Yankees Beat Mariners 5-3, Schlittler Shines

In Seattle, the New York Yankees secured a 5-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday, capping a successful 5-1 road trip to open the season with standout pitching from Cam Schlittler and key offensive contributions from Paul Goldschmidt and Ben Rice.

Schlittler, a 25-year-old right-hander, delivered 6 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and striking out seven without issuing a walk. He threw 79 pitches, 58 for strikes, and retired his final 16 batters faced. The performance extended his season-opening shutout streak to 11 2/3 innings, following a blanking of the San Francisco Giants over 5 1/3 innings last Friday. Brendan Donovan led off the Mariners' first with a double, and Luke Raley singled in the second, but no Seattle runner advanced beyond second base against him.

The Yankees jumped ahead in the top of the first when Rice's RBI double down the right-field line scored Cody Bellinger, who had walked and stolen second. The score stayed 1-0 until the sixth, when Trent Grisham walked to open the inning. After Aaron Judge flied out and Bellinger struck out, Rice drew another walk, setting up Goldschmidt's three-run homer to left-center off Mariners starter...