New York Yankees at Baltimore Orioles

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New York Yankees

58-40, 33-21 Away

Final
5 - 6

Baltimore Orioles

58-38, 30-22 Home

Orioles stay in first place thanks to Yankees' miscues, beat New York 6-5 on Mullins' double in 9th

Anthony Volpe's error kept Baltimore's two-out rally going. Then Mullins hit a liner that appeared routine, but left fielder Alex Verdugo started in at first and couldn't recover well enough to prevent the ball from going over his head.

“I think he just misjudged it,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “Broke hard in, not wanting to get beat in front of him, and obviously it carried enough.”

Ben Rice hit a three-run homer in the top of the ninth off Craig Kimbrel (6-2) to put the Yankees up 5-3, but New York's closer couldn't hold a lead either. Clay Holmes (1-4) allowed the Orioles to load the bases with two out. Then Ryan Mountcastle's grounder should have ended it, but Volpe's error made it 5-4 and kept the bases loaded.

Mullins, who came on as a pinch-runner the previous inning, delivered the big hit that snapped Baltimore's five-game winning streak and enabled the Orioles to take a one-game lead over the Yankees in the AL East into the All-Star break.

“You can't lead off an inning with two walks and make kind of a missed pitch,” Kimbrel said. “The boys battled, and we were able to put something special together there at the end. That was fun to watch."

Baltimore went 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position and 2 for 22 in the series, but Mullins enabled the Orioles to avoid a three-game sweep at home. Anthony Santander and Gunnar Henderson homered for Baltimore. Trent Grisham went deep for New York.

Grisham, who was batting .173 entering the game, had three hits and drove in the first two New York runs. His RBI single in the second opened the scoring, but Henderson answered with a two-run shot in the third, his 28th homer of the season.

Grisham's solo homer in the fifth tied it.

Carlos Rodón allowed only two runs for the Yankees, but he was up to 98 pitches after four innings, causing New York to go to its bullpen. Santander's 24th home run put the Orioles up 3-2 in the fifth.

Baltimore starter Dean Kremer hit Aaron Judge with a pitch in the first inning, two days after Orioles outfielder Heston Kjerstad was hit in the helmet by a New York pitch and the benches cleared Friday night.

The Yankees host Tampa Bay on Friday night. The Orioles are at Texas.

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Matchup Prediction

Orioles: 55.0%

Yankees: 45.0%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Mullins doubled to left, O'Hearn scored and Rutschman scored, Mountcastle to third.
	9th Inning	Mountcastle grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Cowser scored, Rutschman safe at second on fielding error by shortstop Volpe, O'Hearn to third.
	9th Inning	Rutschman walked, O'Hearn to second, Cowser to third.
	9th Inning	Henderson struck out looking.
	9th Inning	O'Hearn walked, Cowser to second.
	9th Inning	O'Hearn hit for McCann

Statistics

NYY		BAL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	9
8	Strikeouts	14
5	Runs Batted In	5
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	1
6	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	35
2	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
13	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
162	Pitches	184
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
14	Total Bases	17
40	Plate Appearances	40
324.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
3	Extra Base Hits	4
5.2	Runs Created	5.9
.219	Batting Average	.229
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.438	Slugging Percentage	.486
.406	Secondary Average	.429
.359	On Base Percentage	.325
.796	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.811
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
5.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.9
35.0	Batter Rating	41.5
16.0	At Bats Per Home Run	17.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.05	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.60
.219	Isolated Power	.257
0.75	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.36
.150	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.125
.188	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.200
10.0	Runs Produced	11.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
83.8	MLB Rating	86.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0