Yankees Sweep O's out of Town

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Baltimore	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2		4	9	0
NY Yankees	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	X		6	11	1

The Yankees enjoyed some afternoon delight on Wednesday, defeating the Baltimore Orioles 6-4 to complete their second straight 3-game series sweep. In doing so they extended their current winning streak to six games and moved two full games ahead of Boston in the AL East. A.J. Burnett threw an effective 7 innings to pick up his 9th win, buoyed by a pair of RBI each from Jorge Posada and Nick Swisher. Mariano Rivera picked up his 28th save after Brian Bruney allowed a pair of 9th inning home runs.

The Yankees jumped on Orioles starter, and loser, Jason Berken for four runs in the 1st inning. Derek Jeter led off the ball-game with a double to left-center and moved to third base two batters later when Mark Teixeira singled to center. Alex Rodriguez drove his 10th run in his last 9 games with a single through the left side for a 1-0 lead. With the bases loaded and two out, Robinson Cano doubled the lead with an infield single...

Read the rest of my recap at Baseball Digest Online.