Game result and context
Orioles beat Yankees 10-2 in series opener; clinched New York stays first in wild card race
The Baltimore Orioles scored 5 runs in the fourth inning, keyed by a Dylan Beavers grand slam, and beat the New York Yankees 10-2 in Game 1 of a three-game series. The Orioles fell to 79-82 before the game? No: they improved to 79-82, while the Yankees, who have already clinched, fell to 93-68.
Final result
The Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Yankees 10-2 on September 25, 2026, at Yankee Stadium. Baltimore moved to 79-82. New York dropped to 93-68.
The Orioles hit 4 home runs. The Yankees hit none.
How the game changed
Neither team scored through two innings. Pete Alonso broke the scoreless game in the top of the third with a home run that drove in 2 runs.
The fourth inning settled it. Baltimore scored 5 times, and Beavers supplied the biggest swing with a grand slam. The Yankees answered with 1 run in the bottom half, but that was as close as they got.
The Orioles kept adding on. Jeremiah Jackson hit a solo home run in the sixth, Alonso added a solo shot in the seventh, and Baltimore pushed across another run in the eighth. New York scored once more in the ninth.
Key performances
Alonso went 3 for 5 with 2 home runs, 3 RBI and 2 runs scored. Beavers finished 1 for 4, but his grand slam gave him 4 RBI, and he scored twice. Jackson went 1 for 4 with a homer and 1 RBI. Christian Franklin added 2 hits in 5 at-bats, scored 2 runs and drove in 1.
Albert Suárez earned the win, improving to 3-0. He worked 4.0 scoreless innings with 5 strikeouts.
For New York, Brendan Beck took the loss and fell to 0-2. He struck out 8 over 5.0 innings but was charged with 7 earned runs.
Season and playoff context
The loss did not change the Yankees' standing at the top of the wild card race. New York has already clinched, ranks first in the wild card standings at 9.5 games clear, and sits second in its division, 4.5 games back.
Baltimore has been eliminated from both the division and wild card races. The Orioles are fourth in the division, 18.5 games back, and fifth in the wild card standings, 4.5 games out.
Series context
This was Game 1 of a three-game regular season series at Yankee Stadium.