Yanks cruise to 8th in row
NEW YORK—Nick Swisher is walking around in a mohawk. A. J. Burnett has been pelting teammates with whipped cream pies. Derek Jeter sat on the jury in Kangaroo Court.
So much for the straight-laced pinstripes of old. Shedding their corporate image, the New York
Yankees are reveling in this winning streak with a childlike enthusiasm.
“It’s been a great run for us,” Swisher said. “I think having fun creates winning.”
Swisher hit the first of three consecutive homers that sent Phil Hughes and the Yankees to their eighth straight victory Wednesday night, 11-4 over the Baltimore Orioles.
Robinson Cano and Melky Cabrera also hit solo shots to right field in the second inning against starter Jeremy Guthrie (3-4) — all with two strikes.
Cano had three hits and three RBIs, and Mark Teixeira hit a run-scoring double off the center-field fence for the Yankees, on their longest winning streak since taking eight in a row last July. New York broke it open with a six-run eighth that included Jeter’s two-run double off the top of the right-field wall.
Nearly four hours before the game, the Yankees held a Kangaroo Court, something veteran Andy Pettitte said the team hadn’t done since 1995, when Wade Boggs was the sitting judge. Mariano Rivera was the judge this time.
Hughes (2-2) struck out a career-high nine in five innings, limiting a Baltimore lineup that tagged him for eight runs and eight hits in 1c innings on May 9.
It was an important start for the 22-year-old right-hander, whose big league future is uncertain because Chien-Ming Wang appears close to coming off the disabled list and rejoining the rotation.
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