Baltimore 10, NY Yankees 6
When: 7:05 PM ET, Thursday, September 6, 2012
Where: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
Temperature:
80°
Umpires:
Home -
Mike Winters, 1B -
Mark Wegner, 2B -
Cory Blaser, 3B -
Jerry Meals
Attendance:
46298
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Orioles 10, Yankees 6: Adam Jones hit a tiebreaking home run in the bottom of the eighth inning and red-hot Mark Reynolds followed with his second blast of the game as host Baltimore pulled into a tie with New York atop the American League East.
Mark Wieters clubbed a three-run homer while Robert Andino and Chris Davis added solo shots for the Orioles, who used six homers to overcome blowing a five-run lead in the top of the eighth.
Jones hit his 28th homer leading off the eighth against David Robertson (1-6) before Reynolds and Davis went back-to-back as Baltimore won for the 10th time in 13 games.
Darren O'Day (7-1) retired one batter before Orioles closer Jim Johnson pitched a scoreless ninth to send New York to its 11th loss in 16 games and improve Baltimore's record to 61-0 when leading after seven innings.
Reynolds homered for the third straight game and continued his torrid binge with his seventh and eighth blasts in the last seven games, including three multi-homer efforts against the Yankees.
Wieters jump-started Baltimore with a three-run shot following Jones' RBI single for a 4-0 first-inning lead. Andino and Reynolds went deep to make it 6-1 after six innings.
The Yankees clawed back in the eighth, parlaying four walks, an RBI double by Alex Rodriguez, a run-scoring single from Curtis Granderson and Ichiro Suzuki's tying two-run single off Pedro Strop.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Ichiro's two-run single was his first game-tying hit from the eighth inning on since May 2009. ... Wieters has hit safely in all 15 games against the Yankees this season. ... Yankees 1B Mark Teixeira said he could be back in the lineup sometime this weekend after testing his strained left calf before Thursday's game. ... Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr. threw out the first pitch to mark the 17th anniversary of his breaking the consecutive games record held by Lou Gehrig. The team unveiled a monument of Ripken and gave away small replicas to the fans. ... Yankees RHP Ivan Nova, who has been on the 15-day DL with rotator cuff inflammation, threw a bullpen session Thursday and could be nearing a return to the rotation. ... The series opener drew a crowd of 46,298, Baltimore's sixth sellout of the season. ... New York LHP Andy Pettitte is schedule to throw another simulated game this weekend.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
NY Yankees |
|
Baltimore |
David Phelps
|
Player |
Jason Hammel |
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
4.0 |
IP |
5.0 |
3 |
Strikeouts |
6 |
6 |
Hits |
6 |
11.25 |
ERA |
1.80 |
Hitting
NY Yankees |
|
Baltimore |
Ichiro Suzuki | Player |
Mark Reynolds |
3 |
Hits |
2 |
2 |
RBI |
3 |
0 |
HR |
2 |
3 |
TB |
8 |
.750 |
Avg |
.667 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
NY Yankees
|
10 |
0 |
11 |
.294 |
16 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
Baltimore
|
11 |
6 |
29 |
.314 |
4 |
7 |
10 |
2 |
0 |
0 |