Times wires
Thursday, April 28, 2011
NEW YORK — Brett Gardner led off the Yankees' six-run fifth inning with a homer for their first hit of the game, and Nick Swisher homered and had four RBIs in New York's 12-3 rout of the White Sox on Thursday night.
CC Sabathia pitched seven sharp innings to improve to 17-4 against Chicago and help New York gain a split of the four-game series. Swisher hit his first homer in 76 at-bats this season and he, Nunez and Gardner scored three runs each. Every Yankees starter except Nunez had at least one RBI.
Curtis Granderson tripled, Alex Rodriguez and Nunez doubled and Swisher broke an 0-for-19 slump with a single in the fifth. New York sent nine batters to the plate before making an out in the inning.
The White Sox never awoke from their hitting slumber in this series but won the first two games thanks to solid starting pitching. Chicago heads home after a 3-8 road trip in which it scored more than three runs in only one game.