Trent Grisham belts two homers as Yankees enjoy needed offensive explosion in win over Mariners

For weeks (or arguably months) without Aaron Judge and to a lesser extent Cody Bellinger and Giancarlo Stanton, the Yankees lineup has looked asleep.

On Wednesday, it was as if the bats had set repeated alarms, jolting awake in increments before several late-game outbursts, often aided by Trent Grisham, that sure made the club look alive.

The Yankees dug holes and escaped them, scoring the final seven runs of a 10-5 victory over the Mariners in front of 41,714, three of whom rushed the field in the fifth inning only to be taken down (in one case, particularly violently) by Yankee Stadium security.

Against a strong Mariners staff and Bryce Miller, the Yankees exploded for 13 hits, two of which were home runs from Trent Grisham — who finished 3-for-5 with a double, four RBIs and a defensive lapse that was forgotten about — that helped seal it.

Aaron Boone’s bunch scored more than five runs in a game for just a fifth time in their past 48 games and scored double-digit runs for the first time since July 9.

The Yankees (68-52) remained six games back of the Rays in the AL East and are four games clear of the Red Sox, who have dropped five straight, for the top wild card.

The Yankees trailed 3-0 after the first, 4-1 entering the bottom of the third and 5-3 entering the bottom of the fifth, before their bullpen entered and shut down the Mariners (five shutout innings from Fernando Cruz, Tim Hill, Paul Blackburn, Brent Headrick and Yerry De Los Santos) and their offense seized control.

The takeover began within four pitches in the fifth. Grisham — briefly a villain in The Bronx after he allowed a would-be out to drop in front of him — demolished a first-pitch, two-out home run to bring the Yankees within 5-4. Two pitches later, Ben Rice doubled into the right field corner, and before he could catch his breath, he hustled home on a first-pitch Spencer Jones RBI double to tie the game.

The Yankees used more patience in a three-run seventh, when nine stepped to the plate, Grisham added his RBI double, Rice followed with an RBI single and Jazz Chisholm Jr. — mightily struggling and watching the Mariners intentionally walk Heliot Ramos ahead of him to get a bases-loaded, left-on-left matchup — worked a strong walk to bring home another run.

The game became a rout in the eighth, when Grisham clubbed his second homer, this to right-center, for his second multihomer game of the year.

Pausing a remarkable run of Yankees starting pitching — in their previous 13 games, Yankees starters owned a 1.62 ERA, allowed two runs or fewer 11 times — was Will Warren, who let up five runs in four-plus innings.

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Warren, who began the season brilliantly but owns a 5.38 ERA since May 6, was tattooed and victimized by three home runs, each coming off a different pitch.

Five batters into the game, the Yankees were down 3-0 because Randy Arozarena turned a sweeper into a two-run homer and Julio Rodríguez redirected a four-seamer over the right field wall.

In the third, Dominic Canzone demolished a changeup to right — the 397-foot bullet was no porch job — and the Mariners added another in the fifth, when Cruz could not strand a runner Warren left on base.

But the lowlight that might prove to be the most memorable arrived in an inning in which Warren pitched around danger.

In the second, Brendan Donovan lofted a high fly into shallow center. Grisham’s first instinct was to jog in before appearing to realize the ball should be his.

The epiphany came too late, George Lombard Jr.’s helpless lunge with his back to the plate was unsuccessful, and the ball dropped for a gift double. Warren yelled but ensured the play would not haunt him, eventually inducing a double play from Taylor Ward.