Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Temperature: 86°
Umpires: Home - Clint Fagan, 1B - Jordan Baker, 2B - Paul Emmel, 3B - Jerry Meals
Attendance: 31039
NEW YORK -- Rookie first baseman Greg Bird hit a tiebreaking three-run home run with nobody out in the bottom of the seventh inning, lifting the New York Yankees to an 8-6 victory over the Baltimore Orioles Monday afternoon.
The Yankees (77-59) won for the eighth time in 10 games. They began Monday 1 1/2 games behind the Toronto Blue Jays and when Bird homered off Brian Matusz, the Red Sox held an 8-2 lead over Toronto.