O’s walk off over Yanks after classic duel

BALTIMORE — Pedro Alvarez’s sacrifice fly off Yankees closer Andrew Miller gave the Orioles a 1-0 walkoff win in the 10th inning on Thursday night.

The inning started with Hyun Soo Kim beating out a dribbler for an infield single off Yankees reliever Johnny Barbato. Jonathan Schoop then lined a single into center field to put the potential winning run, pinch-runner Nolan Reimold, 90 feet away.

The run was the O’s first in 21 innings.

Orioles starter Kevin Gausman and Yankees righty Masahiro Tanaka traded zeros for eight innings in an impressive pitching duel. Gausman tied a career high in innings with the outing, while Tanaka — who struck out seven — turned in his best start this season.

The Yankees, who got a fantastic double play from Dustin Ackley in right field in the ninth inning, are winless in their past seven road series.

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDIt’s Tanaka time: The most reliable Yankees starter this year, Tanaka spun his best outing thus far, tying his season high with seven strikeouts as he limited Baltimore to five hits and a walk over eight frames. Beginning with a double play that ended the fourth inning, Tanaka retired 13 of the last 14 batters he faced, permitting only Schoop’s seventh-inning single the rest of the way. He threw 102 pitches, 69 for strikes.

Gausman goes the distance: The O’s righty retired 23 of 26 batters faced, walking none and …

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