Torres' two homers help Yankees beat Orioles:
Gleyber Torres , The Canadian Presshomered twice, had a career-high four hits and drove in four runs, and the New York Yankees spoiled the Baltimore Orioles' home opener with an 8-4 victory Thursday.also homered for the Yankees, who beat Baltimore in their own season opener last week.
Torres' first home run of the season got New York within 3-1 in the third inning, and his three-run drive in the sixth off relieverThat was enough to take the edge off opening day at Camden Yards and the sellout crowd of 44,182 after the rebuilding Orioles won two of three at both Yankee Stadium and in Toronto.
It was the third career two-homer game for the 22-year-old Torres, who did it twice last year during his rookie season. The second time was in August against Baltimore, when he went deep againstand Wright — just as he did on this occasion. Voit's three-run drive in the ninth seals New York's third win in seven games. struck out nine and allowed four runs in 5 1/3 innings to win his first game with New York being traded from Seattle in November.
It was 4-1 when the Yankees rallied in the sixth. Sanchez chased Cobb with a two-out solo shot and Wright gave up successive singles before Torres sent an 0-2 pitch into the left-field seats.has picked up where he left off from last season, and that's not a good thing. Davis struck out three times and is 0 for 17 with 11 strikeouts. He went hitless over his final 21 at-bats in 2018 to finish at .168, the worst batting average for a qualifier in major league history.Orioles rookie manager Brandon Hyde was well aware of the opening day tradition in Baltimore of running down the orange carpet from centre field for pregame introductions."Prime Time," he said.
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