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Villar follows circus catch with two-run HR

BALTIMORE -- Jonathan Villar (Villi), who earlier made a sliding circus catch, hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning Friday night to give the Orioles a 4-2 lead over the Yankees at Oriole Park.

John Andreoli reached on an error by shortstop Gleyber Torres (GT) to start the seventh, and with two outs, Villar homered to left on a 1-0 count. It was his fourth home run since joining the Orioles on Aug. 2.

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Villar made the catch to rob the Yankees' Ronald Torreyes of a hit to begin the fifth inning.