Anthony Santander hit a one-out home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Baltimore Orioles a 1-0 victory against the New York Yankees in Friday night's opener of a three-game series.
It turned into a splendid pitching matchup between All-Star Gerrit Cole of the Yankees and rookie Grayson Rodriguez of the Orioles in a game delayed for 2 1/2 hours before the first pitch because of messy weather.
The AL East-leading Orioles snapped a two-game skid, and the last-place Yankees were shut out for the fifth time. Felix Bautista , the fifth Baltimore pitcher, struck out two batters in a perfect ninth for the victory. Cole departed after seven shutout innings that included a season-high 110 pitches. He gave up three hits without a walk and struck out five. Michael King and Wandy Peralta followed Cole on the mound for the Yankees.
Rodriguez came out after DJ LeMahieu's one-out single in the seventh. Shintaro Fujinami was summoned from the bullpen. After Billy McKinney walked, Harrison Bader grounded into a double play.In their 12th game since the All-Star break, the Yankees failed to score more than three for the seventh time.
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