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Bryan Woo delivered one of the best performances of his career Thursday night at Yankee Stadium, but it wasn’t enough to stop the Mariners from suffering a gut-wrenching 6-5 extra-inning loss to the Yankees — a game that marked Seattle’s second road sweep in a month.

For seven innings, Woo held the Yankees hitless, allowing only two walks to start the game. It was a commanding display of fastball precision, with just one batted ball exceeding 100 mph in exit velocity. Woo wasn’t overpowering with strikeouts — he fanned five — but his command was sharp, and his fastball movement kept New York off balance.

Seattle built a 5-0 lead behind RBI singles from Cole Young and Miles Mastrobuoni, plus a three-run homer by Jorge Polanco. But the Mariners’ bullpen couldn’t hold it.

Woo’s no-hit bid ended in the eighth when Jazz Chisholm Jr. led off with a single. He gave up a second hit and exited after 7 1/3 innings with two earned runs — still a career-best outing at Yankee Stadium, where he had previously thrown 17 scoreless innings.

But reliever Matt Brash gave up a pinch-hit, two-run homer to Giancarlo Stanton — the first homer Brash has allowed this season. Andrés Muñoz struggled in the ninth, walking a batter to load the bases before Austin Wells delivered a two-out, two-run single to tie the game. That came one pitch after home plate umpire Nic Lentz appeared to miss a strike-three call.

In the 10th, Seattle failed to score. The Yankees walked the bases loaded, and Aaron Judge’s sacrifice fly to center plated the winning run as Anthony Volpe dodged Cal Raleigh’s tag with a “swim move” at the plate.

Woo was unavailable to speak postgame due to a family matter. Despite the loss, he remains the only pitcher in the majors to go at least six innings in every start this season.

The Yankees became just the second team in MLB’s expansion era to be no-hit through seven innings, trail by five or more runs, and still come back to win — the first since 1977.

The Mariners now head to Detroit, where they’ll face reigning Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal on Friday.

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