Yankees win with walk-off homer
Hideki Matsui hit a 2-2 pitch from Jim Johnson over the wall in right in the last of the 9th and the Yankees picked up a 2-1 win over the Orioles Monday night.
It was his 15th of the year.
New York has now won eight home games in a row over the Orioles, who fall to 1-12 on the year in AL East road games.
New York has won four in a row and is 17-5 over its last 22 games.
The O's lost a game in which they gave up just four hits.
The Orioles took a 1-0 lead in the first on a Nick Markakis...
After the O's offense produced 21 runs on 37 hits in Chicago and a team average of .319 in that series, the Birds were held to one run on six hits by three Yankees' pitchers on Monday.
The Birds went 6-30 at bat in that game.
Nick Markakis hit a solo homer in the first for the only Baltimore run. It was his second homer in four games and 10th on the year. Markakis is 5 for 17 with two homers and 3 RBI in the four games on this road trip.
Cesar Izturis went 1 for 3 in the game and is 5...
The home opener has brought a new energy to Baltimore. Fans are excited; there's orange and black everywhere; and the sounds of baseball are echoing through the Yard once more.
Welcomes were mostly warm for this O's squad, and the enthusiasm for young Orioles like Matt Wieters and Brian Matusz showed how energized the fan base is with the emergence of so much potential in the Orioles' youth.
And though the Orange Carpet has already been rolled up for another season, things are underway at...
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Orioles (41-51) at NY Yankees (55-37)
What's been a frustrating road trip to begin the season's second half continues tonight at 7:05 p.m. when the O's play at New York.
Rich Hill (3-2, 7.22) will start for Baltimore and Sergio Mitre (4-1, 2.32 in minors) for the Yankees.
The O's were frustrated on Monday night when they had two runners make outs at the plate in the 8th inning, then saw Hideki Matsui hit a walk-off homer in the 9th for a 2-1 New York win.
It was the...
Here are some roster moves made today in the O's organization:
OF Lance West from Aberdeen to Bluefield
RHP Scott Mueller from Aberdeen to Delmarva
OF Brian Conley from Delmarva to Aberdeen
RHP Joshua Dowdy from Delmarva to Aberdeen
OF Kraig Binick from Frederick to Bowie
IF Matt Tucker activated by Frederick off the DL.
Mueller was 1-0, 0.95 in 19 innings with Aberdeen. Binick was batting .225-5-25 at Frederick.
Gary Helmick today was named a second-team college all american shortstop by...
LHP Rich Hill (3-2, 7.22) tonight makes his 12th start of this season, his 8th on the road and the 1st of his career vs. the Yankees.
Hill pitched in relief in Chicago. On Friday, he gave up two hits and two runs in just 1/3 of an inning.
His last start was July 11th in a no decision at home vs. Toronto. In six innings, he gave up seven hits and two runs. This was after he had allowed 19ER over 13 innings in his previous three starts.
Despite Hill's struggles this year the O's are 8-3...
O's starter Rich Hill struggled again and it led to another O's loss at New York.
Hill gave up five runs and four walks over three innings. He falls to 3-3, 7.64 and his ERA is 9.82 over his last five starts.
O's pitching walked eight tonight and four of eight scored.
The O's fall to 3-8 on the season vs. New York and have lost nine in a row at New York.
An Alex Rodriguez two-run single gave NY a 3-2 lead in the 3rd and the Yankees made it 6-2 in the 4th which featured a two-run homer...
O's starting pitcher Rich Hill struggled again. He pitched just three innings and falls to 3-3, 7.64 on the year. In three frames, he allowed three hits, five runs (all earned) with four walks and two strikeouts. He threw 82 pitches.
Hill has lasted less than five innings in seven of his 12 starts. He has just three quality starts.
Over his last five starts, his ERA is 9.82 (22IP, 35H, 24ER).
The O's have out-hit their opponent on every game of this road trip, but fall to 1-4 on the...
While I am sure that there is more Chris Tillman could learn and more polish he could add to his game in Triple-A the rest of this season, it also seems quite clear by the numbers that he has made major improvements throughout this season.
It's time for a change in the O's rotation with Rich Hill out and Chris Tillman in.
Tillman is 8-5, 2.42 in 17 starts and is slated to start for Norfolk tonight. Here's hoping his next start after that will be early next week in Baltimore vs. Kansas...
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Orioles (41-52) at New York (56-37)
Things are getting this rough for the Orioles. They've allowed just ten hits in two games and a team average of just .182 to the Yankees, but they have lost both games of their series at New York.
This afternoon at 1:05 p.m. New York can wrap up its second three-game home sweep of the Orioles this season.
Jason Berken (1-7, 6.44) pitches for the O's vs. A.J. Burnett (8-4, 3.81), New York's 82 million dollar right-hander.
A loss today...
RHP Jason Berken (1-7, 6.44) today makes his 11th start of this season, his 5th on the road and the 1st of his career vs. the Yankees.
Since pitching to an ERA of 2.25 over his first two starts, Berken has mostly struggled. He is coming off his second worst start of the year. Last Friday at Chicago he took the loss and allowed six runs and two homers in 4 1/3 innings.
He had pitched to an ERA of 4.58 in his previous four starts.
Berken has just one quality start on the year and has pitched...