Yanks Toss It Away In 9th, Fall To Hays, Orioles 3-2 In 10th

BALTIMORE (AP) — Yankees reliever Clay Holmes threw a chaotic transportation with 2 outs successful the ninth inning that fto the tying tally score, past Austin Hays chopped an RBI azygous successful the 10th that lifted the Baltimore Orioles to a 3-2 triumph Thursday night, dropping New York backmost successful the AL wild-card race.

The Yankees fell a half-game down idle Toronto and Boston atop the AL wild-card standings. New York had won 3 successful a row.

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Holmes was 1 onslaught distant from his archetypal vocation prevention erstwhile his precocious and extracurricular fastball got past catcher Gary Sanchez, allowing pinch-runner Kelvin Gutierrez to streak location from 3rd basal with 2 outs. Yankees person Aroldis Chapman had pitched the erstwhile 3 days.

Ryan Mountcastle homered for Baltimore, which snapped a five-game skid and avoided its 100th nonaccomplishment of the season.

Jahmai Jones, pinch-running for automatic runner Austin Wynns, moved to 3rd connected Richie Martin’s leadoff bunt azygous against Wandy Peralta (5-4) successful the 10th. After Cedric Mullins walked and Mountcastle struck out, Hays grounded a azygous to near implicit a drawn-in infield to triumph it.

Hays homered doubly Wednesday nighttime successful the Orioles’ 4-3 nonaccomplishment to the Yankees.

Cole Sulser (5-4) pitched 2 scoreless innings for Baltimore.

Jordan Montgomery, who gave up a career-high 7 runs successful his past outing Friday against the New York Mets, was acold crisper against the Orioles. He struck retired a career-high 12, recorded aggregate strikeouts successful each of the archetypal 5 innings, and allowed 1 tally connected six hits successful 5 2/3 innings.

It was the 15th clip this play a Yankee recorded astatine slightest 10 strikeouts, breaking the franchise grounds of 14 archetypal acceptable successful 1963 and matched successful 1998.

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Joey Gallo deed his 35th homer of the season, and 10th since a July 29 commercialized from Texas, with 1 retired successful the second. After consecutive walks, Gio Urshela doubled to close to marque it 2-0.

That was each the Yankees mustered against Chris Ellis (0-1), who allowed 2 runs connected 3 hits and 4 walks successful 4 2/3 innings. He struck retired three.

Mountcastle’s drive, a leadoff changeable successful the sixth, was his 29th of the twelvemonth to acceptable an Orioles rookie record. Cal Ripken Jr. deed 28 homers successful 1982.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Yankees: 2B DJ LeMahieu was retired of the lineup. “He’s fine, but I conscionable felt similar helium needed a time today,” manager Aaron Boone said. … RHP Jonathan Loáisiga (shoulder strain) is expected to statesman throwing again Friday.

Orioles: Manager Brandon Hyde said 1B Trey Mancini (right oblique/abdomen) and C Pedro Severino (upper leg/groin discomfort) stay time to day. Both were retired of the lineup for the 2nd consecutive game. … Baltimore claimed RHP Brooks Kriske disconnected waivers from the Yankees and optioned him to Triple-A Norfolk. To marque country connected the 40-man roster, the Orioles transferred RHP Jorge López (ankle sprain) to the 60-day injured list.

UP NEXT

Yankees: RHP Corey Kluber (4-3, 4.02 ERA), a two-time Cy Young victor with Cleveland, faces the Indians for the archetypal clip connected his vocation arsenic New York returns location to unfastened a three-game series.

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Orioles: LHP Keegan Akin (2-9, 6.83) draws the commencement arsenic Baltimore visits Boston to statesman a six-game roadworthy trip.