Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - The scrappy and surprising Baltimore Orioles are
making things interesting in the AL East.
Mark Reynolds homered twice for the second time in the series, including a go-
ahead three-run shot in a four-run sixth inning, and the Orioles downed the
New York Yankees 8-3 on Sunday in the rubber match of a three-game set.
The Orioles pulled within two games of first-place New York in the division.
Chris Tillman came in a winner in six of his past eight starts, but left the
game after three innings due to right elbow stiffness. He allowed two runs on
two hits and two walks.
Randy Wolf (1-0) replaced Tillman and got the win in his Orioles debut. He
spun 3 1/3 innings of one-run ball, scattering three hits while walking one
for Baltimore, which has won 19 of its last 27 games.
The Orioles won all three road series against the Yankees for the first time
since 1976.
Filling in for an injured Curtis Granderson in center field, Chris Dickerson
hit a two-run homer and scored twice for the Yankees, who have dropped three
of their last four games.
Phil Hughes (13-12) surrendered just a run through his first five innings but
allowed four without recording an out in the sixth. In all, he gave up eight
hits and a walk.
Trailing, 3-1, the Orioles surged ahead with a four-run sixth and a three-run
eighth.
Nate McLouth walked to start the sixth and came home following back-to-back
singles by Adam Jones and Matt Wieters. Reynolds then cracked a towering
three-run blast into the second deck in left field for a 5-3 Baltimore
advantage.
With the bases loaded in the eighth, Derek Lowe walked Robert Andino to force
in a run. Boone Logan replaced Lowe on the hill and served up a two-run single
to Nick Markakis, which made it 8-3.
Earlier, the Yankees opened the scoring in the second when Dickerson lined a
screaming bullet into the second deck in right field for a two-run shot and a
2-0 New York edge.
Reynolds hit a leadoff homer to left field in the fifth before the Yankees
answered in the home half on Nick Swisher's RBI single, which made it 3-1.
Game Notes
The Orioles have 74 wins, their most since they went 74-88 in 2005 ...Reynolds
has 16 homers this season ... Baltimore improved to 25-13 in day games.
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