Ramon Urias started the eighth inning by hitting a tiebreaking homer and the visiting Baltimore Orioles continued their recent surge with a 5-3 victory over the New York Yankees on Friday night.
The Orioles won for the 14th time in 20 games and beat the Yankees for the third time in four meetings this season. Baltimore also improved to 9-4 in its past 13 road games.
Urias allowed Baltimore to regain the lead when he hit a full-count fastball off Luke Weaver (1-2) into the right field seats. It was Weaver’s first appearance since straining his left hamstring June 1.
Pinch hitter Gunnar Henderson added an RBI single when he delivered a clutch hit off Tim Hill later in the eighth.
Former New York catcher Gary Sanchez hit an RBI single with the bases loaded in the first off left-hander Max Fried to account for the game’s first two runs.
Rookie Coby Mayo had a tying single in the sixth off Fried, who allowed three runs on seven hits in six innings. The left-hander struck out seven, walked none in a 105-pitch outing.
The Yankees lost for the seventh time in eight games and wasted a big night from Aaron Judge. Judge hit a solo homer to give New York a 3-2 lead in the third off Baltimore starter Tomoyuki Sugano.
Judge also collected three hits, reached base four times and ended the night with a .371 average.
Sugano allowed three runs on seven hits in 3 2/3 innings. He struck out four and walked three in his shortest outing this season.
Scott Blewett (3-0) pitched two innings before Felix Bautista pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his 16th save.
Fried hit two of the first five batters and loaded the bases when he plunked Colton Cowser. After allowing Sanchez’s two-strike single to left, Fried ended a 29-pitch first by getting Mayo to ground out.
After Paul Goldschmidt and Trent Grisham opened the Yankees’ first with walks, Judge singled to center and the Yankees scored their first run on Jazz Chisholm’s single. After Sugano fanned Giancarlo Stanton, Jasson Dominguez lifted a sacrifice fly.
The game stayed tied until the third when Judge lifted a 2-2 fastball into the right-field seats for his 27th homer. The Yankees nearly took a 4-2 lead in the fourth, but DJ LeMahieu was thrown out at the plate by Ramon Laureano on Chisholm’s single to right.
