Joe Girardi only got to watch last night's game sitting in George Steinbrenner's private box, but he had to enjoy what he saw. The Yankees clobbered Erik Bedard and the Mariners 13-2 as Girardi sat out a one game suspension for his actions in Thursday night's game against Baltimore. Bench coach Rob Thomson took over the helm and guided the Yankees to the easy win.It didn't start out that way as struggling Andy Pettitte was shaky early on in this one, but his team trailed just 1-0 when they came to bat in the bottom of the 2nd inning. Hideki Matsui, who started both run scoring rallies on Thursday, came through again with a lead off single. Jason Giambi drew a walk and then Shelley Duncan golfed a sinking fastball into the left field seats for a 3-run home run, his first of the season. The Yankees would never trail again.
Pettitte settled in, striking out 9 in 6 innings, including Ichiro Suzuki twice. Seattle manager John McLaren was tossed from the game after arguing with home plate ump Mike Dimuro after Ichiro's 2nd strikeout. Pettitte allowed one more run on an RBI double by Adrian Beltre in the 3rd inning, but his teammates opened the flood gates.
The Yankees added to the lead on a 2-run single by Robinson Cano in the 4th and then blew the game open with an 8-run 5th inning. Derek Jeter was hit by a pitch yet again and Bobby Abreu followed with a single to put runners on the corners with no one out. Jeter was thrown out at home on Alex Rodriguez's fielder's choice, but Matsui brought home a pair with a single to center. Giambi followed with a single, sending Bedard to the showers, but Sean Green would fare no better after striking out Duncan.Cano's second single brought home one run and Chad Moeller's single plated two more. Abreu would single home a pair in his second at-bat of the inning and A-Rod knocked in the final run of the inning with a single off of R.A. Dickey.
The rest of the night was just counting the outs until the victory.
News and Notes
Wilson Betemit began his current rehab from a hamstring injury by playing for Scranton last night. He was 0-2 with a walk and struck out twice.
With Johnny Damon sitting out against a tough left-hander, Derek Jeter batted lead off and Bobby Abreu hit second.
Edwar Ramirez pitched the 9th inning for his 10th scoreless appearance (11 innings) this season. He walked two batters, but also struck out two.
May 23, 2008
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |  | R | H | E | |
Seattle | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | |
NY Yankees | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| Seattle | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Suzuki, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .289 |
| Bloomquist, LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .162 |
| Lopez, 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .293 |
| Vidro, DH | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .225 |
| Ibanez, LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .286 |
| Reed, LF-CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 |
| Beltre, 3B | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 |
| Cairo, 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .171 |
| Sexson, 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 |
| Balentien, RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .224 |
| Burke, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .219 |
| Betancourt, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .262 |
| Totals | 35 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 19 | |
| BATTING 2B: Vidro 2 (8, Pettitte, Hawkins), Beltre (9, Pettitte). TB: Lopez; Vidro 5; Beltre 4; Balentien; Betancourt. RBI: Betancourt (17), Beltre (23). 2-out RBI: Betancourt; Beltre. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ibanez; Suzuki; Sexson; Burke; Bloomquist. Team LOB: 8. FIELDING E: Lopez (5, fielding). | ||||||||
| Seattle | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Bedard (L, 3-3) | 4.1 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4.70 |
| Green | 0.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.91 |
| Dickey | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.56 |
| Lowe | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.79 |
| NY Yankees | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Jeter, SS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .295 |
| Gonzalez, SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 |
| Abreu, RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .292 |
| Rodriguez, 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .292 |
| Ensberg, 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .205 |
| Matsui, LF | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .311 |
| Giambi, DH | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .217 |
| Duncan, S, 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .188 |
| Cano, 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .214 |
| Moeller, C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .255 |
| Cabrera, CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .248 |
| Totals | 38 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |
| BATTING 2B: Giambi (7, Bedard), Cano (7, Bedard). HR: Duncan, S (1, 2nd inning off Bedard, 2 on, 0 out). TB: Abreu 2; Rodriguez; Matsui 3; Giambi 3; Duncan, S 4; Cano 3; Moeller; Cabrera. RBI: Duncan, S 3 (6), Cano 3 (17), Matsui 2 (22), Moeller 2 (7), Abreu 2 (27), Rodriguez (16). 2-out RBI: Cano; Moeller 2; Abreu 2; Rodriguez. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cabrera; Matsui; Moeller 2. Team LOB: 7. FIELDING Outfield assists: Matsui (Vidro at home). DP: (Matsui-Moeller). | ||||||||
| NY Yankees | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Pettitte (W, 4-5) | 6.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.27 |
| Hawkins | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.09 |
| Ramirez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
HBP: Jeter (by Bedard).
Pitches-strikes: Bedard 74-48, Green 25-17, Dickey 38-25,
Lowe 22-11, Pettitte 105-75, Hawkins 24-15, Ramirez 23-13.
Ground outs-fly outs: Bedard 5-5, Green 0-0, Dickey 2-4,
Lowe 0-2, Pettitte 8-1, Hawkins 1-3, Ramirez 0-1.
Batters faced: Bedard 23, Green 6, Dickey 9, Lowe 6, Pettitte 26,
Hawkins 6, Ramirez 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Green 2-2, Dickey 2-1.
EjectionsSeattle Mariners Manager John McLaren ejected
by HP umpire Mike DiMuro. (2nd).
Umpires: HP: Mike DiMuro. 1B: Larry Vanover. 2B: Mike Everitt.
3B: Tim McClelland.
Weather: 65 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 14 mph, Out to CF.
T: 2:58.
Att: 52,005.
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