Yankees Game 9: Offense cannot find the big hit in loss

Hitless when it counts, the Yankees lose on Jackie Robinson Day.

Seattle Mariners 7 – New York Yankees 1

On Jackie Robinson Day, the visiting Seattle Mariners and host New York Yankees wear number 42.

In the first inning, Brett Gardner put the Yankees on the board in a flash. On a line drive off the facing of the second deck, Brett Gardner put the Yankees ahead 1-0 on a solo home run. Luis Severino took the mound for the Yankees and looked good. Through the first four innings, Severino kept the Mariners off the scoreboard but tipped his cap to some stellar defense. In the fourth inning, Leonys Martin hit a line drive with a runner on second and Starlin Castro made a behind-the-back backhand snag of the line drive. A throw to second completed a remarkable double play.

The Mariners got on the board in the fourth inning when former Yankee Robinson Cano hit a run-scoring single. In the bottom of the fourth inning, it looked like the Yankees were going to respond. After a single and a walk, a wild pitch put two runners in scoring position but Didi Gregorius, Chase Headley and Jacoby Ellsbury all went down on strikes, stranding the runners in a prime scoring opportunity.

The Mariners added two runs in the fifth inning when Chris Iannetta went deep with a two-run home run. The Mariners' fourth run came on a single by Adam Lind in the sixth inning, that ultimately ended Severino's unimpressive day.

In 5 2/3 innings, Luis Severino allowed four runs on eight hits while walking one and striking out two.

In the fifth inning, the Yankees got the first two on base but three straight outs stranded them. In the sixth inning, Mark Teixeira came up with the bases loaded and two out but a weak ground out against former Yankee Vidal Nuno stranded the bases loaded yet again. The bullpen of Kirby Yates and Tyler Olson surrendered three additional runs in tonight's game but the talk of tonight's game was the absent Yankees offense.

As a team, the Yankees were hitless in 12 opportunities with runners in scoring position, including two bases loaded situations, not the success rate for winning a game.

Win – Nathan Karns (1-1)

Loss – Luis Severino (0-2)

Notables

Mariners

*Chris Iannetta – 3 for 3, R, BB, Two-run home run (2) in the 5th, 3 RBI (5)

*Robinson Cano – 2 for 5, R, RBI (9)

Yankees

*Brett Gardner – 2 for 3, R, 2 BB, Solo home run (1) in the 1st, RBI (1)

*Didi Gregorius – 1 for 4, 2B

Current Yankees Record: 4-5