The Mariners can solely hope the New York Yankees are nursing a hangover on Thursday afternoon as Seattle seems to be to keep away from a three-game house sweep.
The Yankees (89-63) clinched an American League playoff berth on Wednesday night time with a 2-1 victory in 10 innings. Anthony Rizzo drove in each New York runs, the second on a double down the fitting area line to attain computerized runner Jasson Dominguez.
New York is again within the postseason after lacking out final yr.
“Plenty of issues have come collectively,” Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned. “In all probability higher well being general. Positively an added focus for guys that had been coming off powerful years and easily put, we’re higher. We weren’t a fantastic crew final yr, and this crew has an opportunity to do one thing particular.”
Yankees slugger Aaron Choose, who leads the majors in house runs (53) and RBIs (136), agreed.
“(It will) undoubtedly be thrilling, particularly after the season we had final yr lacking out on the postseason,” mentioned Choose, who ranks second to Kansas Metropolis’s Bobby Witt Jr. with a .321 batting common. “That is what we got here into the season to do, get into the postseason and provides ourselves a chance to go on the market and win a World Sequence.”
The Yankees clinched no less than a wild-card berth, however they’ve their sights set on the AL East title. They’ve a five-game lead over the Baltimore Orioles with 10 video games remaining.
“Our purpose is to win the division. That is what we need to do,” Yankees proper fielder Juan Soto mentioned. “We’ll give attention to that and attempt to end the season sturdy.”
The Mariners (77-75), who’re 5 video games behind the first-place Houston Astros within the AL West and three video games again of the ultimate wild-card spot, had an opportunity to tie the Wednesday sport within the backside of the tenth earlier than falling sufferer to what supervisor Dan Wilson referred to as a “freak state of affairs.”
Cal Raleigh led off with a single to left, sending computerized runner Julio Rodriguez to 3rd.
Randy Arozarena misplaced his grip on the bat when he swung and missed at strike three, with the bat pinwheeling down the third final analysis straight at Rodriguez, who ducked out of the way in which into foul territory. Yankees catcher Austin Wells alertly threw the ball to 3rd baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., who utilized the tag to Rodriguez simply earlier than he may dive again to the bag.
“It was a fantastic ballgame on all counts and a tricky one to lose,” Wilson mentioned.
Rodriguez sat at his locker after the sport, watching the replay again and again on his telephone.
“I simply noticed a bat flying towards my face and I ran away from it. I did not get again to the bag in time,” Rodriguez mentioned. “At that second, I wasn’t actually desirous about the sport, I used to be simply attempting to get out of the way in which of the bat coming at me. That is how it’s. Only a bizarre state of affairs.”
Within the collection finale, Yankees right-hander Clarke Schmidt (5-3, 2.41 ERA) is scheduled to oppose Mariners righty Logan Gilbert (7-11, 3.24).
This will probably be Schmidt’s third begin since lacking greater than three months with a proper lat pressure. In outings in opposition to the Chicago Cubs and the Boston Purple Sox, he allowed a complete of two runs in 10 1/3 innings.
Schmidt misplaced to the Mariners 6-3 on Might 21 at Yankee Stadium regardless of giving up simply two runs on 4 hits over 5 innings. He’s 0-1 with a 1.69 ERA in two profession begins in opposition to Seattle.
Gilbert, who has misplaced his previous three choices, bought a no-decision in a 5-4 Mariners victory at New York on Might 20, when he allowed three runs on eight hits in six innings. Gilbert is 1-2 with a 7.18 ERA in 5 profession begins in opposition to the Yankees.
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