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Yankees pounded by Baltimore; White Sox win

The New York Yankees took one on the chin today, losing 12-2 at home to the Baltimore Orioles. The O's, who were swept over the weekend at Fenway Park, took two of three games at Yankee Stadium. New York's loss means that the Red Sox will enter the teams' five-game series this weekend at Fenway trailing the Yankees by a game and a half.

Starter Jaret Wright lasted just 3 innings for the Yankees. Alex Rodriguez committed a costly error in the sixth inning, when Baltimore scored five runs to blow the game wide open.

Rodrigo Lopez pitched 7 innings, striking out eight, to earn the win for the Orioles. Baltimore got home runs from Brian Roberts, Nick Markakis and Fernando Tatis. Johnny Damon and Robinson Cano homered for the Yanks.

Meanwhile, the Chicago White Sox survived a ninth-inning scare to defeat the Kansas City Royals, 5-4. And the Minnesota Twins lost today, 3-2, to the Cleveland Indians. The Red Sox are two and a half games behind Chicago for the Wild Card, and a half-game behind Minnesota.

Posted by Mike McDermott  at 5:07 PM | Permalink