Mariners @ Yankees

Who will WIN this matchup?

Seattle Mariners (58-53)

@ New York Yankees (60-49)

Starting Pitchers:

Flexen (SEA): 10-5; 3.75 ERA

Heaney (NYY) 6-8; 5.42 ERA

Current odds:

Seattle Mariners: (+155)

New York Yankees: (-170)

• While the New York Yankees pulled off exhilarating wins in the late innings the past two days, the Seattle Mariners experienced late-game despair once again. The Yankees seek their fifth straight win Saturday afternoon while the Mariners hope to shake off a pair of tough losses as the American League wild-card contenders continue their four-game series at Yankee Stadium.

• New York is 9-2 in its past 11 games since dropping three of four at Boston two weekends ago. Other than scoring 23 runs in a pair of blowout wins over the Baltimore Orioles, the Yankees have seven wins decided by two runs or fewer since their nightmarish trip to Fenway Park.

• On Thursday, the Yankees opened the series with a 5-3 win when Joey Gallo hit a go-ahead, three-run homer with two outs in the seventh inning off Paul Sewald. A night later, New York prevailed when Brett Gardner hit a two-strike, game-winning single in the 11th off Keynan Middleton.

• It was the Yankees’ eighth walk-off win and they improved to 18-11 in one-run games and 38-21 in games decided by two runs or fewer.

• While the Yankees are experiencing the elation of dramatic wins so far in this series, Seattle is struggling to close out games on its 10-game trip.

• The Mariners are 3-5 on the trek, and other than their 4-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday, all of their defeats were decided in the seventh or beyond — and that includes a trio of walk-off losses.

• On Thursday, Seattle rookie Jarred Kelenic hit a solo homer in the seventh off Chad Green. On Friday, J.P. Crawford hit a go-ahead single off Green in the 10th before Erik Swanson allowed a game-tying single to Giancarlo Stanton, allowing the Yankees to win it in the 11th.

• The Mariners went 2-for-8 with runners in scoring position on Friday. They have lost five close games on the trip despite hitting .267 (12-for-45) in those situations.

• After using nine relievers in a bullpen game, the Yankees hope Andrew Heaney (6-8, 5.42 ERA) fares better Saturday than he did in his team debut. On Monday, he tied a career high by allowing four homers (all solo) when he surrendered four runs on six hits in four innings of a 7-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. Heaney is facing Seattle for the second time in less than a month. On July 16 while with the Los Angeles Angels, the left-hander allowed four runs on six hits in four innings of a 6-5 loss. Heaney is 3-6 with a 4.28 ERA in 14 career starts against the Mariners, who are hitting .301 against him in those outings.

• Chris Flexen (10-5, 3.75 ERA) will start against the Yankees for the first time in his career. He is seeking consecutive wins after allowing two runs in 6 2/3 innings Monday against the Tampa Bay Rays. Flexen’s latest win followed a pair of losses to Oakland and Houston in which he allowed a combined nine runs on 15 hits in 9 1/3 innings. The Mariners are 14-6 in Flexen’s starts this year, and Monday marked the 12th time he allowed two runs or fewer.