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Davis hits 2 HRs [29-30] as Orioles pound Yankees 11-3
« on: June 30, 2013, 03:34:35 am »
Davis hits 2 HRs as Orioles pound Yankees 11-3

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Curveball, fastballs, good pitches, bad pitches, it doesn't matter to Chris Davis .

They're all flying off his bat and into the seats at a record pace.

Davis homered twice to raise his major league-leading total to 30, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Yankees 11-3 Saturday night to extend New York's losing streak to four games.

Davis hit a three-run drive in the first inning and added a two-run shot in the sixth, his third multihomer game of the season. The five RBIs gave him 79, second-most in the big leagues and just six short of his career high.

Davis is the first player in Orioles history to hit 30 home runs before the end of June. With one more long ball in the next 14 games, Davis will break the franchise record for home runs before the All-Star break, set in 1996 by Brady Anderson .

"You can't make mistakes," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "We made two mistakes with two curveballs tonight. We left them up in the zone and he hit them both out. He's not hitting 1.000, but I will say he is having a tremendous year. You have to make your pitches."

Given that Davis' career high for home runs in a season is 33, who could have seen this coming?



Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/gameflash/2013/06/29/48622/index.html?sct=hp_t2_a6&eref=sihp#recap


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