Yankees Send Mariners To 16th Straight Loss With 10-3 Defeat
Once the rain stopped and the tarp was taken off the field at Yankee Stadium, it didn't take long for Mark Teixeira and the rest of the New York hitters to get going.
Teixeira smacked a two-run homer off Jason Vargas in the first inning and Derek Jeter added a solo shot in the third off the Mariners starter on the way to a 10-3 victory, extending Seattle's franchise-worst losing streak to 16 games.
The skid for the Mariners is the longest in the majors since Kansas City dropped 19 in a row during the 2005 season. The American League record is 21, set by Baltimore at the start of the 1988 season.
Teixeira knocked in three runs and Jeter two, as the Yankees won for the seventh time in 10 contests. Curtis Granderson also drove in two runs and New York didn't miss a beat after the start of the game was delayed nearly two hours by rain. . Freddy Garcia (9-7) yielded eight hits and fanned five over 7 2/3 innings to win his second straight start.
Vargas (6-9) was charged with seven hits and eight runs -- four earned -- over four innings to drop his fourth consecutive start. He fell to 0-3 with a 7.86 ERA lifetime against the Yankees.
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