A-Rod and the boys had a pretty good night at the Jake:
CLEVELAND (AP) – Alex Rodriguez hit career home run No. 501 and rookie Phil Hughes dominated Cleveland for six innings as the New York Yankees began a challenging stretch of games with a 6-1 win over the Indians on Friday night.
Rodriguez, who became the youngest player to reach the 500-homer plateau last week, connected for his 37th homer in the second inning off Fausto Carmona (13-7).
The shot to straightaway center set the tone for the Yankees, who have been beating up on some of the AL’s weaker teams lately.
Before coming to Central-leading Cleveland, New York had played 28 straight games against teams that had losing records at the All-Star break. The Yankees improved to 21-8 since July 12.
Hughes (2-1) was hardly challenged by the Indians, whose offense has been sputtering for weeks. The right-hander allowed one run and four hits in six innings. It was just his second start since spending three months on the disabled list with a hamstring injury.
Derek Jeter had three hits and Bobby Abreu drove in a pair of runs for New York. The Yankees were managed by bench coach Don Mattingly , who filled in while Joe Torre served a one-game suspension.
Umm, yea, one down, two to go. Go Yanks !
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