New York Yankees fail to sweep the Tampa Bay Rays

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 9-6.  Sonny Gray started for the Yankees and he didn’t pitch well.  Jacoby Ellsbury led the offense with a couple of hits. 

Gray lost his 12^th game of the season pitching 4 2/3 innings giving up six hits and six runs with five walks and two strikeouts.  Jonathan Holder pitched giving up two hits and two runs without recording an out, Chase Shreve pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and two strikeouts and Ben Heller pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up a walk and he struck out two.  Giovanny Gallegos pitched a perfect inning. 

Jake Faria pitched three innings giving up four hits and three runs with two of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out two.  Chih-Wei Hu pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run, Tommy Hunter pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and two strikeouts and Jose Alvarado pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one.  Sergio Romo pitched an inning walking one and striking out one, Dan Jennings pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Chaz Roe pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout. 

Brett Gardner had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks, Aaron Judge had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Starlin Castro had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Greg Bird had a hit and an RBI, Ellsbury had two hits and Todd Frazier had a hit and an RBI.  Aaron Hicks had a hit and an RBI, Gardner, Judge, Bird and Hicks each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-4 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Sanchez committed an error and Sanchez had a passed ball and Gardner had an outfield assist. 

Mallex Smith had two hits, Corey Dickerson had two hits and an RBI and Lucas Duda drew three walks.  Trevor Plouffe had a hit and an RBI, Wilson Ramos had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and Adeiny Hechavarria had a hit.  Robertson drew a walk, Cesar Puello had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks and Peter Bourjos had a hit and two RBI.  Bourjos hit a triple, Dickerson, Ramos and Plouffe each hit a homerun.  The Rays were 3-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Ramos had a passed ball. 

In the first Dickerson hit a solo homerun to give the Rays a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the first Gardner hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  Judge hit a solo homerun going back-to-back to make it 2-1.  In the second T. Frazier hit an RBI single to push the lead to 3-1.  In the fourth Bird hit a solo homerun to extend the lead to 4-1.  In the fifth a wild pitch made it 4-2.  A passed ball cut the lead to 4-3 and Ramos hit a two-run homerun to give the Rays a 5-4 lead.  Puello hit an RBI single to make it a 6-4 game and Bourjos hit a two-run triple to push the lead to 8-4.  In the fifth Castro hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 8-5.  In the sixth Plouffe hit a solo homerun to push it to 9-5.  In the ninth Hicks hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 9-6 and that would be the final score.