Gary Thorne talks with Buck Showalter after the O's 6-2 win over the Yankees
A victory in Wednesday's afternoon game would give the Orioles their first three-game sweep at New York since June 6-8, 1986.
Sabathia allowed nine hits and six runs over 6 1/3 innings as he lost to the Orioles for just the second time ever and suffered his first home loss since last July 2nd vs. Seattle.
Sabathia began the evening with a mark of 4-0, 2.73 this year vs. the O's and 13-1, 2.59 in 18 career starts vs. Baltimore. He was 16-0, 2.05 over his last 21 home starts.
This was just Sabathia's third home loss in 27 Yankee starts. He falls to 19-6, 3.14 on the season.
Arrieta, meanwhile, gave up just two runs and eight hits over 6 1/3, throwing 96 pitches. He is 2-0, 3.65 in two starts this year vs. the Yankees.
The O's struck quickly vs. Sabathia as their first five batters reached to start the game. Ty Wigginton plated the first run with a bloop single and Adam Jones followed with a two-run single for a 3-0 lead.
In the third, Nolan Reimold hit a two-run homer into the second deck in left off Sabathia for a 5-1 lead. It was his first big league homer since May 5th - also at New York.
Reimold has four homers in 39 career at bats at the new Yankee Stadium.
Nick Markakis came up with an RBI single in the 7th for a 6-2 O's lead.
The Yankees fall to 48-25 at home and by losing the last two nights, they have lost just their fifth series at home in 24 on the season.
The O's have won four in a row, two each vs. Tampa and New York and are 5-3 in a nine-game stretch vs. the Red Sox, Rays and Yankees.
They improved to 21-13 (.618) since Buck Showalter took over as manager. That is the second best mark in the AL since Showalter's first game on August 3, trailing only Minnesota's 22-10 during that stretch.
In Wednesday's series wrap-up game, at 1:05 p.m., its Brad Bergesen (6-10, 5.47) vs. right-hander Ivan Nova (1-0, 2.89).