The Mariners have now lost 15 of their past 17 games against the Yankees at Safeco Field.
With their slim American League playoff hopes dimming with each passing day, the Mariners might have have suffered the decisive lights-out wallop Saturday night.
Austin Romine, brother of Mariners utility player Andrew Romine, hit the tiebreaking home run in the seventh inning, and the New York Yankees held off the Mariners, 4-2, at Safeco Field.
With the loss, Seattle now trails Oakland, an earlier winner over Texas, by 7½ games for the second AL wild-card playoff spot.
To say a Mariners comeback with 20 games to go is impossible — well, a precedent exists during the wild-card era of major-league history.