Girardi unfazed by loss to Mariners

The Seattle Mariners finally won a game. And it came at the expense of the Yankees.

The Yankees had played only one other game in franchise history against a team that was on a 17-game losing streak -- the Boston Red Sox on Sept. 8, 1926 -- and the Yankees lost that game, too.

"It means everything right now," Seattle manager Eric Wedge said of his team's first win since July 5. "These guys haven't felt good in a long time. We've got a long flight, an off day tomorrow and this is a real big win for us. When we've got a monkey on your back that size, it's damn hard to get it off."

Joe Girardi didn't seem too fazed by the loss, though.

"When I look back on what our club has done this year, and when I look back 20 years from now, I'm probably not going to remember this," he said. "They were going to win a game at some point, I really believe that. We didn't play well today and that's why we got beat."

Nova up?

Girardi hinted that Ivan Nova could pitch in Game 2 of Saturday's split doubleheader with the Orioles, though he refused to come out and say it.

Girardi rattled off three of the four starting pitchers for the Baltimore series: A.J. Burnett Friday, followed by Bartolo Colon in Game 1 of the doubleheader and Freddy Garcia for Sunday.

Asked if Nova, who is currently pitching for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre would be on tap for Game 2, Girardi said: "I'm not going to name something before it actually happens." When later pressed on the issue of Nova starting, he smiled and said: "You can surmise a lot."

Extra bases

The Yankees lost for just the fifth time in their last 22 home games . . . Girardi said Rafael Soriano will not be activated from the disabled list until Friday . . . Pedro Feliciano has not moved past playing catch and his return this season appears unlikely . . . Alex Rodriguez, who turned 36 Wednesday, will continue his workouts in Tampa next week.