Yanks Down O's With The Longball, 9-4

Last night was painful. I went to the ballgame last night, and sitting where I was -- it felt like I was at Yankee Stadium. I must have been one of seven or eight Oriole fans in my section, and by the ninth inning, the sound of Yankee nation was overwhelming that it was almost demoralizing to sit in your home ballpark.

It was just as bad -- if not worse than Red Sox Nation coming to town this week. Although it is looking as if the Yankees will not make the playoffs, their fans come down to Baltimore in droves as they saw their team defeat the Orioles, 9-4.

Baltimore was in the game, and actually led 4-3 until the eighth inning. With the lead so narrow, veteran Jamie Walker was brought in the game and allowed two runners to reach base; thereafter, rookie Kam Mickolio uncorked a wild pitch to allow one runner to score, and allowed the other to come in off a base hit.

The nail in the coffin came in ninth inning as hurler Fernando Cabrera allowed the game to get out of hand by serving two homers in the final frame. Four runs crossed home plate, and the game became very much out of reach.

Both Aubrey Huff and Kevin Millar had two hits, and Ramon Hernandez hit his 14 home runs and drove in 2; however, the Yankees' Bobby Abreu had 4 hits and Cody Ransom homered.