New York Yankees drop a close one in extras to the Baltimore Orioles

 

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 4-3 in 11 innings.  Jameson Taillon started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  The bullpen looked good as well, the offense not so good.  DJ LeMahieu, Giancarlo Stanton, Gary Sanchez, Gio Urshela and Brett Gardner each had two hits. 

Taillon pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up three hits and two runs with no walks and seven strikeouts.  Nick Nelson pitched 1 1/3 innings striking out two, Darren O’Day pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Jonathan Loaisiga pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.  Aroldis Chapman pitched a perfect inning striking out the side, Chad Green pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and two unearned runs.  The reason they are unearned is because the runner starts at second in extra innings.  I hate this rule and not just because they lost, I just don’t think it is baseball but it seems here to stay.  Green walked one and struck out one and took his first loss of the season.  Luis Cessa pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and striking out two. 

John Means started for the Orioles and he pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and a run with two walks and four strikeouts.  Dillon Tate pitched an inning giving up a hit, Tanner Scott pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and striking out three, Shawn Armstrong pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run and Cesar Valdez pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up two hits and an unearned run with three strikeouts.  Valdez earned his first win of the season.  Paul Fry pitched a perfect inning and picked up his first save of the season. 

LeMahieu had two hits, Gleyber Torres had a hit and drew a walk and Aaron Hicks had a hit and an RBI.  Stanton had two hits, Sanchez had two hits and drew a walk and Kyle Higashioka had a hit and an RBI.  Urshela had two hits and an RBI, Gardner had two hits and Sanchez and Urshela each hit a double.  The Yankees were 3-14 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men on base.  Torres committed an error. 

Cedric Mullins had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Trey Mancini drew a walk and Anthony Santander had a hit and an RBI.  Rio Ruiz had a hit, Chance Sisco had a hit and an RBI and Mullins and Santander each hit a homerun.  The Orioles were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Santander had an outfield assist. 

In the bottom of the third Hicks hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Mullins hit a solo homerun and Santander hit a solo homerun giving the Orioles a 2-1 lead.  In the bottom of the eighth Urshela hit an RBI double tying the game at two.  In the tenth Severino reached on a throwing error by Torres and a run scored to give the Orioles a 3-2 lead.  In the bottom of the tenth Higashioka hit an RBI single to tie the game at three.  In the eleventh Sisco hit an RBI single to give the Orioles a 4-3 lead and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees took two out of three in the series and their record is now 3-3.  They will have an off day on Thursday before beginning a three-game series with the Tampa Bay Rays in Tampa on Friday afternoon.