For the Mariners, the result helped them keep pace behind the A’s for the second wild-card spot, though it remains a daunting gap at seven and a half games. It was a disappointing result for the Yankees, who seemed as if they were about to blow the game open on multiple occasions, but each opportunity slipped away. Frustration boiled over in the top of the ninth when Brett Gardner was ejected for arguing a third-strike call with one out. “We wanted to come in and win the series,” Yankees starter C. C. Sabathia said afterward. “There’s always danger,” he said of facing the Yankees’ lineup.

Source: New York Times September 10, 2018 02:37 UTC