Hernandez shuts out Yanks with 2-hitter
June 30, 2010
NEW YORK (AP)—Felix Hernandez(notes) followed Cliff Lee(notes) with a gem of his own,pitching a two-hitter and striking out 11 as the Seattle Mariners secured theirfirst road series win since April, beating the New York Yankees 7-0 Wednesdaynight.
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Michael Saunders(notes) connected for two of the light-hitting Mariners’ fourhomers to support Hernandez in his third complete game this season and 10thoverall. It was his career fourth shutout and first since June 16, 2009, at SanDiego.
Hernandez (6-5) and Lee are a major reason why the Mariners have won nine of12. Lee threw his third straight complete game in a 7-4 win Tuesday night andKing Felix, in his third start in a row to go nine innings, might have been moreperplexing to Yankees batters Wednesday.
The Yankees had not lost consecutive games to pitchers throwing completegames since April 21-22, 2000, when Chris Carpenter(notes) and Kelvim Escobar(notes) did itfor the Toronto Blue Jays.
Hernandez and Lee won back-to-back starts for only the second time thisseason. The last was June 18-19, but Hernandez went nine innings in his previousstart, a 13-inning loss to the Cubs.
Mark Teixeira(notes) doubled leading off the first for New York’s first hit andColin Curtis(notes) had a lost-in-the-lights double in the fifth. Hernandez retired 11in a row after Curtis’ double before a one-out walk to Teixeira in the ninth.
Milton Bradley(notes) and Saunders each homered off Javier Vazquez(notes) (6-7) and JoseLopez(notes) extended his hitting streak to 12 games with an RBI single.
Russell Branyan(notes) homered for the first time since returning to the Marinersin a trade late Saturday, a two-run shot in the seventh off Damaso Marte(notes) to helpthe Mariners secure their first series on the road since April 26-28 at KansasCity.
Saunders hit a two-run homer in the eighth off Chad Gaudin(notes) for his firstmultihomer game.
Unlike Lee, who might be gone by the trading deadline in July, Hernandezfigures to be the Mariners ace for awhile. He signed a $78 million, five-yeardeal in the offseason.
Hernandez got himself in trouble with a leadoff walk to Derek Jeter(notes) in thefirst. He struck out Nick Swisher(notes) and Teixeira but Jeter advanced to third on awild pitch and passed ball. Alex Rodriguez(notes) walked—Hernandez’s first multiwalkgame in five starts—before Robinson Cano(notes) hit a liner to left that Saunderscaught with a leap.
Hernandez, who has won three straight decisions, did not walk another batteruntil the ninth.
In the fifth, Curtis hit a high fly that fell in for a double when secondbaseman Chone Figgins(notes) lost the ball in the lights, holding his hands up indismay as Curtis hustled around first for the extra-base hit.
In the top of the fifth, Branyan stepped out of the batter’s box but homeplate umpire Angel Hernandez did not grant him time—Vazquez’s pitch was a balland Branyan ended up walking.
NOTES: The Mariners finished June 14-13, their first winning month of theseason. The Yankees were 16-10. … Yankees RHP A.J. Burnett(notes) threw about 35pitches in a bullpen session with pitching coach Dave Eiland, who returned tothe team Tuesday after taking nearly a month off for an undisclosed personalreason. Burnett lost all five starts in Eiland’s absence, and Eiland worked withBurnett on keeping his shoulder in. … Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu said LHPErik Bedard(notes) (shoulder) was excited about making his rehab start for Triple-ATacoma on Thursday. If all goes well, Wakamatsu said Bedard could make his firststart since having surgery in August on July 6 against Kansas City.
