Greg Bird’s go ahead homerun leads the New York Yankees to a 8-6 win over the Baltimore Orioles. The Yankees improved to 58-2 when they are leading after six innings. The winning pitcher for the Yankees was Justin Wilson who improves to 5-0 on the season. The losing pitcher for the Orioles was Jorge Rondón who falls to 0-1 this season. With the win the Yankees have now won three out of their last four. Andrew Miller got his 32nd save of the season in this game while the Yankees have won eight out of their last ten games.
The Yankees put up one in the first when Chris Young hit a single that scored Chase Headley to make it a 1-0 game. . The O’s would get it going in the 2nd inning when Jonathan Scoop took Michael Pineda deep to score Jimmy Paredes, and Chris Davis to make it a 3-1 game. Three batters later Manny Machado singled home Nolan Reimold to make it a 4-1 game. The Yankees would start the comeback in the third inning when Chris Young doubled home Chase Headley to make it a 4-2. In the top of the 5th Alex Rodriguez hit a solo shot to make it a 4-3 game. That was Alex Rodriguez’s 3,054 hit, which passes Rod Carew for 22nd on the all time list.
Three batters later John Ryan Murphy hit a homer to take the lead for the Yankees scoring Greg Bird to make it a 5-4 game. In the 7th inning Manny Machado hit a solo shot to tie the game.
In the bottom of the 7th, Brian Matsuz came in and the first batter he faced was Greg Bird who made the ball fly, scoring Carlos Beltran and Chris Young to put the Yankees ahead for good, 8-5. In the top of the 9th inning Chris Davis hit a single, which scored Steve Pearce, but that was all the Orioles would get back.
The Blue Jays also played an afternoon game today and they lost to the Boston Red Sox 11-4 which means with the Yankees win and the Blue Jays loss the Yankees are now just a half game back in the AL East.
The Detroit Tigers also beat the Tampa Bay Rays. This is the first time since Friday that the Yankees won and the Jays lost. The Yankees are 5.5 games up over the 2nd place Texas Rangers in the AL Wild Card.
The Yankees look to make it a three-game winning streak with Masahiro Tanaka on the mound who is 11-6 this season. Tanaka has won three out of his last four starts. The Orioles send Kevin Gusman to the mound tomorrow. Gusman is 2-6 this season and is 0-4 in his last six starts.
