Orioles rally from deficit, beat Yankees 10-6 to avoid sweep

BALTIMORE (AP) — Maikel Franco homered and drove in three runs, rookie Bruce Zimmermann came out of the bullpen to hold down the Yankees and Baltimore Orioles avoided a three-game sweep by rallying to beat New York 10-6 Sunday.

Aaron Judge homered for the third straight game and went 6 for 10 with four home runs and five RBIs in the series.

But Jordan Montgomery failed to hold leads of 4-0 in the first inning and 5-2 in the third, and New York dropped to 1-6 this season when trying to complete a series sweep.

Baltimore is 6-15 at Camden Yards, the worst home record in the major leagues.

Montgomery gave up five runs and six hits in three innings, raising his ERA to 4.75. He had allowed two runs over 11 innings in two previous starts against the Orioles this season.

Baltimore went ahead for good at 6-5 in the fourth on Trey Mancini's two-out RBI double off Michael King (0-1). Mancini has 32 RBIs in 40 games.

Franco had three hits, including a two-run homer off Wandy Peralta in the seventh that opened an 8-5 lead. Rookie Ryan Mountcastle added a two-run single against Luis Cessa in the eighth and finished with a season-high four RBIs.

New York is 6-4 against the Orioles, but the teams won’t meet again until Aug. 2-4 in the Bronx.

Zimmermann (2-3), recalled from Triple-A Norfolk prior to the game, allowed one run and two hits over 5 2/3 innings with six strikeouts and one walk after Adam Plutko gave up four runs in the first inning in his first start this season after 15 relief appearances. Pluto's ERA rose from 1.27 to 2.82.

Gary Sánchez and Clint Frazier hit consecutive homers in the first. The Yankees have hit 63 homers in 23 games in Baltimore since 2019.

Mountcastle hit an RBI double in the bottom half and score on Pedro Severino's single. Judge homered in the...

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