Yankees’ offense has rare off night in 11-inning loss to Mariners

SEATTLE — Through the first four games of this trip, the Yankees had made a habit of bludgeoning opposing pitchers with the depth of their lineup.

Then for eight innings Tuesday night, Bryan Woo and the Mariners bullpen shut them down.

So the Yankees did it the hard way instead, scoring just the second run off Mariners closer Andres Muñoz all season (both unearned) in the top of the ninth to tie the game at one and force extra innings.

It only delayed the pain.

After failing to push across another run in the top of the 10th or 11th innings, the Yankees lost it in the bottom of the 11th when J.P. Crawford hit a walk-off single off Tim Hill to lift the Mariners to a 2-1 win at T-Mobile Park.

The Yankees wasted a chance to score in the top of the 10th with the top of their order — the Mariners intentionally walked Aaron Judge with two outs and got Cody Bellinger out instead — before Devin Williams stranded the automatic runner at third in the bottom of the inning to send the game to the 11th.

But after the Yankees left runners on the corners in the top of the 11th, Hill gave up back-to-back singles in the bottom of the frame — the second by Crawford, staying just fair down the left-field line to end it.

After Max Fried nearly matched Woo, allowing just one run across five innings without his best stuff, the Yankees’ bullpen kept them within striking distance with a dominant night.

Fernando Cruz, Mark Leiter Jr. and Luke Weaver combined to strike out eight across four scoreless innings to get the game to extra innings.

Muñoz hit Paul Goldschmidt on the right hand to lead off the ninth before Goldschmidt stole second on the first pitch to Austin Wells.

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Pablo Reyes then pinch-ran for him and took third on Wells’ groundout.

With the infield in and Reyes going home on contact, Anthony Volpe got off a check-swing chopper to first base that Dylan Moore handled but then threw wide to home, allowing Reyes to slide in safely to tie the game.

Volpe advanced to second on the play but was stranded there as Muñoz retired the next two batters, including striking out Jasson Domínguez looking at a pitch below the zone — which led to Aaron Boone getting ejected as he tried to make sure Domínguez did not get tossed, then got his money’s worth arguing vehemently with home plate umpire Mark Wegner.

Beyond the offense getting held in check, the unthinkable also happened in the Yankees (24-18) losing a game started by Fried for the first time this year after winning his first eight starts.

The lefty was not his sharpest across five innings — his second-shortest start of the year — but still gave his team a chance to win while getting outdueled by Woo, who scattered just four hits and struck out six.

Entering the night, the Yankees had scored double digits in three of their last four games and 40 runs overall during the trip. That included five innings in which they scored five runs or more.

But on Tuesday, they could not scratch across a single run in any of the nine innings they came up to bat.

The Yankees were able to force Woo out of the game in the seventh inning after Austin Wells roped a one-out double down the line.

The Mariners (23-18) brought in lefty reliever Gabe Speier to face Anthony Volpe, who walked, before the Yankees pulled off a double steal to put runners on second and third for Domínguez.

The switch-hitting Domínguez, batting from his weaker right side, struck out before Oswald Peraza — starting at third base a night after Oswaldo Cabrera broke his ankle — also fanned on three pitches.

The Mariners got to Fried in the fourth inning, which Julio Rodriguez led off with a single and then scored all the way from first on Cal Raleigh’s double off the center-field wall.

The relay home was just a hair late, putting the Yankees in a 1-0 hole.

Woo had retired 15 straight Yankees before Grisham hit a two-out single to right field in the sixth inning.

Judge followed with another sinking liner to right that got down as the Yankees threatened to convert, only for Bellinger to fly out to end the inning.