The Yankees’ Max Fried delivered five solid innings, but gave up the only run in the Bronx Bombers’ 1-0 loss to the Seattle Mariners Thursday.
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The New York Yankees struggled to generate offense on Thursday afternoon, garnering just four hits in their 1-0 loss to the visiting Seattle Mariners, who avoided the sweep.
The pinstripes managed just four hits and struggled against every pitcher they saw.
Weston Wilson opened the scoring for the Mariners with a two-out, two-strike home run in the second inning. It was the 31-year-old’s fourth home run of the season in his 47th game, 26 of which have been with the Mariners. That run ended up being all the Mariners needed to secure the victory.
Luis Garcia Jr. was responsible for two of the team’s four hits and put himself into scoring position with a leadoff double in the second inning. His teammates couldn’t get him home and that opportunity, which was one of the few chances for the Yankees to score, was squandered.
On the mound, Yankees starter Max Fried lasted five innings, giving up five hits, walking two batters, and allowing a single earned run. It was a good outing, but not as strong as Logan Gilbert’s, as the Mariners starter lasted six innings, striking out seven and allowing zero runs.
“I thought Gilbert was really good,” said Yankees manager Aaron Boone postgame. “I thought early on we had some good at-bats against him…but from there we weren’t able to do much. I thought Gilbert, who is obviously a really good pitcher, I thought his split was really good today.”
The Yankees’ offense has been a point of concern recently as they rank in the bottom three among all MLB teams in runs scored over the last 30 days. While they scored 10 runs to beat the Mariners on Wednesday, Thursday’s performance did little to quell those worries.
The Yankees continue their march towards the playoffs tomorrow night when they go on the road to take on the Toronto Blue Jays. They now sit 6.5 games behind the Tampa Bay Rays for the division lead, and while a wild card spot looks increasingly likely, Boone doesn’t appear to be too worried.
“We’re obviously wanting to get the offense jump-started, and we’re seeing little crumbs and little signs of that obviously, but now it’s just on to Toronto,” said Boone. “I’m not getting ahead of myself like ‘let’s go win 10 in a row.’ You’ve got to go play well, and hopefully that stuff takes care of itself, and we put ourselves in a good position.”
