The New York Yankees win late in Seattle

The New York Yankees defeated the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington and the final score was 3-2.  Vidal Nuno started and pitched well, the bullpen was ok.  Derek Jeter had two hits and Jacoby Ellsbury had the game winning hit. 

Nuno pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up four hits and a run with a walk and two strikeouts.  Dellin Betances pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with two strikeouts and he won his fourth game of the season.  Adam Warren pitched an inning giving up a hit and David Robertson saved his 15th game of the season pitching an inning giving up a walk and striking out the sides. 

Hisashi Iwakuma pitched 7 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and three runs.  He walked two and struck out five and lost his third game of the season.  Charlie Furbush pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and striking out two. 

Brett Gardner had a hit, Jeter had two hits and drew a walk and Ellsbury had a hit and an RBI.  Mark Teixeira had a hit, Carlos Beltran had two hits and an RBI and Brian McCann had a hit and an RBI.  Brian Roberts drew a walk.  Beltran and Jeter each hit a double and the Yankees were 3-5 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Roberts was caught stealing. 

Robinson Cano had two hits, Gillespie had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Kyle Seager had a hit.  Mike Zunino had a hit, Dustin Ackley had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Brad Miller had a hit.  Cano and Zunino each hit a double and the Mariners were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Gillespie was caught stealing. 

The Yankees jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning.  Beltran hit an RBI double and McCann an RBI single.  The Mariners came right back with a run in the bottom of the first on a Gillespie RBI single.  The Mariners tied the game in the seventh on an Ackley RBI single.  The Yankees took a 3-2 lead in the eighth on an Ellsbury RBI single and that would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two of their three game series on Wednesday night.