NEW YORK - The Seattle Mariners dropped their second consecutive game on Wednesday night, falling 9-6 to the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. Starter Logan E

Seattle Mariners rookie Cole Young, a North Allegheny graduate, hit his first home run in the majors, but the New York Yankees beat the Mariners 9-6 on Wednesday night. Young, the No. 9 hitter, hit a two-run blast on an 0-2 count in the seventh inning.

Giancarlo Stanton hit a three-run homer, Austin Wells went deep for the third consecutive game and the New York Yankees pounded the Seattle Mariners 10-3 in the opener of a three-game series

The M's All-Star grew up just 30 minutes from Yankee Stadium and he discussed his excited homecoming before Tuesday's contest with Mariners on SI:

Cal Raleigh hits his 36th home run, breaking a tie with Ken Griffey Jr. for the most by a Mariner before the All-Star break, but Seattle is routed by the Yankees 10-3 in rainy New York.

Six runs is usually enough for the Mariners to win a game. Last season, six runs would have been an absolute luxury. But not tonight, not in Yankee Stadium, and not against this lineup, as the Mariners lost to the Yankees,

The Yankees are moving Jazz Chisholm Jr. back to second base for Tuesday's series opener against the Seattle Mariners.