'B' Team Pummels KC, 15-4

Stinnett, Cairo, Cabrera hammer Royals Pitching

Less than 24 hours after an embarrassing loss at the hands of the Kansas City Royals, the Yankees pounded the oppositions pitching to the tune of 15 hits in a 15-4 romp. Subs Kelly Stinnett, Miguel Cairo, and Melky Cabrera combined for 9 hits and 10 RBI. Oh, and one of those starters, Alex Rodriguez, hit a pair of bombs as well. Chien-Ming Wang was the beneficiary of all that offense as he pitched 7 effective innings for his 5th win of the season.

The Yankees jumped on starter Jeremy Affeldt in the 2nd inning and didn't let up. With two on and one out, Cairo, Cabrera, and Stinnett stroked consecutive singles for a 3-0 lead. In the third, Rodriguez hit a long two-run homer and Stinnett topped that later in the inning with a 3-run blast for an 8-0 lead.

Wang (5-2) meanwhile was cruising through the Royals lineup, having retired the first 11 hitters in a row before Doug Mientkiewicz's two-out double in the 4th. RBI doubles by Aaron Guiel and Angel Berroa in the 5th got the Royals on the board, but A-Rod answered back with his second home run of the game, a solo shot, in the bottom half of the inning.

KC cut the lead to 9-4 with another pair in a two out rally in the 6th. Matt Stairs doubled in a run and Tony Graffanino followed with an RBI single before Wang retired the side. The Yankees responded with another offensive outburst to drive Affeldt (2-5) from the game.

Stinnett led off the home half of the sixth with a double, his third hit of the game, and came home on Derek Jeter's single. After another run came across on a wild pitch, Cairo, who had 4 hits, doubled in two more and Cabrera followed with a 2-run double in the gap in right-center.

Ron Villone and Scott Erickson were on mop up duty, pitching an inning each to finish out the ball game.

Notes

Cairo's 4 hits tied a career high.