The Yankees are closing in on acquiring Lance Berkman from the Astros to serve as their designated hitter for the final two months of the season, a source told MLB.com on Friday.
The Yankees have acquired outfielder Austin Kearns from the Indians in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations.
As Alex Rodriguez's pursuit of that milestone blast moves to a new city, he is reminded that there's a whole lot of good baseball going on outside his at-bats. Rodriguez went homerless on Thursday, but the Yankees rode a seven-run seventh inning to an 11-4 pounding of the Indians.
Alex Rodriguez may not have delivered the milestone home run the Yankees have been waiting for, but their offense swung the bats plenty in posting an 8-0 pounding of the Indians on Wednesday at Progressive Field.
Alex Rodriguez's bid for 600 homers will have to wait another day, but Curtis Granderson's eighth-inning homer put the Yankees ahead for good in Mondays' 3-2 win over the Tribe.
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