O's Hand Sabathia a Loss at Yankee Stadium

The Birds tagged CC Sabathia for three runs before he recorded a single out, and went on to beat New York 6-2 on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium.

The O's have now won four straight games against the best teams in all of baseball, Tampa Bay and New York, and have a chance to sweep the Yankees on their home field for the first time in nearly 25 years. Dating back to their sweep of the Angels, the Orioles have now won five straight road games, a season high.

O's starter Jake Arrieta kept New York's offense off-balance all night, and took the win after allowing just two runs off eight hits and one walk over 6 1/3 innings, while fanning three. Arrieta was pulled with one out and runners on the corners in the seventh inning, setting the stage for Matt Alber's stellar relief appearance. Albers escaped the jam unscathed, going 1 2/3 innings before giving way to Mark Hendrickson in the ninth. The two relievers didn't allow a single hit or base on balls through the final frames...

The O's got to Sabathia early, scoring all the runs they would need in the first inning. Ty Wigginton put the Birds on the board with a bloop single that loaded the bases for Adam Jones, who ripped a two-run single to give the Orioles a 3-0 lead before Sabathia recorded an out. Nolan Reimold extended the lead with a mammoth two-run bomb in the third inning, and Nick Markakis' RBI single in the seventh sent Sabathia to the showers with no chance of picking up his 20th win of the season. Sabathia had gone 21 straight games without a loss at Yankee Stadium, but the Birds snapped his streak and stopped him from becoming the first 20-game winner in the Majors this season...

The O's go for the historic sweep of the Yankees in New York on Wednesday afternoon...if the Birds can pull it off, they will have won a season-best five straight games. Since Buck Showalter took over, the Orioles have the second-best record in all of baseball (the Yankees are third-best after Tuesday's loss!). Brad Bergesen takes the mound later this afternoon...