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Tuesday, Jul. 4 1:05pm ET
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NEW YORK (AP) -- David Cone allowed four home runs for the first time in his career and Scott Erickson scattered six hits in 7 2-3 innings as the Orioles beat the New York Yankees 7-6 Tuesday. Cone (1-7), winless in 11 starts since beating Toronto on April 28, allowed home runs to Mike Bordick, Harold Baines and Brady Anderson within the first 10 batters, raising his season total to 17. Mark Lewis hit a three-run homer in the sixth to stretch the lead to 7-2 and end Cone's day. Cone, whose five-game losing streak matched the longest of his career, allowed seven runs -- four earned -- and six hits in his 5 2-3 innings. Williams' RBI single in the eighth chased Erickson. Jorge Posada homered in the ninth off Alan Mills, and Mike Trombley got two outs for his second save in seven chances, allowing a two-out, run-scoring single to Chuck Knoblauch and an RBI double to Derek Jeter before retiring Paul O'Neill on a game-ending grounder. Erickson (4-6), who had lost five of his previous six starts, gave up three runs but managed to snap his own three-game losing streak and help the Orioles to their fourth win in five games, He settled down after a rough first inning when it looked like he might repeat his previous start, when he allowed seven runs and 10 hits in only five innings at Boston. The Yankees, coming off a 6-7 road trip, lost their fifth straight at home. New York, which has lost seven of 11 overall, was swept by Chicago in a four-game series before their season-long trip. Bordick started the scoring with his career-high 14th homer with one out in the first. The Yankees responded in their half, taking a 2-1 lead. O'Neill's RBI single scored Knoblauch, who led off with a single. Jeter, who was hit by a pitch, scored when Bernie Williams, elected to the AL All-Star team earlier in the day, hit into a double play. Williams' 13-game streak of scoring at least one run ended five games shy of the team and major league mark held by Red Rolfe, who did it in 1939. New York's good fortune was also short-lived as Baines led off the second with his ninth homer. Charles Johnson followed with a walk and after Lewis flied out, Anderson homered deep into the right-field bleachers for a 4-2 lead. Cone settled down and retired 11 of 12 hitters. He created his own trouble in the sixth, making a bad throw on B.J. Surhoff's come-backer. After getting Jeff Conine to ground out, Cone intentionally walked Baines to get to Johnson. Williams made a diving catch to temporarily save Cone, but Lewis followed with his first homer since last Sept. 4. Game notesThe Yankees hadn't lost five straight at home since May 11-15, 1999. ... Cone also lost five straight from April 7-May 9, 1993. ... Surhoff made a jumping catch in left field to rob Knoblauch of a home run in the fifth inning. ... Williams, the leading vote-getter among AL All-Star outfielders, extended his hitting streak to 14 games with a sixth-inning infield single, tying his best of the season. ... Bordick, with 50 RBIs, already has his fourth-highest total in his career. He drove in 77 runs a year ago. ... Orioles OF Albert Belle was chosen as the AL player of the month. He drove in a team-record 37 runs in June. ... New York DH David Justice was 0-for-4 in his home debut with the Yankees. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Baltimore Clubhouse NY Yankees Clubhouse Sharp outing moves Gooden closer to major promotion
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