Mariners end Yanks' streak at 7
NEW YORK - Franklin Gutierrez and Russell Branyan homered, leading the Seattle Mariners past CC Sabathia and the Yankees, 8-4, last night to snap New York's seven-game winning streak.
Ichiro Suzuki hit a two-run double that was misplayed by centerfielder Melky Cabrera, and Chris Woodward added two RBIs as the Mariners handed Sabathia (7-5) his second loss in his last 11 starts.
Seattle won in the Bronx for the first time since Sept. 3, 2007, ending a 10-game road losing streak against the Yankees.
Gutierrez had three hits and Branyan launched his 20th homer in the ninth inning, a two-run drive off righthander Alfredo Aceves that made it 8-4. It ended a frustrating string for Branyan, who struck out seven straight times in two nights - all against lefties - before drawing a walk from Sabathia in the sixth.
Miguel Batista (5-2) pitched two hitless innings to win in relief of ill starter Jason Vargas, who lasted four innings with flu symptoms. Mark Lowe worked two scoreless innings before David Aardsma finished.
Hideki Matsui homered and drove in three runs for New York, while Robinson Cano had three hits.
Sabathia entered 6-1 with a 2.82 ERA in his previous 10 outings, but he struggled right from the start.
Suzuki opened the game with a line-drive double off Mark Teixeira's glove at first base. He stole third and scored on Jose Lopez's groundout between the mound and first.
Seattle began the second with three well-struck hits off Sabathia, including Gutierrez's leadoff homer. Woodward, subbing for injured third baseman Adrian Beltre, had a sacrifice fly.
Nick Swisher and Matsui hit sacrifice flies in the bottom half, cutting it to 3-2. Suzuki dropped Matsui's waist-high liner toward the right-field line, the third error this season for a player who has won eight consecutive Gold Gloves since arriving from Japan.
Seattle 120 300 002 – 8 12 1
New York 020 200 000 – 4 7 1
Seattle AB R H BI Avg. New York AB R H BI Avg.
I.Suzuki rf 4 2 2 2 .370 Jeter ss 4 0 1 0 .307
Branyan 1b 4 1 1 2 .297 Damon lf 4 0 0 0 .288
Jo.Lopez 2b 4 0 0 1 .255 Teixeira 1b 4 0 0 0 .274
M.Sweeney dh 5 0 0 0 .252 A.Rodriguez 3b 3 1 0 0 .235
F.Gutierrez cf 5 2 3 1 .285 Cano 2b 3 2 3 0 .307
Johjima c 3 2 2 0 .262 Swisher rf 3 0 1 1 .240
Langerhans lf 4 0 2 0 .500 H.Matsui dh 3 1 2 3 .254
