With his two homers on Friday, Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez passed Harmon Killebrew and Carl Yastrzemski for the most RBIs against the Orioles since the team moved to Baltimore in 1954.
Rodriguez led off the second inning with his 24th homer, connecting to left-center on a 0-1 pitch.
In the nith inning A-Rod shot a glance into the Orioles' dugout with two outs and saw players beginning to celebrate what they believed to be a victory.
But with a 1-2 count on Rodriguez, two men on and trailing by two runs, plate umpire called the fourth pitch of the at-bat a ball.
"They were jumping out of the dugout," said Rodriguez, who added he believed the pitch was inside.
So, with the count even Rodriguez waited for a fastball from Baltimore closer Koji O’Hara. When the reliever obliged, Rodriguez sent it into the left-field seats for his second home run of the night to lift the Yanks to a much-needed 4-3 win that was witnessed by 32,874 at Camden Yards
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