Pettitte get's his 250th win, Yanks win 3-1.

On the day Pettitte win's his 250th game,
his son Josh is drafted by the Yankees.

As Andy Pettitte would tell you he hasn't pitched up to his standards lately. Allowing four runs in 4 2/3 innings in his last start on Monday against the Indians, Pettitte was looking to deliver a better outing against the Mariners.

On the day his son, Josh Pettitte, was drafted by the Yankees in the MLB Draft, his father Andy tossed 7 1/3 innings of run run ball against Seattle in an effort that included picking up his 250th career victory.

"It's all tied in together now for me," Pettitte said. "It's like I can't separate them because they're both together. It just all happened right here, and the game was ending, so it's just really cool."

For the second straight night the Yankees jumped on the board in the 1st inning. This time they did it when Mark Teixeira lined a two-out double down the left field line, setting up an RBI opportunity that Robinson Cano was able to come through in, singling to right, driving home Teixeira.

Pettitte was perfect through the first three innings, then the Mariners lead off the 4th inning with a pair of singles that would later setup for a sac-fly by Michael Morse, tying up the game at one all.

The Yankees answered back with a run in the top half of the 5th inning when Ichiro walked to start the inning. Chris Stewart singled to put runners on 1st and 2nd with only one out. After Brett Gardner grounded into a force out at 2nd. Jason Nix singled into left field, plating Ichiro to give the Yankees a 2-1 lead.

"Nix has swung the bat really well for us," Girardi said. "It's great. That's why we put him in the two-hole against lefties, because he's done a really good job."

Nix came through o add another RBI single in the 7th inning that help pad the Yankees lead, 3-1. That lead prove to be all the runs that the Yankees would need.

"To get us that tack-on run, the third one, is extremely important," Girardi said. "We've had contributions from guys all year long. You get them from Nixy today and it's important."

Pettitte was taken out of the game with one out in the 7th after only 85 pitches. David Robertson caught himself into a little jam, but was able to pitch his way out of it.

Pettitte's would finish the game having only gave up one run on three hits, all singles, over 7 1/3 innings, while walking none and striking out six. The Mariners three hits came in only the fourth and eight innings.

"I felt like I got in a pretty good rhythm, and I felt like I was locating the ball well today," Pettitte said. "That's what I want to do; just want go out there and do my job and throw the ball well.

"It's kind of been a little bit of a grind here the last month, just not having a feel for everything, but I felt like I had a real good feel for all my pitches today and was locating them fairly well. Let's hold that right there for a while now."

Mariano River came out to pitch a scoreless 9th inning in which he struck out the side, capturing his 22nd save of the season, and locking up Pettitte's 250th career win. It was also the 71st time that Rivera saved a game that Pettitte started and won.

"That's wonderful. He pitched a tremendous game today," Rivera said. "Being able to be there for his 250th, that's special. I gave him the baseball, too. That's a great number. He has been there in tough games. He's been there for us."

Pettitte won his first career game on June 7, 1995. Eighteen years and a day later, he's Vic Willis for sole possession of 43rd place on the all-time wins list by permitting just three singles over 7 1/3 innings.

"Two-hundred and fifty wins, and a lot of postseason wins, too," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "He's been a great Yankee, and when you talk about one of the all-time greats, that's what he has been. He has been a pleasure to play with and a pleasure to manage."

After the game Mariano was joking with Pettitte that he should stick around for a few more years so that he and his son can appear on the same roster together. Pettitte responded, "No chance."

With the win, the Yankees have won three of three games so far in this series and now have a chance to win the series on Sunday when David Phelps (4-3, 4.15 ERA) looks to raid the kings court when he squares off against King Felix Hernandez (7-4, 2.58 ERA) at 4:10 pm ET from Safeco Field.

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