The Sports Xchange
Sep 6, 2017
BALTIMORE -- Manny Machado hit a two-run homer off Dellin Betances with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to give the Baltimore Orioles a 7-6 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.
Betances (3-6) got the first two batters out in the ninth before walking Tim Beckham. Machado then hit his second homer of the night -- on a 1-0 pitch -- to left-center.
Zach Britton (2-0) pitched a scoreless ninth for Baltimore, which rallied from an early 6-1 deficit thanks to four homers.
Didi Gregorius and Jacoby Ellsbury each hit two-run singles to spark a six-run second inning for the Yankees.
The Orioles came back to cut the deficit to 6-5 on Mark Trumbo's two-run homer in the sixth off CC Sabathia but didn't get another hit until Machado's game-winning blast.
Sabathia gave up three homers in 5 1/3 innings. He allowed five runs on eight hits but left with a 6-5 lead.
Baltimore starter Jeremy Hellickson dealt with control issues and lasted only 2 1/3 innings. He gave up five runs (three earned), four walks and two hits.
The Orioles manufactured a run in the first inning after the 2-hour, 14-minute rain delay pushed back the start.
Jonathan Schoop walked and later scored on a Trey Mancini soft infield single to short, giving Baltimore a 1-0 lead. But New York bounced back in the third, taking advantage of Hellickson's control issues.
The Yankees scored six in the third, set up by two Hellickson walks, a hit batter and an error. Gregorius gave them the lead with a two-run single off Hellickson, who was replaced by Richard Bleier after walking Matt Holliday to load the bases.
Adam Jones then dropped a Greg Bird fly ball. Jones got an error, Bird was credited with a sacrifice fly and New York led 3-1. Todd Frazier's groundout added one more run before Ellsbury followed with a two-run single for a 6-1 lead.
Machado hit a solo homer off Sabathia in the third that made it 6-2. Schoop added another solo shot in the fifth that cut the lead to three.
NOTES: 1B Chris Davis was named as Baltimore's 2017 nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award on Tuesday. LF Brett Gardner was picked for the second straight year as the Yankees' nominee. ... The Orioles called up OF Austin Hays from Double-A Bowie. ... This was the 22nd anniversary of Cal Ripken tying Lou Gehrig's record of consecutive games by playing in his 2,130th straight contest in 1995. ... New York called up 1B Tyler Austin from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.