‘90 Bombers finally get a win & take series from ‘86 M’s

8/26-8/27 - Kingdome
GAME 1 - Mariners 5, Yankees 1
Tim Leary rubbed up a blister on his index finger after facing just 10 batters and was forced to leave the game in the 2nd down 1-0.  Chuck Carry would come on in relief and do an admirable job until that fateful 6th inning where the M's tagged him for 4 runs.  Spike Owen doubled home Dave Henderson, who led off the inning with a walk and was followed by Bob Kearney's 3 run blast.  Mike Moore (1-1, 1.17) was stellar in his 8 innings yielding just 1 unearned run and 7 hits.  Pete Ladd finished it off in a no save situation.

GAME 2 - Yankees 3, Mariners 1
Andy Hawkins (1-1, 1.84) kept the M's in check for 7 innings before giving way to Allan Mills in the 8th.  Mills would hold down the fort until Dave Righetti could come on for a perfect 9th to notch his first save and the team's first win of the campaign.  Third string catcher Rick Cerone would single home Roberto Kelly in the top of the 1st off of M's starter Mark Langston (0-1, 2.50).  New York would add a second run in the 3rd thanks to 3 walks and a sac fly by Jim "puttin on" Leyritz long fly to the track.  Two innings later the Bombers would plate another run thanks to a Steve "Bye Bye" Balboni sac fly to make it 3-0.  The M's would score a run in the bottom of the 6th thanks to their own sac fly by Jim Presley.

8/28 - Yankee Stadium
GAME 3 - Yankees 9, Mariners 2
After throwing very few pitches in game 1 of the series Tim Leary was give a second chance to start and see what he had.  Leary undoubtedly proved that he had the goods today by going 7 innings and giving up just 2 runs (1 earned) and fanning 8.  The Bombers helped make Leary's return a triumphant one by scoring 4 big runs in the 3rd inning to break the scoreless deadlock thanks to a bases clearing triple by Roberto Kelly.  The M's would cut New York's lead in half with 2 in the 4th thanks to a Ken Phelps solo shot and an error by Yankee shortstop Alvaro Espinoza.  Seattle would not get any closer as the Bombers had their hitting shoes on today.  In the 5th Mel Hall would single home Donnie Baseball to make it 5-2.  The bottom of the 7th saw rookie phenom Kevin Maas hit a 2 run dinger and the 8th saw 2 more runs posted to blow it open.  After throwing 120 pitches Leary was done and Greg Cadaret pitched a perfect 8th and 9th innings to end it.