New York Yankees vs Seattle Mariners Match Player Stats On Jul 21, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Jul 22, 2017

SEATTLE -- Aaron Judge broke out of his post-Home Run Derby funk in a big way Friday night.

Judge hit a three-run homer that nearly left Safeco Field and drove in four runs as the New York Yankees defeated the Seattle Mariners 5-1.

Judge's fifth-inning blast, his 31st homer of the season and his first since winning the Home Run Derby, landed in the third-to-last row of the second deck in left field. It came on a 2-1 pitch from Mariners rookie right-hander Andrew Moore and traveled an estimated 450 feet.

Judge had gone 4-for-29 since the All-Star Game before his three-run shot.

The Mariners took a 1-0 lead in the first on a misstep by Yankees first baseman Chase Headley, who was making just his second start this season at the position after being moved over from third base when the team acquired two-time All-Star Todd Frazier earlier in the week.

With two outs and runners at first and third, Seattle's Kyle Seager hit a hard one-hopper off Headley's glove. The ball ricocheted to second baseman Starlin Castro, who threw back to Headley for what could have been an inning-ending out. But Headley couldn't find the bag, twice stepping around it. Seager was credited with a run-scoring single.

The Yankees took the lead in the third, as Headley and Clint Frazier led off with back-to-back doubles. Frazier tagged and advanced to third on a flyout to center field by Brett Gardner and, after Gary Sanchez walked, Judge hit a sacrifice fly to center to make it 2-1.

New York added to its advantage in the fifth, as Gardner and Sanchez singled with one out before Judge launched his homer to left, giving the Yankees a 5-1 lead.

Yankees starter CC Sabathia (9-3) allowed just one run on four hits in five-plus innings to get the win. He walked three and struck out five.

The Mariners' Moore (1-2) struggled, giving up five runs on nine hits in six innings.

NOTES: RHP David Phelps, acquired by the Mariners on Thursday from Miami, joined the team and was available out of the bullpen. ... Seattle made two more trades Friday. First, the Mariners acquired LHP Marco Gonzales from St. Louis in exchange for Triple-A outfielder Tyler O'Neill, who was considered one of Seattle's top prospects. Gonzales, 25, appeared in parts of three seasons with the Cardinals -- 2014, 2015 and 2017 -- going 4-2 with a 5.53 ERA in 12 appearances, including seven starts. He missed the entire 2016 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery. The Mariners later dealt veteran RHPs Mark Lowe and Jean Machi, who were both at Triple-A Tacoma, to the Chicago White Sox for cash. ... Yankees RHP Masahiro Tanaka (7-9, 5.33 ERA) is scheduled to start Saturday against Mariners LHP Ariel Miranda (7-4, 4.35). Tanaka is 5-0 with a 1.95 ERA in five career starts against Seattle.