This is a Yankees-Orioles series most fans would prefer to forget. Baltimore flashed its young talent and won the series, taking Thursday’s finale in a dominant fashion.
It was a bad showing for the Yankees, who recently came off a five-game winning streak. They remain third in the AL East and seven games behind the first-place Rays. Baltimore sits three games back in second place.
Even with Giancarlo Stanton and Josh Donaldson out of the lineup and key players underperforming, it’s easy to get worried about this Yankees team getting streaky again.
Some takeaways:
Small birds no more.