Monday, 5 March 2012

Yanks rough up Orioles 9-1

Nick Swisher and Curtis Granderson hit two-run doubles in the second inning to back another stingy start by Phil Hughes, and the New York Yankees handed the Baltimore Orioles their seventh straight loss, 9-1 on Wednesday night.

Robinson Cano hit a two-run homer in the seventh and ran his hitting streak to 16 games for New York, which had 14 hits. Jorge Posada returned to the lineup after sitting out since May 16 with a broken bone in his right foot and went 1 for 3 with a walk.

Fielding a nearly complete opening-day lineup for the first time in several weeks, the Yankees pounced on Brad Beregesen (3-4) for six runs in 2 1-3 innings and beat Baltimore for the …

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