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				<title><![CDATA[A-Rod's homer lifts Pettitte, Yankees over Seattle]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By MIKE FITZPATRICK
AP Baseball Writer

NEW YORK(AP) -- A little rest here and there has done wonders for
Alex Rodriguez.

The streaking slugger hit a tiebreaking homer and Andy Pettitte
pitched seven strong innings, leading the New York Yankees over
the Seattle Mariners 4-2 on Wednesday night for their seventh
consecutive victory.

A fatigued Rodriguez, who had hip surgery in March, was held out
of the lineup June 19-20 in Florida. Soon after, his swing
started to come around.

Now, the three-time MVP is on a hitting tear. In his last seven
games, he is 10 for 23 (.435) with four homers, 13 RBIs and 10
walks.

"I'm feeling better. I feel more energized out there," said
Rodriguez, who also got a mini-break Wednesday as the designated
hitter.

"Even when I struggled, I never had an at-bat where I didn't
feel like I was going to get the job done. My question is
always, how is my body going to bounce back? Now that my body
feels good, I think the results are better."

Johnny Damon and Melky Cabrera also went deep for the Yankees on
a blustery night in the Bronx. New York overcame Ken Griffey
Jr.'s 621st home run, winning its 10th straight home game
against Seattle since Sept. 4, 2007.

Rodriguez and Griffey, former teammates in Seattle, pulled off a
neat feat. The last time two players with at least 550 career
homers connected in the same game was May 8, 1971, when Hank
Aaron and Willie Mays did it, according to the Elias Sports
Bureau.

"Hitters can turn very quickly," Yankees manager Joe Girardi
said. "Alex is one of those players that can do a lot of damage
in a short period of time. There aren't a lot of players like
that in baseball, but Alex is one of them."

Mariano Rivera saved his third game in a row, increasing his
career total to 502. The Yankees haven't trailed since the top
of the sixth inning in Atlanta on Wednesday, when Girardi was
ejected before the offense rallied. That was the start of the
winning streak.

Pettitte (8-3) rebounded from a brief outing Thursday against
the Braves, outpitching fellow lefty Jarrod Washburn in a game
that took just 2 hours, 17 minutes. The Yankees (45-32) are a
season-high 13 games over .500.

"Today was just a crisp game overall," Rodriguez said.

Cabrera's solo shot in the fifth was upheld by a replay review.
There was no doubt about Rodriguez's two-run drive to center off
Washburn (4-6) in the sixth, No. 566 of his career. He is three
behind Rafael Palmeiro for 10th place.

"It was a pretty good pitch probably to most guys. But not to
him," Washburn said. "I think if I'd have had it up a little
more, it might have given him more trouble. He's a great
low-ball hitter."

Rodriguez also hit a tiebreaking home run in the seventh inning
of Tuesday night's 8-5 victory.

Pettitte shut down major league batting leader Ichiro Suzuki,
who went 0 for 4, ending a 12-game hitting streak. Batting
second behind Suzuki, Russell Branyan struck out all four times
up - snapping his career-best hitting streak at 10 games.

"Offensively, the key to this game is Pettitte," Mariners
manager Don Wakamatsu said. "He changed speeds and I think for
the first time all year, kept Ichiro and Branyan hitless. If we
get any offense at all, we'd have given Wash a chance to win
this game."

Alfredo Aceves and Phil Coke combined for a perfect eighth.
Rivera worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his 20th save in 21 chances this
season.

It was the 60th time Rivera has saved a win for Pettitte, adding
to their big league record.

The Yankees will go for their second consecutive sweep Thursday
night with CC Sabathia on the mound. Seattle had won eight of
its past nine series.

Cabrera hit a drive over the left-field foul pole in the fifth
and umpires went inside for a look at the replay. Less than 3
minutes later, they emerged and upheld the original call of home
run, giving New York a 2-1 edge.

Griffey tied it in the sixth with a homer to the short porch in
right. As he rounded the bases, he received a smattering of
applause from the crowd of 45,285.

With his first homer at the new Yankee Stadium, Griffey has
connected in 44 major league ballparks - one shy of Sammy Sosa's
record.

NOTES: Mariners LHP Erik Bedard, sidelined since June 8 with
inflammation in his left shoulder, is slated to throw a 60-pitch
simulated game Friday in Boston. If all goes well, Bedard will
start Tuesday against Baltimore with a pitch limit of about 80,
Wakamatsu said. ... Cody Ransom started at 3B in place of
Rodriguez.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Mariners-Yankees Preview]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By MIKE LIPKA
STATS Writer

Seattle (39-36) at New York (43-32), 7:05 p.m. EDT

The New York Yankees have won six straight games, but the
Seattle Mariners will likely be more concerned with a different
streak when they continue their series at Yankee Stadium.

Seattle has lost nine consecutive contests in two different
stadiums in the Bronx, an ignominious run the Mariners will try
to end when left-handers Andy Pettitte and Jarrod Washburn
square off Wednesday night.

New York's home winning streak against the Mariners dates to
September 4, 2007, and the Yankees have rarely left much to
doubt, outscoring Seattle 80-27 in the nine games and winning
all but one of them by at least three runs.

That includes Tuesday's series-opening 8-5 victory, as they
broke a tie with three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning.
After throwing out the first pitch in honor of his 500th career
save, Mariano Rivera cruised to No. 501.

"I told the guys, 'I might throw the first and the last one,
too,'" Rivera said.

Alex Rodriguez also homered for the third time in his last five
games to help extend the team's latest impressive run, which has
extended into a seven-game homestand. The Yankees (44-32) capped
a 6-3 road trip with a three-game sweep of the rival New York
Mets over the weekend.

They have scored 45 runs and given up 19 in their last six
games, closing within 2 1/2 games of first-place Boston in the
AL East.

"They can put up a lot of runs on the board in a hurry,"
Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu said.

They needed a big offensive effort to win Pettitte's last start,
as the veteran gave up a season-high six runs - three earned -
in a season-low 3 2/3 innings. New York still won 11-7 at
Atlanta.

Pettitte (7-3, 4.38 ERA) has been considerably better against
Seattle lately. In three starts against them since rejoining the
Yankees after his stint with Houston, the left-hander has a 3.10
ERA and 20 strikeouts in 20 1-3 innings despite a 1-2 record.

The Mariners (39-37) had won nine of 12 coming into the series,
but they played their first game without Adrian Beltre on
Tuesday after the third baseman's shoulder surgery. Chris
Woodward, Beltre's replacement in the field, committed the
game's only two errors on the same second-inning play to help
give the Yankees two runs.

They'll be hoping for better defense behind Washburn, who will
pitch after finally earning his first victory since April 21 in
his last outing. Washburn (4-5, 3.22) allowed two runs in six
innings of Thursday's 9-3 win San Diego.

In his previous 10 starts, Washburn had a 3.75 ERA and six
quality starts, but received fewer than three runs of support
per nine innings and went 0-5.

"The one thing about him is he's going to give you an honest
day's work every time he goes out there," Wakamatsu told the
Mariners' official Web site. "And he did it again (Thursday).
It's nice to give him some run support, finally."

Eleven of Washburn's 12 outings against the Yankees have been
quality starts, and despite a 2.56 ERA against New York he has a
5-5 record. Melky Cabrera, who delivered the go-ahead double
Tuesday, is 0 for 13 against Washburn, while Robinson Cano and
Hideki Matsui are both 2 for 14 (.143).

Rodriguez may be the Yankees' best hope against the southpaw.
The former Mariner is 15 for 47 (.319) with six home runs off
Washburn.]]></description>
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