The New York Yankees lose in extra innings to the Tampa Bay Rays

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 4-3 in 12 innings.  David Phelps started and pitched well and the bullpen did a good job.  The offense struggled but Brian Roberts hit a big game tying homerun in the ninth. 

Phelps pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up two runs on four hits with three walks and four strikeouts.  Adam Warren pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up one hit and two walks with a strikeout, Dellin Betances pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a run and two walks and David Robertson pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and striking out one.  Shawn Kelley pitched two innings giving up two hits and striking out two and Jose Ramirez took the loss, his second of the season.  He pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk. 

Chris Archer pitched seven innings giving up five hits and two runs with two walks and four strikeouts.  Jake McGee pitched an inning giving up two hits and striking out one, Joel Peralta pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout and Grant Balfour pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two.  Brad Boxberger won his first game pitching two innings with a strikeout. 

Brett Gardner had a hit an RBI, Derek Jeter had a hit and an RBI and Jacoby Ellsbury had two hits and drew a walk.  Mark Teixeira had a hit, Brian McCann had a hit and Carlos Beltran had a hit.  Kelly Johnson drew a walk, Brian Roberts had two hits and an RBI and Gardner hit a triple and Roberts hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Ellsbury and Jeter each had a stolen base. 

Desmond Jennings drew two walks, Ben Zobrist drew three walks and Matt Joyce had a hit and an RBI.  Evan Longoria had a hit, James Loney had a hit and Brandon Guyer drew two walks.  Logan Forsythe had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Ryan Hanigan had a hit and an RBI.  Kevin Kiermaier had three hits and an RBI, him and Joyce each hit a homerun.  The Rays were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left 13 men on base.  Brandon Guyer had two stolen bases  and Jennings was caught stealing twice. 

Joyce homered in the first to give the Rays a 1-0 lead.  Kiermaier hit a solo homerun in the third to give the Rays a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of the third Gardner hit an RBI triple and Jeter hit an RBI groundout to tie the game at two.  In the eighth Hanigan hit an RBI single to make it 3-2 Rays.  In the bottom of the ninth Roberts hit a solo homerun to tie the game at three.  In the 12th Forsythe hit an RBI single to give the Rays a 4-3 lead and that was the final score.