J.A. Happ and four relievers combined on a two-hitter, Cameron Maybin contributed with his bat and glove, and the New York Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 3-1. The Yankees won for the fourth time in five games and headed to Tampa Bay to play the AL East-leading Rays for the first time this year.

Left-hander J.A. Happ allowed one hit in five scoreless innings and Cameron Maybin drove in a run with a second-inning double as the New York Yankees defeated visiting Seattle 3-1 Thursday night.

Whatever was smeared under the hat of Seattle pitcher Yusei Kikuchi, it hasn’t turned into a sticky situation for the Mariners, New York Yankees or Major League Baseball. A day after a dark substance was spotted under the bill of Kikuchi’s cap in a win at Yankee Stadium – possibly illegal pine tar – all sides kept cool. MLB issued no penalty or even a statement on the matter. Yankees manager Aaron Boone said his team would handle things behind the scenes.

On the one-year anniversary of the Mariners’ most recent no-hitter, thrown by James Paxton in Toronto, another left-handed Seattle starter flirted with such a magical possibility.

Yusei Kikuchi allowed one run on three hits in 7 2/3 innings as the Mariners defeated the host New York Yankees 10-1 Wednesday night.

LeMahieu drove a single to right off Roenis Elias, and Maybin charged in from second and slid feet-first around a tag from catcher Omar Narvaez.

DJ LeMahieu singled home the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning as the New York Yankees rallied to beat the Mariners 5-4 Tuesday night in a game delayed 1 hour, 12 minutes by rain.

It had been a decade since pitchers with so many combined punchouts started the same game. In this showdown between Felix Hernandez and CC Sabathia, the New York Yankees landed their haymakers early.

Wyatt Mills has some unfinished business in the Texas League. The Spokane native finished last season at Double-A Arkansas, going 0-2 in nine appearances after being promoted from high Single-A Modesto, where he was a 2018 California League Midseason All-Star.

The New York Yankes hit three home runs against Felix Hernandez in the first two innings and went on to defeat the visiting Mariners 7-3 Monday night.

Rookie Erik Swanson gets first win, Jay Bruce hits grand slam in Seattle’s 10-0 rout of Indians.