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Jose Trevino’s clutch hit in 11th helps Yankees snap skid

Just as the Yankees’ first pothole of the 2022 season was beginning to crater, they pulled out a needed last-minute victory.

Michael King was rocked for a three-run homer in the seventh, but the Yanks quickly came back to tie the score before Jose Trevino’s RBI single lifted them to a 7-6 win in 11 innings, halting their season-worst losing streak at three games.

Gleyber Torres belted two of the Yankees’ four home runs on a night that DJ LeMahieu was a late scratch from the lineup with left wrist discomfort. Giancarlo Stanton also was pinch hit for by Estevan Florial in the seventh inning due to tightness in his right calf.

King, who had given up two runs Saturday against the White Sox, entered with a 3-2 lead following Austin Hays’ leadoff homer off starter Jordan Montgomery in the seventh. King allowed a single and a walk before surrendering a three-run homer to right by former Yankee Rougned Odor for a 5-3 game. It was only the second home run permitted by King in 27 innings this season.

Torres ripped his second solo homer of the game off Baltimore starter Bruce Zimmermann in the bottom of the inning, and Trevino added a two-out RBI single four batters later off reliever Logan Gillaspie for a 5-5 tie.

Jose Trevino celebrates after hitting a game-winning single in the 11th inning of the Yankees’ 7-6 win over the Orioles.
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Clay Holmes, Wandy Peralta and Clarke Schmidt recorded the next nine outs — one inning apiece — before the Orioles took a 6-5 lead against Schmidt in the 11th when third baseman Marwin Gonzalez couldn’t handle Hays’ hard grounder with the infield in, enabling Ryan McKenna to score.

The Yanks came back to tie again on Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s single to center in the bottom half against Bryan Baker, and after Gonzalez also singled, Trevino recorded his third RBI of the game with a single down the left-field line.

Rizzo and Trevino also had belted solo shots earlier in the game against Zimmermann for the Yankees (30-13).

The AL-leading Yanks entered facing what Aaron Boone acknowledged as their first true adversity of the season, with three straight losses for the first time alongside the Josh Donaldson incident/suspension, the IL assignments of Chad Green and Aroldis Chapman, and the COVID-list absences of Kyle Higashioka (activated Tuesday), Donaldson and Joey Gallo.

“As I always say, we know it’s coming,” Boone said before the game. “You’re going to have these bumps along the way, whether it’s on the injury front, guys getting ill, whatever.

Gleyber Torres hits one of his two home runs in the Yankees' win over the Orioles.
Gleyber Torres hits one of his two home runs in the Yankees’ win over the Orioles.
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“We’re prepared to deal with that. We’ve been hit here a little bit these last few days, but feel like we’re in a good spot to deal with it and move on. … This group welcomes it and will handle it.”

Montgomery handled the Orioles’ lineup in the early innings, retiring the first eight batters he faced until Jorge Mateo’s single in the third. Montgomery has posted a 3.30 ERA over nine starts, but the lefty has an 0-1 mark with eight no-decisions due to scant ran support.

The slumping Rizzo provided Montgomery a 1-0 lead with a solo blast to right off Zimmerman in the first, only his second homer in May after belting nine in April.

Trevino also went deep to left in the third, his second of the season, before Torres made it 3-0 with his sixth of the year one inning later. The two homers on the night gave Torres 18 in his career against the Orioles, easily his most against any opponent.

Montgomery didn’t allow a runner to reach scoring position until Ramon Urias’ double down the left-field line in the fifth. The Orioles posted their first run against the lefty on Odor’s groundball out for a 3-1 game.

Boone allowed Montgomery to start the seventh after throwing 84 pitches through six, but Hays tagged him for a leadoff homer to right to shave the Yankees’ lead to one before King entered and surrendered the lead.

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