SEATTLE — By means of the primary 4 video games of this journey, the Yankees had made a behavior of bludgeoning opposing pitchers with the depth of their lineup.
Then for eight innings Tuesday night time, Bryan Woo and the Mariners bullpen shut them down.
So the Yankees did it the arduous means as an alternative, scoring simply the second run off Mariners nearer Andres Muñoz all season (each unearned) within the high of the ninth to tie the sport at one and drive further innings.
That solely delayed the ache.
After failing to push throughout one other run within the high of the tenth or eleventh innings, the Yankees misplaced it within the backside of the eleventh when J.P. Crawford hit a walk-off single off Tim Hill to carry the Mariners to a 2-1 win at T-Cellular Park.
“When you don’t score in those extra innings, it puts the home team at a real advantage so we’re kind of up against it there,” stated supervisor Aaron Boone, who was ejected within the high of the ninth whereas attempting to ensure Jasson Domínguez didn’t get tossed for arguing balls and strikes.
“We threw the ball really well tonight, we just didn’t get the big hit with runners in scoring position. … We just couldn’t cash in on those chances we had.”
Coming into the night time, the Yankees (24-18) had scored double digits in three of their final 4 video games and 40 runs general through the journey.
That included 5 innings through which they scored 5 runs or extra.
However on Tuesday, they may solely scratch throughout one run in 11 innings whereas going 0-for-14 with runners in scoring place — tying a franchise file for essentially the most hitless at-bats with RISP.
The Yankees wasted an opportunity to attain within the high of the tenth with the highest of their order — the Mariners (23-18) deliberately walked Aaron Decide with two outs and bought Cody Bellinger out as an alternative — earlier than Devin Williams stranded the automated runner at third within the backside of the inning to ship the sport to the eleventh.
However after the Yankees left runners on the corners within the high of the eleventh, Hill gave up back-to-back singles within the backside of the body — the second by Crawford, slicing one simply honest down the left-field line to finish it.
After Max Fried almost matched Woo, permitting only one run throughout 5 innings with out his finest stuff, the Yankees’ bullpen stored them inside hanging distance with a dominant night time.
Fernando Cruz, Mark Leiter Jr. and Luke Weaver mixed to strike out eight throughout 4 scoreless innings to get the sport to further innings.
Muñoz hit Paul Goldschmidt on the correct hand to steer off the ninth — Boone stated he was high quality — earlier than Goldschmidt stole second on the primary pitch to Austin Wells. Pablo Reyes then pinch-ran for him and took third on Wells’ groundout.
With the infield in and Reyes going residence on contact, Anthony Volpe bought off a check-swing chopper to first base that Dylan Moore dealt with however then threw large to residence, permitting Reyes to slip in safely to tie the sport.
Volpe superior to second on the play however was stranded there as Muñoz retired the following two batters, together with hanging out Domínguez taking a look at a pitch beneath the zone.
Domínguez threw his arms up and lingered across the plate, which led to Boone getting ejected as he tried to ensure his left fielder didn’t get tossed, then bought his cash’s value arguing vehemently with residence plate umpire Mark Wegner.
“I wasn’t even going out to argue,” Boone stated. “Obviously it was a bad call, everyone knew it. You don’t see JD react like that, so I was just trying to go out and make sure JD was staying in the game. I was trying to get my player out of there and I thought it was kind of a quick run there. That’s all it was. He clearly missed one in a big spot.”
“I was surprised, because it was low,” Domínguez stated. “It is what it is, but I was shocked.”
Past the offense getting held in examine, the unthinkable additionally occurred within the Yankees dropping a recreation began by Fried for the primary time this yr after profitable his first eight begins.
The lefty was not his sharpest throughout 5 innings — his second-shortest begin of the season — however nonetheless gave his staff an opportunity to win whereas getting outdueled by Woo, who scattered simply 4 hits and struck out six.
“They put together some really good at-bats and drove my pitch count up, especially after a really quick first,” Fried stated. “Definitely had to make pitches and dig deep and got bailed out by some really great defense.”
