Mo's 600th save preserves win for Burnett
By Taylor Soper / MLB.com | 9/14/2011 1:00 AM ET
SEATTLE -- All was good in Yankee land Tuesday night at Safeco Field.
Not only did the Bronx Bombers keep their American League East lead at four games with a 3-2 win over Seattle, but closer Mariano Rivera made history with his 600th career save, securing New York's third straight victory in front of 18,306.
It was save No. 41 on the season for Rivera, who needs just one more save to tie Trevor Hoffmann atop the all-time saves list.
Rivera helped starter A.J. Burnett secure his first win since Aug. 15. Burnett's six-inning outing wasn't pretty by any means -- the righty hit two batters, walked two more and threw two wild pitches -- but the 34-year-old fooled the Mariners with his off-speed pitches all night to set a season high with 11 strikeouts.
Although it came against a struggling Mariners squad that has double-digit strikeouts in five of its last six games, Burnett held Seattle to two runs on four hits and it was good enough for his 10th win, marking his seventh straight season of 10 or more wins for the Arkansas native.
Mariners starter Charlie Furbush limited New York to two runs through five innings, but he allowed Nick Swisher to score on a Robinson Cano fielder's choice in the sixth that put the Yankees up 3-2 and ended up being the difference.
Cano also hit a solo shot in the second and picked up his 110th RBI in the process to set a career high. That gave the Yankees an early 1-0 lead, and they added to that after an Andruw Jones double scored Jesus Montero to give New York a 2-0 advantage.
But thanks to an erratic Burnett, the Mariners came back with a run in the bottom of the frame. Miguel Olivo moved to third on Burnett's first wild pitch of the game and scored off a Brendan Ryan single two batters later.
Another Burnett wild pitch in the third inning moved Kyle Seager to third base, who later scored on an Olivo sacrifice fly.
With two more wild pitches on Tuesday night, Burnett took sole possession of first place for most wild pitches in a season in the last 11 years with 25. He has thrown a Major League-high 58 wild pitches since joining the Yankees in 2009.
Furbush went 5 1/3 innings, giving up three runs on seven hits. He tied a career high with six strikeouts and has lost his last five starts.
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Mo今天在客場西雅圖拿到今年第41場救援點.
也為自己製造歷史 600個救援點...
更幫助表現不好的先發投手burnett拿下自8/15以後勝投. 這場比賽他丟到幾個人.也有暴投.
並且Mo差一場就可以跟Trevor Hoffman並稱救援王.
希望明年郭泓志穩一點...
朝終結者之路邁進...
