Orioles’ momentum comes to screeching halt in 6-2 loss to Yankees
BALTIMORE — The Orioles won Monday on an Earl Weaver special. They lost Tuesday because of his wise words. “Momentum is the next day’s starting pitcher.
” The myth of momentum was on full display Tuesday in Baltimore’s 6-2 loss to the Yankees. The Orioles quickly squandered any positive vibes from Monday’s comeback victory that featured Coby Mayo’s three-run homer as the Bronx Bombers scored ...
BALTIMORE — The Orioles won Monday on an Earl Weaver special. They lost Tuesday because of his wise words. “Momentum is the next day’s starting pitcher.
” The myth of momentum was on full display Tuesday in Baltimore’s 6-2 loss to the Yankees. The Orioles quickly squandered any positive vibes from Monday’s comeback victory that featured Coby Mayo’s three-run homer as the Bronx Bombers scored five runs in the third inning off Trevor Rogers in his return from the injured list. Rogers, who missed two starts with the flu, came back and looked like himself in the first two frames, allowing only a solo homer to Paul Goldschmidt on the first pitch of the game.
But the Yankees wore down Rogers in the third, and the left-hander’s defense didn’t help him as two runs scored on ground balls that could’ve ended the inning. Then came the big blow: a three-run homer from Trent Grisham that narrowly cleared the wall in right-center field. The long ball put New York up 6-0, and the momentum that Baltimore didn’t have in the first place was all gone.