Ichiro Suzuki's hits a 2 run walk off HR off of Mariano Rivera.This picture belongs to ESPN.com
Alex Rodriguez drove in his 85th run of the season on a sac fly off of Seattle's ace Felix Hernandez during the 1st inning.
In the bottom of the third A.J. Burnett was able to pick Mariners Ichiro Suzuki off of first base after he singled.
a defensive miscue by Yankees center fielder Melky Cabrera opened the game up for the M's.
Franklin Gutierrez picked up a double on a fly ball in the right center field gap that was misjudged badly.
Melky looked as if he had a bead on the ball, but slowed up the last 5 steps letting the ball drop to give Seattle a chance to score.
A.J. Burnett was dealing so you cannot blame him when a major league center fielder cannot catch a simply fly ball.
It seems anytime an outfielder has to move more than ten feet he is given the benefit of the doubt, but anyone who's anyone knows whats what.
A.J. would go on to give the Yankees a solid outing as he was using his pitches more effectively, and keeping the ball down.
The 6th inning would be the jump off for New York with a Johnny Damon lead off double that would be his 3rd hit of the game.
A passed ball from M's catcher Rob Johnson gave J. Damon a chance to advance to third to give Mark Teixeira an opportunity to give New York the league.
Tex did his job contributing to the short game giving the Yanks a 2-1 lead on a sac fly that would give him his 113th RBI of the season.
Alex Rodriguez took some great swings, but would go down on a ground out as he got on top of the ball.
A.J. Burnett would come up huge for New York in the bottom of the 6th inning as he completely overpowered Bill Hall, and Rob Johnson for back to back strikeouts to strand a runner on third.
Going into the top of the 7th the Yankees needed to provide more offense for Burnett, but were once again shut down from Felix Hernandez.
Nick Swisher went the other way blooping a single into left field to bring up second baseman Robinson Cano.
Felix Hernandez worked the corners of the plate really well as he had all game striking out Cano to give the melk man Melky Cabrera a shot to do something with one out.
Felix started to overthrow his fastball throwing a wild pitch to give Melky the walk, Swisher was able to move up to third on the play.
Jose Molina who should have had the take sign ended up being jammed on the first pitch grounding into an inning ending double play.
The bottom of the 7th inning was another good one for Burnett as he picked off Ichiro Suzuki for the 2nd time of the night.
M's Jose Lopez would come up short ending the inning with a ground out to third baseman Alex Rodriguez.
The top half of the 8th was an easy one for Felix Hernandez as he kept his team on their toes with a 123 inning.
New York would respond with a 123 inning from their own Phil Hughes who came in after Burnett worked 7 innings allowing one run on 7 hits striking out 6 for the game.
You had to think that the Yankees would pay for not being able to tack on more runs as the game went on, and that is exactly what happened for New York.
The Yankees were held back as they were unable to use Jorge Posada's bat into the game.
Posada was serving game two of his 3 game suspension for his participation in beating up Blue Jay's pitcher Jesse Carlson.
The Bottom of the 9th would end up being a big moment for Ichiro Suzuki as he managed to take Mariano Rivera deep for a 2 run walk off home run.
The inning was started from a 2 out double from Mike Sweeney on a ball that could have possibly been caught from Nick Swisher.
The Yankees are very weak defensively at times when it come to their corner outfield spots, and tonight was a game where the bats were unable to really get anything together.
The entire game was amazing to watch it had gave you the chance to watch two of the most talented pitchers in the game battle each other.
There is nothing bad you could say about Felix Hernandez and A.J. Burnett because the both of them pitched good enough to win.
This was a game that I knew would come down to the bullpen, as the Yankees got a rare blown save from Mariano Rivera.
You could never get mad if M. Rivera ever gives up the game winning hit considering he has been the major reason for all of New York's success over the last decade.
Trust me if you were watching the game tonight I think Mariano was as shocked as anyone the moment Ichiro blasted the game winning home run.
You can read Mariano's lips saying "Wow", the same word I am sure many Yankee fans were saying when Ichiro brought the house down in Seattle.
This game was worth it's money regardless of which team you wanted to win. These are the kind of games that make you realize what baseball is all about.
The Yankees cannot look down after tonight's game, there is never any shame with having problems against a pitcher as good as Felix Hernandez.
One major note from the end of the game was watching the way Ichiro showed up the Yankees with his celebration.
I have read numerous reports bashing the Yankees for being guilty of that, but it is always other teams that I see doing it.
There was so much said about Joba Chamberlain, and Melky Cabrera taunting teams by celebrating too much, but to be honest I don't see that from any of the Yankees.
