New York designated hitter Jorge Posada was not in the lineup against Price. The switch-hitting Posada doesn't have a hit against a lefthander this season, and is 1-for-18 with 10 strikeouts against Price.
Posada pulled himself out of the lineup over the weekend, saying he needed a day off, and a public spat ensued between the slumping slugger and club management. Team captain Derek Jeter later said he saw nothing wrong with what his pal did.
Posada has since apologized to the Yankees. The team held a conference call yesterday with Jeter, team president Randy Levine, general manager Brian Cashman and managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner.
Steinbrenner said he's not upset that Jeter is supporting Posada: "I don't have a problem with that. They've known each other for a long time."
In other games:
* At Kansas City, Michael Brantley's three-run homer and Travis Hafner's bases-loaded double keyed a 10-run fourth inning that sent Cleveland to a 19-1 win over Kansas City and put Vin Mazzaro in the record book as pitching the worst game in Royals history.
Mazzaro, the third Royals' pitcher, was charged with 14 runs on 11 hits in 2 innings. The 25-year-old righthander is the third major league pitcher since 1947 to allow 14 runs in a game, according to STATS LLC, and he erased the Royals' record of 11, which had been done three times.
* At Detroit, Kyle Drabek (2-3) pitched seven strong innings as the Toronto Blue Jays snapped the Tigers' seven-game winning streak with a 4-2 victory.
Toronto got three runs off Joaquin Benoit (1-3) in the eighth.
* At Chicago, Colby Lewis (4-4) pitched a five-hitter over nine innings in his first career shutout as the Texas Rangers beat the Cubs, 4-0. Endy Chavez had three hits and scored two runs and Ian Kinsler had two RBI.
* At Boston, Adrian Gonzalez had three RBI, including a two-run walkoff double in the ninth, to lead the Red Sox to an 8-7 win over the Baltimore Orioles.
* At Seattle, Michael Pineda (5-2) allowed three hits over seven innings to help the Mariners break a six-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on day night.
The Mariners' Adam Kennedy and Carlos Peguero hit consecutive home runs in the sixth inning.
Noteworthy
* Seattle released 33-year-old outfielder Milton Bradley, who came to the Mariners in December of 2009 from the Chicago Cubs for Carlos Silva. The struggling Bradley had been making $13 million this season.
* Cleveland outfielder Grady Sizemore was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a bruised right knee he sustained on a hard slide into second base last week.
