BALTIMORE — Ryan Mountcastle and Jorge Mateo each homered and drove in two runs to lift the Baltimore Orioles to a series-deciding 7-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Thursday.
Ryan McKenna also connected and Jordan Westburg’s two-run triple helped the Orioles complete a four-run fifth to chase Yankees starter Carlos Rodon (2-2) and secure a third win of the four-game set, the first this season between likely AL East contenders.
Righty Kyle Bradish allowed one run in 4 2/3 innings in his first start after beginning the season on the 15-day injured list with a UCL strain. Keegan Akin (1-0) retired four batters while allowing a run in middle relief.
Gleyber Torres hit his first home run but also made the Yankees’ third error of the series to help extend the game’s decisive inning.
Rondon yielded all seven Baltimore runs – six earned – on eight hits in his shortest outing of 2024.
He escaped his bases-loaded, no-out jam in the second before Mountcastle’s solo shot in the third, and Mateo’s and McKenna’s in the fourth.
After Mountcastle singled in another run in the fifth, Anthony Santander grounded a potential double-play ball to shortstop. Instead, Torres fumbled the ball trying to barehand the feed from Volpe and both runners were safe with none out.
