Buck Showalter was scoreboard watching through a fine, steady rain that gave Yankee Stadium a film noir feel. ''I had no choice, because it was right behind the pitcher's head,'' the Orioles manager said. Mark Trumbo hit his major league-leading 47th home run, Jonathan Schoop and Adam Jones also went deep in a six-run fifth inning and the Orioles beat New York 8-1 on Friday night to open a one-game lead over the Blue Jays and remain 1 1/2 games in front of Detroit for the AL's two wild cards.
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