NEW YORK _ After a pair of brutal losses upon their arrival this weekend in New York, the Orioles made it look easy in getting back on track and avoiding a series sweep with Sunday's 5-0 win over the Yankees.
Steve Pearce, batting leadoff for the first time in his career, drove in three runs on three hits, including one to break a scoreless tie in the sixth inning, and Kevin Gausman posted his second straight scoreless start with seven shutout innings before an announced 38,002 at Yankee Stadium.
Pearce has been dealing with an elbow injury for the past three weeks, and left the game after the seventh inning. No reason was announced for his departure.
The Orioles extended their lead to 5-0 after third baseman Manny Machado's third hit of the day put him on base for designated hitter Mark Trumbo, who drove his 40th home run of the season into the Orioles bullpen.
Gausman struck out nine Yankees, didn't issue a walk and scattered seven hits in seven innings of work to bring his ERA down to 3.73. He ran into trouble only in the fourth inning, when three straight Yankees singled to open the inning but none scored.
Trumbo joined Orioles lore with his 40-homer year, the eighth in franchise history. He's the fifth-fastest player in team history to reach that mark.
The free-agent-to-be has 10 home runs in August and seven hits that aren't home runs this month.
Newly signed reliever Tommy Hunter, who spent parts of five seasons with the Orioles before they dealt him to the Chicago Cubs on July 31, 2015, allowed a single and had a strikeout in a scoreless eighth inning in his debut before passing off to closer Zach Britton.
