Melky Cabrera's Three RBIs Lead New York Yankees to Sixth Straight Win

When Nick Swisher struck out with runners at the corners and nobody out in the second, it became Melky Cabrera's responsibility to drive in the Yankees' second run with an out. He did just that with a sacrifice fly to center. When Swisher popped out to short with the bases loaded and no one out in the fourth, it once again was up to Cabrera to tack on an important insurance run with an out. He came through again with an RBI fielder's choice to first base. But with runners on first and third and nobody out in a tie ballgame in the eighth, Cabrera wanted to do more than just drive in a run with an out, and so he hit a go-ahead RBI double to deep center that put the Yankees up 6-5 and they would go on to beat the Seattle Mariners by a score of 8-5. The late-inning extra-base hit will get all the play on the highlight shows, but if not for the pair of run-scoring outs Cabrera produced earlier in the game, he would not have been in position for the heroics in the eighth. Here are the ... (link)