New York Falls In Opener To Baltimore On Memorial Day Despite Aaron Judge Going Deep
The American League East leader New York lost in the series opener on Memorial day to Baltimore despite rookie right -fielder Aaron Judge hitting his seventeenth home run of the season.
The Memorial Day win, which began a key homestand for Baltimore against New York and Boston, improves the O's to an American League-best 16-7 at home. The Yankees, who started the day with a three-game lead in the AL East, couldn't overcome a critical third-inning error by second baseman Starlin Castro. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/233123524/orioles-edge-yanks-to-snap-7-game-slide/
Starlin Castro had this to say about his outing "I always make that play. I just tried to attack it," said Castro, whose one-out error permitted Mark Trumbo to reach base. "It's a bad feeling right there. Tomorrow's another day. We'll come tomorrow and try to win." "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/233123524/orioles-edge-yanks-to-snap-7-game-slide/
Three batters later, Schoop sent a ball into the right-field corner for a two-out, two-run double that made it 3-1. The pair of unearned runs came off Yankees starter Jordan Montgomery, who lasted 4 1/3 innings and gave up three runs (one earned) while throwing 100 pitches. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/233123524/orioles-edge-yanks-to-snap-7-game-slide/
"That really hurt," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "You don't know what happens if you get that out and what transpires in the inning as you move forward, but when you look at it, we gave them a couple of unearned runs and we lost by one."
Bundy, who has gone at least six innings in all 11 starts this year, held New York to two earned runs on seven hits and a walk. The O's righty, who has become the ace of the staff, struck out three en route to his team-leading sixth win.
"It's a pretty good lineup. Obviously, Dylan got us off to a great start and Brad Brach and I were able to get in there," said Orioles reliever Darren O'Day, who tossed a scoreless eighth. "I really enjoyed watching Brad pitch there in the ninth. That was pretty impressive."
New York got a run on Aaron Hicks' sacrifice fly in the second, and Aaron Judge belted a solo homer, his Major League-leading 17th, off Bundy in the seventh. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/233123524/orioles-edge-yanks-to-snap-7-game-slide/
The 6"7 282 pound rookie had this to say about Baltimore Dylan Bundy "He was good. He got the win," Judge said. "He was making pitches when he had to. We got a couple of guys on and then he'd come up clutch with some good pitches on the corner. He just executed when he had to." "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/233123524/orioles-edge-yanks-to-snap-7-game-slide/
Baltimore is now 3.5 games back of New York who is leading the A.L East. "according to http://www.espn.com/mlb/standings
New York dropped to 29-19 while Baltimore improved to 26-23 on the season.
New York and Baltimore will resume their series Tuesday. New York right -hander Luis Severino will get the start for New York. He has a record of 3-2 with a 3.11 earn run average and has aloud three runs or fewer in his last four starts and has been touched just once for four or more runs this season. He pitched eight shutout innings while striking out seven in his last outing against Kansas City. He will go up against Baltimore right -hander Chris Tillman who has a record of 4.43. He will be making his fifth start of the season but his previous starts were short outings as he went only 20 1/3 innings for the season. In his most recent outing against Minnesota, he pitched only five innings while he allowed nine hits and four runs. "according to https://www.mlb.com/gameday/yankees-vs-orioles/2017/05/30/490883#game_state=preview,game_tab=,game=490883
First pitch is set for 7:05pm. The game will be televised on MASN. "according to https://www.mlb.com/gameday/yankees-vs-orioles/2017/05/30/490883#game_state=preview,game_tab=,game=490883