they beat the yankees today as brian natomas made his first art. e moved to the bullpen at the end of last year -- brian mattis. he pitched two scoreless innings as he makes a bid to get back in the starting rotation. adam jones picking up where he left off last year. a rocket to left-center. the orioles had a quick 1-0 lead. another shot, this time to right center. conner jackson scores. the orioles win 5-1. cal ripken likes what he sees so far from the 2013 orioles. >> i would say that they are competitive in the american league and i don't think they are going away. it might have been a surprise to many people and to many of the orioles. that is why you play. you don't pick a champion by looking at a piece of paper. they played well and they would this close to knocking off the season in game 5. >> that is cal ripken friday night downtown. the maryland schedule has been released that includes a home game against syracuse. also a showdown with west virginia at m&t bank stadium on saturday, october 12. remember last year's game with west virginia.