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BALTIMORE (AP) – Andy Pettitte extended his mastery of the
Baltimore Orioles, even though his teammates nearly sabotaged his
performance.
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Pettitte overcame three errors that led to two unearned runs,
and Derek Jeter stole home to cap a four-run third inning as the
New York Yankees cruised to a 5-2 victory Saturday.
Jeter and Chuck Knoblauch both had two hits and an RBI for the
Yankees, who will send former Oriole Mike Mussina to the mound
Sunday looking to complete a four-game sweep.
Pettitte (4-3) allowed six hits – all singles – in seven
innings. The left-hander struck out eight and walked two in
improving to 12-3 against Baltimore, including 8-1 at Camden Yards.
"We made a few mistakes defensively, and then I got a little
careful and lost some aggressiveness," Pettitte said. "But I made
some pitches to get out of those innings, and that was big."
An error by Scott Brosius at third base and a passed ball by
Jorge Posada gave Baltimore an unearned run in the third. The next
inning, second baseman Alfonso Soriano dropped a throw, setting up
an RBI single by Jerry Hairston.
"We asked (Pettitte) to get too many outs today, but he held
together pretty well, which was big," Yankees manager Joe Torre
said. "We were really very crisp and doing a lot of good things,
and all of a sudden it got ugly."
Pettitte, however, didn't buckle under the strain.
"It was nice to not let them too too much damage in those
innings," he said.
Brian Boehringer pitched two perfect two innings for his first
career save, striking out four.
Cal Ripken had two hits and scored a run for the Orioles, whose
season-high fourth straight loss dropped them five games under .500
for the first time this year.
"Pettitte is a good, veteran pitcher," Baltimore manager Mike
Hargrove said. "They made some errors to open the door for us, but
we never could quite step all the way through it."
Orioles starter Willis Roberts (4-1) retired the first seven
batters before six straight hitters reached in the third. After
Soriano singled and Scott Brosius walked, Knoblauch, Jeter and Paul
O'Neill delivered RBI singles.
With a 3-2 count on Bernie Williams, Jeter broke from third and
O'Neill took off for second. Although Roberts threw ball four,
catcher Fernando Lunar inexplicably threw to second and Jeter
scooted to the plate with the Yankees' first steal of home since he
did it in June 1999.
"It was a late call by the umpire. Fernando thought it was a
strike," Hargrove said.
Jeter said, "As soon as the catcher threw to second I was
going, and that was basically it. I didn't know if it was ball four
or whatever, I was just going."
Roberts gave up four runs, six hits and five walks in seven
innings. It was the first major league loss for the rookie
right-hander, whose only appearance in the big leagues before this
season was in one game with Detroit in 1999.
"He struggled with his command today," Hargrove said. "His
balls and strikes were about split (58 strikes, 49 balls). He's
better than that, and he knows it."
After Roberts left, Brosius hit a two-out RBI single in a run in
the eighth off Jose Mercedes.
Game notes
Soriano had two errors after making only two in his first
30 games this season. ... New York's David Justice went 0-for-4.
He's hitless in 17 at-bats and in a 4-for-43 funk. ... Ripken
(2-for-4) increased his batting average 16 points to .183. ... New
York has stolen at least one base in 16 straight games, the longest
streak in the majors since Oakland had a 17-game run in 1976. ...
The Yankees are 32-13 at Camden Yards in their last 45 games. ...
Baltimore OF Brady Anderson, who's hitting .183, was rested and
missed his first game of the season.
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NY Yankees 5
Baltimore 2
Boston 7
Oakland 1
Seattle 7
Toronto 5
Cleveland 9
Tampa Bay 4
Kansas City 12
Minnesota 10
Texas 2
Chi. White Sox 0
Detroit 11
Anaheim 2
NY Mets 8
Arizona 1
San Diego 5
Cincinnati 2
Chicago Cubs 20
Los Angeles 1
Atlanta 6
St. Louis 5
Milwaukee 8
Florida 2
Houston 4
Montreal 3
Philadelphia 4
San Francisco 2
Pittsburgh 11
Colorado 3
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