By DAVID GINSBURG
AP Sports Writer

BALTIMORE(AP) -- It wasn't enough that Camden Yards sounded like
Yankee Stadium. It also played like that new palace in the
Bronx, much to the delight of the Yankees and their fans.

Jorge Posada homered twice, and Nick Swisher and Eric Hinske hit
successive drives in a three-run seventh inning that carried New
York past the Baltimore Orioles 9-6 Tuesday night.

Robinson Cano also connected for Yankees, who will try to
complete a three-game sweep Wednesday. New York came to town
after taking three in a row from the Chicago White Sox.

The five home runs tied a season high for the Yankees, whose new
ballpark has produced more homers than any stadium in the
majors. Much of the crowd of 25,782 was cheering for New York,
so all those long balls made the Yankees feel even more at home
in Baltimore.

"It seems like the Orioles fans are not here, so we have a lot
of Yankees fans here," Posada said. "With this lineup, it seems
like we don't die down. It's good to see. We get good at-bats,
and the guys later on really got on base to provide that.
Swisher's home run was key, though."

With the score 6-all, Cano led off the seventh with a double off
Chris Ray (0-3). Swisher then homered to center, his 23rd of the
season and second in two games. Two pitches later, Hinske
homered to left.

Damaso Marte (1-1) followed starter A.J. Burnett and got three
straight outs. Mariano Rivera worked the ninth for his 38th
save, and career-best 34th in a row.

Posada hit a solo shot in the third inning and a two-run homer
in the fifth, but the Yankees trailed 6-5 in the sixth before
rallying for their 22nd win in 28 games. The victory put New
York 36 games over .500 (84-48) for the first time since
finishing the 2004 season 101-61.

The AL East leaders remained 6 1/2 games ahead of second-place
Boston, which beat Tampa Bay 8-4.

New York won despite another poor start by Burnett, who gave up
six runs and 11 hits, including two homers, in 5 1-3 innings.
Burnett is 0-4 in his last seven appearances.

"I didn't have anything," he said. "I got ahead of a few guys
and wasn't able to put anybody away. It's a good thing our
offense was swinging the way they were swinging."

Luke Scott and Felix Pie homered for the Orioles, who fell to
3-11 against New York this season. All-Star center fielder Adam
Jones left the game with a sprained left ankle after twisting it
on first base.

X-rays were negative, but Orioles manager Dave Trembley
described the injury as "a pretty good sprain."

The Orioles got an uneven pitching performance from rookie David
Hernandez, who gave up only four hits in five innings, but three
of them were home runs. The right-hander walked six and struck
out seven, but the three homers he allowed upped his total to 17
in 79 1-3 innings.

"Six walks is kind of ridiculous. I gave up four hits, three of
them were home runs. That's definitely been another problem of
mine," Hernandez said. "I've just got to work on getting the
ball down. I mean, I feel like I had good stuff tonight. I just
made some bad pitches and they hit it out."

With the game tied at 3 in the fifth, Posada thought he took a
called third strike and began to walk back to the dugout. It was
only the second strike, however, and two pitches later the
38-year-old catcher hit a two-run, opposite-field homer to left.

"To tell you the truth, I thought it was strike three," Posada
said. "I got another crack at it, so I was a little embarrassed,
you know? I got a good pitch to hit."

Earlier in the game, Posada lost track of the count and had to
be told to take first base on ball four.

In the Baltimore fifth, Nick Markakis and Nolan Reimold singled
before Scott hit a drive that cleared the 25-foot scoreboard in
right field and landed on Eutaw Street.

"We came from behind with the two-run home run by Scott, but we
walked too many and gave up too many long balls," Trembley said.

New York tied it in the sixth when Alex Rodriguez hit a two-out,
broken-bat RBI single, but Posada looked at a third strike with
runners on second and third.

NOTES: The Yankees announced a 1 p.m. start for their Sept. 27
home game against Boston. Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the
Jewish calendar, starts at sundown that night. ... Baltimore's
Brian Roberts hit his 49th double, leaving him one shy of
becoming the fourth player in major league history with three or
more 50-double seasons. Hall of Famers Tris Speaker, Paul Waner
and Stan Musial are the others.