New York Yankees are swept in Tampa Bay by the Rays

The Yankees were defeated by the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida and the final score was 7-6.  Domingo German started for the Yankees and he didn’t pitch well.  The bullpen pitched well and Giancarlo Stanton led the offense with five hits. 

German pitched three innings giving up nine hits and six runs with no walks and two strikeouts.  Adam Warren pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up no hits or runs and a walk with two strikeouts, Jonathan Holder pitched 2 1/3 innings striking out two and David Robertson pitched an inning with a walk.  Dellin Betances pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout, Chad Green pitched two innings giving up a hit and he had four strikeouts and Chasen Shreve lost his second game of the season giving up a hit and a run. 

Matt Andriese pitched three innings giving up three hits and three runs with two walks and a strikeout.  Jose Alvarado pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a run and a walk with two strikeouts, Diego Castillo pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run and Vidal Nuno pitched four innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk and four strikeouts.  Sergio Romo pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out one, Jonny Venters pitched to one batter and gave up a hit and Ryan Yarbrough pitched an inning giving up a walk and picking up his seventh win of the season. 

Brett Gardner had two hits and drew a walk, Aaron Judge drew a walk and Didi Gregorius had a hit and an RBI.  Stanton had five hits, two RBI and drew a walk, Gary Sanchez drew a walk and Aaron Hicks drew a walk.  Miguel Andujar had a hit and three RBI, Gleyber Torres had a hit and Stanton hit two doubles, Gregorius and Gardner each hit a double.  Andujar and Stanton each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. 

Kevin Kiermaier had a hit, Matt Duffy had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Jake Bauers had two hits and an RBI.  Carlos Gomez had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk, Mallex Smith had a hit and Adeiny Hechavarria had a hit and an RBI.  Jesus Sucre had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk, Willy Adames drew a walk and Duffy, Gomez and Sucre each hit a double.  Kiermaier and Bauers each hit a triple and Hechavarria and Bauers each hit a homerun.  The Rays were 4-15 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Kiermaier, Smith and Adames each had a stolen base. 

In the first Duffy hit an RBI double to give the Rays a 1-0 lead.  Gomez hit an RBI double and it was 2-0 Rays.  In the second Andujar hit a three-run homerun to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead.  In the bottom of the second Hechavarria hit a solo homerun to tie the game at three.  In the third Gomez hit an RBI single, Sucre hit a two-run double and it was 6-3 Rays.  In the fifth Gregorius hit an RBI double and Stanton hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 6-5.  In the eighth Stanton hit a solo homerun to tie the game at six.  In the 12^th Bauers hit a solo homerun to win the game 7-6 for the Rays. 

The Yankees were swept by the Rays in the three-game series and it was the first three-game losing streak of the year for the Rays.