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After what might have been the nastiest of CC Sabathia's 11 strikeout sequences on Tuesday, Curtis Granderson glanced over to left field and gestured to teammate Brett Gardner, as if to say: "Is he for real?"

On a night when Derek Jeter moved two hits closer to 3,000 and Granderson homered twice, it was Sabathia who loomed largest, continuing one of his best grooves with the Yankees in a 9-2 victory over the Indians.

"I was like, 'That's just not fair,'" Granderson said. "It was amazing to watch him go out there."

The pitches Granderson marveled at were delivered in the fourth inning, when Sabathia tied up Travis Hafner with a 97-mph fastball for strike 2 and then snapped off an 86-mph slider in the dirt for the strikeout.

Not fair, indeed. Sabathia struck out 10 or more batters for the second time in as many starts and the 25th time in his career, shutting out the Tribe on five hits over Josh Hamilton Jersey seven innings to pick up his Major League-leading 12th win.

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Truth be told, Sabathia had a trip booked with his family to the Bahamas for the break, and he wasn't all that broken up when Authentic Carlton Fisk Jersey Rangers manager Ron Washington cobbled together a staff without his name. But Sabathia still seemed completely deserving.

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The Yankees batted around for a five-run second inning against Cleveland starter Carlos Carrasco, taking advantage of an errant throw to first base that prolonged the inning and opened the floodgates.

Nick Swisher Rangers Josh Hamilton Jersey scored as first baseman Carlos Santana couldn't handle a one-hop throw from shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera, looking to complete what could have been an inning-ending double play on a Francisco Cervelli grounder, with assistance from a hard Gardner slide into second base.

Jeter had legged out an infield single in his first at-bat, and with the inning continuing, the captain ripped a more convincing hit his second time up -- a booming two-run double to center field that scored Jorge Posada and Cervelli.

"I felt better today," Jeter said. "It's always good when you get the first [hit] out of the way. You feel like it's Kevin Youkilis Jersey Opening Day all over again. Once you get the first one out of the way, I could relax a little bit."

Jeter's first hits since being activated from the disabled list place him four hits shy of becoming the 28th member of the 3,000-hit club; he's sitting on 2,996 going into Wednesday's series finale in Cleveland.

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The shot, his 25th, tied Granderson with Mark Teixeira for the club lead and moved the center fielder past his 2010 total by one roundtripper. Granderson's career high is 30, set in 2009 with the Tigers.

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That was all plenty for Sabathia, who came off a career-high 13 strikeouts in his last start against the Brewers, traveling to Cleveland to dominate his other former club.

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Cleveland's only two runs were scored in the ninth off Lance Pendleton, after three Yankees runs came in against Chad Durbin in the eighth.

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"That's always my goal, not trying to strike guys out," Sabathia said. "Maybe get a double play, things like that; we had a pretty good lead. I was just trying to get ground balls and get outs, and we ended up getting strikeouts."

The outing made Sabathia the first Yankee since Tommy John (1979, '80) to collect at least 12 victories prior to the All-Star break in consecutive seasons, and Sabathia Red Sox Dustin Pedroia Jersey should have a shot at 13 before getting his well-deserved three days in paradise.

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All of these games later, Derek Jeter had never enjoyed six hits in a single day, so Authentic Brian Wilson Jersey there was no moment heading into Tuesday that the Yankees' captain caught himself thinking that might change.

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"You expect him to be a little rusty," Girardi said. "I don't think it'll take him long to get back to where he was. I thought he swung the bat pretty good [Tuesday]."

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Before Tuesday night, Zach Duke had started 11 games at Miller Park in his career.

The D-backs lefty did not have a win to show for it and neither did the team he was pitching for.

Duke brought both streaks to an end, as he tossed seven quality innings to lead the D-backs past the Brewers, 7-3, in front of 34,972.

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Gibson had lamented in recent days that his club seemed to live and die with the home run. Tuesday's first inning was the opposite, as the D-backs showed patience at the plate and put together the rally with four singles.

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Duke (2-3) allowed five hits and two runs over seven innings of work.

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Duke began the season on the disabled list after suffering a broken left hand in Spring Training. After an outstanding performance in his first start of the year May 28 against the Astros, it has been a bit of a struggle for Duke, who entered the game with a 5.92 ERA.

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Jonathan Papelbon's save looked like it was slipping away in the top of the ninth inning on Tuesday night at Fenway. John McDonald had blooped a single into Matt Garza Jersey left and Edwin Encarnacion came racing around second, looking poised to score the tying run.

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McDonald has had a glaringly tough season at the plate, hitting .125 in 64 at-bats. He was happy to be able to help save a game with his arm.

The throw was a bullet, landing in Varitek's mitt without a hop. Varitek stuck his left leg out, making home plate a near impossible destination for Encarnacion.

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Varitek was there, waiting.

"It's the end of the game, I'm just trying to stay in there," said Varitek. "Darnell made a very good throw -- a perfect throw. It saved us the game."

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The Authentic Kosuke Fukudome Jersey big righty came on with a 3-0 lead, only to give up a leadoff single to Corey Patterson and a two-run Fenway shot to Jose Bautista, the 28th of the season for the slugger.

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Marlins interim manager Jack McKeon said during his pregame meeting with the media Sunday afternoon that he returned to the dugout at 80 years old to win.

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Darren O'Donnell, like any baseball fan worth his Cracker Jacks, is keeping score.

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