AL: SEATTLE at NY YANKEES <div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - MID INNING UPDATE PLAY: E Ramirez relieved J Chamberlain. SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 2 NY YANKEES 9 TOP, 8TH DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: I Suzuki (.352, 1-FOR-3)</div>
AL: SEATTLE at NY YANKEES <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - SEATTLE 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 NY YANKEES 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 9 6 0 (BOT 8) CURRENT PITCHERS: SEA - RICK WHITE NYY - EDWAR RAMIREZ DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: B ABREU (.287, 16 HR, 91 RBI) W BETEMIT (.208, 0-FOR-2, BB) J POSADA (.337, 0-FOR-0, BB, RBI)</div>
AL: SEATTLE at NY YANKEES <div class="pre">SEATTLE (2) VS NY YANKEES (9) - MID 8TH - IN PROGRESS SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg I Suzuki cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .352 J Vidro dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .310 J Guillen rf 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .287 R Ibanez lf 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 .285 A Beltre 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .279 B Broussard 1b 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 .291 K Johjima c 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .288 J Lopez 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .261 Y Betancourt ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .284 Totals 27 2 5 2 2 7 7 BATTING: 2B - B Broussard (7, P Hughes). HR - R Ibanez (16, 3rd inning off P Hughes 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - R Ibanez 2 (87). 2-out RBI - R Ibanez 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Beltre 1, Y Betancourt 1. Team LOB - 4. BASERUNNING: CS - I Suzuki (4, 2nd base by P Hughes/J Molina). FIELDING: E - J Lopez 2 (7, catch, ground ball). NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Damon lf 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 .257 M Cabrera cf 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 .293 D Jeter ss 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 .320 A Rodriguez dh 3 2 2 3 1 0 0 .312 R Cano 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .301 S Duncan rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .259 D Mientkiewicz 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 J Giambi 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .249 B Abreu pr-rf 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .287 W Betemit 3b 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .208 J Molina c 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 .247 a-J Posada ph-c 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .337 Totals 26 9 6 9 5 4 7 a-walked for J Molina in the 7th. BATTING: 2B - D Jeter (32, B Morrow). HR - J Molina (1, 3rd inning off J Washburn 0 on, 1 Out), A Rodriguez 2 (48, 7th inning off J Washburn 0 on, 0 Out, 7th inning off B Morrow 1 on, 2 Out). S - J Damon , S Duncan. RBI - J Molina (14), A Rodriguez 3 (134), J Posada (81), J Damon (52), M Cabrera (62), D Jeter 2 (62). 2-out RBI - M Cabrera, D Jeter 2, A Rodriguez 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Jeter 1. Team LOB - 3. FIELDING: Outfield assists - S Duncan (R Ibanez at 2nd base). ---------------------------------------------------- SEATTLE - 002 000 00 -- 2 NY YANKEES - 001 000 8 -- 9 ---------------------------------------------------- SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era J Washburn 6 3 3 2 1 4 2 4.32 G Sherrill 1/3 0 2 2 2 0 0 2.70 S Green 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3.70 E O'Flaherty 1/3 1 1 1 0 0 0 3.66 B Morrow 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 3.90 R White 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era P Hughes 6 5 2 2 2 6 1 5.33 J Chamberlain 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 E Ramirez 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.59 J Washburn pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. S Green pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. B Morrow pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. HBP - J Guillen (by P Hughes). Pitches-strikes: J Washburn 94-59; G Sherrill 13-4; S Green 5-1; E O'Flaherty 3-3; B Morrow 10-4; R White 6-4; P Hughes 97-61; J Chamberlain 11-7; E Ramirez 13-9. Ground balls-fly balls: J Washburn 5-9; G Sherrill 1-0; S Green 0-0; E O'Flaherty 1-0; B Morrow 0-0; R White 1-0; P Hughes 6-4; J Chamberlain 1-2; E Ramirez 2-0. Batters faced: J Washburn 23; G Sherrill 3; S Green 1; E O'Flaherty 2; B Morrow 3; R White 1; P Hughes 24; J Chamberlain 3; E Ramirez 3. UMPIRES: HP--Larry Vanover. 1B--Tony Randazzo. 2B--Gerry Davis. 3B--Greg Gibson. Weather: 74 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 3 mph, out to right.</div>
