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The Yankees 5-game winning streak came to a halt this afternoon when the Baltimore Orioles won 6-1 at Camden Yards. The Yankees got another great start from Darrell Rasner, who allowed just a solo home run by Nick Markakis in 6 innings, but the Yankees bullpen imploded and the offense managed just 5 hits on the day.

The Orioles were clinging to a 1-0 lead when LaTroy Hawkins entered the game to start the 7th. He allowed a lead off single to Ramon Hernandez, but struck out Adam Jones and Freddie Bynum for a quick 2 outs. It would be a while before the Yankees got that final out.

Hawkins walked Brian Roberts and then allowed an RBI single to Melvin Mora for a 2-0 lead. Joe Girardi opted for Jose Veras, who pitched worse than Hawkins. After allowing an RBI single to Markakis, he served up a gopher ball to Aubrey Huff who put the game out of reach with a 3-run home run.

The Yankees managed just 3 hits off of starter Garrett Olson over 7 innings, after pounding him at Yankee Stadium last week. The Yankees did manage a couple of rallies, but a lack of key hitting and some Orioles defense thwarted their efforts. With two on and two out in the 2nd inning, Melky Cabrera grounded out to short. Cabrera is 12-62 since May 6 and has seen his average dip from .291 to .249.

The Yankees had another 2-out shot in the 3rd. With Johnny Damon on 2nd and Alex Rodriguez on 1st, Hideki Matsui singled through the right side, but Markakis, who leagues the AL in assists, gunned down Damon at home.

Rasner allowed just 3 hits through the first 5 innings as he extended his scoreless streak to 12 innings. But Markakis' 9th home run snapped the scoreless tie and helped to hand Rasner his first loss in four decisions.

The Yankees finally broke up the shutout in the 9th when Matsui doubled, for his 3rd hit of the day, and scored 3 batters later on a base hit by Chad Moeller.

News and Notes

Jorge Posada went 0-5 in an extended spring training game.

May 26, 2008

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
NY Yankees	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	5	0
Baltimore	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	X		6	9	0

NY Yankees	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Damon, LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.265
Jeter, SS	3	0	0	0	1	2	1	.282
Abreu, RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.288
Rodriguez, 3B	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	.289
Matsui, DH	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	.331
Duncan, S, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	3	.164
Cano, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.224
Moeller, C	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	.265
Cabrera, CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	.249
Totals	31	1	5	1	4	8	15
BATTING 2B: Matsui (9, Walker). TB: Damon; Matsui 4; Moeller. RBI: Moeller (8). 2-out RBI: Moeller. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rodriguez; Cabrera; Duncan, S. Team LOB: 8. BASERUNNING SB: Rodriguez (3, 2nd base off Olson/Hernandez, R), Jeter (3, 2nd base off Olson/Hernandez, R).

NY Yankees	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Rasner (L, 3-1)	6.0	5	1	1	1	3	1	1.80
Hawkins	0.2	2	3	3	1	2	0	6.08
Veras	1.1	2	2	2	0	1	1	4.50

Baltimore	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Roberts, 2B	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	.258
Mora, 3B	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	.239
Markakis, RF	4	2	3	2	0	0	0	.258
Huff, DH	4	1	2	3	0	0	1	.246
Scott, LF	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	.250
Payton, LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237
Millar, 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.236
Hernandez, R, C	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	.215
Jones, CF	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	.253
Bynum, SS	3	0	0	0	0	2	4	.234
Totals	33	6	9	6	2	6	10
BATTING 2B: Markakis (6, Rasner), Huff (11, Rasner). HR: Markakis (9, 6th inning off Rasner, 0 on, 1 out), Huff (8, 7th inning off Veras, 2 on, 2 out). TB: Mora; Markakis 7; Huff 6; Millar; Hernandez, R; Jones. RBI: Markakis 2 (24), Mora (25), Huff 3 (28). 2-out RBI: Mora; Markakis; Huff 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Bynum 2; Huff; Millar. Team LOB: 5. FIELDING Outfield assists: Markakis (Damon at home).

Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Olson (W, 4-1) 7.0 3 0 0 4 7 0 4.09 Bradford 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.70 Walker 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 4.20

HBP: Moeller (by Olson). Pitches-strikes: Rasner 98-68, Hawkins 20-12, Veras 19-11, Olson 107-60, Bradford 14-9, Walker 12-7. Ground outs-fly outs: Rasner 4-11, Hawkins 0-0, Veras 1-2, Olson 4-9, Bradford 1-1, Walker 1-2. Batters faced: Rasner 24, Hawkins 5, Veras 6, Olson 28, Bradford 3, Walker 5. Inherited runners-scored: Veras 2-2. Umpires: HP: Lance Barksdale. 1B: Doug Eddings. 2B: Ted Barrett. 3B: Dana DeMuth. Weather: 88 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, Out to CF. T: 2:46. Att: 34,928.