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SEATTLE – Austin Romine has never set the bar particularly high for him on the set.
Behind the plate, yes.
Standing next, beats in the hand? Not really.
"I know why I'm there," said Romine several times, referring to her defensive abilities.
But he also accepted a challenge during the spring training by new manager Aaron Boone, who said: "Do not be automatic. Romine has been everything except in what has been an offensive break season.
He continued on Saturday night as the reserve catcher broke a circuit in the seventh in the Yankees' 4-2 victory against the Mariners in front of Safeco Field at 38,733.
The Yankees (89-53) climbed the 7 ½ games of the East Asian leader Red Sox and remained three and a half games ahead of the A for first place wild card. They also lowered their magic number to get a wild card at 10.
Romine faced right-hander Nick Vincent with a seventh draw and led a fast 2 and 2 in the other direction to get his 10th and a 3-2 lead. Previously, the greatest number of circuits for Romine in a big season was four.
Lance Lynn, who had a total of 19 earned runs in her previous four starts, made a good start, allowing two runs and three hits in six sets.
The Yankees' enclosure took him from there. Zach Britton was eliminated in the seventh final and David Robertson was eliminated in eighth.
After the sacrifice of Gleyber Torres in ninth place, Dellin Betances managed to get rid of his opponent in ninth place. The Mariners completed the goals with a pair of Mitch Haniger, a drummer and a walk, but Betances eliminated Denard Span and Kyle Seager to preserve the win. He had fanned Jean Segura earlier in the inning.
Andrew McCutchen, 1-for-17 in his career at the Yankees before being comfortable on Friday night, kicked off the first night of Saturday by making a 1-2 change to Felix Hernandez in the left-lane. It was his 17th circuit of the season overall.
Lynn threw a jam on her own in the lower half. With an exit, Jean Segura hit a ghost. Lynn moved to the right of the mound to throw the ball, then opened fire towards Luke Voit. The two-base mistake put Segura in second place. But Lynn forced Robinson Cano to bounce on the mound – he easily dismissed the former Yankee – and Nelson Cruz in third.
Lynn retired five times in a row after Segura reached the base, but pushed a fastball on the first pitch to Mike Zunino to start the third and 19th receiver's round tied 1-1.
The Yankees took the lead in the fifth. Brett Gardner started a four-step walk and, with McCutchen, stole second place. McCutchen did a walk and it was all for Hernandez, who signaled to the coach after throwing a full ball game for ball four. Hernandez, who has struggled all season, left the game with a squeeze in his right thigh. Former Cy Young winner, who scored 8-13 with a score of 5.55, allowed two points (one earned) and six hits in four sets.
Right-hander Shawn Armstrong faced defenseman Giancarlo Stanton in a 6-for-54 slip. With the 2-and-2 count, Zunino was accused of a pass that moved the two finalists. Stanton's sacrifice allowed Gardner to take third place, but Aaron Hicks doubled to end the heat.
Kyle Seager opened the bottom of the fifth with a single and Ben Gamel bet on a 5-4 power. Gamel moved to second place on Zunino's dive and scored when Dee Gordon opened a fast 3-and-1 left ball to tie at 2-2. Romine threw Gordon trying to steal second place for the third.
Erik Boland started in Newsday's sports department in 2002. He covered high school and college sports, then moved on to the rhythm of the Jets. He has covered the Yankees since 2009.
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