BALTIMORE – John Ryan Murphy had three hits, including a tiebreaking two-run double with two outs in the top of the fifth inning and the New York Yankees salvaged the finale of their three-game series with a 5-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday.
Second baseman Stephen Drew added two hits for first-place New York (34-28), which snapped a three-game losing streak.
Left fielder Nolan Reimold drove in two runs for the Orioles (31-31), who were looking to win seven straight for the first time since an eight-game streak in 2005.
Three relievers combined on 4 1/3 scoreless innings. Chasen Shreve (3-1) was credited with win after pitching 1 1/3 innings, Justin Wilson struck out three in two innings and Dellin
Betances pitched the ninth for his third save.
New York starter Adam Warren was lifted with two on and two outs in the fifth. He gave up three runs on six hits, striking out five and walking three.
Baltimore’s Mike Wright (2-2) struggled in his fifth Major League start. Filling in for the injured Miguel Gonzalez, Wright allowed five runs on six hits over four-plus innings. He walked three and struck out two.
The Yankees scored three runs on one hit in the fifth. After Wright walked three straight hitters to open the inning, he was lifted in favor of Brian Matusz. Matusz, in his first game back after serving an eight-game suspension for having a foreign substance on his arm, walked right fielder Garrett Jones to force in the tying run. He rebounded to strike out the next two hitters, but Murphy doubled off the glove of a diving third baseman Manny Machado and designated hitter Alex Rodriguez and first baseman Mark Teixeira scored.
Murphy, spelling catcher Brian McCann in a day game following a night game, began the day hitting .208, and the three hits matched his career high.
Early on, the Yankees wasted no time against Wright. Left fielder Brett Gardner led off the game with a single and scored on a two-out double by Teixeira.
Baltimore took the lead in their half of the first. After two singles and a walk loaded the bases with one out, Reimold singled off Warren to make it 2-1.
Gardner’s sacrifice fly scored shortstop Didi Gregorius to tie it in the second.
Warren retired eight straight, but Reimold opened the fourth with a walk and later scored on a two-out double by catcher Caleb Joseph, giving Baltimore a 3-2 lead.
NOTES: Baltimore LHP Brian Matusz was reinstated Sunday after serving an eight-game suspension for using a foreign substance on his arm. … The Orioles recalled RHP Tyler Wilson from Triple-A Norfolk and optioned LHP T.J. McFarland to their top farm club. … Yankees RHP Ivan Nova (right ulnar collateral reconstruction) made his second rehab start Saturday, allowing one earned run over six innings for Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes-Barre. … Yankees OF Carlos Beltran was given the day off.