The New York Yankees are crushed by the Anaheim Angels to begin homestand

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Anaheim Angels on Friday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 13-1 Angels.  Hiroki Kuroda started for the Yankees and pitched terrible.  The offense didn't do much, Brett Gardner had a couple of hits. 

Kuroda pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up ten hits and eight runs with six of them being earned.  He didn't walk a batter and struck out two and lost his second game of the season.  Bruce Billings pitched four innings giving up four hits and four runs with a walk and seven strikeouts.  Shawn Kelley pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout. 

C.J. Wilson pitched six innings giving up four hits and a run.  He walked three and struck out five and earned his third win of the season.  Nick Maronde pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout, Ernesto Frieri pitched a perfect inning and Yoslan Herrera pitched an inning giving up a hit and an walk with a strikeout. 

John Ryan Murphy had a hit, Derek Jeter had a hit and drew a walk and Carlos Beltran had a hit.  Alfonso Soriano had an RBI, Mark Teixeira drew two walks and Gardner had two hits.  Brian Roberts had a hit, Yangervis Solarte drew two walks and Beltran hit a double.  The Yankees were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Gardner and Beltran each had a stolen base and Beltran committed an error. 

J.B. Shuck had an RBI, Albert Pujols had two hits and an RBI and Raul Ibanez had a hit and drew a walk.  Howie Kendrick had three hits, Ian Stewart had two hits and two RBI and Erick Aybar had four hits and three RBI.  Hank Conger had three hits and three RBI and Colin Cowgill had a hit and two RBI.  Conger hit two doubles, Kendrick and Aybar each hit a double.  Stewart, Pujols, Aybar and Cowgill each hit a homerun.  The Angels were 4-10 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

The Angels scored three in the second and two in the third to take a 5-0 lead and never looked back.  They scored three in the fifth, four in the seventh and one more in the ninth.  The Yankees only run came on a Soriano sac fly in the sixth.  The two teams will play game two of their three game series on Saturday afternoon. 

The New York Mets rally and beat the Miami Marlins on a walk-off single

The New York Mets defeated the Miami Marlins on Friday night.  The final score was 4-3 and the game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York.  Zach Wheeler started for the Mets and pitched well.  Omar Quintanilla drove in the tying run in the ninth and Curtis Granderson hit the walk-off single. 

Wheeler pitched six innings giving up four hits and a run.  He walked three and struck out ten.  Gonzalez Germen pitched two innings giving up two hits and two runs with three strikeouts.   Jeurys Familia got his first win pitching an inning and giving up a hit. 

Henderson Alvarez started for the Marlins and pitched six innings giving up six hits and two runs.  He walked two and struck out four. Dan Jennings pitched a perfect inning, A.J. Ramos pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts and Steve Cishek had a blown save and took the loss his first of each.  He pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up four hits and two runs. 

Eric Young Jr. had a hit, Kirk Nieuwenhuis had a hit pinch hitting and Granderson had a hit and an RBI.  David Wright had two hits and an RBI, Daniel Murphy had a hit and an RBI and Lucas Duda had a hit.  Travis d'Arnaud had two hits, Ruben Tejada drew two walks and Quintanilla had a hit and an RBI.  Murphy and Nieuwenhuis each hit a double.  The Mets were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  d'Arnaud had a stolen base, Young Jr. and Murphy also each had a stolen base.  Wright committed an error. 

Christian Yelich drew a walk, Marcell Ozuna had a hit and an RBI and Giancarlo Stanton had a hit.  Casey McGehee had a hit and drew a walk, Jarrod Saltalamacchia had a hit and an RBI and Garrett Jones had two hits and an RBI. Derek Dietrich drew a walk,Adeiny Hechavarria had a hit and Saltalamacchia and Jones each hit a homerun.  the Marlins were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

Wright had an RBI single in the third and Murphy an RBI double to give the Mets a 2-0 lead.  Ozuna had an

RBI single in the fifth to cut the lead in half.  Saltalamacchia hit a solo homerun to tie the game in the eighth

inning.  Jones hit a homerun making it back-to-back homeruns to give the Marlins a 3-2 lead.  In the ninth

Quintanilla hit an RBI double to tie the game at three and Granderson hit the game winning single to give the

Mets a 4-3 win.  The two teams will play game two of their series on Saturday night. 

