Yankees Hit 5 HRS, Beat Orioles For 6th Straight Win
BALTIMORE (AP) — The New York Yankees hit five more home runs at Camden Yards, including two by Mike Tauchman, to set a major league record and win their 13th straight game in Baltimore, 9-6 over the Orioles on Monday night.
New York's power surge and sixth straight win overshadowed a memorable night for Baltimore's Jonathan Villar, who became the fifth Orioles player to hit for the cycle and first since Felix Pie on Aug. 14, 2009. Villar tripled in the third inning, doubled in the fifth, homered in the sixth and dumped a single into right field off Aroldis Chapman in the ninth.
Tauchman delivered a bases-empty drive in the sixth inning and a tiebreaking solo shot off Paul Fry (1-4) in the eighth, his first career multihomer game. Austin Romine, Brett Gardner and Mike Ford also connected for the Yankees.
New York has hit 32 home runs at Camden Yards, a single-season record for most by a visiting team in one ballpark. The mark was previously held by the Milwaukee Braves, who hit 29 at Cincinnati's Crosley Field in 1957.
The Yankees did it in only eight games, and they can add to the record on Tuesday and Wednesday against a woeful pitching staff that has yielded the most home runs in the majors.
Since July 2018, New York has won 13 in a row in Baltimore. That matches the Yankees' longest road winning streak against one team since they dominated the St. Louis Browns from May 1939 to June 1940.
Adam Ottavino (5-3) pitched the seventh inning for New York and Chapman worked the ninth for his 30th save.
Yankees shortstop Gleyber Torres started at designated hitter, less than 24 hours after he left a game against Boston to be treated at a hospital for a core issue. Torres underwent an ultrasound test and was given medication to deal with an injury he described as "something weird I never felt."
Torres went 0 for 5 and jogged to first base after hitting a grounder to third in the fourth inning.
The Orioles had runners thrown out at the plate in the third and fourth innings. Trey Mancini was cut down trying to score on a double by Anthony Santander, and Jace Peterson was tossed out on the front end of a double steal.
New York No. 9 hitter Breyvic Valera hit a two-run triple and scored in the fifth for a 4-1 lead. Homers by Gardner and Tauchman made it 6-1 in the sixth before the Orioles countered with five runs in the bottom half. Jace Peterson and Villar each homered with a man on around a sacrifice fly by Chris Davis.
Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka gave up five runs and 10 hits in 5 1/3 innings.
STREAKY DIDI
Didi Gregorius singled in the fifth inning and now has reached base safely in 31 straight games against Baltimore. He's gotten at least one hit in 29 of those games and has a 12-game hitting streak against the Orioles that began in April 2018.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: 3B Gio Urshela did not play Monday after fouling balls off both legs in the same at-bat Sunday. Urshela said he was feeling better and insisted he could play. ... C Gary Sanchez (10-day IL, left groin strain) is scheduled to rehab Wednesday and Thursday at Triple-A Scranton. "He'll catch both days and then hopefully travel to Toronto and be an active player by the weekend," manager Aaron Boone said.
Orioles: OF Dwight Smith Jr. said his injured left calf is improving but he doubts that he will be fully ready to play when he's eligible to come off the 10-day IL on Friday. . RHP Miguel Castro is still battling an illness and his availability for the series opener was "iffy," manager Brandon Hyde said. Castro hasn't pitched since July 30.
UP NEXT
Yankees: Boone wasn't ready to commit to Chad Green as his starter on Tuesday night, saying, "I wouldn't rule him out but I wouldn't necessarily say he's the guy."
Orioles: Rookie Asher Wojciechowski (2-4, 4.15) had his two-game winning streak end Thursday night in an 11-2 loss to Toronto.
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