Yankees 11, Orioles 3: Jasson Dominguez Sparks a Seven-Run Eighth in the Bronx

The lead

May 3, 2026 - Bronx, N.Y. - The New York Yankees waited out a tied game through seven innings, then unloaded in the eighth. Jasson Dominguez doubled home the go-ahead run, launched a two-run homer, and capped a seven-run frame with another extra-base hit as New York routed the Baltimore Orioles 11-3 for a 13th win in 15 games, per ESPN.

Aaron Judge tied Munetaka Murakami of the White Sox for the big-league lead with his 13th home run-a third-inning blast off rookie Trey Gibson after Ben Rice opened the scoring with his 12th homer in the first.

How the game turned

Dominguez, in his fifth game since a Triple-A recall, opened the sixth with a double that skipped past Weston Wilson and rolled to the track, per ESPN. He scored the tie-breaking run on a grounder that Coby Mayo could not secure at first, then tagged a two-run homer off Andrew Kittredge after Jazz Chisholm Jr. singled.

Paul Goldschmidt followed with a two-run single, while Trent Grisham and Chisholm traded sacrifice flies as the inning ballooned. Dominguez doubled again before the frame ended, finishing a career night at the plate after a long homer drought dating to Aug. 25 against Washington.

Baltimore tied the game 3-3 earlier on Blaze Alexander's RBI single, Leody Taveras' infield hit, and a double-play grounder that plated Tyler O'Neill, but the Orioles could not survive the rally once Dominguez got rolling.

Pitching and matchup notes

Max Fried allowed three runs on six hits in 5 1/3 innings before Fernando Cruz (3-0) earned the win in relief. Gibson handled 4 2/3 innings with three runs allowed while becoming the first Orioles starter to debut at the current Yankee Stadium since the club left St. Louis after 1953, per ESPN-a trivia line that still could not quiet New York's eighth-inning thunder.

Bats that changed the board

Dominguez's leverage swings changed the game more than any other at-bat, while Judge and Rice supplied early power that kept pressure on Baltimore's rookie starter. Goldschmidt's liner widened the gap once traffic stacked.

Gunnar Henderson had his first DNP of the season as Baltimore stacked right-handed bats against Fried, but the matchup chess could not offset Dominguez's breakout inning.

AthX Engine fantasy angle

AthX Engine listed the Yankees at 22 team FP on May 3, the best club total on the slate. Dominguez paced hitters at 13 hitting FP, with Judge and Rice adding nine apiece. Late-inning bursts concentrate fantasy value in a handful of trips to the plate-why one frame can swing both real wins and AthX Engine leaderboards. Daily fantasy scoring remains separate from dynamic pricing.

What comes next

The Yankees improved to 23-11 while Baltimore dropped its fourth straight and 12th in 18 games, per ESPN. Monday's series finale pairs Shane Baz and Cam Schlittler as both clubs regroup from a lopsided Sunday.

*Sources: MLB.com schedule, MLB Gameday, ESPN recap, Associated Press via ESPN, and AthX Engine scoring. Information only; not financial advice.*