BALTIMORE — Anthony Santander lined a three-run homer within the ninth inning off Lucas Luetge and the Baltimore Orioles averted a four-game sweep by beating the Yankees, 9-6, on Thursday.
“I put myself within the pitcher’s footwear in that scenario,” Santander mentioned by means of a translator. “Realizing that he wished to come back in, making an attempt to jam me, making an attempt to make me hit a tender grounder to pressure a double play. I used to be actually in a position to get my arms in and concentrate on that. I hit the ball very well.”
New York misplaced for simply the second time in 11 video games and has a major-league finest report of 28-10. The Yankees fell to 18-1 when scoring 5 runs or extra this season.
The Yankees have been all the way down to their final out within the ninth when D.J. LeMahieu hit an R.B.I. single off nearer Jorge Lopez that tied it at 6.
The Orioles answered when Austin Hays reached on a throwing error by third baseman Josh Donaldson, who had pinch-hit within the high half of the inning. One out later, Trey Mancini singled and Santander adopted with a drive to left subject for his seventh homer of the season.
When Santander related, it had loads of distance — the one query was whether or not it could be honest or foul, and it simply was contained in the pole at Camden Yards.
“Final two nights, we misplaced two one-run video games,” Orioles Supervisor Brandon Hyde mentioned. “I assumed immediately was a few of our higher at-bats of the season.”
Giancarlo Stanton homered over the left-field wall, which was moved again 26 ½ ft since final yr and was known as “a travesty” by Yankees slugger Aaron Choose this sequence. Stanton grew to become the primary Orioles opponent to clear that fence. He has 11 residence runs and he leads the league with 35 R.B.I.
Félix Bautista (1-1) picked up the win for the Orioles.
The Yankees nonetheless completed their eight-game street journey 6-2.
“Any time you exit on the street and throw a 6-2 on the market, you’ll take that,” Supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned. “Stay up for being again at Yankee Stadium.”
