GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: NY YANKEES (36-37) at BALTIMORE (32-43)

AL: NY YANKEES at BALTIMORE

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NY YANKEES (2) AT BALTIMORE (3) - EVENT LOG
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Ny Yankees Starting Lineups -- J Damon DH, D Jeter SS, H Matsui LF, A Rodriguez 3B,
J Posada C, R Cano 2B, M Cabrera CF, B Abreu RF, M Cairo 1B, A Pettitte LHP.

Baltimore Starting Lineups -- B Roberts 2B, C Gomez SS, N Markakis RF,
R Hernandez C, A Huff DH, M Mora 3B, K Millar 1B, J Payton LF, C Patterson CF,
J Guthrie RHP.

Umpires -- Rob Drake (HP), Tim Tschida (1B), Jim Joyce (2B), Jim Wolf (3B).


Gametime Weather: 93 degrees, Clear, wind left to right at 3 mph.


NY YANKEES 1ST: J Damon struck out swinging. D Jeter grounded out to
shortstop. H Matsui lined out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 0,
BALTIMORE 0.

BALTIMORE 1ST: B Roberts grounded out to shortstop. C Gomez singled to
right. N Markakis grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first,
C Gomez out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 0, BALTIMORE 0.

NY YANKEES 2ND: A Rodriguez grounded out to third. J Posada struck out
looking. R Cano grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 0,
BALTIMORE 0.

BALTIMORE 2ND: R Hernandez walked. A Huff struck out looking. M Mora
flied out to left. K Millar singled to right, R Hernandez to third. J Payton
grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 0, BALTIMORE 0.

NY YANKEES 3RD: M Cabrera bunt grounded out to catcher. B Abreu lined out
to left. M Cairo singled to left. J Damon struck out swinging. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 0, BALTIMORE 0.

BALTIMORE 3RD: C Patterson singled to shallow left. C Patterson stole
second. B Roberts walked. C Gomez sacrificed to pitcher, C Patterson to third,
B Roberts to second. N Markakis grounded out to second, C Patterson scored,
B Roberts to third. R Hernandez grounded out to third. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
NY YANKEES 0, BALTIMORE 1.

NY YANKEES 4TH: D Jeter singled to center. H Matsui grounded into
fielder's choice to second, D Jeter out at second. A Rodriguez grounded into
double play, shortstop to second to first, H Matsui out at second.(0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 0, BALTIMORE 1.

BALTIMORE 4TH: A Huff flied out to right. M Mora walked. K Millar singled
to right center, M Mora to second. J Payton popped out to second. C Patterson
singled to shallow right center, M Mora scored, K Millar to third. B Roberts
flied out to left. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 0, BALTIMORE 2.

NY YANKEES 5TH: J Posada walked. R Cano grounded into double play,
shortstop to second to first, J Posada out at second. M Cabrera grounded out to
first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 0, BALTIMORE 2.

BALTIMORE 5TH: C Gomez popped out to second. N Markakis hit a ground rule
double to deep center. R Hernandez grounded out to shortstop, N Markakis to
third. A Huff walked. M Mora walked, A Huff to second. K Millar popped out
to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 0, BALTIMORE 2.

NY YANKEES 6TH: B Abreu struck out looking. M Cairo singled to right.
J Damon homered to right, M Cairo scored. D Jeter singled to right. H Matsui
struck out looking. A Rodriguez singled to left, D Jeter to second. J Posada
struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 2, BALTIMORE 2.

BALTIMORE 6TH: J Payton grounded out to second. C Patterson singled to
shallow left. C Patterson caught stealing second, pitcher to first. B Roberts
struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 2, BALTIMORE 2.

NY YANKEES 7TH: R Cano flied out to center. M Cabrera singled to right.
J Walker relieved J Guthrie. B Abreu singled to center, M Cabrera to third.
M Cairo flied out to center. J Damon grounded into fielder's choice to second,
B Abreu out at second. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 2, BALTIMORE 2.

BALTIMORE 7TH: C Gomez flied out to right. N Markakis singled to center,
N Markakis out stretching at second. R Hernandez grounded out to third. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 2, BALTIMORE 2.

NY YANKEES 8TH: C Bradford relieved J Walker. D Jeter grounded out to
second. H Matsui grounded out to second. A Rodriguez grounded out to
shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 2, BALTIMORE 2.

BALTIMORE 8TH: K Farnsworth relieved A Pettitte. A Huff lined out to third.
M Mora singled to left. M Mora stole second. K Millar grounded out to third.
J Gibbons hit for J Payton. J Gibbons struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) NY YANKEES 2, BALTIMORE 2.

NY YANKEES 9TH: J Gibbons in left field. C Ray relieved C Bradford.
J Posada walked. R Cano bunted into fielder's choice to first, J Posada out at
second. M Cabrera walked, R Cano to second. B Abreu grounded into fielder's
choice to shortstop, M Cabrera out at second, R Cano to third. M Cairo
grounded into fielder's choice to second, B Abreu out at second. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 2, BALTIMORE 2.

BALTIMORE 9TH: S Proctor relieved K Farnsworth. C Patterson walked.
B Roberts singled to left, C Patterson to second. C Gomez bunt popped out to
pitcher. N Markakis walked, C Patterson to third, B Roberts to second.
R Hernandez walked, C Patterson scored.
(1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 2, BALTIMORE 3.</div>

 

Orioles walk-off with a win

<h3>BALTIMORE 3, NY YANKEES 2</h3>BALTIMORE (Ticker) -- Ramon Hernandez drew a bases-loaded walkin the bottom of the ninth inning to hand the Baltimore Oriolesa 3-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday.

