J.P. Crawford’s single in 11th lifts Mariners past Yankees

J.P. Crawford singled home the winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting New York Yankees 2-1 Tuesday night to snap a season-long, four-game losing streak.With Leody Taveras the runner at second base to start the inning, rookie Ben Williamson grounded a single to center field off Tim Hill (3-1) to move Taveras to third. Crawford then hit a soft liner that landed just inside the foul line in left field to win it.Mariners reliever Casey Legumina (3-1) got the victory.The Yankees tied the score at 1-1 in the ninth against Mariners closer Andres Munoz.Munoz hit leadoff hitter Paul Goldschmidt on the right hand with a 2-2 pitch and Goldschmidt proceeded to steal second before being lifted for pinch-runner Pablo Reyes. Austin Wells hit a slow roller to third and was thrown out with Reyes advancing. Anthony Volpe then hit a check-swing grounder to first, with Dylan Moore throwing errantly to the plate to allow the tying run to score as Volpe advanced to second. Munoz struck out Jasson Dominguez on a called third strike — Yankees manager Aaron Boone was ejected for arguing with home-plate umpire Mark Wegner — and got Oswald Peraza to ground to third to end the inning.The game featured a pitching duel between starters Max Fried of New York and Seattle’s Bryan Woo.Woo pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings and allowed four hits. The right-hander didn’t walk a batter and struck out six.

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