Sunday, August 24, 2008

Yankees Sweep O's Away

Daniel Cabrera turned in his shortest outing of the season and the Birds were swept at Camden Yards for the first time this year, falling 8-7 to the New York Yankees.

Cabrera was charged with seven runs in just 3 and 2/3 innings; he allowed nine hits, walked three and didn't strike out a single batter...check out this quote:

"As you can see, nothing's going the way I'm looking for," Cabrera said. "I've been bad for a long time" (courtesy of Orioles.com).

The Birds handed Cabrera an early lead in the first inning; Melvin Mora and Aubrey Huff hit back-to-back jacks to give the O's a 2-0 advantage. Cabrera couldn't hold on, but the O's battled back and tied the game at seven after Brian Roberts drilled a 2-run shot in the fifth.

It wasn't enough...reliever Jamie Walker gave up a solo homer in the seventh and the Yankees held on for the win...it was Walker's second loss of the season; both came in this series...

The Orioles are 1-5 on the home stand and are now a season-worst seven games under .500. They face the Chicago White Sox Monday night...the rained-out game from late April will resume at 6:05, the regularly scheduled game starts at 7:05...Chris Waters will make the start for the Birds...

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