Major League Baseball
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Baltimore 5, NY Yankees 4
When: 7:05 PM ET, Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Temperature: 54°
Umpires: Home - Tim Welke, 1B - Will Little, 2B - Tim Timmons, 3B - Todd Tichenor
Attendance: 39412

Orioles 5, Yankees 4: Nick Markakis drove in the go-ahead run in the ninth and Jonathan Schoop hit a three-run homer as visiting Baltimore took the rubber match of a three-game series from New York.

Ryan Flaherty led off the ninth with a double off Shawn Kelley (0-1) and moved to third on Schoop’s single before Markakis reached down for a 1-0 slider and lined it to right-center. Brian Matusz (1-0) earned the win in relief and Tommy Hunter allowed a run in the ninth but induced a double play to end the game and wrap up his third save.

Carlos Beltran went 3-for-3 with a home run and two runs scored and Kelly Johnson added a solo blast for the Yankees. Masahiro Tanaka made his second career start and struck out 10 while allowing three runs on seven hits and a walk in seven innings.

The Orioles did all of their damage against Tanaka in the second inning, when Schoop came up with two on and two outs and drilled a high splitter down the line and into the second deck in left for a 3-0 lead. The Yankees struck back in the bottom of the frame on Beltran’s leadoff shot to right field and Johnson’s home run three batters later to make it 3-2.

New York pushed across the tying run in the fourth when Beltran led off with a double, moved up on a flyout and came in on Alfonso Soriano’s groundout to short. Baltimore jumped back in front against Kelley in the ninth with three straight hits to right-center, capped by Markakis’ RBI single, and Chris Davis added a sacrifice fly that turned out to be important when Hunter struggled in the ninth.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Orioles RHP Miguel Gonzalez got the start and allowed three runs and seven hits while walking one and striking out three. … The Yankees optioned C Austin Romine to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and recalled RHP Shane Greene. … Baltimore SS J.J. Hardy (back spasms) sat for the fifth time in six games but plans to test his back during Thursday’s off day.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Baltimore   NY Yankees
Miguel Gonzalez Player Masahiro Tanaka
No Decision W/L No Decision
6.0 IP 7.0
3 Strikeouts 10
7 Hits 7
4.50 ERA 3.86
Hitting
Baltimore   NY Yankees
Delmon Young Player Carlos Beltran
3 Hits 3
0 RBI 1
0 HR 1
4 TB 7
.600 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Baltimore 12 1 17 .316 19 12 5 2 0 0
NY Yankees 10 2 19 .312 11 5 4 2 0 1