07/04: Yanks come from behind beat Orioles 13-8
Posted by: Michael
By using an seven-run 8th inning, the New York Yankees came from behind to defeat the Baltimore Orioles.
Tanyon Sturtze, the most reliable Yankee middle reliever this season, was used as a spot starter today in place of injured Kevin Brown. He pitched effective until the 4th inning when he started missing his spots.
Surprisingly Bruce Chen of the Orioles lasted only 1 1/3 innings as the Yankees hammered him for 6 runs. Last May he had a complete game against the Yankees and was very commanding. Not this time. The Yankees seemed to put the ball anywhere they wanted, and he was quickly pulled.
But the Orioles clawed back into it to take the lead in 7th going up 8-6.
The Yanks started the 8th with Giambi hitting his 7th HR of the year. Ruben Sierra pinched hit for Tony Womack and blooped a single into right field. That was enough for the Orioles to excuse their current pitcher Steve Kline. B.J. Ryan entered the game and things didn't get much better from there. The Yanks then went on to score 7 runs and take a 13-8 lead. Mo came in and closed out the game.
There were four batters HBP today, with no warnings to the pitchers given. Sheffield took a nasty pop to his hand by Todd Williams, but it appears Sheff is ok. He continued and played the rest of the game.
This makes 3 straight wins for the Yankees. Look for them to come out strong tomorrow against the Orioles who used most of their bullpen today in relief of Chen. Tomorrow Randy Johnson (7-6) 4.24 ERA goes against Rodrigo Lopez (7-4) 4.43 ERA. Both pitchers are going on 3 days rest.
Game time at 1:05pm on ESPN.
Tanyon Sturtze, the most reliable Yankee middle reliever this season, was used as a spot starter today in place of injured Kevin Brown. He pitched effective until the 4th inning when he started missing his spots.
Surprisingly Bruce Chen of the Orioles lasted only 1 1/3 innings as the Yankees hammered him for 6 runs. Last May he had a complete game against the Yankees and was very commanding. Not this time. The Yankees seemed to put the ball anywhere they wanted, and he was quickly pulled.
But the Orioles clawed back into it to take the lead in 7th going up 8-6.
The Yanks started the 8th with Giambi hitting his 7th HR of the year. Ruben Sierra pinched hit for Tony Womack and blooped a single into right field. That was enough for the Orioles to excuse their current pitcher Steve Kline. B.J. Ryan entered the game and things didn't get much better from there. The Yanks then went on to score 7 runs and take a 13-8 lead. Mo came in and closed out the game.
There were four batters HBP today, with no warnings to the pitchers given. Sheffield took a nasty pop to his hand by Todd Williams, but it appears Sheff is ok. He continued and played the rest of the game.
This makes 3 straight wins for the Yankees. Look for them to come out strong tomorrow against the Orioles who used most of their bullpen today in relief of Chen. Tomorrow Randy Johnson (7-6) 4.24 ERA goes against Rodrigo Lopez (7-4) 4.43 ERA. Both pitchers are going on 3 days rest.
Game time at 1:05pm on ESPN.
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