NY Yankees 11, Baltimore 10
When: 1:05 PM ET, Monday, September 5, 2011
Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Temperature:
79°
Umpires:
Home -
Paul Emmel, 1B -
Rob Drake, 2B -
Gary Darling, 3B -
Bruce Dreckman
Attendance:
45069
By SportsDirect Inc.
Jesus Montero hit the first two home runs of his major-league career as the New York Yankees outgunned the visiting Baltimore Orioles 11-10 Monday afternoon.
The wild victory lifted the Yankees 2 1/2 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox in the race for the American League East title. The Red Sox dropped a 1-0, 11-inning decision in Toronto later Monday.
Montero, playing in just his fourth major-league game, put the Yankees ahead 9-8 with a solo blast over the right-field wall in the fifth inning. He repeated the feat with Russell Martin aboard in the seventh, earning a curtain call from the Yankee Stadium crowd.
Robinson Cano had a second-inning grand slam, his third of the campaign, and Mark Teixeira added his 36th homer of the year in the victory.
Aaron Laffey (2-1) earned his first victory in a Yankee uniform. Mariano Rivera allowed a run in the ninth but struck out J.J. Hardy with two men aboard for his 38th save of the season, and the 597th of his career.
Jim Johnson (5-5) absorbed the loss, allowing Montero's go-ahead homer in the fifth.
Nick Markakis, Mark Reynolds and Robert Andino homered in defeat for Baltimore. Every Orioles starter finished with at least one hit.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Baltimore |
|
NY Yankees |
|
Brian Matusz
|
Player |
Freddy Garcia
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
1.1 |
IP |
2.2 |
|
3 |
Strikeouts |
1 |
|
5 |
Hits |
9 |
|
33.75 |
ERA |
23.62 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Baltimore
|
17 |
3 |
28 |
.405 |
21 |
5 |
9 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
| NY Yankees
|
12 |
4 |
27 |
.343 |
12 |
7 |
11 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
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