Jayson Nix cleared the bases with a three-run double in the eighth inning to put the Yankees ahead for good in a 5-2 win over the Mariners in the rubber game of the three game series.
Phil Hughes had his longest outing thus far this season, tossing 7 2/3 innings of six-hit, one-run ball as the Yankees down the Seattle Mariners 6-2 in the Bronx on Saturday.