The New York Yankees win second straight in Tampa Bay

The New York Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg,Florida and the final score was 4-2 Yankees.  Hiroki Kuroda started and pitched well for the Yankees.  Dellin Betances and David Robertson closed it out and Mark Teixeira had a homerun. 

Kuroda pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs.  He walked one and struck out one and earned his eighth win of the season.  Shawn Kelley struck out the only batter that he faced, Betances pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two and Robertson pitched a perfect inning to pick up his 33rd save of the season. 

Jeremy Hellickson pitched five innings giving up four hits and three runs.  He walked two and struck out five and lost his second game of the season.  Jeff Beliveau pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one, Kirby Yates pitched an inning with a strikeout and Joel Peralta pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run.  Grant Balfour pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one. 

Brett Gardner had a hit and two RBI, Derek Jeter had a hit and Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit and an RBI.  Teixeira had a hit and an RBI, Carlos Beltran drew a walk and Chase Headley had two hits.  Stephen Drew drew a walk, Martin Prado had two hits including a double and Teixeira hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. 

Desmond Jennings had a hit, Ben Zobrist had a hit and Matt Joyce had two hits.  Evan Longoria had a hit and two RBI, Vince Belnome drew a walk and Joyce hit a double.  The Rays were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Longoria committed an error and Escobar committed an error. 

In the first Longoria hit an RBI groundout to give the Rays a 1-0 lead.  The Yankees scored three runs in the fifth to take a 3-1 lead.  Gardner hit a two run single and Ellsbury hit an RBI single.  Longoria hit an RBI single in the seventh to make it a 3-2 game.  The Yankees took a 4-2 lead on a Teixeira solo homerun in the eighth and that was the final score.  The Yankees took two out of three in the series and finished their road trip with a 2-3 record.  They will have off on Monday and then begin a three game series with the Houston Astros on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium.