SEATTLE, May 9 (UPI) -- Five relievers allowed two hits in 7 2/3 innings and Alex Rodriguez, Jason Giambi and Derek Jeter homered Sunday as the NY Yankees beat Seattle, 7-6.
The Yankees erased an early six-run deficit.
Seattle scored six times in the second inning off New York starter Donovan Osborne. But Bret Prinz spearheaded a dominant relief effort.
Prinz allowed a single in 2 2/3 innings. Gabe White followed with two hitless innings and Paul Quantrill (4-1) worked around a one-out double in the seventh.
After a sacrifice fly by Hideki Matsui in the eighth put the Yankees on top, Tom Gordon worked a perfect eighth. Mariano Rivera allowed a two-out walk in the ninth for his 12th save.
Rodriguez's seventh homer of the season was a solo shot in the fourth. Giambi hit his eighth, a three-run blast in the sixth. Jeter tied it an inning later with a two-run shot.
