Yankees Rout Birds 9-1

The Yankees showcased their heavy artillery Tuesday night at the stadium as they routed the Birds by a score of 9-1...

Power hitting from the tandem of Alex Rodriguez and Mark Teixeira plus the power pitching of CC Sabathia were the keys to victory...

A-Rod hit a 2-run hr in the first to give the Yanks an early 2-1 lead...CC Sabathia pitched 7 strong innings, striking out 7 along the way while allowing only 1 run...

The score remained 2-1 till the 7th, when the Yankees unloaded with 7 runs including a Mark Texeira 2-run hr...

The victory extends the Yankees win streak to 7...

Additional Notes:

Tuesday night marked the return of Brian Bruney, who pitched a scoreless 1-2-3 8th inning...

Tomorrow, Phil Hughes takes the hill...

Let's Go Yanks!

ESPN.com has Tuesday night's box score and video highlights: