CC takes tough-luck loss as Yanks blanked by O’s

NEW YORK — Steve Pearce homered and drove in three runs to support Kevin Gausman’s first road victory of the season, while Mark Trumbo hit his Major League-leading 40th home run as the Orioles defeated the Yankees, 5-0, on Sunday at Yankee Stadium.

Pearce connected off New York starter CC Sabathia for a solo home run in the sixth inning, his 12th long ball, then greeted reliever Adam Warren with a two-out, two-run single to center field in the seventh. That was enough support for Gausman, who walked none and struck out eight over seven innings as the O’s salvaged the finale of a three-game series. 

Sabathia was credited with a quality start, permitting three runs and six hits while also striking out eight over 6 2/3 innings, but Gausman’s effort silenced a Yankees lineup that had thumped O’s pitching for 27 runs in the first two games of the series. Trumbo’s two-run shot came in the eighth inning off Ben Heller as New York fell 3 1/2 games behind Baltimore for the second American League Wild Card spot.

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDPearce’s power: This is why the Orioles traded for Pearce. The right-handed hitter homered off Sabathia and helped the O’s push another pair of runs across in the seventh. It was big for a Baltimore team that entered the day with the worst splits in the AL against left-handers.

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