The great escape: Swarzak works key relief

NEW YORK — The box score credits the victory to Nathan Eovaldi and his 5 1/3 innings of work, but the biggest outs Tuesday evening for the Yankees were recorded by Anthony Swarzak, who extinguished a bases-loaded, one-out jam with the Major Leagues’ leading home run hitter at the plate.

Righty Swarzak coaxed sixth-inning popouts from Mark Trumbo and Jonathan Schoop, then worked two more perfect innings to help preserve the Yankees’ third straight victory, a 7-1 decision over the Orioles that moved New York a game above the break-even mark at 47-46.

“You throw strikes,” Swarzak said. “You have nowhere to put anybody. You want to challenge everybody with your best stuff, and hopefully you come out on top.”

Neophyte first baseman Rob Refsnyder played a large part in turning the O’s aside after Eovaldi ran into trouble, surrendering a run-scoring double to Joey Rickard and filling the bases with a semi-intentional, four-pitch walk to Manny Machado.

Trumbo has 28 homers this season, but he lifted a foul pop down the first-base line, where Refsnyder lunged for the ball and then delivered a two-hop throw to catcher Brian McCann that froze Adam Jones at third …

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