How did the Yankees blow that?

New York held a 4-1 lead over the Mariners in the ninth inning. On the mound was closer Clay Holmes, who entered the game having pitched 20 innings this season without allowing an earned run.

An eighth win in a row seemed inevitable for the Yankees, but that’s when Seattle did the improbable.

The Mariners scored four runs in the top of the ninth to stun the Yankees for a 5-4 win in the first of a four-game series.

Seattle scored its first run of the inning after Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres committed a throwing error on Mariners left fielder Luke Raley’s infield single up the middle.