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YANKEES 13
ORIOLES 3

Wednesday afternoon at the Stadium, the Yankees avoided a sweep at the hands of the Baltimore Orioles, with a 13- 3 victory. Joba Chamberlain pitched well for the Yankees, and Bobby Abreu provided 2 homeruns as part of the 13 run outburst.

Joba Chamberlain held Baltimore to 2 runs (only one earned) over six innings to post his second victory in as many starts. Chamberlain scattered five hits while walking none and striking out six. In the 7th inning, Edwar Ramirez entered the game and threw only one pitch, as he tossed one over the head of Kevin Millar, and was ejected by the home plate umpire. Dave Robertson came in after that to pitch the 7th and 8th, in which he gave up one run on a homerun. Dan Giese finished off the O’s in the 9th.

Offensively, the Yankees struck early and often. Alex Rodriguez hit an RBI single, and then a throwing error and a passed ball led to 2 other runs, to give the Yankees a 3-1 1st inning lead. Bobby Abreu extended the Yankees’ lead in the third when he drilled a honerun off the right-field foul pole for a two-run shot to extend the lead to 5-1.
The Yankees scored 4 more runs in the 6th inning, as Abreu opened the inning with a double and scored on Jason Giambi’s run-scoring single, and Xavier Nady added an RBI ground-rule double to remove reliever Brian Burres to give the Yanks a 9-2 lead.
In the 7th inning, Bobby Abreu connected on his 2nd homerun of the game, and was followed with a back to back homerun by A-Rod to give the Yanks a 13-2 lead.

The Yankees managed to avoid the sweep, and will now head into a 4 game series with the Los Angeles Angels, which have the best record in baseball.

GAME NOTES:
CHAMBERLAIN: 6IP, 5H, 1ER, 6SO
ABREU: 3-4, 2HR, 3RBI
AROD: 2-4, HR, 2RBI
NADY: 2-4, 2RBI

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