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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
NY Yankees 8, Baltimore 5
When: 7:05 PM ET, Monday, May 14, 2012
Where: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
Temperature: 66°
Umpires: Home - Gary Cederstrom, 1B - Lance Barksdale, 2B - Fieldin Culbreth, 3B - Adrian Johnson
Attendance: 16492

Yankees 8, Orioles 5: Mark Teixeira snapped a tie with a two-run homer in the seventh inning as visiting New York took the opener of a brief two-game series.

Curtis Granderson also homered, Alex Rodriguez went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and Nick Swisher recorded two RBIs for the Yankees, who have won six of eight.

Swisher erased a 2-0 deficit in the fourth with a two-run double and Granderson put New York ahead with a two-out solo blast an inning later. J.J. Hardy capped a three-run rally by the Orioles in the fifth with a two-run homer before an error by first baseman Chris Davis in the sixth allowed two runs to score to tie the game.

Rodriguez led off the seventh with a single and Teixeira drilled a 1-2 offering from former Yankee Luis Ayala (1-1) over the wall in right field for his fifth shot of the year and a 7-5 lead.

The homer made a winner of rookie David Phelps (1-1), who yielded three hits and struck out one in an inning. Rafael Soriano pitched a scoreless ninth for his second save in as many appearances.

Yankees starter Ivan Nova allowed five runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings before leaving with a bruised right foot and sprained right ankle.

Hardy finished with three RBIs for the Orioles, who fell to 3-5 on their nine-game homestand.

GAME NOTEBOOK: After going 0-for-4 in his major league debut Sunday, Baltimore left fielder Xavier Avery recorded his first two hits Monday. The 22-year-old led off the first inning with a double and delivered an RBI triple in the fifth. ... Yankees reliever Clay Rapada faced two batters in relief of Nova before exiting with a viral infection. ... Baltimore starter Josh Hammel yielded five runs, marking the first time he's allowed more than two in seven starts this season.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
NY Yankees   Baltimore
Ivan Nova Player Jason Hammel
No Decision W/L No Decision
5.1 IP 5.0
4 Strikeouts 3
7 Hits 7
8.44 ERA 7.20
Hitting
NY Yankees   Baltimore
Alex RodriguezPlayer J.J. Hardy
3 Hits 2
0 RBI 3
0 HR 1
3 TB 5
.600 Avg .400
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
NY Yankees 11 2 20 .306 23 5 7 6 0 1
Baltimore 10 1 17 .278 13 10 5 4 0 1