Meet the new problem when it comes to facing the New York Yankees. Same as the old problem.
Yankee hitters last year left pitchers in orange and black feeling black and blue, and in their first chance of 2020, the Bronx Bombers picked up where they left off, smacking a trio of home runs off of starter Asher Wojciechowski and rolling to a 9-3 victory.
The Yankees have now won 17 straight games against the Orioles.
The Orioles showed life late, chasing Yankees starter Gerrit Cole - who flashed his Cy Young-caliber stuff all night - and forcing New York’s bullpen to finish the job, but the hole set up by home runs from DJ LeMahieu, Aaron Judge and Aaron Hicks proved too deep to escape.