Schlittler Silences the M's Through Six, Goldschmidt Goes Deep, and the Yankees Leave T-Mobile Park 5-1 on the Road

The Seattle Mariners had no answer for Cam Schlittler on Wednesday afternoon at T-Mobile Park. The Yankees right-hander was absolutely dominant, pitching shutout ball into the seventh inning and retiring his last 16 batters in a 5-3 New York victory that capped off a brutal West Coast road trip for the M's.

Schlittler Was Untouchable

This guy is the real deal. Schlittler (2-0) went 6 1/3 innings, allowed just two hits, struck out seven, and walked nobody on 79 pitches. The 25-year-old right-hander extended his scoreless stretch to the season, and it's not even close. He's only given up three hits total this year while striking out 15 batters. Pair that with Max Fried, who also hasn't allowed a run in two starts, and the Yankees are getting elite-level pitching early on.

The Mariners couldn't get anything going against Schlittler. Brendan Donovan reached second base in the first inning, but he was the only Seattle batter to get that far. That's how locked in this guy was.

The Long Ball Beats You Every Time

Paul Goldschmidt crushed a three-run homer off Mariners starter George Kirby (1-1) in the sixth inning, his first of the season. That blast proved to be the difference maker. Ben Rice also went deep, a solo shot in the ninth, and earlier contributed an RBI double in the first that got the Yankees rolling.

Cal Raleigh kept the Mariners close, driving in two runs on a broken-bat single off David Bednar in the eighth to make it 4-2. Dominic Canzone added an RBI single in the ninth to bring the final to 5-3, but it was too little too late.

What's Next

The Mariners need to get out of this funk fast. Bryan Woo (0-0) takes the ball Friday night against the Los Angeles Angels and their lefty Reid Detmers (0-0). After the way this road trip went, Seattle has to bounce back quick. The Yankees, sitting at 5-1 and rolling, head home to open at Yankee Stadium on Friday against Miami.

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