Seattle Mariners Collapse in 5th Inning in 11-5 Loss Against New York Yankees

SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners were unable to bounce back after getting swept over the weekend and fell 11-5 to the New York Yankees on Monday at T-Mobile Park. It was the Mariners' fourth consecutive and dropped them to 22-18 on the year. Their lead in the American League West fell to 1.5 games. They've been outscored 20-6 in their last two games.

"Tough one all around tonight," Mariners manager Dan Wilson said in a postgame interview. " ... It's a good lineup. And they were able to get some balls out of the ballpark tonight and made it tough for us late."

For the third-straight game, Seattle's starting pitcher was cruising through the first third of the game before running into trouble his third time through the opposing lineup. Through four innings of work, Emerson Hancock had struck out five batters and allowed one earned run on two hits. The Mariners led 2-1 going into the fifth.

When the top of the fifth concluded, the Yankees led 7-2 and Hancock's day was done. He finished with five strikeouts, walked four and allowed seven earned runs on eight hits (three home runs).

"I thought stuff was good," Hancock said after the game. "Just made some mistakes (in the fifth), they made me pay for it. That's a really, really good lineup and you got to get on top of it at all times. They got a lot of momentum that inning, strung some hits together. Unfortunately, I just wasn't able to execute."

New York tied the game after Trent Grisham hit his second solo home run of the game to center field in the top of the fifth. Paul Goldschmidt and Cody Bellinger hit back-to-back RBI singles to put the Yankees in front by two and Austin Wells capped off the inning with a three-run homer.