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By Nick Ziegler (@Ziggy26x)
May 20th, 2013
New York Yankees vs Baltimore Orioles
Final Score: Yankees 6 Orioles 4
The New York Yankees were able to pull
out a victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Monday in what was a back
and forth game that took extra innings to decide a winner. The extra
innings win moves the Yankees to (28-16) on the season with a nice
1.5 game lead over the Boston Red Sox in the AL East.
Once again Yankees ace C.C. Sabathia
looked far from his normal ace form, and with his velocity down,
Sabathia may no longer be the pitcher were use to seeing. Sabathia
went 6.1 innings allowing four runs on 11 hits, and only had two
strikeouts. It is Sabathia's second straight start that he has
allowed double-digit hits, which is the first time that he has done
that in his career, and he blew Yankees leads twice in the game,
something that aces are not suppose to do.
The Yankees bullpen however was very
solid in this extra innings game, as Shawn Kelley and Boone Logan did
a very good job in middle relief before David Robertson earned the
win, which is his third of the year. Mariano Rivera came in to finish
the game off in the 10th inning, while picking up his 17th
save of the season.
Robinson Cano got the Bronx Bombers
offense going early against former teammate Freddy Garcia in the
first inning, as Cano hit his 13th homerun of the season,
which gave him a temporary lead in the AL in homeruns until Chris
Davis hit his 13th homerun of the season in the second
inning. Cano finished the game going one for three with two walks.
Recent call-up David Adams is showing
signs that he may belong in the majors, as on Monday he went two for
four, which included his first homerun of his major league career.
Adams is hitting .333 so far since being called up.
Lyle Overbay was the next Yankee to
join their homerun parade in the seventh inning. Overbay was
struggling off left-handed pitchers so it made all the sense in the
world for Orioles Manager Buck Showalter to pull Freddy Garcia for
Troy Patton, but Overbay got the best of Patton for a solo-shot,
which was his seventh of the season.
Travis Hafner had the most important of
the Yankees four homeruns, as with one out in the top of the ninth,
Hafner took Orioles Closer Jim Johnson deep to Left Field, which tied
the game at four, and eventually sent it took extra-innings. Hafner
also came thru in the 10th inning with a single to give
the Yankees and insurance run after Vernon Wells got them the lead
with an RBI double.
The Yankees will be looking to make it
eight straight wins against division opponents on Tuesday, as Phil
Hughes (2-3, 5.88) will be facing Mike Gonzalez (2-2, 4.58).
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