Roy "Whiff Master" Oswalt delivering a pitch in tonight's game!


Robbie Cano knows many ways to turn a double play, as he does it beautifully again tonight!


Roy Oswalt picks up career strikeout number 1500 in team's victory.

The Yankees squeaked out a 5-4 win over the Orioles last night in front of 51,683 fans at Yankee Stadium, pinning a one-run loss on the visitors from Baltimore.

Roy Oswalt picked up his 2nd win of the season, going 7 and a third innings, allowing 3 runs on 6 hits. Mark Teixeira was 1-for-4 and had 1 RBI on the day.

Tomorrow night Andy Pettitte (4-0, 4.55) of the Yankees will oppose Jeremy Guthrie (2-1, 7.71) and the Orioles in the finale of the series at Yankee Stadium. Nick Markakis hopes to add to his 13-game hitting streak.

MLB Scoreboard - Baltimore Orioles (12-15) at New York Yankees (14-12)

May 4, 2010	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore Orioles	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	10	2
New York Yankees	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	X	5	8	0
WIN: Roy Oswalt (2-2) LOSS: Brad Bergesen (1-3) SAVE: Mariano Rivera (7)

Scoring Summary

			BAL	NYY
BAL	2nd	Wieters scored on a wild pitch. Jones reached 2nd on a wild pitch.	1	0
BAL	2nd	Atkins hit a sacrifice fly to Granderson (SF8). Jones scores.	2	0
NYY	3rd	Gardner bunted to third baseman for a single. Pena scores. Gardner advances to 2nd on a throwing error.	2	1
NYY	3rd	Swisher doubled to center. Gardner scores.	2	2
NYY	3rd	Teixeira grounded to right for a single. Swisher scores.	2	3
NYY	6th	Cano stole 2nd. Rodriguez scored.	2	4
NYY	6th	Pena grounded to center for a single. Posada scores.	2	5
BAL	8th	Markakis doubled to left. Roberts scores. Wigginton advances to 3rd.	3	5
BAL	9th	Jones homered to left.	4	5

Baltimore Orioles

Hitters	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Roberts, 2B	5	1	2	0	0	0	.250
Tejada, 3B	5	0	3	0	0	0	.362
Lugo, PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364
Wigginton, SS	4	0	0	0	1	1	.295
Scott, DH	3	0	0	0	1	2	.200
Markakis, RF	4	0	1	1	0	1	.291
Wieters, C	4	1	1	0	0	1	.236
Jones, CF	4	2	2	1	0	1	.365
Reimold, LF	3	0	1	0	1	0	.373
Atkins, 1B	3	0	0	1	0	0	.182
Totals	35	4	10	3	3	6
BATTING: 2B: N. Markakis (13) HR: A. Jones (6) RBI: A. Jones (23), N. Markakis (12), G. Atkins (12) SF: G. Atkins GIDP: T. Wigginton
FIELDING: E: M. Tejada 2 (3)

Baltimore Orioles

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
B. Bergesen (L, 1-3)	5.0	5	4	1	2	5	4.91
W. Ohman	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	6.75
C. Meredith	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	1.80
M. Hendrickson	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	2.53
M. Albers	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0.87
J. Johnson	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	2.70
Totals	8.0	8	5	2	4	5
PITCHING: WP: B. Bergesen 2 (2)

New York Yankees

Hitters	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Jeter, DH	4	0	1	0	0	1	.273
Swisher, RF	3	1	1	1	0	1	.228
Winn, PR-RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300
Teixeira, 1B	4	0	1	1	0	1	.267
Rodriguez, 3B	2	1	0	0	2	1	.370
Cano, 2B	3	0	1	0	1	0	.213
Posada, C	1	1	0	0	1	0	.258
Granderson, CF	4	0	2	0	0	0	.362
Pena, SS	3	1	1	1	0	1	.286
Gardner, LF	3	1	1	0	0	0	.279
Totals	27	5	8	3	4	5
BATTING: 2B: N. Swisher (3) RBI: M. Teixeira (16), N. Swisher (19), R. Pena (2) HBP: J. Posada, N. Swisher SAC: J. Posada
BASERUNNING: SB: D. Jeter (12), A. Rodriguez (7), R. Cano (12), R. Winn (5) CS: C. Granderson (7), A. Rodriguez (4), R. Cano (4), R. Winn (2)

New York Yankees

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
R. Oswalt (W, 2-2)	7.1	6	3	3	3	4	4.14
D. Aardsma (H, 2)	0.2	1	0	0	0	2	2.53
M. Rivera (S, 7)	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	3.72
Totals	9.0	10	4	4	3	6
PITCHING: WP: R. Oswalt 3 (4)

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