Yankees 4, Mariners 0: A Masahiro Masterpiece

After that messy series in Oakland, I’m not sure we could’ve asked for a better start to this series than this. The Yankees earned a crisp 4-0 win over the Mariners in Friday night’s series opener at Safeco Field. The magic number to clinch a postseason spot is down to 12, hence Wade Boggs in the sidebar. This was a West Coast night game, so let’s go with a bullet point recap.

Two Two-Run Homers: In two starts against the Yankees this year, James Paxton allowed four home runs in ten innings. A fifth homer was robbed. The Yankees got to the man they call Big Maple for two two-run homers in five innings Friday night. Luke Voit stroked a two-out single in the second, then Gleyber Torres parked…