Lyle Overbay had a career-best four hits, including a two-run homer, and finished with five RBIs.
Even Lyle Overbay, a desperation signing in late March, has given the Yankees league-average production.
Cashman said a decision on 1B Lyle Overbay's status should made after Thursday's game.
Lyle Overbay gets the nod at first base, six days after being cut by the Red Sox.
He stayed in, gave up an RBI double to Lyle Overbay and was pulled after the inning ended.
After Alburquerque gave up another walk, Lyle Overbay hit a two-run single to pull the Yankees within a run.
The Yankees also signed first baseman Lyle Overbay to a minor league contract.
"Those guys are a good team over there, they just haven't hit their stride, " Yankees first baseman Lyle Overbay said.
Singles by Stewart, Cano and Wells loaded the bases before Johnson issued consecutive two-out walks to Lyle Overbay and Nunez.
New York infielder Kevin Youkilis left after five innings with a sore lower back and was replaced by Lyle Overbay.
He said he still had to make room for Lyle Overbay, and that had to be done by 3 p.m.
After the game, first baseman Lyle Overbay told reporters he'd been informed he'll be added to the 25-man roster Saturday.
Jayson Nix struck out, and Lyle Overbay fouled off three two-strike pitches and singled softly to center, driving in two runs.
Third baseman Kevin Youkilis tagged Casilla and then threw to first baseman Lyle Overbay when Machado ranged too far off first.
Chris Stewart and Lyle Overbay went deep against Colon, sending the A's to their only loss in his six starts this year.
Chris Stewart and Lyle Overbay homered against Bartolo Colon, sending the A's to their only loss in his six starts this year.
Wells and Lyle Overbay also went deep against their former team as the Yankees won for the eighth time in 10 games.
Nope, there are just guys like Lyle Overbay filling in with aplomb.
Lyle Overbay and Vernon Wells also went deep against their former team as the Yankees won for the eighth time in 10 games.
Lyle Overbay hit another grounder in the sixth inning that Elliot Johnson fielded at second base, but only after shortstop Alcides Escobar bumped into him.
Lyle Overbay drew a walk and Ichiro Suzuki sacrificed them over.
Dempster (0-1) gave up an early two-run single to Lyle Overbay.
Matt Harvey and Hiroki Kuroda locked up in an entertaining pitchers' duel that went to the ninth with the Yankees leading 1-0 on Lyle Overbay's run-scoring single.
Jacoby Ellsbury had a sharp two-run infield single that first baseman Lyle Overbay, picked up off waivers only a week ago, couldn't handle for his third hit.
Lyle Overbay hit a go-ahead RBI triple and Vernon Wells had a sacrifice fly off Aaron Laffey in an inning the fill-in starter for Josh Johnson walked four.
Cano drove in five runs and Youkilis, Ichiro Suzuki, Lyle Overbay and Brennan Boesch also homered for the Yankees, who have outscored the Indians 25-7 in two games.
Lyle Overbay's smart baserunning was just that sort of play.
But Lyle Overbay homered off Brad Peacock, recently demoted to the bullpen, to open the bottom half and Chris Stewart had an RBI single to restore the four-run lead.
After Cano stole second on a pitch by Fernando Rodney that struck out Vernon Wells, pinch-hitter Travis Hafner was intentionally walked and Lyle Overbay walked to load the bases.
Lyle Overbay was in the lineup, making his first big league start in the outfield against the Cleveland Indians after making 1, 272 appearances in the field, all at first base.
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