Yankees Rivalry Roundup: O’s survive Rays rally

The Yankees broke their losing streak on Tuesday, getting an ace performance from Gerrit Cole and some big hits by Anthony Rizzo and Billy McKinney. We’ll see if they can get it going in the other direction and start up a winning streak, but breaking up the monotony of the past week at least feels good. More importantly, it gave them a chance to move up in the standings for a change, so lets see how fortunate they got:

Baltimore Orioles (45-27) 8, Tampa Bay Rays (51-25) 6

There were two crucial pairs of innings for each offense, and Baltimore got theirs first. They put up a four-spot in the first inning, capped off by an Aaron Hicks three-run blast. Then Baltimore added two more runs in the…