Winning streak ends in N.Y.
NEW YORK – Once the dust had cleared from a flurry of last-minute nonwaiver trade deadline moves Tuesday afternoon, a disassembled Orioles club lost to the New York Yankees, 6-3, at Yankee Stadium.
Fielding a team with five starters who weren’t on the 25-man roster at last year’s All-Star break, the Orioles’ three-game winning streak was ended.
After the team’s hottest hitter, second baseman Jonathan Schoop, and right-hander Kevin Gausman were traded along with injured reliever Darren O’Day earlier in the day to the Milwaukee Brewers and Atlanta Braves, respectively, the rebuilding Orioles emerged from the trade deadline having dealt six veteran players.
Right-hander Yefry Ramírez, making his sixth major league start, fell victim to a four-run fifth inning, a frame capped by rookie third baseman Miguel Andújar’s three-run homer with two outs that gave the Yankees a 6-0 lead.
On the night, Ramírez — a former Yankees farmhand — allowed six runs on six hits, three walks and a hit batter. Ramírez has failed to go beyond five innings in all six of his starts with the Orioles.
Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka held the Orioles (32-75) scoreless for six innings, allowing just three hits. Tanaka (9-2) struck out eight batters, including five swinging on his patented splitter.
The Orioles scored their only three runs in the eighth, breaking the shutout on Jace Peterson’s two-run double off A.J. Cole. Peterson then moved to third on a passed ball and scored on Andújar’s catch error on the same play.