O's travel to the BRONX Zoo for the Battle of the AL Wild Card...catching the CARMINES and RAYS at this point is not in the CARDS for both..."WEEKEND BENDERS" and you thought we left the BX for 2013...yeah right! #OsHardball #YANKShardball

The O's come in salvaging one out of three in Fenway and the Yankees come "North of the Border" losing two of three to the Blue Birds. Orioles as we go to press is 6.5 games and the Yankees eight games from the AL East leading Carmines. Looking closer and from reality the Wild Card is still on the menu for both as the O's are 3.5 games and the Yanks five back of the #2 Wild Card Leader the Swingin' A's. It is crunch time as we head right into Labor Day 2013 Hardball with the O's and Yanks fight for their "October Hardball" Life.

ORIOLES @ PINSTRIPES from the BRONX Zoo

August 30, 2013 7:05pm ET
BAL Gonzalez (8-6) vs NYY Sabathia (11-11)

August 31, 2013 1:05pm ET
BAL Feldman (11-9) vs NYY Nova (7-4)

September 1, 2103 1:05pm ET
BAL TBD vs NYY Hughes (4-13)

The Yankees need to get CC on track these last four to five starts as he will face Gonzalez in game one. Nova has been the 2nd most consistent behind Kuroda as he will go up against Feldman. Hughes has struggled as he will hit the Hill in Sunday's Finale. We will see how both respond coming off losing their last series.  

Hitting Stars in this one...

O's

1B Crush Davis .303 Avg 47 HR 121 RBI 95 Runs
CF Adam Bombs 27 HR 95 RBI 88 Runs
3B Machado 45 Doubles 79 Runs

PINSTRIPES

2B Cano .305 Avg 24 HR 85 RBI 69 Runs 27 Doubles
1B Overbay 13 HR 51 RBI
CF Gardner 69 Runs 26 Doubles

Note: Schedule and Numbers from MLB.com