The Yankees appear to be getting healthy at just the right time and are streaking while the Mariners are cooling off from a hot start.
Before Wednesday’s 10-1 Seattle victory in The Bronx, the Mariners were 3-9 in their past 12 while the Yankees were 14-5 in their past 19. In their surge, the Yankees had scored four or more runs in 14 of those games while the Mariners had allowed four or more runs in 14 of their past 18.
Thursday’s pitching matchup should lend itself to quite a few runs, with Mike Leake and J.