The New York Yankees were defeated
by the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday afternoon.
The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final
score was 2-1. Masahiro Tanaka started
for the Yankees and he pitched well.
Aaron Hicks and Gio Urshela each had two hits to lead the Yankees
offense.
Tanaka pitched six innings giving
up three hits and no runs with no walks and six strikeouts. Tommy Khanle pitched an inning giving up a
hit and a run with a strikeout, Zack Britton pitched an inning with a strikeout
and Aroldis Chapman pitched an inning with two strikeouts. Jonathan Holder pitched an inning with a strikeout
and Luis Cessa pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout
and he lost his first game of the season.
Blake Snell pitched six innings
giving up six hits and a run with a walk and nine strikeouts. Chaz Roe pitched 2/3 of an inning with a
walk, Adam Kolarek pitched to one batter and got him out and Emilio Pagan
pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out five. Hunter Wood pitched a perfect inning and Jose
Alvarado pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and earned his
fifth save of the season.
DJ LeMahieu had a hit, Luke Voit
had a hit and drew a walk and Hicks had two hits. Gleyber Torres had a hit, Urshela had two
hits and Cameron Maybin drew a walk.
Brett Gardner had a hit and the Yankees were 1-4 with runners in scoring
position and left six men on base.
Urshela committed an error.
Austin Meadows had a hit and an
RBI, Tommy Pham had a hit and Ji-Man Choi had two hits. Brandon Lowe had a hit and an RBI, Kevin
Kiermaier had a hit and Choi hit a double.
Meadows and Lowe each hit a homerun and the Rays were 0-2 with runners
in scoring position and left five men on base.
Snell committed an error and Meadows had an outfield assist.
In the third a wild pitch gave the
Yankees a 1-0 lead. In the seventh Lowe
hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.
In the 11th Meadows hit a solo homerun to give the Rays a 2-1
lead and that would be the final score of the game.
The two teams will play the rubber
game of the series on Sunday afternoon.
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