The Yanks were shutout 1-0 by Bryan Woo and the Seattle bullpen into the 9th inning, when they touched Ace Reliever Andres Munoz for the first run he’s allowed all season, tying the game 1-1 on an Anthony Volpe groundout to 1st base.
But the Yanks could not plate their inherited runner in the 10th or 11th, and the Mariners could — getting consecutive singles off Tim Hill in the bottom of the 11th — by Ben Williamson and J.P. Crawford — for the 2-1 win.
On a Tuesday night in Seattle. Yankee.Blue correspondant John Morra at the game and texting in-stadium details as the game progressed.
Max Fried started for NY, and grinded a bit but still threw 5 innings of 4-hit, 1-run ball. The Yankee bullpen of Fernando Cruz, Mark Leiter Jr., Luke Weaver, and Devin Williams pitched shutout ball — Weaver a shutout 8th and 9th, and Devin stranding the inherited runner on 2nd in the 10th.
“He’s one of the real good ones,” said manager Aaron Boone about Woo afterwards. “I thought his secondary stuff was really good today. you have to get on his heater, and even when you know that’s coming it’s difficult to really stick. I thought we had some good swings against that fastball where we just missed a couple; but I thought his secondary was good — he was in the strike zone with it; no free passes. He was tough.”
“It was a grind for him,’ said Boone about Fried. “Stuff was fine. I thought they pressured him really well. They took A lot of tough at bats against him; made him work; spoiled a lot of pitches. But he did everything to keep us in the game and give us a chance to win.”
NY falls to 24-18, still in 1st in the AL East by 3 games over Boston Seattle improves to 23-18, in 1st in the AL West by 1.5 games over the A’s.
1. Fried Grinds through 5 Innings
Fried got out of the 1st inning with 5 pitches — ground out, ground out, line out.
But Seattle worked him in the 2nd for consecutive 1-out singles by Mitch Garver and Dylan Moore, before Fried got a double play to end it.
Fried pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 3rd with 2 strikeouts, and all looked good.
But Seattle worked Fried for a 30-pitch inning in the 4th: Julio Rodriguez (JRod) led off with a single and Cal Raleigh doubled him home for a 1-0 Seattle lead. Fried got a line out and ground out, but walked Dylan Moore and got Donovan Solano to fly out in a 12-pitch at bat where Solano fouled off 5 straight 3-2 pitches.
Fried walked Leody Tavaras to lead off the 5th, but then struck out the next 3 batters swinging to end his night.
Fried’s line: 5 IP, 4 hits, 1 run, 5 K’s, 2 walks in 91 pitches. He remains 6-0 and his ERA climbs to 1.11.
2. Woo Shuts Out Yanks into 7th
Mean Bryan Woo shut out the Yanks into the 7th inning on 4 hits, with no walks. He used a 91-MPH changeup, 84-MPH sweeper, 97-MPH sinker, and 96-MPH four-seam fastball to great effect, striking out 6 and getting lots of ground outs.
Bryan Woo, Filthy 87mph Sweeper. ? pic.twitter.com/MeuDyVn7AN
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) May 14, 2025
The only rally the Yanks had on him was in the 6th, when Trent Grisham reached on a 2-out infield single, and Aaron Judge singled to right. But Cody Bellinger flied out to left for the final out.
And that was it. Finally in the top of the 7th, Austin Wells ripped a 1-out double and Woo was relieved by Gabe Speier — the grand nephew of former All Star shortstop Chris Speier, and cousin of Chris’s son — former MLB pitcher Justin Speier.
Speier walked Anthony Volpe to put runners on 1st and 2nd with 1 out — but struck out Jasson Dominguez and Oswald Peraza to end the threat.
3. Yank Bullpen Brilliant
Meanwhile, with Fried at 91 pitches, Fernando Cruz came out to pitch the 6th — and struck out the side 1-2-3 with his Nasty 80-MPH splitter — Cal Raleigh swinging, Randy Arozarena swinging, and Matt Garver looking.
Mark Leiter Jr. pitched the 7th and also got a 1-2-3 inning, striking out the first 2 batters swinging at his nasty 87-MPH splitter, and then getting a pop out.
Luke Weaver pitched the 8th — another 1-2-3 inning — fly out, strike out looking, strike out swinging — and then after the Yanks tied the game 1-1 in the top of the 9th — pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of 9th as well — ground out, strike out swinging, and ground out.
4. NY Ties It Off Munoz in 9th
Matt Brash pitched a shutout 8th with his Nasty slider.
Matt Brash, White Castle Special. ???? pic.twitter.com/CbqnI4LEqO
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) May 14, 2025
And then Ace Reliever Andres Munoz came out for the 9th — he of the 0.00 ERA with 19.0 innings pitched this year, with 7 hits allowed, 26 K’s, 8 walks, and 13 saves.
But Munoz hit Paul Goldschmidt with a pitch — barely — and Goldy stole 2nd. Pablo Reyes came in to run for Goldschmidt, and moved to 3rd on an Austin Wells groundout — a tough at bat by Wells to advance the runner after falling behind 0-2.
Anthony Volpe then hit a check-swing grounder to 1st — and 1st baseman Dylan Moore frantically threw home wide of the bag — throwing the ball away as the tying run scored. Yankees 1 Seattle 1.
Volpe gets the job done ? pic.twitter.com/J709sQPnTT
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) May 14, 2025
With Volpe on 2nd, Munoz struck out The Martian on a 1-2 pitch that was low — to protest by Dominguez and Aaron Boone — who was tossed from the game.
5. Devin Holds Inherited Runner in 10th
Devin Williams held the fort and looked real good in the top of the 10th. With the inherited runner on 2nd, he got a ground out that moved the runner to 3rd with 1 out, then got a shallow fly out to center to hold the runner, and a ground out to end the inning.
6. Seattle Scores in 11th to Win
But in the bottom of the 11th the Yankee brilliant relief pitching ended as Tim Hill came out and allowed a single to center by Ben Williamson — a strong throw in by Trent Grisham holding the runner at 3rd — and a walkoff single to left by J.P. Crawford for the old ballgame.
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