yankees' greg byrd playing for the injured mark teixeira, well, he comes up big. bottom of the fourth inning, pitch out of the ball yard a two-run blast for his first major league homer. down 3-2 here, bottom of the sixth, and byrd does it again, his second two of out, two-run homer of the game. yankees take a 4-3 lead. starter nathan avaluety was perfect through five innings. he allowed just four hits in seven innings striking out eight. the yankees sweep the twins with a 4-3 victory yesterday. in baltimore the mets wrapping up their two-game series with the orioles. top of the seventh tied at 3, wilmer flores, he breaks that tie. that's a solo home run, his 12th of the year. mets take a 4-3 lead. but that lead did not last. bottom of the same inning, adam jones, he turns it on. solo home rub for the oriole -- home run for the orioles. still tied at 4 in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the orioles' rookie henry hits his well. that's a walkoff game winner. baltimore wins 5-4. the orioles hadn't beaten the mets since june 18th, 2009. the it was a streak of nine