Germán's 2nd straight win, Frazier's 1st homer lifts Yanks

BALTIMORE (AP) — Domingo Germán won his second straight start, combining with Michael King on a four-hitter, and the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-0 Wednesday night.

Mike Ford put the Yankees ahead in the second inning with his second home run in 16 at-bats this season, an opposite-field drive to left, and cleanup hitter Gio Urshela made it 5-0 with a three-run homer in the four-run third.

Four innings after making a baserunning blunder, Clint Frazier hit his first home run in 69 plate appearances this season, capping the scoring in the eighth with a drive off Tyler Wells.

New York has won five of seven. The Yankees scored their most runs since getting a season-high eight on April 11 and pitched their second shutout this season — both have come against the Orioles.

“We scored seven and obviously we’ll take that every time,” manager Aaron Boone said. “It’s also one of those games we probably could have scored more the way the guys swung the bat.”

Baltimore fell to 3-10 at home this season.

Germán (2-2), who missed the 2020 season while serving a domestic violence suspension, beat Cleveland on April 22 in his return from the alternate site for his first victory in 588 days. His ERA, which was 9.00 when he was sent down, was cut to 4.05 after four appearances.

He allowed three hits and a walk in seven innings with six strikeouts, joining ace Gerrit Cole as the only Yankees to pitch seven innings this season. Germán mixed 26 fastballs, 24 curves, 21 sinkers and 21 changeups.

He didn’t yield a hit until Ryan Mountcastle’s infield single with two outs in the fifth and didn’t allow a runner to reach second until two outs in the seventh, a threat ended when he struck out Mountcastle and celebrated as he walked back to the dugout.

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