Opponent: New York Yankees
Outcome: L
Score: 4-5
Streak: L3
Record: 53-102
Rank: 7th
GB: 34.5
Jeff Ballard started this evening for the Orioles but if you blinked you missed him. He got leadoff hitter Rickey Henderson to fly out to start the game but then loaded the bases on a Don Mattingly single and walks to Dave Winfield and Jack Clark. Gary Ward hit a single to bring in Mattingly and Winfield and Don Slaught followed with another single to score Clark. Jay Tibbs came in to relieve Ballard and despite walking Rafael Santana to load the bases got out of the inning without giving up any more runs. But the Yankees led 3-0.
The Orioles started a comeback in the second inning when Mickey Tettleton had a two run home run. They tied the game in the fifth on a Ken Gerhart sacrifice fly and took the lead in the sixth inning on an RBI double by Rick Schu.
Meanwhile Jay Tibbs was actually pitching pretty well for the Orioles. He entered the eighth inning having held the Yankees to only two hits and two walks while striking out six after entering the game with only one out in the first. He got two quick outs in the eighth on a strikeout of Clark and a flyball from Ward but he then ran into trouble. Slaught singled to put the tying run on and pinch hitter Ken Phelps followed with a double that put both the tying and go-ahead runs in scoring position. Orioles manager Frank Robinson went to his bullpen and brought in Don Aase. Santana greeted the new pitcher with a single that brought both runners in to score. The Orioles bullpen had failed yet again and the Yankees were back on top 5-4 which is how the game ended.
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