Trent Grisham hits two homers as Yankees beat Mariners

NEW YORK (Interstat) — Trent Grisham homered twice and drove in four runs as the New York Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 10-5 on Wednesday night. Grisham finished 3 for 5 with a double and two home runs, including a two-run shot in the eighth inning that capped the scoring. Spencer Jones added two doubles and three RBIs for the Yankees. Paul Blackburn pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings in relief to pick up the win. Gabe Speier took the loss.

Seattle jumped ahead 3-0 in the first inning on Randy Arozarena’s two-run homer and Julio Rodriguez’s solo shot. Dominic Canzone homered in the third, and Josh Naylor singled home a run in the fifth to make it 5-3. The Yankees answered in the fifth when Grisham homered and Jones doubled in a run to tie it. New York took the lead with three runs in the seventh and added two in the eighth. The Yankees collected 13 hits; Seattle had nine. Attendance was 41,714, and the game lasted 2:59. New York improved to 68-52; Seattle fell to 56-65.