Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - Raul Ibanez woke up a silent Yankee Stadium in
the ninth inning, then made it erupt in the 12th. Ibanez, pinch-hitting for a
struggling Alex Rodriguez in the ninth, tied the game with a solo homer off
Jim Johnson and three innings later sent a Brian Matusz offering into the
second deck in right field to give the New York Yankees a wild 3-2 victory
over the Baltimore Orioles. The dramatic turnaround gave the Yankees a 2-1
lead in the American League Division Series after the clubs split a pair in
Baltimore. The Orioles had won an unfathomable 16 straight extra-inning games
and had not suffered a walk-off loss all season.
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