Yankees gain first 2010 series sweep

April 18- The current Major League Baseball World Champion New York Yankees displayed power, speed, a strong bench, effective starting and relief pitching to gain their first series sweep of the 2010 season over the Texas Rangers. The Yankees may now have a 5 pitcher rotation but their old standby Big Three did the job over the improved Rangers. CC Sabathia set the stage with a rain-shortened six inning 3 hit 6-1 win in game one. AJ Burnett followed with a steady 7 inning 6 hit 7-3 win. Not to be outdone, Andy Pettitte completed the three game sweep with a seven inning outing for a 5-2 and the 251st win of his career. Alex Rodriquez and Mark Texeira both hit their first homers of the season in the series. Ranger manager Ron Washington called speedster Brett Gardner "the Yankees own Ichiro". Bench players Francisco Cervelli and Marcus Thames both contributed key hits in the series.