Major League Baseball
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Baltimore 7, NY Yankees 5
When: 7:05 PM ET, Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Where: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
Temperature: 66°
Umpires: Home - Sean Barber, 1B - Eric Cooper, 2B - Lance Barksdale, 3B - Gary Cederstrom
Attendance: 23409

BALTIMORE -- Baltimore's Manny Machado and Jonathan Schoop each homered, while Chris Davis had three RBIs, to lead the Orioles past the New York Yankees 7-5 to take the three-game series on Wednesday night.

Yankees designated hitter Alex Rodriguez homered and is now four home runs away from tying Willie Mays for fourth place on the all-time home run list with 660.

Orioles right hander Bud Norris was looking to win his first five starts against the Yankees, joining Bernie Boland of Detroit (1915-17) and Charlie Hough for Texas (1982-83). Norris, however, left the game after five innings, allowing three runs on five hits with seven strikeouts and two walks.

Third baseman Machado got his first home run of the year, while Schoop, who started at second, belted his third homer of the season. Catcher Caleb Joseph went 3-for-4 with an RBI and is batting .375.

Brad Back (1-0) got the win with two scoreless innings, while Zach Britton picked up his third save.

Trailing 3-2 in the sixth, the Orioles pulled ahead with some timely hitting. Schoop tied the game with a homer off homer Yankees right-hander David Carpenter (0-1).

After Alejandro De Aza singled and Adam Jones was intentionally walked, lefty Justin Wilson entered for the Yankees and allowed an RBI single to pinch hitter Delmon Young.

Davis then cleared the bases with a double to center and Baltimore led 6-3. Joseph added to the lead with an RBI single later the inning.

Yankees right-hander Nathan Eovaldi made his first career start against Baltimore and allowed two runs on eight hits with three walks and nine strikeouts over five innings.

Davis snapped a 0-for-7 skid with a two-out RBI single in the first to give the Orioles a 1-0 lead. The Yankees responded in the third when right fielder Carlos Beltran missed a three-run homer by about a foot, settling for a two-run double.

Rodriguez then hit a towering solo homer off Norris in the fourth to provide a 3-1 lead, circling the bases to a loud chorus boos.

Machado pulled the Orioles within a run when he led off the bottom of the fourth with a solo home run just inside the left field foul pole. Baltimore later loaded the bases that inning, but Jones popped out to end the threat.

The Orioles stranded nine runners over the first five innings.

NOTES: The Yankees recalled RHP Branden Pinder from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and optioned RHP Joel De La Cruz to Double-A Trenton. De La Cruz spent two days on New York's roster but did not make his major league debut. ... Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RHP Wilking Rodriguez received an 80-game suspension without pay after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance. ... Orioles SS J.J. Hardy (shoulder strain) took batting practice before the game. ... Baltimore LF David Lough, who was activated from the 15-day disabled list Monday after recovering from a hamstring injury, made his first start of the season.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
NY Yankees   Baltimore
Nathan Eovaldi Player Bud Norris
No Decision W/L No Decision
5.0 IP 5.0
9 Strikeouts 7
8 Hits 5
3.60 ERA 5.40
Hitting
NY Yankees   Baltimore
Alex Rodriguez Player Caleb Joseph
2 Hits 3
1 RBI 1
1 HR 0
5 TB 3
.667 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
NY Yankees 8 1 15 .242 11 12 4 4 1 0
Baltimore 15 2 24 .405 19 11 7 4 0 0