New York Yankees sweep the Baltimore Orioles

The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland and the final score was 14-2.  James Paxton started for the Yankees and pitched well and Cameron Maybin had four hits and Gio Urshela had three hits to lead the offense. 

Paxton pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up five hits and a run with a walk and seven strikeouts.  Paxton won his seventh game of the season.  Chance Adams pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout. 

John Means pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up five hits and four runs with a walk and five strikeouts.  He lost his seventh game of the season.  Miguel Castro pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with one of them being earned.  He walked one, Taylor Scott pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up three hits and four runs with a  walk, Tom Eshelman pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with two being earned and a walk and strikeout.  David Hess pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts. 

DJ LeMahieu had a hit and an RBI, Aaron Judge had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Urshela had three hits and four RBI.  Didi Gregorius had two hits, Maybin had four hits and two RBI and Brett Gardner had two hits and an RBI.  Kyle Higashioka had two hits and five RBI, Mike Tauchman drew two walks and Breyvic Valera drew a walk.  Gardner hit two doubles and Urshela hit a double.  Higashioka hit two homeruns, Urshela hit two homeruns and Maybin hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 6-12 with runners in scoring position and left 5 men on base.  Tauchman and Maybin each had a stolen base. 

Hanser Alberto drew a walk, Trey Mancini had a hit and an RBI and Jonathan Villar had a hit and drew a walk.  Stevie Wilkerson had two hits and an RBI, Jace Peterson had a hit and Richie Martin had a hit.  Wilkerson hit a double and Mancini hit a homerun.  The Orioles were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Villar and Eshelman each committed an error. 

In the fourth Maybin hit an RBI single and Higashioka hit a three-run homerun giving the Yankees a 4-0 lead.  In the bottom of the fourth Mancini hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 4-1.  IN the fifth Urshela hit a two-run homerun to push the lead to 6-1.  In the sixth LeMahieu hit an RBI single, Judge hit an RBI single and Urshela hit a two-run homerun making it a 10-1 game.  Gardner hit an RBI ground out to make it 11-1 and in the ninth Maybin hit a solo homerun and Higashioka hit a two-run homerun to extend the lead to 14-1.  In the ninth Wilkerson hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 14-2 and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees earned the three-game sweep and have won eight in a row.  They will head to Toronto for the first of three on Thursday night.