Mike Wright and Brian Matusz talk about the top of the fifth in loss to New York Yankees

The game probably came down to the three batters right-hander Mike Wright faced in the top of the fifth inning.

On a hot day, he tried to battle his way through the second, third and fourth hitters in the New York lineup, but three walks led to three runs as the Yankees beat the Orioles 5-3 this afternoon.

The rookie walked Chase Headley, Alex Rodriguez and Mark Teixeira to start the fifth, and all three scored as the Yankees turned a 3-2 deficit into a 5-3 lead.

"It was a hot day and I got a little worn down," Wright said. "They were fouling off good pitches all day. I was trying to make better pitches, and I wound up not being anywhere close. I tried to take some extra time and take a breath. Still felt like I was throwing some quality pitches, but they were just a tick better and I ended up walking three."

It was a frustrating day for Wright who earlier had given up single runs in the first and second inning off four soft singles and a double that hit the left-field line. He needed 54 pitches to get the first six outs.

How frustrating was that fifth inning?

"About as frustrating as the whole game," Wright said. "It (stinks) whenever you walk three people. Like I said, I was throwing some good pitches and they kept battling and ended up having the upper hand.

"I didn't feel like I was pitching frustrated. It (stinks) after the game, but I was trying to battle the whole game and they were a little bit better than I was today.

"You definitely want to sweep when you can and always against a team in your division, so, that would have been huge if we could have won.

Wright threw 104 pitches today, his most this season, counting his starts at Triple-A Norfolk, and his most since last Aug. 21 when he threw 121 for Norfolk. He fell to 2-2 with an ERA of 4.13 in five Orioles starts.

After Wright issued those walks, Brian Matusz came on and issued a fourth-straight walk - this one to Garrett Jones on a 3-2 pitch - and it forced in the tie run. Then, he gave up a two-out, two-run double to John Ryan Murphy as New York took a 5-3 lead.

Matusz returned from his eight-game suspension today. He had pitched twice in Florida at extended spring training to stay sharp.

After the game, Matusz talked first about the two-run double and then the bases-loaded walk.

"It was a two-seamer that was meant to be away and it cut right back over the plate. It was actually a pitch, Brady (Anderson), Scott McGregor and I were working on in Sarasota," he said. "It just cut. (Would) like to have that pitch back.

"Walking the leadoff guy, that was a killler. You know, with Garrett Jones there, situation I feel like come out and (if I) attack the zone a little bit better with some strikes, it falls a little differently there."

He certainly returned to the team and entered in the toughest of spots - bases loaded and no outs with a one-run lead.

"That's our job, is to, you know, whether runners are on or it's a fresh inning, it doesn't matter. Our job is to come on and get outs," Matusz said. "Like I said, bad pitch and you know (almost got) away from coming out of that inning clean."

Even after the walk, Matusz got the next two outs and was close to leaving the inning in a 3-3 tie, but could not quite do that. And yes that was frustrating.

"Yeah, absolutely," he said. "You know we battled today and we were in that game the entire way through and Tyler (Wilson) did a great job throwing some shutout innings. You know, we were in it. Bad pitch away and it's a different story."

After the game, Chris Davis also weighed in on about Wright's eventful day.

"Mike was on the ropes a couple of times but kind of beared down and gave himself a chance. That says a lot about him. You put guys on with free passes, you are not setting yourself up for success. That is part of growing and learning and I'm sure he is going to make the adjustment," he said.

Davis talked about the end of the Orioles' six-game winning streak and how the streak has the team trending in the right direction.

"I think we are definitely starting to hit our stride. That is big for us," he said. "To get everybody healthy and get everyone on the field and start playing together. I think that is what we've done the last few games, so now try to keep the ball rolling.

"We want to be over .500, I think we expect to be over .500. There is so much emphasis on stats and standings and where you are. The biggest thing for us is try to keep doing what we've been doing. At the end of the year, you look back at where we are in the standings and when we have to make a push,."

Wilson had a busy last 24 hours, arriving in Baltimore last night and then pitching 3 1/3 scoreless innings of relief today. It was a quick turnaround for him.

"It has been but it's always great to end up here and have a chance to help the Orioles out. I'll do whatever it takes and just happy to be here," he said. "I was ready to go today, it was my fifth my day and I would have started in Norfolk anyway."