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
Woodward 3b 3 1 2 2 .381 Me.Cabrera cf 4 0 0 0 .282
Cedeno ss 4 0 0 0 .131 Cervelli c 3 0 0 0 .257
Totals 36 8 12 8 a-Posada ph 1 0 0 0 .267
Totals 32 4 7 4
a-struck out for Cervelli in the 9th. E: I.Suzuki (3), Teixeira (1). LOB: Seattle 6, New York 5. 2B: I.Suzuki 2 (16), Langerhans (1), Cano (19), H.Matsui (14). HR: F.Gutierrez (8), off Sabathia; Branyan (20), off Aceves; H.Matsui (11), off Vargas. RBIs: I.Suzuki 2 (20), Branyan 2 (42), Jo.Lopez (47), F.Gutierrez (29), Woodward 2 (2), Swisher (40), H.Matsui 3 (31). SB: I.Suzuki (17). CS: Johjima (1), Langerhans (1), Jeter (2). SF: Woodward, Swisher, H.Matsui. RLSP: Seattle 3 (Branyan, Jo.Lopez 2); New York 2 (Jeter, Posada). RA: Jo.Lopez, Langerhans.
Seattle walks (3): I.Suzuki, Branyan, Jo.Lopez.
New York walks (2): A.Rodriguez, Cano.
Seattle strikeouts (9): I.Suzuki, Branyan 3, Jo.Lopez, M.Sweeney, Woodward, Cedeno 2.
New York strikeouts (5): Jeter, A.Rodriguez, Swisher, Me.Cabrera, Posada.
Seattle IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Vargas 4 4 4 4 1 2 65 4.14
Batista (W) 2 0 0 0 1 1 22 2.72
M.Lowe (H) 2 1 0 0 0 1 22 3.11
Aardsma 1 2 0 0 0 1 29 1.45
New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Sabathia (L) 52/3 10 6 6 3 8 107 3.85
Aceves 21/3 2 2 1 0 1 35 2.25
D.Robertson 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.45
W: Batista, 5-2. L: Sabathia, 7-5. H: Lowe, 10.
Aceves pitched to 2 batters in the 9th. IR-S: Aceves 3-0. IBB: off Sabathia (I.Suzuki). HBP: by Aceves (Johjima). Umpires: Home, Jerry Meals; first, Mike DiMuro; second, Ron Kulpa; third, Dale Scott.
T: 3:04. A: 46,142 (52,325).
White Sox 4, Royals 1
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Mark Buehrle was dominant into the ninth inning, allowing six hits and a run, as surging Chicago beat Kansas City for its fifth victory in a row.
Now 20-8 lifetime against K.C., Buehrle started the ninth with a four-hit shutout but failed to get his first complete game since May 2, 2008. Alberto Callaspo doubled and scored on David DeJesus' one-out double.
Buehrle was relieved by Bobby Jenks, who got the last two outs for his 19th save in 21 chances for the White Sox, who have won 10 of their last 12 games.
The 30-year-old Buehrle did not issue a walk and had only one strikeout, a season low, in 81/3 innings.
Chicago 000 100 111 – 4 9 0
Kansas City 000 000 001 – 1 6 0
Chicago AB R H BI Avg. Kansas City AB R H BI Avg.
Podsednik lf 4 0 1 1 .309 DeJesus lf 4 0 1 1 .245
J.Nix ss 4 1 2 1 .244 Bloomquist ss 4 0 1 0 .266
Dye rf 3 0 0 0 .291 Butler 1b 4 0 0 0 .289
Thome dh 4 1 2 0 .253 J.Guillen rf 3 0 0 0 .251
1-Fields pr-dh 0 1 0 0 .234 Teahen 3b 3 0 2 0 .289
Konerko 1b 4 0 2 0 .293 Olivo c 3 0 0 0 .258
Pierzynski c 4 0 1 0 .293 Jacobs dh 3 0 0 0 .226
Beckham 3b 4 0 0 1 .265 Callaspo 2b 3 1 1 0 .298
Getz 2b 4 0 1 0 .247 Maier cf 3 0 1 0 .237
Bri.Anderson cf 3 1 0 0 .234 Totals 30 1 6 1
Totals 34 4 9 3
1-ran for Thome in the 9th. LOB: Chicago 5, Kansas City 2. 2B: Thome (9), DeJesus (16), Callaspo (21), Maier (7). HR: J.Nix (6), off Chen. RBIs: Podsednik (21), J.Nix (11), Beckham (15), DeJesus (35). RLSP: Chicago 3 (Dye, Bri.Anderson 2); Kansas City 2 (DeJesus, Butler). RA: J.Nix, Bloomquist. GIDP: Pierzynski, Jacobs. DP: Chicago 3 (Bri.Anderson, Konerko), (Dye, Konerko), (Getz, J.Nix, Konerko); Kansas City 2 (Maier, Maier, Callaspo), (Bloomquist, Callaspo, Butler).
Chicago walks (2): Dye, Bri.Anderson.
Chicago strikeouts (6): J.Nix, Thome 2, Konerko, Pierzynski, Beckham.
Kansas City strikeout (1): Jacobs.
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Buehrle (W) 81/3 6 1 1 0 1 100 3.09
Jenks (S) 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 10 3.14
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Chen (L) 6 5 2 2 1 5 100 4.38
Mahay 11/3 1 1 1 1 1 23 4.50
J.Wright 12/3 3 1 1 0 0 27 4.17
W: Buehrle, 8-2. L: Chen, 0-2. S: Jenks, 19.
Chen pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. IR-S: Jenks 1-0, Mahay 2-1, J.Wright 1-0. WP: Mahay. PB: Olivo. Umpires: Home, Greg Gibson; first, Ted Barrett; second, Tim McClelland; third, Andy Fletcher.
T: 2:25. A: 17,964 (38,177).
