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NEW YORK (AP) – Carlos Guillen isn't trying to take Alex
Rodriguez's place in Seattle's lineup. He's simply doing his best
to help the Mariners win.
|  | | The Mariners had Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte scratching his head Wednesday. |
Guillen drove in three runs with a pair of two-out hits as the
Mariners beat the New York Yankees 7-5 Wednesday night for their
sixth straight victory.
"I don't feel any pressure because I know there's only one Alex
Rodriguez," Guillen said. "I played short all the way up through
the minors, so it gives me a chance to play there every day."
Seattle has won 10 of 11 and leads the majors with a 17-4 record.
"Carlos and a few of the guys are starting to swing the bats," manager Lou Piniella said. "We need those runs from the bottom of the order. And with Carlos, boy, has he played some short."
Guillen, who entered the game hitting .175 with seven RBI, gave
Seattle a 6-5 lead in the sixth with an RBI single. He also had a
two-run single in a four-run second and tripled in the eighth to
finish 3-for-4.
The Mariners have won the first two games of the three-game series, the first meeting between the teams since last year's AL championship series. The three-time defending World Series champion Yankees are 11-10.
Ichiro Suzuki was 2-for-5 with two RBI to raise his average to
.355. Suzuki, the leading hitter in the Japanese Pacific League the
last seven years, followed Guillen's go-ahead hit in the sixth with
an RBI single to center off Andy Pettitte (3-2).
Jeff Nelson got the final out in the eighth in his first
appearance against New York since returning to Seattle as a free
agent. He helped the Yankees win four titles in five years as their
right-handed setup man.
Kazuhiro Sasaki pitched the ninth for his major league-leading 11th save.
New York tied it at 5 in the fifth on Bernie Williams' sacrifice
fly and Jorge Posada's two-run double down the left-field line.
Scott Brosius and Chuck Knoblauch opened the inning with walks off
starter John Halama, and Derek Jeter singled off Norm Charlton
(1-0) to load the bases for Williams.
After Pettitte struck out the side in the first inning, the
Mariners took advantage of two errors and a two-out walk to score
four unearned runs in the second.
Guillen singled in two runs with a drive that got under
right-fielder Paul O'Neill's glove, allowing another run to score.
Suzuki followed with an RBI single, and John Olerud added a
sacrifice fly in the third to make it 5-0.
"We made Andy's job way too tough," said Brosius, who had
throwing errors in the second and sixth innings. "You can't give a
good team like that three extra at-bats. It's like an extra inning
to bat."
Brosius hit a leadoff homer in third, and New York pulled within three on Michael Coleman's sacrifice fly in the fourth.
Pettitte, who came within one out of a shutout against Boston in
his previous start, allowed seven runs -- three earned -- and seven hits
in six innings.
"I thought Andy was overthrowing a bit," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. "He has been throwing hard lately, but we haven't seen that for a while.
"We're going through a tough time defensively now where we're not making the plays. We have to fight our way through it."
Game notes
Yankees RHP Orlando Hernandez is expected to start Friday
against Oakland after missing a start because of soreness in his
right elbow. LHP Ted Lilly is set for Saturday's game against the
A's. ... Suzuki struck out in the first inning, his fourth
strikeout in 96 plate appearances this year. ... Seattle has scored
10 of its 14 runs in the series with two outs.
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Minnesota 6
Boston 4
Anaheim 3
Cleveland 1
Baltimore 6
Detroit 4
Seattle 7
NY Yankees 5
Toronto 8
Texas 5
Tampa Bay 5
Kansas City 3
Chi. White Sox 2
Oakland 1
Atlanta 11
Houston 3
Milwaukee 7
NY Mets 2
St. Louis 5
Montreal 2
Colorado 6
Chicago Cubs 5
Arizona 10
Florida 7
Philadelphia 5
San Diego 3
Cincinnati 7
San Francisco 5
Los Angeles 6
Pittsburgh 5
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