The team with the best baseball record since July 17 met Friday night with the team with the worst record of the entire season in the Bronx.
Naturally, he became a nail-biter, as is the custom of the Yankees.
But even after falling behind at the top of the tenth inning, the Yankees tied again and then beat him in the eleventh, as Giancarlo Stanton got a simple game for a 4-game winning streak. -3 on the orioles.
Stanton wasted no time at the end of the 11th, smoking one by half to score automatic runner Aaron Judge from second base.
Clay Holmes had worked at the top of the eleventh for the Yankees (78-56) and quickly had runners on the corners with no exits. But he escaped with the game 3-3 intact getting a pop-up, a fly superficial enough to the right field and an attack.
The Yankees’ 76th game of the season was held on Friday, decided by two runs or less (tying the Mets for most of the majors) and they improved to get a MLB 49-27 best. But they were unable to gain any ground in the Rays, who continued to win with a 5-3 victory over the Twins.
Ryan Mountcastle gave the Orioles a 3-2 lead in the top 10 against Wandy Peralta when he threw a single into the left field to score the automatic runner.
Then DJ LeMahieu tied the game at the bottom of the inning with a single on the right side, scoring automatic runner Tyler Wade from second base. LeMahieu reached the third after a wild throw, but was caught when Joey Gallo appeared and Judge came out on the ground.
Until additional entries, the Yankees had not been able to break the Orioles ’bullring, which entered the day with a higher ERA in the majors (5.44). The Baltimore relievers kept the Yankees with just one hit in four innings until the ninth, sending the game to the 10th inning 2-2.
Orioles left-back John Means kept the Yankees unsuccessful until there were two outings in the fourth inning, when Stanton changed it significantly. Stanton crushed a 424-foot solo shot, his eighth home run in the last 14 games, to put the Yankees 1-0 up.
The Yankees took their lead in fifth place. After Rougned Odor got a single start, he moved on to third place with a single from Gary Sanchez. Then, LeMahieu propelled him with a sacrifice fly to make it 2-0.
Nestor Cortes Jr. he was strong through five goalless innings, scattering just three singles, but Trey Mancini took the left in sixth place alone to get the Orioles 2-1. Mancini’s outburst left Cortés out of the game after 5 innings / 5 ², in which he gave up four strokes and two walks while coming out seven.
Former Yankees prospect Jorge Mateo equalized after Jonathan Loaisiga, crushing a solo shot into the left field. It was the first club that Loaisiga has allowed since May 7 and only the third all season, with 68 tickets.
Chad Green flirted dangerously in eighth place, putting the runners in first and second place with two outs, but came out with an attack. Aroldis Chapman then made a round at the top of the ninth to give the Yankees a chance to beat him at the bottom.
Returning from the injury list after losing nearly a month with a thumb sprain, Gleyber Torres won 0-4 with a couple of deep outs.