If I was CC Sabathia then tomorrow I would plant the first pitch right in Ichiro's back to show him where he can take his celebrations.
If you watch the way Ichiro made that gesture with his hands after he crossed the plate.
I understand he was excited, but I remember Bubba Crosby being bashed for showing up the Orioles on his walk off home run in September of the 2005 season.
Everyone should be held to the same playing field, nobody should be an exception for anything.
In the end I guess it is alright considering Ichiro is still on a 4th place team while the Yankees are looking to win the American League East Division.
Tomorrow night's game will feature Doug Fister of the Seattle Mariners Vs New York Yankees ace CC Sabathia.
Fister has a 2-2 record with a 3.53 ERA, and will be looking to pitch to a hungry lineup as they are coming of a game where they were unable to get the bats going.
CC will arrive into tomorrow's game with a 17-7 record with a 3.42 ERA, and he will be keeping himself in the cy young award talks throughout the remainder of the season.
Tomorrow's game will be game two of this three game series between the Mariners and Yankees as we will get to see Francisco Cervelli possibly get a chance to start behind the plate with the Posada suspension.
Look forward to seeing another tremendous effort out of the Yankees left handed hurler CC Sabathia as he continues to prove that he is worth the big bucks.
New York would respond with a 123 inning from their own Phil Hughes who came in after Burnett worked 7 innings allowing one run on 7 hits striking out 6 for the game.
You had to think that the Yankees would pay for not being able to tack on more runs as the game went on, and that is exactly what happened for New York.
The Yankees were held back as they were unable to use Jorge Posada's bat into the game.
Posada was serving game two of his 3 game suspension for his participation in beating up Blue Jay's pitcher Jesse Carlson.
The Bottom of the 9th would end up being a big moment for Ichiro Suzuki as he managed to take Mariano Rivera deep for a 2 run walk off home run.
The inning was started from a 2 out double from Mike Sweeney on a ball that could have possibly been caught from Nick Swisher.
The Yankees are very weak defensively at times when it come to their corner outfield spots, and tonight was a game where the bats were unable to really get anything together.
The entire game was amazing to watch it had gave you the chance to watch two of the most talented pitchers in the game battle each other.
There is nothing bad you could say about Felix Hernandez and A.J. Burnett because the both of them pitched good enough to win.
This was a game that I knew would come down to the bullpen, as the Yankees got a rare blown save from Mariano Rivera.
You could never get mad if M. Rivera ever gives up the game winning hit considering he has been the major reason for all of New York's success over the last decade.
Trust me if you were watching the game tonight I think Mariano was as shocked as anyone the moment Ichiro blasted the game winning home run.
You can read Mariano's lips saying "Wow", the same word I am sure many Yankee fans were saying when Ichiro brought the house down in Seattle.
This game was worth it's money regardless of which team you wanted to win. These are the kind of games that make you realize what baseball is all about.
The Yankees cannot look down after tonight's game, there is never any shame with having problems against a pitcher as good as Felix Hernandez.
One major note from the end of the game was watching the way Ichiro showed up the Yankees with his celebration.
I have read numerous reports bashing the Yankees for being guilty of that, but it is always other teams that I see doing it.
There was so much said about Joba Chamberlain, and Melky Cabrera taunting teams by celebrating too much, but to be honest I don't see that from any of the Yankees.
If I was CC Sabathia then tomorrow I would plant the first pitch right in Ichiro's back to show him where he can take his celebrations.
If you watch the way Ichiro made that gesture with his hands after he crossed the plate.
I understand he was excited, but I remember Bubba Crosby being bashed for showing up the Orioles on his walk off home run in September of the 2005 season.
Everyone should be held to the same playing field, nobody should be an exception for anything.
In the end I guess it is alright considering Ichiro is still on a 4th place team while the Yankees are looking to win the American League East Division.
Tomorrow night's game will feature Doug Fister of the Seattle Mariners Vs New York Yankees ace CC Sabathia.
Fister has a 2-2 record with a 3.53 ERA, and will be looking to pitch to a hungry lineup as they are coming of a game where they were unable to get the bats going.
CC will arrive into tomorrow's game with a 17-7 record with a 3.42 ERA, and he will be keeping himself in the cy young award talks throughout the remainder of the season.
Tomorrow's game will be game two of this three game series between the Mariners and Yankees as we will get to see Francisco Cervelli possibly get a chance to start behind the plate with the Posada suspension.
Look forward to seeing another tremendous effort out of the Yankees left handed hurler CC Sabathia as he continues to prove that he is worth the big bucks.
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