On a rainy night in which both starters looked good out of the gate before ultimately running out of gas, the Yankees blew a four-run lead in spectacular fashion, snapping their season-high five-game win streak. After Baltimore’s eight-run seventh, there was no coming back in this one as New York fell, 9-6.
Both pitchers retired their first seven hitters. Nestor Cortes set down the first seven Orioles before surrendering a walk and a groundball single through the hole on the right side of the infield. He erased the threat by getting Cedric Mullins to flyout into the wind and then orchestrated this gorgeous pickoff play to nab Jorge Mateo at second base:
Tyler Wells, meanwhile, wasn’t as fortunate when his little run ended.