Yanks Peck O's 9-6 For 5th Straight Win

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E NY Yankees 0 2 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 9 12 1 Baltimore 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 13 1
INSIDER: The Yanks have figured the O's out as they have won eight straight vs. Baltimore.

ON THE MOUND:

A.J. Burnett was charged with six runs on 11 hits in 5 1/3 innings. Felix Pie touched Burnett for a solo home run in the first inning and Melvin Mora drilled a two-run single to tie the game in the third inning, scoring Nick Markakis and Nolan Reimold.

Posada's second homer of the night briefly gave New York a 5-3 lead, but Burnett gave the runs right back in the fifth, allowing two hits before Luke Scott crushed a long three-run homer down the right-field line and on to Eutaw Street.

He just kept missing his spots and looked awful on the mound.

The bullpen did a fine job. Damaso Marte, David Robertson and Phil Coke combined for 2.2 scoreless.

Mariano Rivera picked up save No. 38 with a scoreless 9th.

THE OFFENSE:

Trailing 1-0, Robinson Cano got the offense started with a two-run homer.

With the game tied at 3-3 in the 3rd, Posada went deep again. It was his 16th multi-homer game of his career. Posada's second round-tripper came after he headed for the dugout thinking he had struck out in the fifth inning. He then went back to the plate and slugged a two-run shot off Orioles starter David Hernandez. For those keeping count, it's HR # 20 for Posada.

Trailing 6-5 through five innings, the Yankees tied the game as Melky Cabrera walked to open the sixth and Derek Jeter legged out a hit to chase Dennis Sarfate. Lefty Alberto Castillo got the next two outs, but Alex Rodriguez got to Chris Ray with a run-scoring single to center.

Nick Swisher belted a two-run homer off Ray in the seventh, his 23rd of the year and Eric Hinske followed with a shot to left-center, his 7th. It was the 14th time the Yankees have hit back-to-back homers this season.

THE BOX SCORE:

NY Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Jeter, SS 4 0 1 0 2 1 2 .333 Damon, DH 5 0 1 0 1 2 5 .288 Teixeira, 1B 4 1 0 0 2 2 6 .281 Rodriguez, A, 3B 5 0 1 1 0 2 4 .269 Posada, C 4 3 2 3 1 1 2 .280 Cano, 2B 4 2 3 2 1 0 0 .320 Swisher, LF-RF 5 1 1 2 0 2 2 .248 Hinske, RF 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .250 Hairston, J, LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .258 Cabrera, Me, CF 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 .273 Totals 40 9 12 9 8 12 23
BATTING
2B: Cano (40, Ray, C).
HR: Cano (22, 2nd inning off Hernandez, D, 1 on, 0 out), Posada 2 (19, 3rd inning off Hernandez, D, 0 on, 2 out; 5th inning off Hernandez, D, 1 on, 1 out), Swisher (23, 7th inning off Ray, C, 1 on, 0 out), Hinske (7, 7th inning off Ray, C, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Jeter; Damon; Rodriguez, A; Posada 8; Cano 7; Swisher 4; Hinske 4; Cabrera, Me 2.
RBI: Cano 2 (74), Posada 3 (66), Rodriguez, A (71), Swisher 2 (72), Hinske (22).
2-out RBI: Posada; Rodriguez, A.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Damon; Posada 2; Rodriguez, A; Teixeira.
Team RISP: 2-for-10.
Team LOB: 12.

BASERUNNING
SB: Cabrera, Me (9, 2nd base off Albers/Wieters).

FIELDING
E: Teixeira (2, missed catch).
DP: (Cano-Jeter-Teixeira).
NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Burnett, A 5.1 11 6 6 2 2 2 4.29 Marte, D (W, 1-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.35 Robertson, D (H, 3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.46 Coke (H, 16) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.06 Rivera, Ma (S, 38) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.78
Pitches-strikes: Burnett, A 109-70, Marte, D 7-3, Robertson, D 21-14, Coke 9-6, Rivera, Ma 21-13.

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