SEATTLE – J.P. Crawford hit a walk-off single in the 11th inning and the Seattle Mariners overcame a rare hiccup from closer Andrés Muñoz in the ninth to beat the New York Yankees 2-1.
Seattle Mariners 2, New York Yankees 1 (11 innings): Box Score
Crawford poked a line drive just fair inside the line in left field off Yankees reliever Tim Hill to plate Mitch Garver for the winning run in the 11th. Casey Legumina pitched a scoreless top half to pick up his third win of the season.
The Yankees tied things up in the ninth off Muñoz on an error by first baseman Dylan Moore. Paul Goldschmidt reached base on a hit by pitch to lead off the inning, stole second and reached third on a groundout. Moore charged a grounder from Anthony Volpe and threw wide to catcher Cal Raleigh’s left to allow to run the score.
Mariners starter Bryan Woo pitched 6 1/3 shutout innings, allowing just four hits and no walks with six strikeouts. He sat down 15 batters in a row after allowing a double to Cody Bellinger on the third at-bat of the game. Woo lowered his ERA on the season to 2.84.
Yankees starter Max Fried allowed one run on four hits and two walks with five strikeouts. He leads MLB with a 1.11 ERA in eight starts.
Mariners center fielder Julio Rodríguez robbed MLB batting leader Aaron Judge of extra bases with a sliding catch at the warning track in left-center field in the first inning. That proved to be a run-saving play when Bellinger doubled on the next at-bat.
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Raleigh put the Mariners ahead with a well-struck RBI double off the wall in center field in the fourth inning.
The Mariners improved 23-18 and maintained a 1 1/2-game lead over the Athletics for first place in the AL West. The AL East-leading Yankees dropped to 24-18.
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