Yankees offense has rare off night in 11-inning loss to Mariners

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.SEATTLE — Through the first four games of this trip, the Yankees had made a habit of bludgeoning opposing pitchers with the depth of their lineup.Then for eight innings Tuesday night, Bryan Woo and the Mariners bullpen shut them down.So the Yankees did it the hard way instead, scoring just the second run off Mariners closer Andres Muñoz all season (both unearned) in the top of the ninth to tie the game at one and force extra innings.It only delayed the pain.After failing to push across another run in the top of the 10th or 11th innings, the Yankees lost it in the bottom of the 11th when J.P.

Crawford hit a walk-off single off Tim Hill to lift the Mariners to a 2-1 win at T-Mobile Park.The Yankees wasted a chance to score in the top of the 10th with the top of their order — the Mariners intentionally walked Aaron Judge with two outs and got Cody Bellinger out instead — before Devin Williams stranded the automatic runner at third in the bottom of the inning to send the game to the 11th.But after the Yankees left runners on the corners in the top of the 11th, Hill gave up back-to-back singles in the bottom of the frame — the second by Crawford, staying just fair down the left-field line to end it.After Max Fried nearly matched Woo, allowing just one run across five innings without his best stuff, the Yankees’ bullpen kept them within striking distance with a dominant night.Fernando Cruz, Mark Leiter Jr.

and Luke Weaver combined to strike out eight across four scoreless innings to get the game to extra innings.Muñoz hit Paul Goldschmidt on the right hand to lead off the ninth before Goldschmidt stole second on the first pitch to Austin Wells.Pablo Reyes then pinch-ran for him and took third on Wells’ groundout.With the infield in and Reyes going home on contact, Anthony Volpe got off a check-swing chopper to first...