Yankees batter Doubledays

AUBURN - It's become a well-known fact that lately, the New York Yankees' offense has been anemic at best.

But further down the baseball totem pole, offense hasn't been a problem for the Staten Island Yankees. The New York-Penn League McNamara Division leaders had put up 48 runs during their seven-game win streak heading into Falcon Park Saturday. The Yankees didn't put up a lot of runs, but 11 hits overwhelmed the Auburn Doubledays as Staten Island earned its eighth straight win, 6-2. “If you don't play good, you're going to lose - it's that simple,” Doubledays manager Dennis Holmberg said.

Three infield Auburn errors helped the Yankees' cause, as did the combined effort from Staten Island hurlers David Phelps and Drew Shetrone. Phelps, the starter, got his second win of the season after 5 1-3 innings of work and allowing all four of the Doubledays hits. Shetrone spent the next 2 2-3 on the mound, throwing two strikeouts and not permitting a baserunner on his watch. Josue Selenes pitched the last inning, allowing Adam Amar to walk with two outs, but Bartolo Nicholas' fielder's choice just two pitches later ended the game.