ESPN.com-wire reports
Sept. 7, 2011

NEW YORK--after waiting several hours, to start the game, instead of the New York Yankees to a few minutes for the go-ahead run.

In the early Wednesday as the Yankees from a rain delayed 5-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles at 02: 15, helped, if a video playback Francisco Cervelli Tiebreaking home run only 500 fans or so remained.

The chaotic game 23: 08 after a delay of 4 hours, 3 minutes began to leave with a few options for a date. The Yankees and the major league baseball were in constant contact before the first pitch.

"I think that baseball wanted to wait for us," said Yankees manager Joe Girardi.

Referee crew chief Gary Darling confirmed that it that MLB call up when she was at last. As for the wet conditions "never bad to stop enough for us was there," he said.

Cervelli met his Tiebreaking in the seventh inning from Tommy Hunter (3-3) shot. It reaches two fans close to the left field wall and Orioles Manager buck Showalter argued that that was the ball in play. The referees reviewed the play, then their confirmed original home run call.

"they will tell you, even though they say to me that they need indisputable evidence to overturn what was the decision on the field," Showalter said. "I have not really good it looked." "I know what saw players."

Brett Gardner followed with a home run and the AL East leading Yankees won the sixth in a row.

It was a sloppy affair, full of wild throws and fielders Missgeschicke--four error and two wild pitches, among them.

Rain fell during the night, by gusting winds whipped cream. Puddles formed and the grounds crew was almost as much time on the field as the players, dumping bag after bag of diamond dust in the hope of drying out the pitcher Hill, the dough box and Basepaths.

"The dirt was too wet, but you have to play," said Cervelli.

The sound system played a 10-minute break in the fifth fixing a hole by the Beatles while the Yankees under the umbrella of the dugout and Showalter said pressed to the arbitrators.

Baltimore left fielder Matt angle had the glaring problem with the difficult environment. He got to twisted, as Cervelli a fly in the fifth, picked up the ball after an error, slipped trying to recover and wound up deleted achieved with mud the front of his uniform as a run.

The fans had a hard time keeping to their feet. In the fifth, two men, pursued a foul ball behind the plate, lost her balance on a metal walkway, and splashed with a blow to the ground. You have an ovation for their efforts.

All fans were allowed to move the expensive places down. There was no announcement to about the public-address system-was instead individually told them. The Yankees also said that tickets for this game for a free space can be redeemed in 2012 in the season.

The game ended so late in fact, that the speaker on the Yankees Yes television viewers remember held, was the live-action any post-midnight playing.

This however was not stage, the longest delay in the Yankee. In 2009 a game between the Yankees and Washington by rain for almost 5half was hours.

Several games in the majors delayed on what already as a difficult week for New York and the Orioles design was by rain Tuesday. The teams will be expected to play again Wednesday Stadium, then meet 13: 05 in the Yankee in Baltimore on Thursday at 13: 05 for the to a previous Rainout.

"Double header are hard on your guys," said Girardi. "Both scenarios not large."

Showalter echo, saw this feeling as he is ahead.

"We try, to ensure that we are competitive." It not always the people who just played in the match to 2 or 3 am ", he said."

Cory Wade (4-0) won relief. Mariano Rivera got his 39th save of the season and 598th of his career.

A two run Homer for the Orioles beat Matt Wieters.

Chris Piteo of Springfield, Massachusetts, was maintained among the fans from the delay.

"This is my a chance, find a game here this season," he said. "It's not come like me every day to Yankee Stadium."

With him were his sister, Marcy, and their two sons aged 12 and 10. They were all know that Wednesday was a day of school home.

They "'re we already the options discussing," said with a smile.

Notes

The Yankees lead the majors with 200 home runs. Baltimore INF Mark Reynolds leads the majors with 27 errors. Chris Davis struck out on a current ball, which bounced off his left foot, but achieved Yankees first base on the wild pitch Starter Phil Hughes. Yankees DH Jorge Posada joined in the third inning against Hunter. His previous home run came against Hunter, Aug. 2008.

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