After getting swept at home by Detroit last week, the New York Yankees dusted themselves off and answered immediately: Three easy wins over Seattle.
Derek Jeter had four hits and New York got consecutive homers from best pals Melky Cabrera and Robinson Cano during a six-run outburst, beating the slumping Mariners 8-2 Sunday to finish a lopsided three-game sweep.
Just called up from the minors, Darrell Rasner pitched six comfortable innings and the sweet-swinging Yankees roughed up an ineffective Carlos Silva. New York outscored the Mariners 19-4 in the series, right after losing three in a row to the Tigers.
?It?s been kind of streaky,? Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. ?I?d like to shorten one streak and lengthen another.?
The Yankees (17-16) responded following Friday?s comments from co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner, who said he was ?disappointed? with the season so far.
Seattle manager John McLaren didn?t get the reaction he was looking for, however, after tearing into his team during a postgame tirade Saturday. Adrian Beltre hit a two-run homer in the first inning, but the Mariners mustered little after that. You can buy RedSox tickets at Ticket Solution.
