The game between the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees on July 28, 2023, was delayed due to inclement weather at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The delay lasted for 2 1/2 hours before the first pitch.
In the opener of a three-game series on July 29, the Baltimore Orioles secured a 1-0 victory against the New York Yankees. Anthony Santander hit a one-out home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to seal the win. It was the only extra-base hit of the game and came off Tommy Kahnle. The Orioles snapped a two-game losing streak, while the Yankees were shut out for the fifth time this season. Felix Bautista, the fifth Baltimore pitcher, earned the victory with a perfect ninth inning.
The game featured a pitching matchup between All-Star Gerrit Cole of the Yankees and rookie Grayson Rodriguez of the Orioles. Despite the delay, both pitchers delivered impressive performances. Cole pitched seven shutout innings, allowing three hits without a walk and striking out five. Rodriguez threw 6 1/3 innings, limiting the Yankees to three singles while walking two and striking out four.
Rodriguez was replaced by Shintaro Fujinami in the seventh inning after DJ LeMahieu’s single. Fujinami, who was acquired in a trade with the Oakland A’s, made his fourth appearance for the Orioles. He managed to escape a potential scoring threat as Billy McKinney walked and Harrison Bader grounded into a double play.
The Yankees struggled to generate offense throughout the game, failing to score more than three runs for the seventh time since the All-Star break. They had a chance to rally in the eighth inning when they put two runners on base, but Danny Coulombe induced Anthony Rizzo’s groundout to end the threat.
In the first six innings, there were a total of five hits, all of which were singles – three for the Orioles and two for the Yankees.
Overall, it was a low-scoring game with strong pitching performances from both teams. The Orioles came out on top with Santander’s clutch home run in the ninth inning.
–Field Level Media
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