The Yankees looked ready to rumble from the start today, but their minor league relief pitchers couldn’t quite hold things together as they fell to the Orioles. The regulars who made the trip to Sarasota did an excellent job in the lineup, and the position battles that the Yankees face become more and more interesting by the day.
This half of the Yankees came ready to hit out of the gates, and did just that. The Bombers jumped on Kyle Gibson in the first inning, hours after he was dubbed the Orioles’ Opening Day starter. DJ LeMahieu started things with a single, and Oswald Peraza followed with the same.