New York Yankees defeat the Seattle Mariners in walk-off fashion

The New York Yankees defeated the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-4.  Masahiro Tanaka started for the Yankees and he pitched well and the bullpen was good.  DJ LeMahieu, Gleyber Torres, Gio Urshela and Cameron Maybin all led the offense with two hits each. 

Tanaka pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up five hits and two runs.  He walked two and struck out four.  Jonathan Holder pitched to two batters and got them both out, Tommy Khanle pitched an inning giving up three hits and two unearned runs and Joe Harvey won his first game of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits and he struck out one. 

Marco Gonzales pitched six innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk and three strikeouts.  Cory Gearrin pitched an inning giving up two hits, Brandon Brennan pitched an inning giving up a run and two walks and he struck out two and Anthony Swarzak lost his second game of the season and blew his third save.  He pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up three hits and three runs and Roenis Elias pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

LeMahieu had two hits, an RBI and drew two walks, Clint Frazier had a hit and Torres had two hits.  Urshela had two hits and two RBI, Maybin had two hits and Brett Gardner had an RBI and drew a walk.  Urshela hit a double and a homerun and the Yankees were 1-11 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Maybin had a stolen base and Frazier and Urshela each committed an error. 

Dee Gordon had two hits, Mitch Haniger had a hit and Daneil Vogelbach had a hit.  Edwin Encarnacion had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Domingo Santana had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Jay Bruce had three hits and an RBI.  Ryan Healy had a hit and an RBI, Bruce hit two doubles and Encarnacion hit a homerun.  The Mariners were 2-11 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Gordon had a stolen base and Gonzales committed an error. 

In the second Healy hit a sac fly to give the Mariners a 1-0 lead.  In the third Gardner hit an RBI ground out to tie the game at one.  In the sixth Encarnacion hit a solo homerun to give the Mariners a 2-1 lead.  In the eighth Santana hit an RBI single and Bruce hit an RBI double to push their lead to 4-1.  In the bottom of the eighth a wild pitch cut the lead to 4-2.  In the ninth Urshela hit a two-run homerun to tie the game and then LeMahieu hit an RBI walk-off single to give the Yankees a 5-4 victory. 

The Yankees have won the first two games of the four-game series and will play again on Wednesday night.