O’s push back Yanks behind Gausman’s gem

NEW YORK — Kevin Gausman cooled off a red-hot Yankees lineup to pick up his first road victory of the season, Mark Trumbo hit his Major League-leading 40th home run and Steve Pearce also homered as part of a three-RBI performance as the Orioles defeated the Yankees, 5-0, on Sunday at Yankee Stadium.

Gausman walked none and struck out eight over seven innings, scattering seven hits as the O’s salvaged the finale of a three-game series. The right-hander’s effort silenced a Yankees club that thumped O’s pitching for 27 runs in the first two games of the series.

“I think his command of his pitches was excellent,” Trumbo said. “I think because he was ahead of so many hitters, he was able to put a lot of them away. It seemed like they were on their toes a little bit.”

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. Sabathia was credited with a quality start, permitting three runs and six hits while also striking out eight over 6 2/3 innings.

“I was just trying to keep us in the game,” Sabathia said. “Their guy was pitching good, so I was just trying to get us back in the dugout. It’s just how it’s been going, soft contact. I made the pitches, but I just didn’t get the results.”

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.

Pearce, who has been battling an elbow injury, came out of the game early for precautionary reasons.

“You know, CC had some good stuff out there today and some late break on some stuff. I just took a couple of hard [check swings] back to back and kind of aggravated it,” Pearce said. “I told [manager Buck Showalter] I was still able to go out there, but he made it very clear that we were going to try and get out in front of this thing and not let it flare up again like it did …

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