Machado injured, while Cruz, Schoop and Davis homer as O's beat New York

In the third inning, Manny Machado left the game injured. In the fifth inning, the player that replaced him hit a go-ahead homer. The Orioles were far from done on offense at that point. So it wasn't all bad tonight for the Orioles. Chris Davis entered for Machado and hit a two-run shot off New York's Chris Capuano in the fifth as the O's moved ahead by one run. They added to that lead with three in the seventh for a four-run edge and turned it into a rout with four in the eighth for an 11-3 blowout of the Yankees in the opener of a three-game series. The Orioles improved to 68-50 and won their eighth consecutive series opener. The Yankees fall to seven games out of first place with the loss. Machado swung at a pitch in the third and hit a broken-bat groundout to short. He went down hard after the swing, clutching his knee. He left the game with a sprained right knee and will be re-evaluated tomorrow. It was his left knee that was surgically repaired in October. The Orioles allowed two runs to score in the Yankees second on a double steal and botched rundown that resulted in two errors and two runs. But the Orioles battled back. After a Nelson Cruz sac fly had plated a run in the first, they pulled within 3-2 in the third on Adam Jones' RBI single. They took the lead on Davis' two-run shot. It was his 21st of the year and fourth in the last seven games. Since joining the Orioles in 2011, Davis has hit five go-ahead homers against New York. Only Mike Napoli, with six, has more. The Davis homer made Bud Norris a winner even though he only went five innings. He gave up five hits and three runs and is 10-7 with an ERA of 3.75. They moved to put the game away with three in the seventh on Jones' RBI double and a Cruz two-run homer. He hit No. 31 off Adam Warren on a 3-2 pitch. Jonathan Schoop hit a three-run shot in the eighth for a 10-3 margin. It was his 10th of the year and first at Camden Yards. Schoop is the Orioles RBI leader this season against New York. He is now 10-for-26 (.385) with three homers and 10 RBIs. The Orioles lead the majors with 44 multi-homer games and are 34-10 when they hit two or more. The O's have scored 10 or more in three of the last four games, hitting 12 home runs. The Orioles improved to 7-3 against the Yankees and to 29-19 in AL East games. They have the best in-division record in the American League. The Orioles have won 14 of 19 home games and are 42-23 since May 31. In the second game of this series on Tuesday night, Wei-Yin Chen (12-4, 3.90 ERA) faces Shane Greene (3-1, 2.89 ERA).