The New York Yankees come up with huge rally in ninth to take the game in Tampa Bay

The New York Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.  The game took place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida and the final score was 4-1 Yankees.  CC Sabathia started for the Yankees and pitched great and the bullpen did their job.  The Yankees offense didn't do much but Alex Rodriguez had an RBI double in the ninth and Slade Heathcott had a three run homerun in the ninth.  

Sabathia pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up three hits and no runs with two walks and six strikeouts.  Justin Wilson pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run with two strikeouts, Caleb Cotham won his first game of the season pitching 1/3 of an inning striking out a batter and Andrew Miller saved his 33rd game of the season pitching a perfect inning and striking out the side. 

Erasmo Ramirez pitched 7 2/3 innings giving up one hits and no runs.  He walked two and struck out six.  Alex Colome struck out the only batter that he faced, Brad Boxberger blew his sixth save of the season and pitched 2/3 of an inning gave up three hits and four runs with two walks.  C.J. Riefenhauser pitched 1/3 of an inning walking one. 

Brett Gardner drew two walks, Alex Rodriguez had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Brian McCann drew a walk.  Carlos Beltran had a hit, Heathcott had a hit and three RBI and Greg Bird drew a walk.  Dustin Ackley had a hit, Rodriguez hit a double and Heathcott hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Noel and Gardner each had a stolen base.  Ryan committed two errors and Headley committed an error. 

Mikie Mahtook had a hit, Logan Forsythe had a hit and an RBI and Asdrubal Cabrera had a hit.  Steven Souza Jr. had a hit, Richie Shaffer drew two walks and Kevin Kiermaier had two hits.  Forsythe hit a double and the Rays were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Mahtook had a stolen base and an outfield assist. 

In the eighth Forsythe hit an RBI double to give the Rays a 1-0 lead.  In the ninth Rodriguez hit an RBI double to tie the game at one.  Heathcott hit a three run homerun to give the Yankees a 4-1 lead and that was the final score.  The two teams will play game two of three on Tuesday night.   

The New York Yankees fail to sweep the Tampa Bay Rays

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 8-1 Rays.  The game was closer but got away late.  Ivan Nova started for the Yankees and struggled, the Yankees offense only managed three hits and they committed three errors on defense. 

Nova pitched five innings giving up six hits and four runs with three of them being earned.  He walked three and struck out one and lost his second game of the season.  Bryan Mitchell pitched two innings giving up three hits and four runs with two of them being earned and he struck out one.  Chris Capuano pitched an inning walking two batters, Nick Rumbelow pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts. 

Erasmo Ramirez pitched six innings giving up three hits and a run with three walks and three strikeouts and he won his seventh game of the season.  Xavier Cedeno pitched an inning walking one and striking out one and Everett Teaford pitched two innings walking one and striking out two. 

Brett Gardner drew two walks, Chase Headley had a hit, Alex Rodriguez had a hit and an RBI.  Mark Teixeira drew a walk, Brian McCann drew a walk and Garrett Jones had a hit.  Headley and Jones each hit a double and Rodriguez hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Nova committed an error and Pirela committed two errors. 

Asdrubal Cabrera had a hit and an RBI, David DeJesus had a hit and drew a walk and Evan Longoria had two hits and drew a walk.  James Loney had a hit and two RBI, Logan Forsythe had a hit and two RBI adn Kevin Kiermaier had two hits.  Jake Elmore drew two walks, Curt Casali had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Longoria and Casali each hit a double and Kiermaier hit a triple.  The Rays were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Ramirez committed an error. 

In the first Loney hit a two run single to give the Rays a 2-0 lead.  In the second Casali hit a sac fly to make it 3-0 Rays.  In the fifth Cabrera hit a sac bunt and an error scored a run to make it 4-0 Rays.  In the sixth the Yankees got on the board on a solo homerun by Rodriguez.  In the eighth Forsythe hit a two run single to make it 6-1 and then Casali had an RBI walk making it 7-1 and Cabrera hit a sac fly to complete the scoring at 8-1.  The Yankees will have the day off on Monday and then begin a three game series at home with the Oakland Athletics.