NEW YORK — With midnight approaching, the Baltimore Orioles' bats awoke for one more improbable rally.

Now they have a last shot to finally overtake the New York Yankees.

J.J. Hardy hit a run-scoring double in the 13th inning and Baltimore bounced back from a demoralizing loss to outlast the Yankees 2-1 Thursday night, forcing a deciding Game 5 in the AL Division Series.

After splitting 22 games this year, it all comes down this: a winner-take-all game for a spot in the AL Championship Series.

Game 1 winner CC Sabathia was set to pitch the deciding game for the Yankees. Orioles manager Buck Showalter had not announced his starter.

The Orioles were 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position until Hardy doubled off David Phelps with one out to score Manny Machado. Phelps had relieved in the 12th after Joba Chamberlain was hit by a flying broken bat, forcing him to leave with a bruised right elbow.

Jim Johnson bounced back from allowing Raul Ibanez's pinch-hit homer in the ninth inning Wednesday to earn his second save in the series with a perfect 13th.

Hours after learning Joe Girardi had kept quiet that his father died last Saturday, the Yankees couldn't rally late. This time, Girardi called upon Eric Chavez to pinch hit for slumping Alex Rodriguez. He lined out to third base to end it.

Baltimore's win pushed all four division series to five games for the first time since the round began in 1995.

The Orioles have been pursuing the Yankees all season, cutting a 10-game deficit in July to zero in early September. Baltimore and New York were tied 10 times atop the East in the final month but the Yankees wrapped up the division on the final night of the regular season.

After dropping Game 1 , the Orioles rebounded with another one-run win in a season in which they had the best record in the majors in such games at 29-9. But they lost in stunning fashion in 12 innings Wednesday night, when Ibanez homered twice in his two at-bats after pinch hitting for Rodriguez.

They came right back Thursday for their first win in extra innings against the Yankees this year.

BALTIMORE	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
McLouth lf	5	1	2	1	1	0	.333
Hardy ss	6	0	2	1	0	1	.167
C.Davis rf	6	0	0	0	0	3	.250
En.Chavez rf	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Ad.Jones cf	6	0	0	0	0	2	.105
Wieters c	4	0	1	0	1	0	.118
Thome dh	4	0	1	0	0	1	.083
Ford pr-dh	1	0	0	0	0	0	.400
Mar.Reynlds 1b	5	0	0	0	0	2	.188
Flaherty 2b	4	0	1	0	0	0	.250
Andino 2b	1	0	0	0	0	1	.375
Machado 3b	4	1	1	0	1	2	.143
Totals	46	2	8	2	3	12

NEW YORK	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Jeter dh	6	1	2	0	0	2	.421
I.Suzuki lf	5	0	1	0	0	1	.200
Teixeira 1b	3	0	1	0	3	2	.333
Cano 2b	6	0	0	1	0	0	.111
Al.Rodriguez 3b	4	0	1	0	1	2	.125
Er.Chavez ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Swisher rf	5	0	0	0	0	0	.133
R.Martin c	4	0	0	0	1	1	.214
Granderson cf	5	0	0	0	0	3	.063
J.Nix ss	3	0	2	0	0	0	.500
Ibanez ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500
E.Nunez ss	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200
Totals	44	1	7	1	5	11

Baltimore	000 010 000 000 1	—	2	8	1
New York	000 001 000 000 0	—	1	7	0

E — Flaherty (1). LOB — Baltimore 8, New York 10. 2B — McLouth (1), Hardy (2), Machado (1), Jeter (1), J.Nix (1). HR — McLouth (1), off P.Hughes. RBI — McLouth (3), Hardy (1), Cano (4). S — I.Suzuki. Runners left in scoring position — Baltimore 4 (Wieters, Ad.Jones 2, Machado); New York 5 (Teixeira, Al.Rodriguez, Jeter, Swisher 2). RISP — Baltimore 1 for 11; New York 0 for 9. Runners moved up — McLouth, C.Davis, Ad.Jones, Cano 2. GIDP — Swisher. DP — Baltimore 2.

Orioles	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
J.Saunders	5-2/3	3	1	1	4	5	1.59
Tom.Hunter	2/3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
Patton	1/3	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
Ayala	1/3	2	0	0	0	1	0.00
Matusz	1/3	0	0	0	0	0	2.45
O'Day	2-2/3	0	0	0	1	1	0.00
Strop W, 1-0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0.00
Ji.Johnson S, 2	1	0	0	0	0	1	10.38

Yankees	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
P.Hughes	6-2/3	4	1	1	3	8	1.35
Logan	1/3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
D.Robertson	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
R.Soriano	2	1	0	0	0	1	0.00
Chamberlain	1	1	0	0	0	1	0.00
D.Phelps L, 0-1	1-1/3	2	1	1	0	1	6.75
Rapada	1/3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
D.Lowe	1/3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Pitches — J.Saunders 88, Tom.Hunter 7, Patton 6, Ayala 13, Matusz 5, O'Day 30, Strop 23, Ji.Johnson 14, P.Hughes 95, Logan 6, D.Robertson 8, R.Soriano 26, Chamberlain 10, D.Phelps 27, Rapada 3, D.Lowe 4. Chamberlain pitched to 1 batter in the 12th. Ayala pitched to 2 batters in the 8th. Inherited runners-scored — Tom.Hunter 1-0, Patton 1-0, Ayala 2-0, Matusz 2-0, O'Day 2-0, D.Phelps 1-0, Rapada 1-0, D.Lowe 1-0. Umpires — Home, Fieldin Culbreth; First, Mike Everitt; Second, Mark Carlson; Third, Tony Randazzo; Right, Brian Gorman; Left, Angel Hernandez. T — 4:31. A — 49,307.