Yankees Firing On All Cylinders

The New York Yankees' season-long winning streak has hit eight, after an 11-4 destruction of the Baltimore Orioles.

Nick Swisher, Robinson Cano, and Melky Cabrera hit back-to-back-to-back homers in the second off of Orioles starter Jeremy Guthrie. Guthrie was shaky in the early innings but kept his cool, and did not let the Yankees score in innings four through seven.

Phil Hughes threw five innings allowing three runs, all on home runs. He pitched a solid game. Ty Wigginton destroyed a fastball deep into the last row of the lower deck in left, and Pacman homered off a cutter on Hughes that cut it to 5-3.

But the Yankees were just too powerful, too talented, and too awesome to be denied. The Orioles' sorry bullpen got lit up in the late innings again. The pen gave up seven runs in the seventh last night, and gave up six in the eighth tonight, highlighted by a Jeter two-run double.

Baltimore AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Roberts, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .292 Jones, CF 4 1 2 1 0 2 2 .370 Markakis, RF 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .318 Huff, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .266 Mora, 3B 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 .275 Wigginton, DH 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 .220 Reimold, N, LF 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 .261 Moeller, C 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .195 Andino, SS 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .226 Totals 35 4 10 4 1 11 11   BATTING 2B: Mora (2, Hughes, P), Andino (1, Hughes, P). HR: Wigginton (3, 4th inning off Hughes, P, 1 on, 1 out), Jones (9, 5th inning off Hughes, P, 0 on, 2 out), Reimold, N (1, 9th inning off Rivera, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Roberts; Jones 5; Mora 4; Wigginton 5; Reimold, N 4; Andino 2. RBI: Wigginton 2 (13), Jones (27), Reimold, N (3). 2-out RBI: Jones. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Moeller. Team RISP: 1-for-5. Team LOB: 5. BASERUNNING CS: Roberts (4, 2nd base by Hughes, P/Cash). FIELDING E: Andino (2, fielding). DP: 2 (Guthrie-Roberts-Huff, Roberts-Andino-Huff).		NY Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Jeter, SS 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 .273 Damon, LF 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 .318 Teixeira, 1B 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .241 Rodriguez, A, 3B 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 .189   Berroa, 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Matsui, DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .252   1-Pena, PR-DH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Swisher, RF 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 .234 Cano, 2B 4 2 3 3 0 0 0 .307 Cabrera, M, CF 4 2 2 2 0 1 2 .321 Cash, C 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 .077 Totals 31 11 9 10 5 3 7   1-Ran for Matsui in the 8th. BATTING 2B: Teixeira (8, Guthrie), Jeter (8, Walker). HR: Swisher (9, 2nd inning off Guthrie, 0 on, 0 out), Cano (7, 2nd inning off Guthrie, 0 on, 0 out), Cabrera, M (5, 2nd inning off Guthrie, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Jeter 2; Teixeira 2; Matsui; Swisher 4; Cano 6; Cabrera, M 5. RBI: Teixeira (31), Swisher (23), Cano 3 (22), Cabrera, M 2 (16), Cash (1), Jeter 2 (19). 2-out RBI: Cano; Jeter 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cabrera, M. SF: Cash. GIDP: Matsui; Rodriguez, A. Team RISP: 4-for-7. Team LOB: 4. FIELDING Outfield assists: Damon (Mora at 2nd base). DP: (Cash-Jeter-Teixeira).
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Guthrie (L, 3-4) 7.0 5 5 5 3 2 3 5.37 Baez 0.1 2 4 4 2 1 0 3.74 Walker 0.2 2 2 1 0 0 0 3.86		NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Hughes, P (W, 2-2) 5.0 6 3 3 1 9 2 7.06 Aceves, A (H, 1) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1.74 Coke (H, 2) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.58 Rivera (S, 8) 1.1 1 1 1 0 0 1 3.06
HBP: Rodriguez, A (by Guthrie), Teixeira (by Guthrie). Pitches-strikes: Guthrie 110-67, Baez 16-8, Walker 18-12, Hughes, P 89-57, Aceves, A 23-16, Coke 5-4, Rivera 14-10. Groundouts-flyouts: Guthrie 8-11, Baez 0-0, Walker 1-1, Hughes, P 2-3, Aceves, A 2-1, Coke 0-2, Rivera 3-1. Batters faced: Guthrie 29, Baez 5, Walker 5, Hughes, P 21, Aceves, A 7, Coke 3, Rivera 5. Inherited runners-scored: Walker 3-3, Rivera 1-0. Umpires: HP: Bruce Dreckman. 1B: Paul Emmel. 2B: Angel Campos. 3B: Gary Darling. Weather: 70 degrees, clear. Wind: 15 mph, R to L. T: 2:38. Att: 43,903. May 20, 2009