Alex Rodriguez passed Mark McGwire for eighth place with his 584th home run, Derek Jeter also connected and A.J. Burnett pitched seven shutout innings Saturday to lead the surging Yankees over the Rangers 7-3.
After taking two of three against Boston, Tampa Bay and the Los Angeles Angels, the defending World Series champions swept the opening two games of a three-game set against Texas.
Not since 1926, the first year Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig started the season together, had the Yankees won their first four series.The only other year they achieved the feat was 1922, when they were still playing at the Polo Grounds.
On an historic anniversary in Yankees history - Mickey Mantle made his debut on April 17, 1951, and Bob Sheppard announced his first game that afternoon - New York improved to 8-3 for its best 11-game start since 2003.
Brett Gardner had three of the Yankees' six infield hits and Jeter also had three hits, helping Joe Girardi to his 200th win as New York's manager. Jorge Posada had two hits to reach 1,500, joining Yogi Berra, Bill Dickey and Thurman Munson as the only players who were primarily catchers to reach the mark for the Yankees.
Burnett (2-0) allowed six hits, struck out seven and walked two to win his second straight start.
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