Seattle 4, NY Yankees 2
When: 10:10 PM ET, Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Where: Safeco Field, Seattle, Washington
Temperature:
68°
Umpires:
Home -
Greg Gibson, 1B -
Manny Gonzalez, 2B -
Gerry Davis, 3B -
Phil Cuzzi
Attendance:
31908
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Mariners 4, Yankees 2: Jesus Montero snapped a tie with an RBI single in the third inning while Felix Hernandez outdueled Freddy Garcia as host Seattle evened the three-game series with its third win in four contests.
Michael Saunders belted a solo home run as the Mariners handed the American League East-leading Yankees their fifth loss in six games.
New York lost third baseman Alex Rodriguez, who was hit by a pitch from Hernandez in the eighth inning and suffered a non-displaced fracture of his left wrist.
Acquired from New York last offseason, Montero gave Seattle a 2-1 lead with a single to right field that plated Brendan Ryan. John Jaso followed with a sacrifice fly that doubled the advantage.
Hernandez (9-5) allowed two runs and four hits over 7 1/3 innings en route to his fifth consecutive victory. The Mariners' ace, who struck out four while walking three and hitting three batters, improved to 7-5 lifetime against the Yankees.
Tom Wilhelmsen struck out two in a perfect ninth for his 11th save.
Garcia (4-4) suffered the loss despite allowing just three runs and five hits with eight strikeouts in 7 1/3 frames.
Curtis Granderson belted his 27th homer for the Yankees, who fell to 1-5 on their seven-game road trip.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Granderson recorded two of New York's five hits. ... The Mariners finished with six hits, including two apiece by Saunders and Kyle Seager. ... Seager registered his AL-leading 34th two-out RBI.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| NY Yankees |
|
Seattle |
|
Freddy Garcia |
Player |
Felix Hernandez
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
7.1 |
IP |
7.1 |
|
8 |
Strikeouts |
4 |
|
5 |
Hits |
4 |
|
3.68 |
ERA |
2.45 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| NY Yankees
|
5 |
1 |
9 |
.172 |
17 |
7 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
| Seattle
|
6 |
1 |
9 |
.207 |
9 |
8 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
