Split Doubleheader Costs Yankees Ground in A.L. East Race

Kyle Higashioka was tagged out on a double play in the third inning of the Yankees’ first game against the Orioles on Monday.BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Orioles have become baseball’s patsies this season, entering Monday with a six-game losing streak and the worst record in the majors. And they are likely to get even worse if, or when, they deal their marquee talent — the impending free agent Manny Machado.

But, somehow, the Yankees seem to bring out the best in them.

So, when the Yankees pummeled the Orioles in the second game of a doubleheader on Monday night, 10-2, it was not so much a flexing of their considerable muscle as it was taking out the frustration from a 5-4 defeat earlier in the…