Yanks power past O's

8:59 PM, Sep 7, 2012   |    comments
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Baltimore, MD (Sports Network) - The Yankees answered the Orioles' six-homer showing in the series opener with three of their own Friday, as New York regained sole possession of first place in the AL East with an 8-5 victory at Camden Yards.

Baltimore pulled even atop the division with a 10-6 win on Thursday, but home runs by Russell Martin, Steve Pearce and Alex Rodriguez off Wei-Yin Chen (12-9) sparked the rout and evened the pivotal four-game series.

Phil Hughes (14-12), five days removed from suffering a loss to the Orioles, earned the win with six quality innings on the hill.

Hughes, staked to a 7-0 lead, was cruising before Adam Jones' massive three- run homer in the sixth.

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