NEW YORK - The Seattle Mariners dropped their second consecutive game on Wednesday night, falling 9-6 to the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. Starter Logan E

Tuesday's series opener was briefly suspended, but the forecast is looking better for the rest of the Seattle Mariners' series in New York.

The M's All-Star grew up just 30 minutes from Yankee Stadium and he discussed his excited homecoming before Tuesday's contest with Mariners on SI:

Cal Raleigh hits his 36th home run, breaking a tie with Ken Griffey Jr. for the most by a Mariner before the All-Star break, but Seattle is routed by the Yankees 10-3 in rainy New York.

The Yankees were clinging to a one-run lead as they came up to hit in the bottom of the sixth inning against the Mariner With the current state of the back of their bullpen — after Mark Leiter Jr. joined Fernando Cruz on the injured list on Tuesday afternoon — getting nine more outs with that slim of a margin for error would’ve been a challenge.

The Mariners and Yankees underwent a rain delay at 5:15 p.m. PT as the Mariners have runners at the corners and two outs. The game was stopped mid at-bat for J.P. Crawford, but the new start time has been set.