Santana’s HR Lifts Mariners to Victory Over Yankees
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In a clubhouse with little playoff experience, Carlos Santana is the old man who can be relied on for advice and guidance.
And every now and then, he’ll come up with a clutch hit or two to remind us that he’s still a pretty good player.
Santana’s go-ahead two-run homer during Seattle’s three-run seventh inning snapped a 0-for-17 slump, and the Mariners rallied to beat the slumping New York Yankees 4-3 on Wednesday.
Seattle won the season series 4-2, thanks to two tense, one-run victories over New York for the second week in a row. Tuesday night, the Mariners won 1-0 in 13 innings. The teams could meet again in the playoffs, with the Yankees leading the AL East and Seattle in the first AL wild-card spot.
For the Yankees, who have lost eight of ten games, Aaron Judge hit his major league-leading 45th home run of the se