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Edwin Encarnacion broke up an unlikely pitchers' duel with a two-run single in the seventh inning and the Cincinnati Reds beat the New York Yankees 6-0 on Saturday.

Encarnacion's two-out hit off Dan Giese (1-2) gave Cincinnati the lead and Corey Patterson followed with a drive to right off Jose Veras for his 100th career homer. Brandon Phillips tacked on a two-run single in the eighth.

Daryl Thompson worked five innings in his major league debut for Cincinnati, which has won the first two games in its first trip to the Bronx since it swept New York in the 1976 World Series.

Thompson and Giese locked up in the first matchup of pitchers making their first major league start at Yankee Stadium since Boston's Tony Welzer faced New York's Myles Thompson on April 22, 1926, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

The Yankees put at least one runner on in eight innings and stranded 12. They've scored just four runs in their last three games.

Bill Bray (2-0) followed Thompson with 1 1-3 innings, David Weathers got two outs and Jared Burton worked the eighth before Jeremy Affeldt finished the seven-hitter.

Giese made three relief appearances for New York and got the start Saturday when ace Chien-Ming Wang injured his right foot running the bases last Sunday in Houston.

He breezed through the Reds lineup early, getting through the first six innings in just 62 pitches. He was in good shape in the seventh, too, before his costly throwing error kick-started Cincinnati's big inning.

Ken Griffey Jr. led off the seventh with a single to center and Phillips followed with a grounder up the middle. Giese grabbed the ball and tried to retire Griffey but his throw pulled second baseman Robinson Cano off the bag.

Griffey and Phillips moved up on a groundout before Giese struck out Adam Dunn for the second out. Encarnacion then chased the right-hander and put Cincinnati ahead 2-0 with a sharp single to left.

Giese allowed four hits and three runs, all unearned. He threw 53 of his 75 pitches for strikes.

Thompson, who got lost on his way to the stadium, allowed the leadoff hitter to reach in each of the first four innings and a two-out walk in the fifth but escaped unscathed each time. He allowed four hits, walked four and struck out two.

New York loaded the bases with no outs in the second against the 22-year-old right-hander, who bounced back in a hurry. Thompson struck out Jorge Posada, got Cano to foul out to catcher Paul Bako and fanned Melky Cabrera to get out of the inning.

Thompson, who was acquired by the Reds in an eight-player trade with Washington in 2006, leaped off the mound after Cabrera swung and missed at strike three.

Derek Jeter went 2-for-4 for the Yankees, extending his season-best hitting streak to 10 games. Jason Giambi also had two hits.

Notes:@ RHPs Darrell Rasner, Joba Chamberlain and Mike Mussina are scheduled to start in New York's three-game series at Pittsburgh beginning on Tuesday night. Manager Joe Girardi said Giese would get another start in the Yankees' doubleheader against the New York Mets on Friday but he wasn't sure yet who would start the other game. ... The Reds placed INF Jolbert Cabrera on the disabled list with a dislocated left index finger to make room for Thompson.