and giving up five hits and three runs.  He walked one and struck out nine.  Tommy Hunter pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit, Brian Matusz pitched a perfect inning and Brad Brach pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk.  T.J. McFarland gave up a hit, Darren O'Day saved his fourth game of the season pitching 1 1/3 innings and striking out one. 

Headley had three hits and an RBI, Teixeira had two hits and three RBI and Francisco Cervelli had a hit and drew a walk.  Stephen Drew had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Jose Pirela had a hit and Chris Young had a hit.  Teixeira and Young each hit a double and Drew, Headley and Teixeira each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

Nick Markakis had a hit, two RBI and drew two walks, David Lough had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Adam Jones had two hits and two RBI and Nelson Cruz had four hits and an RBI.  Steve Clevenger had a hit, Jimmy Paredes had a hit and Kelly Johnson had two hits and drew a walk.  Ryan Flaherty had three hits and two RBI, Flaherty hit a double, Lough a triple and the Orioles were 5-10 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. 

In the first Teixeira hit an RBI double to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the second Drew hit a solo homerun to make it 2-0 and in the third Headley hit a solo homerun to extend the lead to 3-0.  In the fourth Flaherty hit a two run double to cut the lead to 3-2.  Markakis hit an RBI single, Lough hit an RBI triple, Jones had a bunt RBI single and it was 6-3 Orioles.  In the eighth Lough hit a sac fly to make it 7-3 and Jones hit an RBI single to make it 8-3.  Cruz hit an RBI single and it was 9-3.  Teixeira hit a two run homerun to make it 9-5 and that was the final score.  The Yankees were officially eliminated from  postseason contention.  The final game of the series and of Derek Jeters career in the Bronx will be on Thursday night.