Raise your hand if you thought the Mariners would have the best record against the Yankees on this road trip. Okay, now all you knuckleheads put your hands down, because there is absolutely no way anyone thought that would be the case. It feels as though the M’s are slinking back home, but 4-6 on the road against the best team in the American League and the defending AL East champs? It could have been worse (let’s just not talk about that Nats series). Seattle opens up an AL West-a-palooza this week against the Astros, who still find themselves below .