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The Yankees 5-game winning streak came to a halt this afternoon when the Baltimore Orioles won 6-1 at Camden Yards. The Yankees got another great start from Darrell Rasner, who allowed just a solo home run by Nick Markakis in 6 innings, but the Yankees bullpen imploded and the offense managed just 5 hits on the day.

The Orioles were clinging to a 1-0 lead when LaTroy Hawkins entered the game to start the 7th. He allowed a lead off single to Ramon Hernandez, but struck out Adam Jones and Freddie Bynum for a quick 2 outs. It would be a while before the Yankees got that final out.

Hawkins walked Brian Roberts and then allowed an RBI single to Melvin Mora for a 2-0 lead. Joe Girardi opted for Jose Veras, who pitched worse than Hawkins. After allowing an RBI single to Markakis, he served up a gopher ball to Aubrey Huff who put the game out of reach with a 3-run home run.

The Yankees managed just 3 hits off of starter Garrett Olson over 7 innings, after pounding him at Yankee Stadium last week. The Yankees did manage a couple of rallies, but a lack of key hitting and some Orioles defense thwarted their efforts. With two on and two out in the 2nd inning, Melky Cabrera grounded out to short. Cabrera is 12-62 since May 6 and has seen his average dip from .291 to .249.

The Yankees had another 2-out shot in the 3rd. With Johnny Damon on 2nd and Alex Rodriguez on 1st, Hideki Matsui singled through the right side, but Markakis, who leagues the AL in assists, gunned down Damon at home.

Rasner allowed just 3 hits through the first 5 innings as he extended his scoreless streak to 12 innings. But Markakis' 9th home run snapped the scoreless tie and helped to hand Rasner his first loss in four decisions.

The Yankees finally broke up the shutout in the 9th when Matsui doubled, for his 3rd hit of the day, and scored 3 batters later on a base hit by Chad Moeller.

News and Notes

Jorge Posada went 0-5 in an extended spring training game.

May 26, 2008

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
NY Yankees	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	5	0
Baltimore	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	X		6	9	0

NY Yankees	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Damon, LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.265
Jeter, SS	3	0	0	0	1	2	1	.282
Abreu, RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.288
Rodriguez, 3B	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	.289
Matsui, DH	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	.331
Duncan, S, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	3	.164
Cano, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.224
Moeller, C	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	.265
Cabrera, CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	.249
Totals	31	1	5	1	4	8	15
BATTING 2B: Matsui (9, Walker). TB: Damon; Matsui 4; Moeller. RBI: Moeller (8). 2-out RBI: Moeller. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rodriguez; Cabrera; Duncan, S. Team LOB: 8. BASERUNNING SB: Rodriguez (3, 2nd base off Olson/Hernandez, R), Jeter (3, 2nd base off Olson/Hernandez, R).

NY Yankees	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Rasner (L, 3-1)	6.0	5	1	1	1	3	1	1.80
Hawkins	0.2	2	3	3	1	2	0	6.08
Veras	1.1	2	2	2	0	1	1	4.50

Baltimore	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Roberts, 2B	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	.258
Mora, 3B	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	.239
Markakis, RF	4	2	3	2	0	0	0	.258
Huff, DH	4	1	2	3	0	0	1	.246
Scott, LF	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	.250
Payton, LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237
Millar, 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.236
Hernandez, R, C	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	.215
Jones, CF	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	.253
Bynum, SS	3	0	0	0	0	2	4	.234
Totals	33	6	9	6	2	6	10
BATTING 2B: Markakis (6, Rasner), Huff (11, Rasner). HR: Markakis (9, 6th inning off Rasner, 0 on, 1 out), Huff (8, 7th inning off Veras, 2 on, 2 out). TB: Mora; Markakis 7; Huff 6; Millar; Hernandez, R; Jones. RBI: Markakis 2 (24), Mora (25), Huff 3 (28). 2-out RBI: Mora; Markakis; Huff 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Bynum 2; Huff; Millar. Team LOB: 5. FIELDING Outfield assists: Markakis (Damon at home).

Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Olson (W, 4-1) 7.0 3 0 0 4 7 0 4.09 Bradford 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.70 Walker 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 4.20

HBP: Moeller (by Olson). Pitches-strikes: Rasner 98-68, Hawkins 20-12, Veras 19-11, Olson 107-60, Bradford 14-9, Walker 12-7. Ground outs-fly outs: Rasner 4-11, Hawkins 0-0, Veras 1-2, Olson 4-9, Bradford 1-1, Walker 1-2. Batters faced: Rasner 24, Hawkins 5, Veras 6, Olson 28, Bradford 3, Walker 5. Inherited runners-scored: Veras 2-2. Umpires: HP: Lance Barksdale. 1B: Doug Eddings. 2B: Ted Barrett. 3B: Dana DeMuth. Weather: 88 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, Out to CF. T: 2:46. Att: 34,928.

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Yankees vs. Orioles - May 26

The Yankees activated Wilson Betemit, sending down Alberto Gonzalez to make room. How Morgan Ensberg is staying on this team is beyond us.

Here are the lineups courtesy of Peter Abraham

YANKEES
Damon LF
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
Rodriguez 3B
Matsui DH
Duncan 1B
Cano 2B
Moeller C
Cabrera CF
Rasner RHP

ORIOLES
Roberts 2B
Mora 3B
Markakis RF
Huff DH
Scott LF
Millar 1B
Hernandez C
Jonees CF
Bynum SS
Olson LHP

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Memorial Day Game

A very Happy Memorial Day to all veterans and current members of the armed forces. Hopefully you all will come home safe and sound from the tragedy in Iraq.

The Yankees are feeling pretty good about themselves these days. Their first late inning come back on Sunday extended their winning streak to 5 games and got them back to .500 (25-25). They start a 3-game series this afternoon in Baltimore against the slumping Orioles (24-25), who have lost 5 in a row to drop past the Yankees into the AL East basement.

The Yankees lost 2 of 3 in Baltimore in April before taking 2 of 3 last week at Yankee Stadium. The two wins started the current winning streak.

Darrell Rasner started the streak by shutting out the Orioles over 7 innings in the Yankees 8-0 win on May 21. The right-hander is 3-0, 1.89 in his 3 starts, with 11 K's and just 2 walks in 19 innings. He'll be opposed by Garrett Olson (3-1, 5.19), whose sole loss this season was that same game. He gave up 6 runs on 8 hits in 2.1 innings, including a home run by Alex Rodriguez.

The series continues on Tuesday with Ian Kennedy (0-3, 7.27) looking to build off of his last start. He'll be opposed by left-hander Brian Burres (4-4, 3.16), in rematch of last Thursday's 2-1loss to the Yankees. Neither pitcher figured in the decision. Burres also beat the Yankees on April 19, throwing 5.2 innings in a 6-0 Orioles win.

Wednesday's finale will feature Andy Pettitte against Jeremy Guthrie. Pettitte (4-5, 4.27) tossed 7 shutout innings on April 20 in the Yankees 7-1 win over the O's. Guthrie (2-5, 3.62) is 1-0, 4.74 in 3 starts, plus 1 relief appearance, against the Yankees in his career.

Jorge Posada hopes to return to the Yankees lineup in 2 weeks. He headed to Tampa after yesterday's game to begin playing in extended spring training games. Posada's arm is feeling good and he has good strength in his shoulder.

