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All the Yankees will ask of Darrell Rasner when the right-hander makes his season debut in the Major Leagues on Sunday afternoon is to go out and be himself. Filling in for injured right-hander Phil Hughes, Rasner will be called up from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre before Sunday's series finale with the Mariners.

Johnny Damon, who took a breather while the Yankees snapped a three-game losing streak on Friday night, was a one-man wrecking crew at the plate in leading his team to a 6-1 victory over the Mariners at Yankee Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Yankees manager Joe Girardi, like just about any other person who has watched Mariners star outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, has a great, if not fond, appreciation for the Japanese veteran.

Shelley Duncan, a sensation at the plate and a hit with Yankees fans for his intensity and enthusiasm after being called up to the Majors last season, is dealing with his current struggles the same way he would if he were still in the Minor Leagues.

The Yankees, manager Joe Girardi said on Saturday morning, are in no rush to make a determination on the immediate future of struggling young right-hander Ian Kennedy.