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Jeter's big night overshadows Orioles defeat of Yankees

Associated Press

Friday, September 11, 2009

NEW YORK -- The moment belonged to Derek Jeter. The long, rainy night belonged to the Baltimore Orioles. Jeter broke the New York Yankees' hit record held by Lou Gehrig for more than seven decades, but Baltimore overcame an early deficit for a 10-4 victory Friday night in a game delayed twice by rain. Jeter's third-inning single to right field gave him 2,722 hits, one more than Gehrig, whose Hall of Fame career was cut short by illness in 1939. "It's still hard to believe for me," Jeter sai ...

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