Seattle keeps coming back, but loses to the New York Yankees 8-5 Tuesday night.

Seattle keeps coming back, but loses to the New York Yankees 8-5 Tuesday night.

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, left, holds a football as New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter throws long toss on the field before the Yankees’ baseball game against the Seattle Mariners at Yankee Stadium in New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2009.

Hard-throwing right-hander Joba Chamberlain tries again for win No. 1 on his new home field tonight, when the New York Yankees host the Seattle Mariners in the opener of a three-game series at Yankee Stadium.

After taking two of three games from the Los Angeles Dodgers to open a nine-game road trip and push their record to three games over .500 at 39-36, the Mariners had yesterday off.

The Adult School of the Chathams, Madison and Florham Park invites the public to experience history in the making with a tour of the new Yankee Stadium Sunday, July 12.

The Adult School of the Chathams, Madison and Florham Park invites the public to experience history in the making with a tour of the new Yankee Stadium Sunday, July 12.

* First save: May 17, 1996 against the Angels at Yankee Stadium.

New Borough President Ruben Diaz hosted the annual Bronx Week gala this month in the grandiose venue of the new Yankee Stadium with high hopes that many local residents carry for the borough’s new leader.

Tuesday night the Mariners make their first venture into the lavish $1.5 billion home of the New York Yankees.