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By Nick Ziegler (@Ziggy26x)
September 12th, 2013
New York Yankees vs Baltimore Orioles
Post Game Recap
Final Score: Yankees 6 Orioles 5
The New York Yankees were able to take
the four-game series on the road in Baltimore against the Orioles,
which is huge for the Yankees, as they are closing in on the Tampa
Bay Rays for the second Wild Card spot. The win moves the Yankees to
(79-68) on the season, and now sit just one game behind the Rays.
Orioles Starter Wei-Yin Chen had a
rough night in a big game, as the Yankees offense had no problem
hitting the lefty. In the second inning Mark Reynolds got the Yankees
on the board with a two-run home run, which was his 19th
of the season. In the third inning with the bases loaded Vernon Wells
came thru with a two-run single that scored Alex Rodriguez and
Alfonso Soriano, which made it a 4-0 Yankees lead at the time. The
final Yankees run off Chen would come from the bat of Curtis
Granderson, who smacked a solo-home run off of him, which was
Granderson's sixth of the season. Chen finished going 6.1 innings
allowing five runs on seven hits, and two walks, but Chen however did
strikeout nine batters.
Phil Hughes got the start for the
Yankees, as after a few appearances in the bullpen he got the start
in this game. Hughes went just three innings in this game, and didn’t
pitch all that bad allowing just one run on three hits, and he had
three strikeouts. The only Orioles run came in the third inning off
of Hughes, as Manny Machado singled home Matt Wieters. Joe Girardi
pulled Hughes for David Huff in the fourth inning after an Eduardo
Nunez error.
Huff like Hughes would pitch pretty
good for the Yankees, as he also went three innings allowing one run.
The one mistake Huff made in the ball game came in the seventh
inning, as Nick Markakis hit a solo-home run, which was his 10th
of the year.
The eighth inning was an absolute
disaster for David Robertson, and if it wasn’t for Soriano robbing
Machado of a home run to start off the inning it could have been even
worse. The big blow against Robertson would come from the bat of
Danny Valencia, who hit a three-run home run, which tied the game up
at five a piece heading into the ninth inning. Robertson did finish
up the eighth inning, but he allowed three runs on four hits in a
very poor performance.
In the top of the ninth inning Orioles
Closer Jim Johnson in a non-save situation literally threw the game
away. A Brendan Ryan lead-off single would signal doom for the
Orioles, as a throwing error by Johnson would allow Ryan to be safe
at second on what couldn’t been a double play. Granderson would
then lay down a sac-bunt to advance the runners, and then a Johnson
wild pitch would allow Ryan to score.
Mariano Rivera would come in the ninth
to earn his sixth win of the season, but not the save in a strange
ruling, as Rivera pitched a 1-2-3 inning.
A big blow might have happened to the
Yankees in the first inning, as Brett Gardner was forced to leave the
game with a oblique strain, which is a tricky injury, and may cost
him the rest of the season depending on the how bad it is.
Next up for the Yankees will be a big
series in Boston against the Red Sox with the Wild Card in sight, as
Hiroki Kuroda (11-10, 2.99) will be facing John Lackey (9-12, 3.48)
in the series opener.
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