Stats to Date

Player

G

AB

R

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

BB

K

SB

CS

AVG

OBP

SLG

OPS

Hideki Matsui		47		168		27		54		8		0		6		23		20		22		0		0		.321		.403		.476		.879
Jorge Posada		18		63		8		19		6		1		1		11		3		11		0		0		.302		.333		.476		.810
Álex Rodríguez		30		112		20		33		9		0		6		16		9		25		2		0		.295		.358		.536		.893
Bobby Abreu		49		187		22		55		11		1		6		32		17		40		3		3		.294		.353		.460		.813
Derek Jeter		44		174		25		50		7		3		2		23		10		18		2		1		.287		.339		.397		.735
Wilson Betemit		10		26		2		7		2		0		1		3		0		7		0		0		.269		.296		.462		.758
Johnny Damon		47		177		30		47		14		1		5		20		21		28		6		2		.266		.342		.441		.782
Melky Cabrera		48		165		18		42		5		0		6		21		15		21		3		0		.255		.317		.394		.711
Chad Moeller		13		47		7		12		2		0		1		7		4		11		0		0		.255		.314		.362		.675
Jason Giambi		41		126		22		29		8		0		9		24		27		21		1		1		.230		.387		.508		.894
Robinson Canó		49		179		17		41		10		0		4		19		12		18		1		3		.229		.284		.352		.635
José Molina		31		97		8		21		10		0		0		5		2		15		0		0		.216		.230		.320		.550
Alberto González		21		42		4		9		2		0		0		1		4		7		0		0		.214		.283		.262		.545
Morgan Ensberg		28		74		6		15		0		0		1		4		6		22		0		1		.203		.263		.243		.506
Shelley Duncan		19		51		6		9		2		0		1		6		6		11		0		0		.176		.259		.275		.533
Chris Stewart		1		3		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		1		0		0		.000		.000		.000		.000
Kyle Farnsworth		1		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		.000		.000		.000		.000
Total				1691		222		443		96		6		49		215		156		278		18		11		.262		.330		.413		.743

Player		G		GS		W		L		SV		CG		SHO		IP		H		R		ER		HR		BB		K		ERA		WHIP		BAA
Edwar Ramírez		11		0		1		0		0		0		0		12.2		7		0		0		0		6		15		0.00		1.03		.156
Mariano Rivera		19		0		1		1		12		0		0		20.0		10		1		1		0		0		17		0.45		0.50		.149
Brian Bruney		9		1		1		0		1		0		0		11.1		7		2		2		2		6		12		1.59		1.15		.175
Darrell Rasner		3		3		3		0		0		0		0		19.0		14		4		4		2		2		11		1.89		0.84		.206
Chris Britton		2		0		0		0		0		0		0		4.2		1		1		1		0		4		0		1.93		1.07		.067
Joba Chamberlain		19		0		1		2		0		0		0		22.1		15		6		6		1		10		27		2.42		1.12		.190
José Veras		8		0		0		0		0		0		0		8.2		6		3		3		1		1		7		3.12		0.81		.188
Chien-Ming Wang		11		11		6		2		0		1		0		73.0		63		31		31		3		26		41		3.82		1.22		.230
Jonathan Albaladejo		7		0		0		1		0		0		0		13.2		15		6		6		1		6		13		3.95		1.54		.294
Andy Pettitte		10		10		4		5		0		0		0		59.0		69		31		28		6		16		47		4.27		1.44		.294
Mike Mussina		11		11		7		4		0		0		0		55.1		64		34		27		9		9		29		4.39		1.32		.291
Kyle Farnsworth		21		0		0		1		0		0		0		22.0		26		11		11		7		7		20		4.50		1.50		.306
Billy Traber		11		0		0		0		0		0		0		8.0		9		4		4		1		5		6		4.50		1.75		.290
LaTroy Hawkins		18		0		1		0		0		0		0		23.0		20		13		13		2		8		13		5.09		1.22		.244
Ross Ohlendorf		15		0		0		1		0		0		0		27.1		32		19		17		3		12		25		5.60		1.61		.286
Ian Kennedy		8		7		0		3		0		0		0		34.2		37		28		28		3		25		23		7.27		1.79		.280
Phil Hughes		6		6		0		4		0		0		0		22.0		34		23		22		2		13		13		9.00		2.14		.362
Kei Igawa		1		1		0		1		0		0		0		3.0		11		6		6		0		0		0		18.00		3.67		.579
Total						25		25		13		1		0		439.2		440		223		210		43		156		319		4.30		1.36		.262

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