NEW YORK – Anthony Santander pulled Gio Urshela off the plate with a shot from right field in the eleventh inning, and the Baltimore Orioles retained the lead to beat the New York Yankees 4-3 on Wednesday.
Moments before Venezuelan Santander prevented the tie with his shot, emerging Chance Sisco had given Baltimore the lead with a single.
Colombian Urshela started the top of the eleventh inning as an automatic runner, and advanced into the anteroom thanks to a touchdown by Brett Gardner.
DJ LeMahieu followed him with a solid line in right field. Santander caught the ball to make the out, settled down and took a perfect shot on the plate, winning by a couple of steps to the Colombian, who swept his head and head to the glove of the Dominican receiver Pedro Severino.
It was Santander’s second big shot on the plate in the game, but the first came just late and couldn’t stop Tyler Wade from getting the equalizer in the 10th inning. Santander also sounded a homer in the fifth chapter.
The unstoppable Sisco with an out in the 11th inning against Chad Green (0-1) led to the pentagon in Rio Ruiz from third after a touchdown by Venezuelan Freddy Galvis. It was the first unstoppable for Baltimore since the fifth inning and the fourth in total.
New York racked up 13 undisputed, but only three with runners in a position to score.
César Valdez (1-0) armed primarily with a 76 mph gear change, worked two innings and a third to stay with the win. Paul Fry got his first rescue to end a match of three 3 hours and 54 minutes.
Before the unstoppable Sisco, four New York relievers withdrew 6 perfect innings – except for a costly mistake by Venezuelan torpedo boat Gleyber Torres – after the solid debut with the team by Jameson Taillon, who had the its first opening in 707 days.
For the Orioles, the Venezuelans Santander 5-1 with a drive and two scored; Galvis 3-0. Dominicans Maikel Franco and Pere Severino 4-0 each and Mexican Ramón Uries 3-0.
For the Yankees, Dominican Gary Sanchez 3-2. Colombian Urshela 5-2 with a produced. Venezuelan Gleyber Torres 4-1.