Rodriguez homers twice as Yankees rout Mariners <h3>NY YANKEES 10, SEATTLE 2</h3>By Larry Fleisher PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer BRONX, New York (Ticker) -- Alex Rodriguez's ankle may havebeen barking, but it apparently did not affect his ability tohit home runs. Rodriguez sparked an eight-run seventh-inning comeback with twoblasts in the frame as the New York Yankees padded their cushionin the wild card race with a 9-2 victory over the SeattleMariners on Wednesday night. The Yankees (78-62) lead the Mariners (74-64) by three games inthe wild card standings. Rodriguez injured his right ankle in a collision with Seattlethird baseman Adrian Beltre on Tuesday and had a limp thatconcerned the Yankees enough to send him for an MRI. Theresults of the tests were not available for his first two plateappearances but, in a strange coincidence, were announced in theseventh. Moments after it was revealed that Rodriguez had a sprained andbruised right ankle, he sent a 3-2 pitch from Jarrod Washburn(7-13) over the left-center field fence. It was his 47th homerun of the season, one shy of his total from the 2005 season andfollowing his blast, the Yankees started their rally. Robinson Cano kept it going when he reached on an error bysecond baseman Jose Lopez. That chased Washburn and theMariners brought in lefthander George Sherrill, who issuedconsecutive one-out walks to Jason Giambi and Wilson Betemitthat loaded the bases. After Jorge Posada was announced as a pinch hitter for JoseMolina, the Mariners brought in Sean Green. Like Sherrill,Green was unable to throw strikes, walking Posada on fivepitches. Green was replaced by Eric O'Flaherty, who recorded the secondout but gave up two more runs. Johnny Damon beat out apotential double-play grounder and ran on contact on MelkyCabrera's RBI single into right field - easily getting to third. The Yankees were hardly finished as Derek Jeter hit a two-rundouble against Brandan Morrow. That brought up Rodriguez, whoequaled his home run total from two years ago when he sentMorrow's 2-1 offering into the left field seats. It was his seventh multi-homer game of the season, 51st of hiscareer. Rodriguez also hit his 512th career home run, tyingEddie Matthews and Ernie Banks for 17th on the all-time list. The 32-minute inning made a winner out of rookie JobaChamberlain, (1-0) who tossed a perfect seventh for his firstcareer victory. Chamberlain's first appearance in six days came after fellowrookie Phil Hughes allowed two runs and five hits in sixinnings. He struck out six and walked two. Raul Ibanez drove in both runs for the Mariners with a two-runhome run in the third and Washburn made it stand up until theseventh. He gave up a solo home run to Molina in the third and a doubleto Molina in the sixth. The 32-year-old lefthander came in withthe lowest ERA against the Yankees among any active pitcherwith at least 65 innings. He also worked out of trouble in the sixth when he strandedMolina at third and was one strike away from retiring Rodriguez. Seattle lost for the 10th time in 11 games and also had a pairof calls go against them involving superstar Ichiro Suzuki. Ichiro was called out trying to steal second in the third butreplays showed Jeter missed the tag and was called out in thefifth although replays appeared to show that he beat Betemit'sthrow from third by a step. Chamberlain, who had been idle since Thursday due to a two-gamesuspension for throwing at Boston's Kevin Youkilis, easilyretired the side in the seventh. Edwar Ramirez hurled theeighth and Mariano Rivera pitched the ninth in a non-savesituation to finish the game.
