This one got out of hand early. Nick Swisher put the Yankees on top with a solo homer in the second, then Andruw Jones broke things open with a bases clearing double to the opposite field in the third. Eduardo Nunez also chipped in a run scoring triple, though he only gets a two for the slide into the base. T’was ugly. The Yankees were up seven-zip before the Mariners came to bat in the fourth, and CC Sabathia made it a non-issue the rest of the way. The big guy gave up just one run (a garbage time solo homer by Justin Smoak) in eight innings, and did exactly what the team needed him to do after a pair of rough losses and early exists by A.J. Burnett and Ivan Nova.
It’s off to Oakland now, and you’ll be able to watch the Yankees while chowing down during your Memorial Day cookout at 4pm ET on Monday. Bartolo Colon will take on the amazingly awesome Trevor Cahill. Enjoy the holiday if you’re not going to be around. Here’s the box score and WPA graph of Sunday’s game, by the way.
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