NEW YORK _ Domingo German followed up his first major-league win with the longest and best outing of his brief career on Tuesday night. The rookie right-hander allowed two runs (one earned) in seven innings and four Yankees homered in a 7-2 victory over the Mariners before 45,122 at Yankee Stadium.
German (2-4, 4.77 ERA) overcame a first-inning unearned run by retiring 19 Mariners in a row between the first and seventh innings. He gave up two hits, walked none and struck out nine in a 96-pitch gem that took just 2:28 to complete.
Giancarlo Stanton, Miguel Andujar, Aaron Hicks and Gleyber Torres homered for the Yankees. But the story was German, who continues to solidify a spot in the Yankees rotation even as general manager Brian Cashman searches for another starting pitcher before the trade deadline.
Dee Gordon opened the game with a double to right-center. The Mariners didn't earn another base until there was one out in the seventh.
After Gordon's double, Jean Segura hit a grounder to short. Didi Gregorius would have had a play on the speedy Gordon heading to third if he had not bobbled the ball for an error.
Mitch Haniger followed with a liner to third that Andujar leapt for and deflected to Gregorius, who threw to second for the game's first out as Gordon scored to give Seattle a 1-0 lead.
German struck out Nelson Cruz and Kyle Seager to end the first and Ryon Healy to begin the next inning. By then, the game was tied at 1 on Stanton's first-pitch home run.
Stanton, who went 4-for-5 in the Yankees' previous game on Monday in Washington, hadn't hit well at home (.212). But he continued his fine work against left-handers. Including the home run to Monument Park's retired netting in center field, Stanton was 25-for-70 (.357) with nine of his 17 home runs against lefties.