Rodriguez homers twice as Yankees rout Mariners <h3>NY YANKEES 10, SEATTLE 2</h3>By Larry Fleisher PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer BRONX, New York (Ticker) -- Alex Rodriguez's ankle may havebeen barking, but it apparently did not affect his ability tohit home runs. Rodriguez sparked an eight-run seventh-inning comeback with twoblasts in the frame as the New York Yankees padded their cushionin the wild card race with a 10-2 victory over the SeattleMariners on Wednesday night. The Yankees (78-62) lead the Mariners (74-64) by three games inthe wild card standings. Rodriguez injured his right ankle in a collision with Seattlethird baseman Adrian Beltre on Tuesday and had a limp thatconcerned the Yankees enough to send him for an MRI. Theresults of the tests were not available for his first two plateappearances but, in a strange coincidence, were announced in theseventh. Moments after it was revealed that Rodriguez had a sprained andbruised right ankle, he sent a 3-2 pitch from Jarrod Washburn(7-13) over the left-center field fence. It was his 47th homerun of the season, one shy of his total from the 2005 season andfollowing his blast, the Yankees started their rally. Robinson Cano kept it going when he reached on an error bysecond baseman Jose Lopez. That chased Washburn and theMariners brought in lefthander George Sherrill, who issuedconsecutive one-out walks to Jason Giambi and Wilson Betemitthat loaded the bases. After Jorge Posada was announced as a pinch hitter for JoseMolina, the Mariners brought in Sean Green. Like Sherrill,Green was unable to throw strikes, walking Posada on fivepitches. Green was replaced by Eric O'Flaherty, who recorded the secondout but gave up two more runs. Johnny Damon beat out apotential double-play grounder and ran on contact on MelkyCabrera's RBI single into right field - easily getting to third. The Yankees were hardly finished as Derek Jeter hit a two-rundouble against Brandan Morrow. That brought up Rodriguez, whoequaled his home run total from two years ago when he sentMorrow's 2-1 offering into the left field seats. It was his seventh multi-homer game of the season, 51st of hiscareer. Rodriguez also hit his 512th career home run, tyingEddie Matthews and Ernie Banks for 17th on the all-time list. The 32-minute inning made a winner out of rookie JobaChamberlain, (1-0) who tossed a perfect seventh for his firstcareer victory. Chamberlain's first appearance in six days came after fellowrookie Phil Hughes allowed two runs and five hits in sixinnings. He struck out six and walked two. Raul Ibanez drove in both runs for the Mariners with a two-runhome run in the third and Washburn made it stand up until theseventh. He gave up a solo home run to Molina in the third and a doubleto Molina in the sixth. The 32-year-old lefthander came in withthe lowest ERA against the Yankees among any active pitcherwith at least 65 innings. He also worked out of trouble in the sixth when he strandedMolina at third and was one strike away from retiring Rodriguez. Seattle lost for the 10th time in 11 games and also had a pairof calls go against them involving superstar Ichiro Suzuki. Ichiro was called out trying to steal second in the third butreplays showed Jeter missed the tag and was called out in thefifth although replays appeared to show that he beat Betemit'sthrow from third by a step. Chamberlain, who had been idle since Thursday due to a two-gamesuspension for throwing at Boston's Kevin Youkilis, easilyretired the side in the seventh. Edwar Ramirez hurled theeighth and Mariano Rivera pitched the ninth in a non-savesituation to finish the game.
AL: SEATTLE at NY YANKEES <div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - PITCHING CHANGE SEA: RYAN ROWLAND-SMITH (0-0, 3.60) IN THE 8TH SITUATION: NO RUNS IN, B ABREU ON THIRD, 1 OUT CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 2, NY YANKEES 9 DUE UP FOR NYYANKEES: J POSADA (.337, 0-FOR-0, RBI)</div>
AL: SEATTLE at NY YANKEES <div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - MID INNING UPDATE PLAY: R Rowland-Smith relieved R White. SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, B ABREU ON THIRD, 1 OUT CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 2 NY YANKEES 9 BOTTOM, 8TH DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J Posada (.337, 0-FOR-0, RBI)</div>
AL: SEATTLE at NY YANKEES <div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - PITCHING CHANGE SEA: JOHN PARRISH (2-2, 5.85) IN THE 8TH SITUATION: NO RUNS IN, B ABREU ON THIRD, 1 OUT CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 2, NY YANKEES 9 DUE UP FOR NYYANKEES: J POSADA (.337, 0-FOR-0, RBI)</div>
AL: SEATTLE at NY YANKEES <div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - MID INNING UPDATE PLAY: J Parrish relieved R White. SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, B ABREU ON THIRD, 1 OUT CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 2 NY YANKEES 9 BOTTOM, 8TH DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J Posada (.337, 0-FOR-0, RBI)</div>
