MLB

New York Yankees at Seattle Mariners

· Major League Baseball
New York Yankees
88-63, 46-30 Away
Final
11 - 2
Seattle Mariners
77-74, 45-31 Home

Juan Soto hits 40th homer, Aaron Judge drives in 4 runs as Yankees thump Mariners 11-2

The Yankees can clinch at worst a wild-card spot in the American League with a victory over Seattle on Wednesday. The win in the opener of New York’s six-game road trip pushed the Yankees lead in the AL East to four games over Baltimore, their largest lead since holding a 4 1/2-game lead when play started on June 7.

“We know we're facing another tough pitcher and hopefully we can go out and get it done and cross off that first goal,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “But it hasn't been done yet. We just got to kind of keep going.”

Judge laced a two-run double three batters into the game and added a two-out, two-run single the next time he was up an inning later. Judge now has a league-leading 136 RBI.

Soto joined the offensive outburst in the third inning with a two-out, two-run opposite field blast off Seattle starter Bryan Woo. It’s the first time in his career Soto has reached the 40-homer mark and he’s now homered in all 30 parks in baseball.

“To get to another goal in my career is just a great feeling. All the work that I've been putting in and get the results is really cool,” Soto said.

Soto and Judge are the third set of Yankee teammates to each hit 40 home runs in a season, joining Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig (1927, 1930, 1931), and Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris (1961).

“It's an honor. It's tough to really put into words. Those are baseball legends you're talking about,” Judge said.

The top three hitters in New York’s order — Judge, Soto and Gleyber Torres — were a combined 7-for-8 with four extra-base hits and six RBI against Woo.

In two previous career starts against the Yankees, Woo had not given up a run. This time, he was tagged for a season-high seven earned runs in 4 2/3 innings and was knocked out after giving up Jasson Dominguez’s first homer since undergoing Tommy John surgery last September.

Woo (8-3) struck out seven and walked one. Austin Wells added a bases clearing double in the sixth inning as New York reached double figures in runs for the 14th time. Seattle had gone 107 consecutive home games without allowing 10 or more runs — the longest active streak in the majors.

“Not very good. Just made some mistakes,” Woo said.

Yankees starter Luis Gil struggled badly with his control early, but escaped trouble in the first inning thanks to Victor Robles to try stealing home with the bases loaded, two outs and Justin Turner with a 3-0 count at the plate.

“Vic is an aggressive player, no doubt. That's part of his game. That's a situation you have got to know you're going to make it,” Seattle manager Dan Wilson said.

Robles was out and Gil (14-6) ended up working five innings, giving up one run and striking out five. Jorge Polanco and Luke Raley hit solo homers and Julio Rodriguez — wearing crystal-embellished shoes — had four hits for Seattle.

The Mariners lost for just the second time this season in their “City Connect” uniforms, dropping to 15-2.

Marcus Stroman worked three innings of relief for the Yankees as part of his move to the bullpen for this road trip. It was the ninth relief appearance of his career. He gave up five hits including Raley's homer.

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Yankees: LHP Nester Cores (9-10, 3.90 ERA) threw five innings and allowed one run with nine strikeouts against Boston in his last start.

Mariners: RHP Bryce Miller (11-8, 3.12) has allowed one earned run and struck out 11 in his last two starts combined.

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Matchup Prediction

Mariners: 51.2%
Yankees: 48.8%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Arozarena struck out looking.
9th Inning Raleigh flied out to left.
9th Inning Rodríguez singled to right.
9th Inning Rivas lined out to center.
9th Inning Verdugo grounded out to second.
9th Inning Cabrera singled to left, Chisholm Jr. scored.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 1
10 Ground Balls 11
8 Strikeouts 9
11 Runs Batted In 2
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
12 Hits 9
0 Stolen Bases 0
4 Walks 4
0 Catcher Interference 0
11 Runs 2
0 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
41 At Bats 35
2 Home Runs 2
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
17 Runners Left On Base 24
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
4 Doubles 2
23 Fly Balls 15
0 Caught Stealing 1
173 Pitches 170
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 1
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 1
22 Total Bases 17
45 Plate Appearances 40
324.0 Projected Home Runs 324.0
6 Extra Base Hits 4
7.8 Runs Created 5.8
.293 Batting Average .257
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.537 Slugging Percentage .486
.341 Secondary Average .314
.356 On Base Percentage .350
.892 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .836
0.4 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.7
7.3 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 5.8
70.0 Batter Rating 27.0
20.5 At Bats Per Home Run 17.5
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.84 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.25
.244 Isolated Power .229
0.50 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.44
.089 Walks Per Plate Appearance .100
.049 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .057
22.0 Runs Produced 4.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.6 Patience Ratio 0.6
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.3
106.8 MLB Rating 81.3
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

T-Mobile Park

Location: Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 31,668 | Capacity:

2024 American League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
New York 94 68 .580 - W1
Baltimore 91 71 .562 3 W3
Boston 81 81 .500 13 W1
Tampa Bay 80 82 .494 14 L1
Toronto 74 88 .457 20 L3

2024 American League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Houston 88 73 .547 - W2
Seattle 85 77 .525 3.5 W4
Texas 78 84 .481 10.5 W3
Oakland 69 93 .426 19.5 L3
Los Angeles 63 99 .389 25.5 L6
Full Standings