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DeSalvo, Yankees look to get back on track vs. Mariners

May 12, 2007 - 1:27 PM NY Yankees (15-16) at Seattle (14-14) 10:05 pm EDT

SEATTLE (Ticker) -- Matt DeSalvo aims for his first major league win when the New York Yankees take on the Seattle Mariners in the middle contest of a three-game weekend series.

On Friday, Jarrod Washburn threw eight stellar innings and Kenji Johjima hit a two-run homer as the Mariners posted a 3-0 victory over the Yankees in the first contest of their nine-game homestand.

Darrell Rasner, who is pitching for the last open spot in the Yankees' rotation, was let down by his offense. He allowed three runs and seven hits in five innings.

Rasner will be in competition for the spot with DeSalvo (0-0, 1.29 ERA), who will make his first road start Saturday after pitching well enough to win in his debut last Monday - also against the Mariners. The rookie righthander allowed just one run and three hits in seven innings but did not figure in the decision in a 3-2 loss.

New York split a four-game series with Seattle last weekend and has dropped two straight since an impressive 7-2 stretch.

The Mariners will counter with Miguel Batista (3-2, 5.70), who also opposed DeSalvo last Monday, allowing two runs and nine hits in 6 1/3 innings. Batista is 2-2 with a 4.33 ERA in 17 games - five starts - against the Yankees in his career.

Seattle has split its last eight contests.