AL: SEATTLE at NY YANKEES <div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE WILD PITCH BY JOHN PARRISH ALLOWED BOBBY ABREU TO SCORE. SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 2 NY YANKEES 10 BOTTOM, 8TH DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J POSADA (.337, 0-FOR-0, BB, RBI)</div>
AL: SEATTLE at NY YANKEES <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - SEATTLE 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 NY YANKEES 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 1 10 7 0 (TOP 9) CURRENT PITCHERS: SEA - JOHN PARRISH NYY - EDWAR RAMIREZ DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: R IBANEZ (.285, 2-FOR-2, BB, HR, 2 RBI) A BELTRE (.279, 0-FOR-3) B BROUSSARD (.291, 1-FOR-3)</div>
AL: SEATTLE at NY YANKEES <div class="pre">SEATTLE (2) VS NY YANKEES (10) - END 8TH - IN PROGRESS SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg I Suzuki cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .352 J Vidro dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .310 J Guillen rf 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .287 R Ibanez lf 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 .285 A Beltre 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .279 B Broussard 1b 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 .291 K Johjima c 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .288 J Lopez 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .261 Y Betancourt ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .284 Totals 27 2 5 2 2 7 7 BATTING: 2B - B Broussard (7, P Hughes). HR - R Ibanez (16, 3rd inning off P Hughes 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - R Ibanez 2 (87). 2-out RBI - R Ibanez 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Beltre 1, Y Betancourt 1. Team LOB - 4. BASERUNNING: CS - I Suzuki (4, 2nd base by P Hughes/J Molina). FIELDING: E - J Lopez 2 (7, catch, ground ball). NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Damon lf 4 1 0 1 0 1 2 .256 M Cabrera cf 5 1 1 1 0 1 2 .293 D Jeter ss 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 .320 A Rodriguez dh 3 2 2 3 1 0 0 .312 R Cano 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .301 S Duncan rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .259 D Mientkiewicz 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 J Giambi 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .249 B Abreu pr-rf 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 .288 W Betemit 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .204 J Molina c 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 .247 a-J Posada ph-c 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .337 Totals 30 10 7 9 6 4 9 a-walked for J Molina in the 7th. BATTING: 2B - D Jeter (32, B Morrow); B Abreu (28, R White). HR - J Molina (1, 3rd inning off J Washburn 0 on, 1 Out), A Rodriguez 2 (48, 7th inning off J Washburn 0 on, 0 Out, 7th inning off B Morrow 1 on, 2 Out). S - J Damon , S Duncan. RBI - J Molina (14), A Rodriguez 3 (134), J Posada (81), J Damon (52), M Cabrera (62), D Jeter 2 (62). 2-out RBI - M Cabrera, D Jeter 2, A Rodriguez 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Jeter 1. Team LOB - 4. FIELDING: Outfield assists - S Duncan (R Ibanez at 2nd base). ---------------------------------------------------- SEATTLE - 002 000 00 -- 2 NY YANKEES - 001 000 81 -- 10 ---------------------------------------------------- SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era J Washburn 6 3 3 2 1 4 2 4.32 G Sherrill 1/3 0 2 1 2 0 0 2.47 S Green 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3.70 E O'Flaherty 1/3 1 1 1 0 0 0 3.66 B Morrow 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 3.90 R White 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 0 8.44 J Parrish 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.77 NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era P Hughes 6 5 2 2 2 6 1 5.33 J Chamberlain 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 E Ramirez 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.59 J Washburn pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. S Green pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. B Morrow pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. WP - J Parrish. HBP - J Guillen (by P Hughes). Pitches-strikes: J Washburn 94-59; G Sherrill 13-4; S Green 5-1; E O'Flaherty 3-3; B Morrow 10-4; R White 16-9; J Parrish 10-6; P Hughes 97-61; J Chamberlain 11-7; E Ramirez 13-9. Ground balls-fly balls: J Washburn 5-9; G Sherrill 1-0; S Green 0-0; E O'Flaherty 1-0; B Morrow 0-0; R White 2-0; J Parrish 2-0; P Hughes 6-4; J Chamberlain 1-2; E Ramirez 2-0. Batters faced: J Washburn 23; G Sherrill 3; S Green 1; E O'Flaherty 2; B Morrow 3; R White 3; J Parrish 3; P Hughes 24; J Chamberlain 3; E Ramirez 3. UMPIRES: HP--Larry Vanover. 1B--Tony Randazzo. 2B--Gerry Davis. 3B--Greg Gibson. EJECTIONS: SEATTLE's White by Vanover (8th). Weather: 74 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 3 mph, out to right.</div>
