NY has won five of its last seven games and four of five from Baltimore at home this season. The Orioles have allowed 10 or more runs in three of their past eight games.
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After belting his eighth homer in nine games in the opener, Sanchez looks to add to his rave reviews in a matinee performance on Saturday afternoon as the New York Yankees vie for a series victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles.The 23-year-old Dominican rookie added to his gaudy totals by belting a two-run shot among his three-hit, four-RBI performance in Friday’s 14-4 victory, increasing his home run tally to 10 and RBI count to 20 while batting.403 in 20 contests this season.
“Guys are excited to watch”, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. Manny Machado has put up 153 hits with 89 runs, 31 homers and 81 RBI.
Since he joined the Yankees on August 3, they are a respectable 13-8, and the rookie catcher’s big night helped them go a season-high five games over.500 at 66-61. Brett Gardner, Starlin Castro, Mark Teixeira, and Chase Headley all had two hits apiece, too. “See where we are tomorrow. I think we’re still in pretty good shape”.
The Orioles have dropped four of five games in NY this season after winning four of six in Baltimore.
Besides failing to gain ground over the Yankees, the Orioles’ lead over the other teams was reduced.
Within the American League East, the Red Sox, Blue Jays and Orioles are all within two games of one another for the division lead and the two wild card spots, and the Yankees play 22 of their final 35 games against those three teams.
Pitching on two days’ rest, he allowed four runs on eight hits in 3 2/3 innings, then gave way to rookie Mike Wright, who pitched three innings and allowed two runs.
For Saturday’s game, the Orioles will be bringing out RHP Dylan Bundy. He gave up three earned runs over seven innings in a tough loss to Houston on Sunday. “We heard he had great stuff, it was just a matter of his command”.
In fact, not one Yankee starter left without a hit, and they finished with 18 in all, second-most in a game all year. Ondrusek has a 9.95 ERA in seven relief appearances for the Orioles this year.
Machado hit a solo home run in the first inning, but the Yankees erased it quickly, sparked by (who else?) Sanchez.
As a starting pitcher, Green is 2-3 with a 4.80 ERA and in half of his starts he has allowed one run or less while completing six innings. In the sixth inning he hit his 31st.
The Yankees chased Gallardo with one out in the second, when they batted around and scored six runs, five earned.
Jones exited in the second inning Friday night as Baltimore played NY.
Jones, who Orioles manager Buck Showalter considered questionable before the contest after the lead-off hitter strained his hamstring the previous night, appeared to re-aggravate the injury while running out a grounder in the top of the first.
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“Let’s try and get this correct and make that big push”, Jones said.
