Rizzo delivers again for new team, Yankees rout Orioles 10-3

NEW YORK (AP) — Recently acquired Anthony Rizzo homered again, DJ LeMahieu drove in four runs and the New York Yankees cruised to a 10-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.

Rizzo’s solo homer in the fourth inning made him the first player in Yankees history with at least one RBI in each of his first six games with the club.

Rizzo became just the fourth player in the majors over the last 70 years to do it — Bobby Murcer drove in a run in his first seven games with the Chicago Cubs in 1977 and Jimmy Wynn (Dodgers, 1974) and Jim Spencer (Texas, 1973) did it six in a row, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

“It’s definitely special. It’s something that you put on a Yankee uniform, a lot of kids out there dream of playing for the New York Yankees growing up and there’s a lot kids out there right now that are dreaming,” Rizzo said.

“To be able to come in at the trade deadline and just have success right away is something I’ll never take for granted – these last few games, this start. To be No. 1 at anything for a Yankee is very special, is very humbling because of the history here and all the success here," he said.

Sent from the Cubs to the Yankees last Thursday, a day before the trade deadline, Rizzo hit his 17th home run of the season and third for the Yankees. He has six homers in his last 10 games overall.

LeMahieu had three hits and Giancarlo Stanton drove in three runs for the Yankees, who routed the Orioles 13-1 on Tuesday.

At 58-49 the Yankees matched their season high of nine games over .500, set May 23 when they were 28-19.

The New York offense has posted double-digit runs in consecutive games this season for the first time.

The trades for Rizzo and Joey Gallo have certainly evened out the lineup, according to Yankees manager Aaron Boone, who...

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