New York Yankees drop game and series in Baltimore

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland and the final score was 7-5.  Nathan Eovaldi started and pitched ok, his command wasn't great.  The bullpen was terrible and Alex Rodriguez had two hits and Carlos Beltran had two RBI. 

Eovaldi pitched five innings giving up eight hits and two runs with three walks and nine strikeouts.  David Carpenter pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and three runs with a walk, Justin Wilson didn't record an out and gave up two hits and two runs and Chris Martin pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit.  Branden Pinder pitched an inning giving up a hit and Dellin Betances pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out two batters. 

Bud Norris pitched five innings giving up five hits and three runs with two walks and seven strikeouts.  Brad Brach pitched two innings giving up a walk and struck out two and also picked up his first win.  Tommy Hunter pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a strikeout and Zach Britton pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts.  Britton saved his third game of the season. 

Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit and drew a walk, Chase Headley had a hit and drew a walk and Beltran had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Mark Teixeira had a hit, Brian McCann had an RBI and Rodriguez had two hits and an RBI.  Chris Young had a hit, Didi Gregorius had a hit and Ellsbury, Beltran, Teixeira and Young each hit a double.  Rodriguez hit a homerun and the Yankees were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Gregorius had a stolen base. 

Alejandro De Aza had two hits, Everth Cabrera had a hit and drew a walk and Adam Jones had a hit and drew a walk.  Travis Snider had a hit, Delmon Young had two hits and an RBI and Chris Davis had two hits and three RBI.  Manny Machado had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Caleb Joseph had three hits and an RBI and Jonathan Schoop had two hits an RBI and drew a walk.  Davis hit a double, De Aza hti a triple and Machado and Schoop hit a homerun.  The Orioles were 4-10 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base. 

In the first Davis hit an RBI single to give the Orioles a 1-0 lead.  In the third Beltran hit a two run double to make it 2-1 Yankees.  In the fourth Rodriguez hit a solo homerun to increase the Yankees lead to 3-1.  Machado hit a solo homerun in the bottom of the fourth to cut the lead to 3-2.  In the bottom of the sixth Schoop hit a homerun to tie the game at three.  Young hit an RBI single, Davis hit a two run double and Joseph hit an RBI single to give the Orioles a 7-3 lead.  In the eighth McCann hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 7-4 and a wild pitch made it 7-5 which was the final score. 

The Yankees lose two out of three and will have an off day on Thursday.  They will begin a three game series on Friday night in Tampa Bay.  They have a 3-6 record as they have lost two out of three in each series.