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By Nick Ziegler (@Ziggy26x)
June 29th, 2013
New York Yankees vs Baltimore Orioles
Final Score: Yankees 3 Orioles 11
The New York Yankees suffered a blowout
loss in Game 2 of their series in Baltimore against the Orioles, as
they lost 11-3. The loss moves the Yankees to (42-38) on the season,
as they are now on a four-game losing streak, and closer to last
place than first place in the tough AL East.
This game got out of hand early for the
Yankees, as David Phelps had a disastrous start, which led to his
fifth loss of the season, and may have cost him his spot in the
rotation. Phelps made it just 2.1 innings allowing nine runs on nine
hits, and two walks. The Orioles wasted little time getting to
Phelps, as Adam Jones got their first run of the game with an RBI
single, which scored Manny Machado. After Jones, Chris Davis smacked
a three-run homerun for his 29th home run of the season,
and made it a 4-0 game. Phelps pitched a scoreless second inning, but
in the third the Orioles broke it open. Former Yankee Chris Dickerson
had a two-run base hit with the bases loaded to make it 6-0, and then
Ryan Flaherty hit a three-run home run, which was his sixth of the
year, and ended Phelps' day early.
The Orioles got a solid start from Zach
Britton, who earned his second win of the season. Britton went 5.2
innings allowing just two runs on six hits, and three walks. The
Yankees didn’t get to Britton until the sixth inning, as with the
bases loaded Zoilo Almonte hit a sac-fly to score Jayson Nix for the
first Yankee run. The second Yankees run came from an error by Davis,
which allowed Robinson Cano to score. The Yankees final run came in
the ninth inning, as Brett Gardner hit his second double of the day
off Pedro Strop, which scored Chris Stewart.
Ivan Nova had the job of eating innings
after the poor start from Phelps, and once again pitched pretty well.
Nova went 5.2 innings allowing just two runs on six hits. The one
mistake Nova made came in the sixth inning to Chris Davis, who hit a
two-run home run, which was his second of the day and MLB leading
30th of the season.
Next up will be the series finale of
the series in Baltimore on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball, and the
Yankees will look to be avoiding a sweep, as Hiroki Kuroda (7-5,
2.77) will be facing Chris Tillman (9-2, 3.72).
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