Da Judge Giveth, and Da Judge Taketh Away

The Yankees started a roadtrip last night, against the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park (formerly Safeco Field). Since it was Memorial Day, both teams and the umpires wore patches of red poppies, with the legend "LEST WE FORGET" on them, the way English soccer teams wear poppy patches in their last home game before Armistice Day (November 11, which we call Veterans Day).

Domingo Germán returned from his "sticky stuff" suspension, and was not very sharp: He got into the 7th inning, allowing 4 runs on 7 hits and 3 walks.

But he got the kind of support that better pitching would have deserved. Jake Bauers doubled home a run in the 1st inning, and hit a solo home run in the 4th. Aaron Judge hit a 2-run home run in the 3rd inning, and a solo homer in the 6th. The Yankees also got runs from doubles in the 5th by Willie Calhoun and Isiah Kiner-Falefa, and a single by Kyle Higashioka in the 9th.

Da Judge giveth, and Da Judge taketh away: In the 8th, Teoscar Hernández hit a long drive to right field, and it looked like it was out. But Judge leapt high enough to snare the ball, and came down with it, sticking out of his glove. We used to call that "an ice-cream cone catch."

Yankees 10, Mariners 4. WP: Germán (3-3). No save. LP: Bryce Miller (3-2).

The series continues tonight. Nestor Cortés starts against Logan Gilbert.