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

Woo tagged for season-high seven runs

By TIM BOOTH, AP Sports Writer
Published: September 17, 2024, 10:09pm
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New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells tags out Seattle Mariners' Victor Robles attempting to steal home plate during the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, in Seattle.
New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells tags out Seattle Mariners' Victor Robles attempting to steal home plate during the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear) Photo Gallery

SEATTLE — Aaron Judge drove in four runs in his first two at-bats, Juan Soto hit his 40th homer of the season and 200th of his career, and the New York Yankees moved to the cusp of clinching a playoff berth with an 11-2 win over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night.

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 a questionable decision by 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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YANKEES 11, MARINERS 2

New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Torres 2b 4 3 3 0 0 0 .255
Berti 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .268
Soto rf 2 3 2 2 2 0 .287
b-Grisham ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .186
Judge dh 4 1 2 4 1 1 .323
Wells c 5 0 1 3 0 3 .246
Chisholm 3b 5 1 0 0 0 0 .289
Domínguez cf-lf 4 1 1 1 1 0 .167
Rizzo 1b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .215
Cabrera ss 5 0 2 1 0 2 .252
Verdugo lf-rf 5 2 1 0 0 1 .236
Totals 41 11 12 11 4 8
Seattle AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Robles dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
a-Garver ph-dh 3 0 0 0 0 3 .172
Rivas p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .246
Rodríguez cf 5 0 4 0 0 0 .268
Raleigh c 3 0 0 0 2 0 .211
Arozarena lf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .239
Raley rf 4 1 1 1 0 2 .244
Turner 1b 2 0 1 0 1 1 .252
Moore 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .206
Polanco 2b 3 1 1 1 0 1 .203
Urías 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .178
Crawford ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .198
Rojas 3b-2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .228
Totals 35 2 9 2 4 9
New York 220 213 001—11 12 0
Seattle 010 000 010—2 9 2

a-struck out for Robles in the 3rd. b-flied out for Soto in the 8th.

E—Urías (6), Rodríguez (4). LOB—New York 7, Seattle 11. 2B—Soto (29), Judge (35), Torres (23), Wells (17), Rodríguez (16), Turner (5). HR—Soto (40), off Woo; Domínguez (1), off Woo; Polanco (15), off Gil; Raley (21), off Stroman. RBI—Judge 4 (136), Soto 2 (103), Domínguez (1), Wells 3 (53), Cabrera (36), Polanco (40), Raley (55). CS—Robles (1).

Runners left in scoring position—New York 3 (Chisholm, Domínguez, Wells); Seattle 3 (Raley, Arozarena, Rojas). RISP—New York 5 for 12; Seattle 0 for 8.

Runners moved up—Chisholm, Torres.

New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Gil, W, 14-6 5 4 1 1 3 5 91 3.14
Mayza 1 0 0 0 1 1 15 4.20
Stroman, S, 1-1 3 5 1 1 0 3 64 4.04
Seattle IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Woo, L, 8-3 4 2-3 9 7 7 1 7 94 2.85
Voth 1 1 3 3 2 0 26 3.81
Díaz 2 1-3 1 0 0 1 1 44 4.66
Rivas 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 0.00

Inherited runners-scored—Díaz 3-3. HBP—Gil (Robles).

Umpires—Home, Jeremie Rehak; First, Jim Wolf; Second, Clint Vondrak; Third, Bruce Dreckman.

T—3:02. A—31,668 (47,929).

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