"Oh, definitely," Nuno said, when asked if there's a little something special about facing the Yanks. "Coming out here and showing the guys that I can do it, it's fun competing against guys I know and everything."
With Charlie Furbush sidelined by a sore left shoulder, Nuno has been thrust into the Mariners lefty setup role, and he's handled it well so far. He came into a bases-loaded situation on Friday in the sixth inning of a 3-1 game and induced Mark Teixeira's groundout to short, then set the Yankees down in order in the seventh.