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Orioles, Yankees Suspended By Rain in Top of the Eighth
Paul Bako can only watch Johnny Damon score the second of two runs on Derek Jeter's single in the eighth inning on Thursday.
(Joe Giza - Reuters)
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"You can't walk people at the bottom of the lineup and hope to shut the Yankees down," Trembley said. "That's a fact. When you do that, you're probably flipping a coin."
Said Parrish: "No excuse for that. I didn't produce the way I should have. I need to go out there and throw strikes in that situation with a two-run lead."
On came Ray, who induced a groundout from Andy Phillips before Johnny Damon chopped an infield hit. He stole second without a throw, and soon became an insurance run, following home Cabrera on Jeter's single.
The Orioles' bats were quiet until the seventh, when Nick Markakis led off with a single to left. Kevin Millar followed with a looping fly ball down the right field line, drifting closer and closer toward foul ground as Abreu gave chase. Abreu lurched and slid, but the ball bounced past his glove and onto the warning track.
It rolled to the corner as Markakis and Millar wheeled around the base paths. Third base coach Juan Samuel windmilled his arm, first for Markakis to score, and then for Millar to lumber to third.
After an Aubrey Huff groundout, Mora walked and Jay Gibbons stepped to the plate. He lined a ball to left-center that skidded through the gap and to the wall. Freddie Bynum, pinch-running for Millar, walked home.
Mora, going from the crack of the bat, flew around third as shortstop Jeter took the relay and threw to Posada. The ball bounced home, but not before Mora dived and slapped the plate. The Orioles led 5-4, and the crowd of 40,737, the largest at Camden Yards since Opening Day, roared.
Corey Patterson, at second pinch-running for Gibbons, then tried to steal third. Posada came up firing, but threw wildly into left field, allowing Patterson to score for the 6-4 lead.
And then the rains came.
A little less than a month from now, the complexion of the game will be greatly altered. Without Mora available when the game is resumed, Trembley will have to play Chris Gomez at third and Ramon Hernandez at first because of Mora's ejection and the substitutions he used.
"I don't have any other choice," he said.