A pitchers' duel went the way of the Orioles when Scott Proctor(1-5) walked three batters and allowed a single in the bottom ofthe ninth.

Corey Patterson began the rally with a walk and moved to secondon Brian Roberts' single before Proctor loaded the bases withanother walk, this time to Nick Markakis.

Proctor was making his 39th appearance of the season - secondmost in the American League behind Baltimore's Chad Bradford.The righthander has now issued 22 walks in 42 innings thisseason.

Baltimore jumped out on top in the third when Patterson led offwith a single and stole second. Andy Pettitte then walkedRoberts before Chris Gomez sacrificed both runners over.

Patterson came in to score one batter later when Markakisgrounded out to second. Pettitte escaped further damage in theframe by forcing Hernandez to ground out to third to end theinning.

The Orioles took a 2-0 lead in the following frame when MelvinMora drew a one-out walk and moved to second on Kevin Millar'ssingle. After Jay Payton popped out to second, Patterson hit aflare to shallow center that Yankees' center fielder MelkyCabrera misplayed into an RBI single.

New York evened the score two innings later when Johnny Damonfollowed Miguel Cairo's single with a two-run homer offBaltimore starter Jeremy Guthrie just over the wall in rightfield.

Guthrie lasted 6 1/3 innings, allowing two runs and seven hitswhile striking out six and issuing one walk. The 28-year-oldrookie was forced to settle for a no decision - his seventh in10 starts.

Tuesday marked just the fourth time in 10 starts that Guthriehas allowed more than one earned run. He has yet to allow morethan three.

Lefthander Jamie Walker came on in relief with a runner on firstand allowed a long single into the gap in left-center field toBobby Abreu before forcing Miguel Cairo to pop out to centerfield and retiring Damon on a grounder to second base.

Pettitte lasted seven innings, surrendering two runs and eighthits while walking five and striking out two. The veteranlefthander settled for a no decision - the ninth time thisseason he has yielded two earned runs or less and not notched awin.

 

Orioles walk-off with a win

<h3>BALTIMORE 3, NY YANKEES 2</h3>BALTIMORE (Ticker) -- Ramon Hernandez drew a bases-loaded walkin the bottom of the ninth inning to hand the Baltimore Oriolesa 3-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday.

A pitchers' duel went the way of the Orioles when Scott Proctor(1-5) walked three batters and allowed a single in the bottom ofthe ninth inning.

Corey Patterson began the rally with a walk and moved to secondon Brian Roberts' single before Proctor loaded the bases withanother walk, this time to Nick Markakis.

"We walked ourselves right out of this game," New York managerJoe Torre said. "You certainly can't expect good things tohappen if you don't do the right thing out there."

Proctor was making his 39th appearance of the season - secondmost in the American League behind Baltimore's Chad Bradford.The righthander has now issued 22 walks in 42 innings thisseason.

"The first guy is everything," Proctor said. "Especially whenyou walk them. ... You can't do that, you've got to make him hithis way on."

"It's real tough right now," Proctor said. "The way we'replaying, every game's huge. I let everybody down. I'm just(mad) at myself. You can't (expletive) walk people. It'sembarrassing."

Baltimore jumped out on top in the third when Patterson led offwith a single and stole second. Andy Pettitte then walkedRoberts before Chris Gomez sacrificed both runners over.

Patterson came in to score one batter later when Markakisgrounded out to second. Pettitte escaped further damage in theframe by forcing Hernandez to ground out to third to end theinning.

"(Patterson) was our secret weapon tonight," Baltimore interimmanager Dave Trembley said. "Look at the chance we had out ofthe 3-4-5 spot, those guys had opportunities to come up becauseof what Corey did at the bottom of the lineup. He played a verygood game and a very good game defensively."

The Orioles took a 2-0 lead in the following frame when MelvinMora drew a one-out walk and moved to second on Kevin Millar'ssingle that was misplayed by Yankees' center fielder MelkyCabrera. After Jay Payton popped out to second, Patterson hit atwo-out RBI single.

New York evened the score two innings later when Johnny Damonfollowed Miguel Cairo's single with a two-run homer offBaltimore starter Jeremy Guthrie just over the wall in rightfield.

"Johnny got my slider and put a a real good swing on it,"Guthrie said. "It just wasn't a great pitch and they did thedamage they needed to with that. They put some real nice atbats together in the sixth inning and I was just fortunate toget out of it with the strikeout."

Guthrie lasted 6 1/3 innings, allowing two runs and seven hitswhile striking out six and issuing one walk. The 28-year-oldrookie was forced to settle for a no decision - his seventh in10 starts.

Tuesday marked just the fourth time in 10 starts that Guthriehas allowed more than one earned run. He has yet to allow morethan three.

Lefthander Jamie Walker came on in relief with a runner on firstand allowed a long single into the gap in left-center field toBobby Abreu before forcing Miguel Cairo to pop out to centerfield and retiring Damon on a grounder to second base.

Pettitte lasted seven innings, surrendering two runs and eighthits while walking five and striking out two.

"I thought he was pretty good," Patterson said after tallyingthree hits off of Pettitte. "He was working both sides of theplate, in and out."

The veteran lefthander settled for a no decision - the ninthtime this season he has yielded two earned runs or less and notnotched a win.