The Orioles run of excellent starting pitching came to an end tonight as Jeremy Guthrie was touched for six runs as the Yankees beat the Orioles, 11-3 in front of a sellout crowd of 48,775 at Camden Yards.
Jorge Posada's two-run single in the first gave New York the lead and Robinson Cano added a two-run homer in the fifth as Guthrie gave up six runs and seven hits over five innings.
Guthrie falls to 10-14, 3.92 and failed to pitch six or more innings for the first time in 12 starts. He is...The Orioles run of excellent starting pitching came to an end tonight as Jeremy Guthrie was touched for six runs as the Yankees beat the Orioles, 11-3 in front of a sellout crowd of 48,775 at Camden Yards.
Jorge Posada's two-run single in the first gave New York the lead and Robinson Cano added a two-run homer in the fifth as Guthrie gave up six runs and seven hits over five innings.
Guthrie falls to 10-14, 3.92 and failed to pitch six or more innings for the first time in 12 starts. He is 3-9, 5.66 in 14 career starts vs. New York.
O's starters had worked to an ERA of 0.74 over the last six games and were 5-0, 1.61 over ten games.
New York's CC Sabathia became a 20-game winner for the first time, on his third try, as he gave up seven hits and three runs over seven innings.
He is now 20-6, 3.05.
Buck Showalter talks with the media about Robert Andino iand Jeremy Guthrie after the O's loss
Curtis Granderson's three-run homer in the ninth off Rick VandenHurk capped the scoring as New York reduced its magic number to clinch a playoff berth to eight.
By losing the first two games of the series, the O's streak of winning four series in a row came to an end.
Robert Andino went 3 for 4 with a single, double and homer for the Orioles, who fall to 26-17 under Buck Showalter and 4-13 on the season vs. New York.
