“Even once those guys got traded, I remember (third-base coach) Rob Thomson saying, ‘Hey, that doesn’t change anything we’re doing in here, all that matters is what we believe.’ We believe we’re good enough to compete and beat anybody that we’re playing”. “The defense did a good job not giving away any outs”. He allowed just two hits and no runs in the first five innings.Green loaded the bases in the first on two singles and a walk but fanned Jonathan Schoop for the final out of the frame.
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Over at Oriole Park on Saturday, the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles will be picking up their Major League Baseball series once again.
“It’s one game, and you can’t make too much of it”, Girardi said. “Pitchers really having to pick and choose who they want to go after”. You can never rule this squad as down and out…because they never say die. I’ll give NY a slight winning edge as well.
The Phillies, who have now lost four in a row and six of their last seven, jumped out to a 4-0 lead on a three-run homer by catcher A.J. Ellis, but saw the Braves tie it in the fifth and break it open in the ninth when reliever Jeanmar Gomez allowed two runs on four hits and was removed without retiring a batter. The offense mustered just two hits. He walked four and struck out five.
“We always thought we were better than we played”, Headley said.
Green (2-4) gave up four runs in 1 2/3 innings before he left with an elbow injury. The difference was holding the Yankees to just two hits, the fewest the Orioles have allowed all season.
The most notable moment for the Yankees came in the sixth inning when noted strikeout doer Jonathan Holder made his major league debut.
James Reeves, P, Trenton Thunder (New York Yankees) – Did not pitch in a 2-1 win over Reading.
“Yeah, that’s where we excel when we are going well”, Trumbo said.
Guerra left after 70 pitches over 3 1/3 innings in his first start since going to the disabled list with right elbow inflammation on August 8.
The Orioles scored six runs in the second inning. They got an RBI-single from Jones to start things off, which was followed by a two-run bomb by Pedro Alvarez. Manny Machado added a two-run shot in the fourth.
The Orioles 25-year-old flamethrower has also registered a 4-3 record and a stellar 2.04 ERA over 15 games (nine starts) versus the Yankees during his young career, and has firmly established himself as the go-to guy any time the Birds take on the pinstripes.
Two innings later, with the Yankees still not on the board, Kirby Yates came into pitch.
“I guess you can chalk that up to home field advantage”, Alvarez said.
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Other possibilities include outfielders Mason Williams and Cesar Puello and pitchers Nick Goody and Bryan Mitchell, who only recently returned to action after undergoing toe surgery in spring training. New York RHP Nick Rumbelow was reinstated from the 7-day disabled list, recalled from Triple-A, and was put on the 60-day disabled list. Stubbs, Bourn and Joseph were late defensive replacements in the blowout. Starter Marcus Stroman (9-6) gave up the lead in the sixth on Morrison’s 12th home run of the season, while Danny Farquhar (1-0) picked up the win after a scoreless inning of relief.
