Yankees at Orioles
The New York Yankees seem to set a record every time they take the field at Camden Yards, and they'll have a chance at another notable achievement when they finish the three-game series against the host Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday. One night after they set a major league record for most home runs hit in a visiting ballpark in one season with 32, the Yankees added six more blasts in Tuesday's 9-4 victory - their seventh straight.
New York has 47 homers against the Orioles on the season, one behind the team and MLB mark versus one opponent in a year, set in 1956 against the Kansas City Athletics. Mike Tauchman has three homers in the series while Brett Gardner and Austin Romine have gone deep twice as the Yankees have pushed their winning streak against Baltimore to 11 straight overall and 14 in a row at Camden Yards. James Paxton hopes to be the recipient of New York's run support when he starts the series finale opposite John Means. Jonathan Villar hit for the cycle in the opener for the Orioles and added two more hits in Tuesday's loss, including an RBI triple.
TV: 7:05 p.m. ET, YES (New York), MASN (Baltimore)
PITCHING MATCHUP: Yankees LH James Paxton (6-6, 4.61 ERA) vs. Orioles RH John Means (8-6, 3.12)
Paxton won for the first time in seven tries with six innings of two-run ball against Boston at home his last time out. He had allowed seven runs in each of his previous two outings while serving up five home runs. The 30-year-old is 3-1 with a 3.86 ERA in five career starts against Baltimore.
Means labored through his shortest start since April 9 when he gave up three runs over 3 1/3 innings at Arizona on July 24. He was placed on the injured list with a bicep strain two days later and will return to make his first career start against the Yankees. The University of West Virginia product is 6-2 with a 2.56 ERA at home.
WALK-OFFS
1. The Orioles optioned RHP Jimmy Yacabonis to Triple-A Norfolk and recalled OF DJ Stewart.
2. Yankees 2B Gleyber Torres departed Tuesday's game due to a core issue.
3. New York's 14-game winning streak in Baltimore is the third-longest in baseball history, one behind Toronto's 15-game run in Boston from 1987-89.