Yankees Struggle in Opener Against Orioles

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Orioles	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	12	0
Yankees	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0

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6

12

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Yankees

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1

1

5

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Orioles

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1

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6

12

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Yankees

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Hiroki Kuroda against the Orioles on Friday. (Getty Images)

The Yankees were unable to take the opener against the Orioles tonight as they were defeated 6-1. The Yankees lead in the AL East is down to just 2 games over the Orioles.

Hiroki Kuroda started for the Yankees and he put them in a position to win. Kuroda allowed 4 runs on 8 hits in 8 1/3 innings of work. He struck out 4 and did not walk a batter.

Curtis Granderson's solo home run in the ninth inning accounted for the only run scored by the Yankees tonight.

The Yankees and Orioles will continue their three game set tomorrow night.