Andy Pettitte was in vintage form and the New York Yankees’ offense supplied the support in Saturday’s 7-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
Nick Swisher and Francisco Cervelli each drove in a pair of runs and Robinson Cano had four hits and scored three times to help New York stake a 6-0 lead through five innings.
That was more than enough of a head-start for Pettitte (3-0), who allowed one run on six hits over eight innings, while striking out eight batters.
The Yankees jumped all over Angels starter Joel Pineiro (2-2), tagging him for six runs on 11 hits in six innings of work.
Swisher opened the scoring with a single in the first and Cervelli made it 3-0 with an RBI single in the fourth.
Derek Jeter and Mark Teixeira also drove in runs for the Yankees, who avoided a three-game losing skid.
Torii Hunter got the Angels’ lone run with a sixth-inning sacrifice fly.
NY Yankees | LA Angels | |
Andy Pettitte | Player | Joel Pineiro |
Win | W/L | Loss |
8.0 | IP | 6.0 |
8 | Strikeouts | 2 |
6 | Hits | 11 |
1.12 | ERA | 9.00 |
NY Yankees | LA Angels | |
Robinson Cano | Player | Hideki Matsui |
4 | Hits | 2 |
1 | RBI | 0 |
0 | HR | 0 |
4 | TB | 2 |
.800 | Avg | .500 |
Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
NY Yankees | 14 | 0 | 18 | .368 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
LA Angels | 7 | 0 | 8 | .226 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |