The Orioles were averaging six runs per Grapefruit League game when they arrived at George M. Steinbrenner Field to face the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.
They needed just two innings to get to six against promising rotation prospect Jonathan Loaisiga, but the strong offensive performance would go to waste in an 8-7 loss that featured an eighth-inning comeback against O’s relievers Mychal Givens and Josh Lucas.
Austin Hays hammered a three-run double in a five-run second inning and hit his fourth home run of the spring in the seventh, but the Orioles fell to 9-8-2 in exhibition play.