The defense behind him made questionable cutoff throws. His catcher missed a pop-up in foul territory. Yet right-hander Mychal Givens shouldered the blame for another Orioles collapse, pointing to his own mistakes.
Given forfeited five runs to blow the save and take the loss in the Orioles’ 10-7 loss to the New York Yankees on Monday night after entering with a two-run lead and four outs to go. Gleyber Torres hit his eighth home run of 2019 on Givens’ first pitch, and with two on in the ninth, Gary Sánchez provided the final margin with a line-drive home run to left.