It’s been remarked upon at other points this season, but these Orioles are not the Orioles of last year, or 2020. Since calling up Adley Rutchsman, they are 30-22, now actually 31-22, with a pitching staff, top to bottom, that’s better than you’d expect. That staff snuffed out multiple scoring opportunities for the Yankees, who couldn’t buy the big hit, and Baltimore came out on top tonight 6-3.
The Yankees got off and running early, with Aaron Judge driving in DJ LeMahieu on the seventh pitch of the game, a hard bouncer down the third base line that Judge turned into an RBI double.