The New York Yankees were defeated by the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday afternoon. The game took
place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida and the final score was 4-0. Domingo German
started for the Yankees and he didn't pitch very well. The Yankees offense was non existant.
German pitched four innings giving up eight hits and four runs with a walk and five strikeouts. He took
his second loss of the season. Justin Wilson pitched an inning with a walk and two strikeouts, Jonathan
Loaisiga pitched two innings giving up two hits and a walk with three strikeouts and Luis Cessa pitched
a perfect inning with two strikeouts.
Chris Archer pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up three hits and he struck out four for the Rays. He left the
game with an injury. Andrew Kittredge pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with a
strikeout. He won his second game of the season, Jeffrey Springs pitched two innings giving up a hit
and he struck out three, Ryan Thompson pitched a perfect inning and Cody Reed pitched an inning
giving up a walk and he struck out one. Chris Mazza pitched a perfect inning.
DJ LeMahieu had a hit and drew a walk, Aaron Judge had a hit and Aaron Hicks had a hit and drew a
walk. Brett Gardner had a hit, Gary Sanchez had a hit and LeMahieu and Gardner each hit a double.
The Yankees were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Sanchez and Urshela
each committed an error.
Yoshi Tsutsugo had a hit, Austin Meadows had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Randy Arozarena had
three hits and an RBI. Yandy Diaz drew a walk, Joey Wendle had two hits and Willy Adames had
a hit and drew a walk. Brett Phillips had a hit, Francisco Mejia had a hit and two RBI. Phillips hit a
double and Meadows and Arozarena each hit a homerun. The Rays were 1-7 with runners in scoring
position and left 11 men on base.
In the first Meadows hit a solo homerun giving the Rays a 1-0 lead. In the second Mejia hit a two-run
single pushing the Rays lead to 3-0. In the third Arozarena hit a solo homerun extending the Rays lead
to 4-0 and that would be the final score.
The Yankees will try and avoid the three-game sweep on Sunday afternoon.
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