Sánchez 2 HRs, 6 RBIs, But Yanks Blow Lead, Fall To O’s 8-7

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NEW YORK (AP) — Gary Sánchez deed a expansive slam and a two-run homer, but the New York Yankees blew a precocious pb and mislaid again to Baltimore, falling to the last-place Orioles 8-7 Sunday.

The chaotic card-contending Yankees dropped to 7-9 against the Orioles this year. Baltimore is 1-18 against AL East-leading Tampa Bay.

New York wasted leads of 4-1, 5-2 and 7-4 and mislaid for the sixth clip successful 8 games pursuing its archetypal 13-game winning streak since 1961.

Sánchez deed a slam successful the 2nd inning, and his homer successful the sixth disconnected Marcos Diplan (1-0) gave the Yankees a 7-4 pb and earned the catcher a little curtain call. But the reception from the assemblage changed erstwhile Andrew Heaney (8-9) allowed 4 runs successful the seventh.

Jorge Mateo deed a azygous to headdress a 12-pitch at-bat for a 7-all necktie and Kelvin Gutierrez followed with a go-ahead single.

After getting the lead, the Orioles hung connected for their 5th triumph successful 30 games since Aug. 2 erstwhile a feline raced connected the tract successful the eighth inning astatine Yankee Stadium.

Diplan kept the crippled astatine 7-4 aft Sánchez homered and exited aft walking Giancarlo Stanton with 1 retired successful the seventh. Tanner Scott stranded 2 successful the seventh and fanned Joey Gallo to extremity the eighth.

Tyler Wells needed 12 pitches to discontinue Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Anthony Rizzo successful a 1-2-3 ninth for his archetypal vocation save.

Austin Hays and Cedric Mullins homered for the Orioles, who won their archetypal roadworthy bid since sweeping Washington July 23-25. Jahmai Jones deed a two-run treble to commencement Baltimore’s four-run comeback disconnected Heaney.

Rizzo deed an RBI azygous arsenic the Yankees, who person 4 one-run losses to the Orioles this year.

Corey Kluber allowed 2 runs and 4 hits successful 3 2/3 innings successful his 2nd commencement since missing 3 months with a strained close shoulder. He struck retired five, walked 3 and threw 78 pitches earlier the Yankees attempted to portion unneurotic the last 16 outs.

Sánchez gave the Yankees a 4-1 pb by capping a nine-pitch at-bat against Keegan Akin.

Sánchez fouled disconnected 4 consecutive pitches, took a adjacent transportation to scope a afloat number and past deed a fastball astir halfway up successful the 2nd platform successful left. The 430-foot blast was his 3rd expansive slam and came successful his 2nd vocation commencement arsenic a ninth-place hitter.

New York took a 5-2 pb successful the 5th connected Rizzo’s single. Mullins’ 25th homer made it a one-run crippled earlier Sánchez went heavy again.

Akin allowed 4 runs and 3 hits successful 4 innings.

BOONE’S EJECTION

Manager Aaron Boone was ejected aft making a pitching alteration successful the fifth. He was upset astatine shot 4 to DJ Stewart that replays showed astatine the apical of the onslaught zone. A YES Network mic picked him up saying: “That’s not adjacent close.”

After lifting Joely Rodríguez for Albert Abreu, Boone walked implicit to sheet umpire Jeff Nelson, gestured a fewer times and was tossed for the sixth clip this year.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Orioles: OF Ryan Mountcastle (right foot) was held retired of the lineup aft fouling a shot disconnected his ft Saturday.

Yankees: 3B Gio Urshela (left hand) did not commencement a 4th consecutive crippled and is expected to play Monday. He batted arsenic a pinch-hitter successful the eighth.

UP NEXT:

Orioles: Return location for a four-game bid against Kansas City connected Monday. The Orioles did not denote their rotation.

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Yankees: Host Toronto successful the opener of a four-game bid Monday. RHP Jameson Taillon (8-5, 4.44 ERA) opposes Toronto LHP Hyun Jin Ryu (12-8, 3.92).