Kyle Bradish Shut Down the Yankees With One Hit, and Baltimore Just Won the Series

The Baltimore Orioles just took the rubber match 7-0 on Wednesday, and it wasn't even close. Kyle Bradish was absolutely dominant, holding the New York Yankees to a single hit over six innings. One hit. In six innings. That's the kind of pitching that ends series, and that's exactly what happened at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

Bradish (2-5) struck out seven batters and walked three while throwing 100 pitches. The Yankees didn't get their first hit until Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s fifth-inning double with one out. Even then, Bradish struck out the next two hitters to slam the door. Behind him, Keegan Akin, Dietrich Enns, and Yennier Cano each threw a hitless inning of relief. When you get that kind of shutdown stuff from your entire pitching staff, you're going to win ballgames.

Rutschman and the Bats Pile On

The Orioles' bats weren't going to waste Bradish's masterpiece. Adley Rutschman drove in three runs total, including a two-run home run in the fifth inning. It was his second homer this month and his sixth of the season. Blaze Alexander went 3-for-4 and drove in two runs, while Coby Mayo and Pete Alonso both collected two hits and an RBI apiece. Alonso's RBI single in the third drove in a run that set the tone early.

The scoring started in the third when Mayo's two-out double brought home the first run. Rutschman's sacrifice fly in the same inning made it 2-0, then Alonso's single pushed it to 3-0 before the Yankees could even blink. By the time Rutschman went deep in the fifth, the game was already decided. Alexander singled in two more runs in the sixth to make it 7-0. Game over.

Yankees Fall Apart While Fried Leaves Early

Max Fried couldn't even make it out of three innings for the Yankees. He threw 61 pitches and gave up three runs on five hits and a walk with two strikeouts before leaving with left elbow soreness. New York announced he'll be evaluated and undergo imaging Thursday back in New York. Fried drops to 4-3.

Things got worse when Paul Blackburn came in and allowed three more runs in just two innings of work. Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe made his major league season debut and went 0-for-3 while committing an eighth-inning error. Trent Grisham and Spencer Jones each drew two walks, but it didn't matter with the Orioles' pitching that dominant.

The Orioles have now won three of their last four games. The Yankees? They've lost five of their last six. That's the series right there. Baltimore came in and took care of business on the road. Look for these two teams to meet again soon, but for now, the Orioles are walking out of Camden Yards with the rubber match locked down.

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