In a game that included its share of odd moments, the Orioles ultimately escaped Gotham with a 7-4 win over the Yankees in 11 innings, salvaging the series finale, but not before New York’s tying runs came in to score after a questionable balk call; manager Buck Showalter was ejected; the Yankee Stadium lights turned on, then off, then on again; and a Yankee pitched in the ninth, played first base in the 10th and pitched again in the 11th.
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“It’s an fantastic feeling”.
Judge has emerged as the most popular player among fans this month and manager Joe Girardi has been impressed by how the 25-year-old has handled the spotlight.
For the first half of the game, it looked like a runaway for the Orioles.
“Start the series with Toronto and put some good weeks together”, said Girardi. “I thought it was going to happen but it didn’t”.
In a game of home run derby, Starlin Castro tied it with a two-run drive that capped a three-run burst in the ninth off Brad Brach.
Added Sabathia: “I felt like I had way better stuff than I did in Pittsburgh, but I think I was just trying to do too much, and that’s not me”.
“The guys were giving me a hard time”, said Gardner. In eight lifetime starts against NY, he is 0-3 with a 4.96 ERA and it includes a no-decision in a 19-inning win for the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium on April 10, 2015. Machado was 3-5 and hit a 470-foot home run to center field, the longest in Major League Baseball this season.
D’Arnaud hit a two-run homer in the second and a three-run drive in the fourth off Max Scherzer (3-2), who lasted six innings. His reaching the 3,000-hit milestone was expected to be one of the highlights of the 2017 season. He clapped his hands as he rounded first base.
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Despite allowing eight home runs and 26 runs in the first two games, the Orioles (14-8) matched their best start since 2006 (also 14-8 in 2012).
The Yankees produced another dramatic ninth-inning comeback Sunday.
The Yankees trailed 9-1 and 11-4 in this game, but displayed resiliency after a horrid start. “Just enough to get it over the fence”.
After a red-hot spring training, Bird has a.107/.265/.214 slash line with one homer and three RBIs in 18 games.
Leading off the sixth, Machado doubled, Chris Davis struck out – his tenth multi-strikeout games on the season – and the O’s scored on a Chase Headley throwing error from a ball hit by Mark Trumbo. Adonis Garcia led off the inning with a double and Freeman hit a 1-1 pitch over the wall in center field. But I feel like he’s coming through it. It’s always good to be back with the boys. “I’ll be ready”, Mitchell remembered responding. Joely Rodriguez came in and got Andrew Toles to fly out, but Corey Seager singled and Adrian Gonzalez drilled a ball off third baseman Maikel Franco’s glove for the winning hit.
Wilson (1-1) hadn’t allowed a hit or a run in his first 11 appearances this season until Cabrera hit his first homer of the season. That’d be cool. Just keep winning series though.
Will be see a shuffle in the standings come Monday, or will the O’s find themselves a couple games clear of second place going into Boston?
Craig Breslow (1-0) retired the only batter he faced to pick up the win.
From there the Yanks showed off all the strengths that have enabled them to move past Baltimore into sole possession of first place in the AL East, for the first time since August 22, 2015. “They let us hang around a little bit there early”.
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-Last word goes back to Judge, this his answer when told that Holliday had called him the most impressive young player he’s ever seen: “That’s fantastic, because I’ve watched his whole career and looked up to him”.
