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GAME LOG
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Seattle Mariners left Yankee Stadium in a
much better mood than when they arrived.
|  | | Carlos Guillen (center) is a popular man after hitting a grand slam on Monday. |
Carlos Guillen hit his first career grand slam as Seattle beat
up on the New York Yankees for the third straight game, 8-5 on
Monday.
The Mariners were delayed getting to New York because of storms
in the area on Thursday night and went out and lost the opener 13-6
in an ugly game. Seattle then outscored New York 25-11 to win the
final three games.
"It was good to come into Yankee Stadium and get three out of
four," manager Lou Piniella said. "This is not an easy place to
come in and play at -- especially after losing the first one. It was
a good win for us."
John Halama (10-5) allowed three solo homers -- two to David
Justice -- but little else as the AL West-leading Mariners took
three of four against the AL East leaders in a potential playoff
preview.
The Yankees, who acquired Jose Canseco from Tampa Bay in a
waiver claim before the game, had been undefeated in 10 straight
series since Justice joined the team from Cleveland on June 30. But
the New York Mets were the only team they played in that stretch
with a winning record.
Seattle leads Oakland by 3½ games in the AL West, while the
Yankees remained 3½ games ahead of second-place Boston in the AL
East.
"We're malfunctioning right now," Yankees manager Joe Torre
said. "We need to get back and establish our pitching again. The
only good thing is that we've maintained our lead throughout this
whole thing."
Alex Rodriguez and Jay Buhner also homered for Seattle. The
Mariners have won five of seven against New York this season after
losing 17 of 21 matchups the past two seasons.
Just like the past two days when they battered David Cone and
Orlando Hernandez, the Mariners had little trouble against Denny
Neagle (2-2).
Rodriguez broke a 2-2 tie in the fifth inning with a solo homer,
his 28th. Seattle broke the game open in the sixth.
Buhner, who went 4-for-5, led off with a single and went to
second on David Bell's one-out hit. With two outs, Rickey Henderson
drew his second walk of the game -- the 2,036th of his career (20 behind Babe Ruth's career record) -- to load the bases.
On a 3-2 pitch, Guillen hit a drive that just cleared the
right-field fence and was just inside the foul pole to give Seattle
a 7-2 lead.
"I knew (Paul) O'Neill was going to catch that ball,"
Rodriguez said. "The son of a gun catches everything. It was great
to see that ball go out. I was surprised he didn't catch it and I
was surprised it stayed fair."
Neagle, acquired from Cincinnati last month, allowed seven runs
and 10 hits in 5 2/3 innings. Neagle, 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA in his
first three starts with New York, has an 7.11 ERA in losing the
last two.
"The at-bat I'm mad about is the one to Henderson," he said.
"I was 0-2 on him and couldn't make the pitch to get him out."
After Glenallen Hill's fourth homer for New York brought the
Yankees within four, Buhner hit his 21st homer to make it 8-3 in
the seventh off Dwight Gooden.
Halama, who had given up one home run to a left-handed hitter in
116 at-bats coming into the game, allowed solo shots to Justice in
the second and fourth innings.
With one out in the sixth, Halama threw a pitch behind Justice,
who appeared agitated as he discussed it with home umpire Mark
Carlson. On the next pitch, Justice stepped away from the plate as
Halama threw and fouled it off.
Halama, born in Brooklyn, N.Y., had little other trouble in his
first career start at Yankee Stadium. He allowed four runs and nine
hits in 6 1/3 innings.
"I was just up a little bit on a couple of those guys," Halama
said. "That's why they hit the home runs. The ball was really
carrying."
New York's Jorge Posada hit his 20th homer with two outs in the
ninth off Kazuhiro Sasaki.
Game
notes
Yankees reliever Jeff Nelson was ejected in the eighth
inning. Nelson argued balls and strikes as he walked off the field.
Carlson came toward the Yankees' dugout to eject him and Nelson
came out to continue the argument. ... The Yankees put 2B Chuck
Knoblauch on the DL after the game and traded for Pittsburgh INF
Luis Sojo. ... Justice has 19 career multihomer games, including
three this season with Cleveland ... The Yankees had won seven
series and split three since dropping two of three in Detroit on
June 27-29. ... Rodriguez's 18 homers against the Yankees are the
most he's hit against any team. ... Buhner, who began his career
with the Yankees, hit his 300th homer for Seattle. He hit three
homers with New York in 1988 before being traded for Ken Phelps.
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ALSO SEE
Baseball Scoreboard
Seattle Clubhouse
NY Yankees Clubhouse
Torre left stunned by Yankees move to get Canseco
Yankees put Knoblauch on DL and bring back Sojo
Strawberry in stable condition after surgery
RECAPS
Seattle 8
NY Yankees 5
Cleveland 2
Texas 0
Baltimore 4
Detroit 3
Minnesota 4
Tampa Bay 2
Kansas City 8
Toronto 7
Anaheim 4
Boston 1
Cincinnati 3
Atlanta 2
San Diego 6
Philadelphia 4
NY Mets 6
Houston 5
St. Louis 2
Florida 1
Pittsburgh 8
Colorado 7
Arizona 5
Montreal 2
Chicago Cubs 7
Los Angeles 3
San Francisco 8
Milwaukee 1
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 Yankee Stadium was unkind to Denny Neagle this time around.
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Joe Torre commends the Mariners' pitching staff on stumping the Yankees.
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