Baltimore 10 N.Y. Yankees 6
The Baltimore Orioles survived a furious five-run fight back by the New York Yankees in the eighth inning Thursday to win 10-6 and draw level with their division rivals at the top of the American League East.
Matt Wieters hit a three-run homer to cap a four-run first inning for the Orioles, who padded that lead to 6-1 by the end of the sixth in front of a sellout crowd at Camden Yards.
The visiting Yankees pulled level with five runs in the top of the eighth - Ichiro Suzuki delivering the game-tying single -but Baltimore hit back immediately with homers from Adam Jones, Mark Reynolds and Chris Davis in the bottom of the inning.
Relief pitcher Jim Johnson shut out the Yankees in the ninth to seal their eighth win over New York in their last 11 meetings and improve their overall record this season to 77-60.
