Looking at just getting swept, at home, by the Detroit Tigers didn’t seem to bother the Yankees at all, as they have just completed a sweep of their own against the Seattle Mariners. The score of 8-2 is somewhat shadowed by the story of Darrell Rasner, a Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre pitcher for the Yankees, called up before today’s (Sunday) game. He was called up to replace the injured Phil Hughes.
After giving up two runs in the first inning, no doubt due to nerves, he settled down, and pitched a whale of a game, and gave this team just what it needed, a win and sweep of the Seattle Mariners. Rasner went 6 innings, gave up 5 hits, and 2 runs (both earned), struck out 4, and walked one batter. All-in-all, a very solid performance, and who knows, maybe the coaching staff will have some decisions to make here as to the future of Darrell Rasner.
The game broke open for the Yankees in the 3rd inning, when Melky Cabrera (huge in this series) hit a 2 run blast off of Carlos Silva, and Robinson Cano followed that with a solo shot of his own, both with 1 out. That was 3 of 6 runs that the Yankees would get that inning, giving Rasner a lead he would never lose.
They tacked on two more runs in the 4th inning for good measure, and the Yankees celebrated the first win for Darrell Rasner this year, and a sweep of the Seattle mariners, bringing their winning streak to 3 games, and their record to 1 game over .500 at 17-16. The Yankees enjoy a day off tomorrow, and then welcome in the Cleveland Indians for a 3 game home stand. This win also takes the Yankees into a 3-way tie for 2nd place in the American League East with Baltimore, and Tampa Bay, at 3 games behind the league leading Boston Red Hosiery.
