Day-time baseball in Seattle.

Hiroki Kuroda was at his best last night, allowing 4 runs and a few walks in the Yankees 4-1 loss at the hands of Jeremy Bonderman and the Mariners. Bonderman claimed his first big league win in almost three years. Andy Pettitte gets to ball this afternoon and here is the lineup backing him up at 4:10 pm ET:

This afternoon's lineup:

Gardner CF
Nix SS
Teixeira DH
Cano 2B
Wells LF
Youkilis 1B
Suzuki RF
Adams 3B
Stewart C
Pettitte P

Pettitte (4-3, 4.17 ERA) is hoping to improve on his last start in which he gave up 4 runs over 4 2/3 innings to the Indians last Monday. It was Pettitte's first start back from the DL and now he's looking for a much better outing against the Mariners.

"I feel good about the team winning, putting some runs up on the board," Pettitte said. "As far as me, personally, it's frustrating because we finally put some runs on the board and then you give the lead [away]. I'm never going to be happy about that."

The Yankees lineup hasn't been at it's best lately and it will be given the challenge of figuring out Mariners' lefty, Joe Saunders (4-5, 5.20 ERA). Saunders shut down the White Sox for one run on five hits over 6 1/3 innings in his last start.

Saunders will alos have that advantage of pitching at home on Saturday. In six starts at Safeco Field he's 4-1 with an ERA of 2.25, compared to being 0-4 with a 9.00 ERA in six starts on the road.

Up now: My story on Hiroki Kuroda just going through a rough patch. Also, my column yesterday about Phil Hughes not being fit to be a Yankee.

Up later: I'll be back in the recap trail. Full game recap of today's action will be posted shortly after the final pitch is thrown at Safeco Field.

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