But I've seen too many things happen in this game. A crowd of 52,535 saw the Orioles match their biggest lead of the season, winning for the third straight day at Yankee Stadium. We have to put something together and worry about Baltimore later. Then you scoreboard watch and see that Anaheim isn't putting any pressure on us. The Orioles, though, continued to beat the team that clubbed them last season.
Every game is important.
Hopefully, we can maintain somewhat of a dominance this year. But if we meet again in the playoffs, it doesn't really matter. Erickson, who retired 10 straight in one stretch, walked two and struck out five. Berroa hit his 24th home run on Mendoza's first pitch in the second. B.J. Surhoff walked to begin the sixth, and his hard slide into second baseman Rey Sanchez prevented the Yankees from turning a double play on Berroa's grounder.