For six innings, nothing moved. Then the seventh inning arrived, and the Yankees turned a quiet night into a decisive one. New York scored four runs in the frame, erasing a 1-0 deficit and beating the Mariners 4-1 at Yankee Stadium.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | 4 | 8 | 0 |
Bryan Woo had given Seattle exactly what it needed for five innings, allowing just 3 hits and no runs while striking out 5. Ryan Weathers matched him for the Yankees, working 5.2 innings and allowing only 1 run on 2 hits with 4 strikeouts and 3 walks. The stalemate held until Randy Arozarena broke it with a solo home run to right field in the sixth, a 351-foot drive that put Seattle ahead 1-0 and snapped the tie that had held since the first pitch.
The Mariners' lead lasted one half-inning. In the seventh, Ryan McMahon singled to left, and both Jazz Chisholm and Luis Garcia scored to put the Yankees ahead 2-1, the go-ahead play of the game. New York wasn't finished. Trent Grisham followed with a single to left that brought home Spencer Jones and McMahon, stretching the score to 4-1 and putting the game out of reach.
The four-run inning fell squarely on reliever Michael Rucker, who faced the Yankees for just 0.1 innings and allowed 4 runs on 3 hits, taking the loss. It undid the work Woo had done, and Seattle's bullpen as a whole allowed 4 runs across 3.0 innings, matching the exact damage done in that single seventh-inning sequence.
Tim Hill picked up the win for New York after 1.1 scoreless innings, and David Bednar closed it out with a scoreless ninth for his 27th save. The Yankees' bullpen combined for 3.1 innings without allowing a run, backing Weathers' outing and holding the one-run cushion Arozarena had briefly given Seattle. The win moved New York to 67-52, extending its winning streak, while Seattle fell to 56-64 with its losing streak now at five games.