The New York Yankees drop a tight one to the Seattle Mariners 3-2

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Seattle Mariners by the score of 3-2 on Thursday night. The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. Andy Pettitte started for the Yankees and pitched pretty well but left the game early with a back injury. The bullpen was good and Curtis Granderson led the Yankees with three hits. 
Pettitte lost his third game of the season pitching 4 2/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs with three walks and five strikeouts. Shawn Kelley pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with five strikeouts, Boone Logan pitched 1 1/3 innings striking out one and Adam Warren pitched an inning giving up a hit.

Brett Gardner had a hit, Robinson Cano had a hit and an RBI and Vernon Wells drew a walk. Lyle Overbay drew a walk, Granderson had three hits and David Adams had a hit and an RBI. Ichiro Suzuki had a hit, Chris Stewart had a hit and drew a walk and Adams hit a double. The Yankees were 2-13 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base. Granderson had a stolen base and Gardner had two stolen bases. Hector Noesi pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up three hits and an unearned run. He walked one and struck out four, Oliver Perez got his first win of the season pitching 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk and striking out three, Yoervis Medina pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout and Lucas Luetge gave up a hit and didn’t get an out. Carter Capps pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and striking out one, Tom Wilhelmsen pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one to earn his 11^th save of the season.

Jason Bay had a hit, Kendrys Morales had a hit an drew a walk and Michael Morse had two hits, an RBI an drew a walk. Jesus Montero drew a walk, Dustin Ackley had a hit and an RBI and Brendan Ryan had two hits and an RBI. Ackley and Bay each hit a double and Morse hit a homerun. The Mariners were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Noesi committed an error.

In the second Ackley hit an RBI double giving the Mariners a 1-0 lead. Adams hit an RBI double in the bottom of the second to tie the game at one. Ryan hit an RBI single in the fourth to give the Mariners a 2-1 lead. Morse hit a solo homerun in the sixth to give the Mariners a 3-1 lead. Cano hit an RBI single in the seventh to cut the lead to 3-2 but that would be the final score.

The Yankees lost two out of three in this series and their record dropped to 25-16 and the Mariners record improved to 20-21. The Yankees will begin a three game series at home with the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night.