Cam Schlittler dominant again yesterday out in Seattle, six and a third of two-hit shutout ball, no walks, seven strikeouts. So he and Max Fried are both pitching to an ERA of zero through their first two starts. That's pretty good. Schlittler, the first pitcher in Yankees history with no runs allowed, no walks, and 15 or more strikeouts in any two-game span. So he is putting himself right in the mix there early in the season. So he leaves the game with a 4-0-0 lead, but things did get a little dicey in the 8th, with the Mariners putting a couple of runs across on the combo of Camillo-Dovall and David Bednar. So 4-2, go into the 9th until Ben Rice added some insurance, and apparently sent Dave Sims back in time along the way here on the fans.

Two one pitch.

Swing on a deep drive. Right field. Tansone going back. Look it up. Goodbye. Ben Rice with a big, big home run. They give the Mariners, give the Yankees a little extra cushion here at Safecove at T-obile Park. I got it all. You got it all going, take. So he held together for 26 innings in Seattle, but it bit him there in the top of the ninth. It happens to the best of them, you know? Way to go, Ichiro. Yeah, it does happen. It does. Of course it does. We all get tripped up from time to time. You know, he was there for 20. How many years was he there for 20 years? I don't even know the number, but it was definitely a long time. Right. To the point where his son's still living out there, you know. He's got roots there. Yep. Knows a lot of those guys. Yep. Gives the Mariners a lead here at Safeco Park.

In any event, Yankst did go on to win the game five to three.

They took the rubber game of the series from the Mariners.

You had the big swing from Paul Goldschmidt, which you guys talked about already.

Three-run Homer in the sixth to give his team some breathing room. Back to Schlittler here, no magic sauce or game plan. Just go out there and keep it simple. Being in the zone, making good pitches, you know, defense was great. So again, just having the confidence go out there, you know, again, no walks limit that. And again, just attack the zone and do what I can to get, you know, as far I can with limited amount of pitches. 79 of them before he was lifted with one out, nobody on in the seventh. So the Yanks are 5-1. Couple of series wins a travel back east ahead of tomorrow afternoon's home opener against the Marlins who are also off to a 5-1 start. Yankees announced they will have Team USA Olympic hockey stars Jack Hughes and Aaron Frankel throwing out the ceremonial first pitches before the Friday. O'Brien. Frankl being the goaltender for the women's team. That's exactly right. So that's what you got on tap for tomorrow in the Bronx, which is pretty cool. Sandy Alconstra, three-hitter on 93 pitches yesterday in Miami's 10-0-0-drobing of the White Sox who suck again. And a White Sox are horrendous. One and five out of the gate. We were talking about them last year. What would we say the over-under for wins was last year? Do you remember? I don't. Very low. I'm sure it was the number. You're talking about this year's team? Well, we were talking about last year's team. I don't know what they ended up last year, but this team, this year's team may be worse. You always got to be careful to get, you know, acquiring the best player off of a bad team. Last year, it was set at either 53 and a half or 54 and a half depending on where you looked. Okay.

And last year's record.

Oh, I'm sorry. Last year's record. I'll get you that. This year it's up between 64 and a half and 67 and a half. And I'll give you last year's record in a sec here. They won 60 games. They went way over. There you go. Way over. I guess that's why they got the boost

for this year's over.

I always felt like, you know,

everybody, you know,

was going to win 60 and lose 60, right? Probably a good chance of that in most years. Yeah. Yeah. Best teams are going to lose 60, worst teams are going to win 60. It's a good rule of thumb. In any event, Alconstra pitching well for Miami. They're playing

well. Now you've got the Marlins and the Yankees that'll meet up tomorrow in the Bronx. Now to the

Mets. Yes, dreadful again with runners in scoring position, but also the mental gaffes. Two of them

yesterday from Francisco Lindor after their series finale with the Cardinals was delayed by rain for

an hour at the start.

Bottom of the first, man aboard with Freddie Peralta on the mound.

Bouncing ball could be two. Hit to second. Lindor, waiting for it, has it.

Steps on second and gets the out right there.

Did Lindor think that was the last out of the inning?

He absolutely did.

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