AL: SEATTLE at NY YANKEES <div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - MID INNING UPDATE PLAY: A Gonzalez at shortstop. SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 2 NY YANKEES 10 TOP, 9TH DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: R Ibanez (.285, 2-FOR-2, HR, 2 RBI)</div>
AL: SEATTLE at NY YANKEES <div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - PITCHING CHANGE NYY: MARIANO RIVERA (3-4, 3.17) STARTING THE 9TH CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 2, NY YANKEES 10 DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: R IBANEZ (.285, 2-FOR-2, HR, 2 RBI)</div>
AL: SEATTLE at NY YANKEES <div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - MID INNING UPDATE PLAY: M Rivera relieved E Ramirez. SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 2 NY YANKEES 10 TOP, 9TH DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: R Ibanez (.285, 2-FOR-2, HR, 2 RBI)</div>
AL: SEATTLE at NY YANKEES <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - SEATTLE 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 NY YANKEES 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 1 x 10 7 1 (FINAL) BATTERIES: SEA - JARROD WASHBURN, GEORGE SHERRILL (7TH), SEAN GREEN (7TH), ERIC O'FLAHERTY (7TH), BRANDON MORROW (7TH), RICK WHITE (7TH), JOHN PARRISH (8TH) AND KENJI JOHJIMA NYY - PHILIP HUGHES, JOBA CHAMBERLAIN (7TH), EDWAR RAMIREZ (8TH), MARIANO RIVERA (9TH) AND JOSE MOLINA, JORGE POSADA (8TH) HOME RUNS: SEA - RAUL IBANEZ (16) OFF PHILIP HUGHES IN THE 3RD, 1 ON NYY - JOSE MOLINA (1) OFF JARROD WASHBURN IN THE 3RD, 0 ON ALEX RODRIGUEZ (47) OFF JARROD WASHBURN IN THE 7TH, 0 ON ALEX RODRIGUEZ (48) OFF BRANDON MORROW IN THE 7TH, 1 ON</div>
AL: SEATTLE at NY YANKEES <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - SEATTLE 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 NY YANKEES 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 1 x 10 7 1 (FINAL) BATTERIES: SEA - JARROD WASHBURN, GEORGE SHERRILL (7TH), SEAN GREEN (7TH), ERIC O'FLAHERTY (7TH), BRANDON MORROW (7TH), RICK WHITE (7TH), JOHN PARRISH (8TH) AND KENJI JOHJIMA NYY - PHILIP HUGHES, JOBA CHAMBERLAIN (7TH), EDWAR RAMIREZ (8TH), MARIANO RIVERA (9TH) AND JOSE MOLINA, JORGE POSADA (8TH) WP - JOBA CHAMBERLAIN (1-0) LP - JARROD WASHBURN (9-13) SAVE - NONE HOME RUNS: SEA - RAUL IBANEZ (16) OFF PHILIP HUGHES IN THE 3RD, 1 ON NYY - JOSE MOLINA (1) OFF JARROD WASHBURN IN THE 3RD, 0 ON ALEX RODRIGUEZ (47) OFF JARROD WASHBURN IN THE 7TH, 0 ON ALEX RODRIGUEZ (48) OFF BRANDON MORROW IN THE 7TH, 1 ON TIME: 3:00 ATT: 52,538 PROBABLES: NYY - IAN KENNEDY (1-0, 1.29) KAN - GIL MECHE (7-12, 3.85) PROBABLES: SEA - MIGUEL BATISTA (13-10, 4.59) DET - JUSTIN VERLANDER (15-5, 3.67)</div>
AL: SEATTLE at NY YANKEES <div class="pre">SEATTLE (2) VS NY YANKEES (10) - FINAL SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg I Suzuki cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .352 J Vidro dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .310 J Guillen rf 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .287 R Ibanez lf 3 1 2 2 1 1 0 .284 A Beltre 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .278 B Broussard 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .290 K Johjima c 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .288 J Lopez 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .261 Y Betancourt ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .284 Totals 30 2 5 2 2 8 8 BATTING: 2B - B Broussard (7, P Hughes). HR - R Ibanez (16, 3rd inning off P Hughes 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - R Ibanez 2 (87). 2-out RBI - R Ibanez 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Beltre 1, Y Betancourt 1. GIDP - B Broussard. Team LOB - 4. BASERUNNING: CS - I Suzuki (4, 2nd base by P Hughes/J Molina). FIELDING: E - J Lopez 2 (7, catch, ground ball). NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Damon lf 4 1 0 1 0 1 2 .256 M Cabrera cf 5 1 1 1 0 1 2 .293 D Jeter ss 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 .320 A Gonzalez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 A Rodriguez dh 3 2 2 3 1 0 0 .312 R Cano 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .301 S Duncan rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .259 D Mientkiewicz 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 J Giambi 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .249 B Abreu pr-rf 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 .288 W Betemit 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .204 J Molina c 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 .247 a-J Posada ph-c 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .337 Totals 30 10 7 9 6 4 9 a-walked for J Molina in the 7th. BATTING: 2B - D Jeter (32, B Morrow); B Abreu (28, R White). HR - J Molina (1, 3rd inning off J Washburn 0 on, 1 Out), A Rodriguez 2 (48, 7th inning off J Washburn 0 on, 0 Out, 7th inning off B Morrow 1 on, 2 Out). S - J Damon , S Duncan. RBI - J Molina (14), A Rodriguez 3 (134), J Posada (81), J Damon (52), M Cabrera (62), D Jeter 2 (62). 