Wow: I gave up another homer.



Ump beware.


Batter beware.



The Orioles prepare for the Grandy Man.



Oops, I dropped my swagger.

Yankees suffer loss at home, as lead over Rays in the AL East drops to 6 and a half games.

The Yankees suffered a 6-0 defeat to the Orioles at Yankee Stadium last night, slashing their AL East lead to 6 and a half games over the Rays.

Bartolo Colon was the starter and loser, despite giving up only 5 hits (and 4 runs) in a relatively short outing (5 innings).

Curtis Granderson went 1-for-3 in what was an unusually quiet offensive day. In the game Brian Roberts picked up career RBI number 500.

The Yankees will start Manny Banuelos (19-3, 3.77) tomorrow night in game 2 of the series, while the Orioles counter with Zach Britton (6-3, 3.90)

BAL at NYY - Yankee Stadium
Sep 5, 2011	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore Orioles (69-72)	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	6	11	0
New York Yankees (101-42)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
W: Jake Arrieta (12-12) L: Bartolo Colon (16-8)

Baltimore Orioles
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Roberts, 2B	5	3	3	2	0	0	2 (14)	.249
Markakis, RF	4	0	1	0	0	1		.297
Wieters, C	4	0	0	0	0	0		.275
Reynolds, 3B	4	1	3	1	0	0	1 (27)	.258
Guerrero, DH	4	0	1	1	0	0		.271
Jones, CF	4	0	1	0	0	1		.255
Scott, LF	4	1	1	0	0	1		.249
Hardy, SS	3	1	1	2	0	1	1 (14)	.244
Fox, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2		.262
TEAM TOTALS	36	6	11	6	0	6
BATTING: 2B: N. Markakis (42) 3B: L. Scott (1) HR: B. Roberts 2 (14), M. Reynolds (27), J. Hardy (14) RBI: B. Roberts 2 (43), V. Guerrero (77), M. Reynolds (81), J. Hardy 2 (64) SF: J. Hardy GIDP: V. Guerrero

New York Yankees
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Jeter, SS	3	0	0	0	0	1		.278
Nunez, SS	1	0	0	0	0	1		.235
Granderson, LF	3	0	1	0	0	1		.285
Jones, LF	0	0	0	0	1	0		.279
Teixeira, 1B	3	0	1	0	0	1		.322
Chavez, 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0		.260
Rodriguez, 3B	3	0	0	0	0	2		.274
Posada, 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0		.311
Cano, 2B	3	0	1	0	0	0		.260
Montero, DH	3	0	0	0	0	1		.272
Swisher, RF	3	0	0	0	0	1		.287
Martin, C	3	0	0	0	0	0		.280
Gardner, CF	3	0	1	0	0	2		.288
TEAM TOTALS	29	0	4	0	1	10
BATTING: GIDP: M. Teixeira, N. Swisher

Baltimore Orioles
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
J. Arrieta (W, 12-12)	9.0	4	0	0	1	10		4.08
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	4	0	0	1	10		4.08

New York Yankees
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
B. Colon (L, 16-8)	5.0	5	4	4	0	3		2.79
P. Hughes	2.2	3	1	1	0	3		2.28
L. Ayala	1.1	3	1	1	0	0		3.47
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	11	6	6	0	6