The New York Yankees narrowly defeated the Seattle Mariners yesterday at New Yankee Stadium with the Yankees coming out on top 4 to 2. It was a solid match that aficionados with Yankees tickets won’t soon forget. Not much compares to America’s Pastime so stock up on cheap baseball tickets and see all the fun live.
Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia (3.33 ERA) got the win, while David Aardsma (5.33 ERA) took the loss for the Mariners. CC Sabathia went 8 solid innings for the Yankees, allowed 5 hits, no home runs and one earned run with 2 walks and 4 strikeouts. The Mariners’s starter Ryan Rowland-Smith went 6 innings, allowed 5 hits, one home run and 2 earned runs with 3 walks and 2 strikeouts. Brian Sweeney (0.00) also pitched for the Mariners. With the win, Sabathia’s record goes to 10-3, while Aardsma is at 0-5. Mariano Rivera earned the save for the Yankees, bringing his saves up to 18.
In addition to the 4 runs, the Yankees scored 7 hits and committed no errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Yankees, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. Curtis Granderson had a tough day at the plate, leaving 4 runners on base. The Mariners didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Mariners scored 2 runs, 5 hits and no errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Paul Schrieber, Rob Drake, Joe West and Angel Hernandez. There were 45,591 Yankees ticket holders in attendance at New Yankee Stadium.