2-out RBI - M Cabrera, D Jeter 2, A Rodriguez 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Jeter 1. Team LOB - 4. FIELDING: E - W Betemit (3, ground ball). Outfield assists - S Duncan (R Ibanez at 2nd base). DP: 1 (R Cano-A Gonzalez-D Mientkiewicz). ---------------------------------------------------- SEATTLE - 002 000 000 -- 2 NY YANKEES - 001 000 81x -- 10 ---------------------------------------------------- SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era J Washburn (L, 9-13) 6 3 3 2 1 4 2 4.32 G Sherrill 1/3 0 2 1 2 0 0 2.47 S Green 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3.70 E O'Flaherty 1/3 1 1 1 0 0 0 3.66 B Morrow 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 3.90 R White 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 0 8.44 J Parrish 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.77 NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era P Hughes 6 5 2 2 2 6 1 5.33 J Chamberlain (W, 1-0) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 E Ramirez 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.59 M Rivera 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.12 J Washburn pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. S Green pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. B Morrow pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. WP - J Parrish. HBP - J Guillen (by P Hughes). Pitches-strikes: J Washburn 94-59; G Sherrill 13-4; S Green 5-1; E O'Flaherty 3-3; B Morrow 10-4; R White 16-9; J Parrish 10-6; P Hughes 97-61; J Chamberlain 11-7; E Ramirez 13-9; M Rivera 13-10. Ground balls-fly balls: J Washburn 5-9; G Sherrill 1-0; S Green 0-0; E O'Flaherty 1-0; B Morrow 0-0; R White 2-0; J Parrish 2-0; P Hughes 6-4; J Chamberlain 1-2; E Ramirez 2-0; M Rivera 2-0. Batters faced: J Washburn 23; G Sherrill 3; S Green 1; E O'Flaherty 2; B Morrow 3; R White 3; J Parrish 3; P Hughes 24; J Chamberlain 3; E Ramirez 3; M Rivera 3. UMPIRES: HP--Larry Vanover. 1B--Tony Randazzo. 2B--Gerry Davis. 3B--Greg Gibson. EJECTIONS: SEATTLE's White by Vanover (8th). T--3:00. Att--52,538. Weather: 74 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 3 mph, out to right.</div>
AL: SEATTLE at NY YANKEES <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SEATTLE (2) AT NY YANKEES (10) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SEATTLE 3RD: I Suzuki singled to deep right. I Suzuki caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. J Vidro struck out swinging. J Guillen singled to left. R Ibanez homered to right, J Guillen scored. A Beltre struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 2, NY YANKEES 0. NY YANKEES 3RD: W Betemit flied out to right. J Molina homered to left. J Damon struck out swinging. M Cabrera popped out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 2, NY YANKEES 1. NY YANKEES 7TH: A Rodriguez homered to left. R Cano safe at first on error by second baseman J Lopez. G Sherrill relieved J Washburn. S Duncan sacrificed to pitcher, R Cano to second. J Giambi walked. W Betemit walked, R Cano to third, J Giambi to second. J Posada hit for J Molina. B Abreu ran for J Giambi. S Green relieved G Sherrill. J Posada walked, R Cano scored, B Abreu to third, W Betemit to second. E O'Flaherty relieved S Green. J Damon grounded into fielder's choice to second, B Abreu scored, J Posada out at second, W Betemit to third. M Cabrera singled to right, W Betemit scored, J Damon to third. B Morrow relieved E O'Flaherty. D Jeter doubled to deep right center, J Damon and M Cabrera scored, D Jeter to third advancing on throw. A Rodriguez homered to left, D Jeter scored. R Cano walked. R White relieved B Morrow. S Duncan grounded out to third. (8 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Error) SEATTLE 2, NY YANKEES 9. NY YANKEES 8TH: B Abreu doubled to deep right. W Betemit grounded out to second, B Abreu to third. Seattle's R White ejected by L Vanover in the 8th. J Parrish relieved R White. B Abreu scored on J Parrish's wild pitch. J Posada walked. J Damon grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Posada out at second. M Cabrera grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Damon out at second. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 2, NY YANKEES 10.</div>
