The New York Yankees blew-out the Baltimore Orioles yesterday at New Yankee Stadium with the Yankees winning 9 to 1. It was quite a game that followers with Yankees tickets will be talking about for days.
Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes (2.54 ERA) got the win, while Brad Bergesen (6.75 ERA) took the loss for the Orioles. Phil Hughes went 7 solid innings for the Yankees, allowed 6 hits, no home runs and one earned run with one walk and 7 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Yankees was Chad Gaudin (7.43). The Orioles’s starter Brad Bergesen went 2.1 innings, allowed 7 hits, no home runs and 6 earned runs with 2 walks and one strikeout. Mark Hendrickson (5.08), Matt Albers (5.25), and Frank Mata (0.00) also pitched for the Orioles. With the win, Hughes’s record goes to 7-1, while Bergesen falls to 3-4.
In addition to the 9 runs, the Yankees managed 14 hits and committed no errors. Curtis Granderson, Robinson Cano and Nick Swisher all got 3 hits for the Yankees. Derek Jeter had a tough day at the plate, leaving 4 runners on base. Miguel Tejada had the most hits for the Orioles (3), followed by Cesar Izturis (2). Matt Wieters could not get much going at the plate as he left 5 runners on base. The Orioles managed one run, 9 hits and one error.
Umpiring duties were performed by Bill Welke, Mike DiMuro, Tim Welke and Jim Reynolds. There were 44,465 Yankees ticket holders in attendance at New Yankee Stadium.
The win puts the Yankees at a record of -, ( games behind the division leader), while the loss brings the Orioles to -, ( games behind first place in the division). Next up for the Yankees are the (-) at the Yankees’s New Yankee Stadium. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for tickets because that game should be a good one. The Orioles will next take on the (-) at New Yankee Stadium in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your tickets today and be there for first pitch.