New York Yankees news and notes

Michael Pineda was suspended ten games on Thursday afternoon.  He was suspended for using pine tar which is a violation of rule 8.02(b).  If you want to read about it you can google it and the entire rule will be there to see.  I am not going to type the rule out but it is very plain and there is no argument.  The bottom line is it is an unwritten rule that he broke and because he was stupid about it he should be punished. 

I thought some of the comments that the general manager Brian Cashman made were interesting.  He genuinely seemed bothered and upset by this.  He took blame for the whole organization not just Pineda.  He said there was a breakdown in communication somewhere and it should of never happened and now he will remedy that.  I don't really know though how you can control someone if you told him everything and that this could happen and he still on his own chose to do it. 

A lot of people think this will be something to watch moving forward now.  Will the Yankees retaliate against the Red Sox and watch their pitchers more closely.  I think it is possible but not right away.  The Yankees best bet is to keep betting them and that will be good enough.  They won't play each other again until the end of June and a lot of other stuff can happen by then so I think it will go away. 

Joe Girardi got some heat for twisting an ESPN camera that was pointed down towards the tunnel going to the clubhouse.  He won't be disciplined for that though and he was right.  There are some areas that should still be sacred and people don't need to see everything and hear everything. 

It looks like David Phelps will just slot into Pineda spot in the rotation, it will only be one start because of the off day.  It will give all the other pitchers one less day of rest though and the Yankees will have to play with a 24 man team for the ten days. 

Derek Jeter had a nice streak of 11 games hitting and 21 reaching base end on Wednesday night.  He had a good game on Thursday night though with a couple of hits, RBI and a walk.  Ivan Nova elected to have surgery and will do so in Alabama on Tuesday ending his season.  Dean Anna and Preston Claiborne were optioned to AAA and Shane Greene was called up.  Bruce Billings contract was purchased from AAA and he was placed on the 25 man roster. 

CC has pitched well and capped the road trip with a big win in Boston.  The Yankees won two out of three in Boston and are 5-2 against them this season.  The two teams won't see each other now until the end of June. 

The Yankees scoring 14 runs on Thursday night was their most since August of last season.  Solarte broke out of an 0-14 slump with two hits and four RBI.  He was the first Yankee to drive in that many runs since Alex Rodriguez on September 20th of last year.  Mark Teixeira hit his first homerun of the season.  Sabathia passed Al Downing for 10th place on the Yankees all-time strikeouts list.  Ellsbury had his season high in hits and set a career high for RBI as a Yankee.   

The New York Mets win a close one over the St. Louis Cardinals

The New York Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 3-2 Mets.  Jon Niese started for the Mets and pitched well and the bullpen was good.  The Mets offense only managed four hits but they made them count. 

Niese pitched 6 2/3 giving up six hits and a run with two walks and three strikeouts.  Niese won his first game of the season, Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched 1/3 of an inning and struck out the only batter that he faced.  Carlos Torres pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits  and Scott Rice retired the only batter that he faced.  Kyle Farnsworth earned his second save of the season.  Farnsworth pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run with a strikeout. 

Michael Wacha lost his second game of the season pitching four innings and giving up three hits and two runs with five walks and ten strikeouts.  Maness pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts, Randy Choate pitched 1/3 of an inning and walked a batter and Pat Neshek pitched an inning striking out one.  Fornataro pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Kirk Nieuwenhuis  had an RBI and drew a walk, Curtis Granderson had a hit and drew a walk and Daniel Murphy had a hit.  Lucas Duda had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Travis d'Arnaud had a hit and drew a walk and Ruben Tejada had an RBI and drew a walk.  Niese drew a walk, Duda hit a homerun and the Mets were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Nieuwenhuis had an outfield assist. 

Matt Carpenter had four hits, Descalso had a hit and an RBI and Matt Holliday drew a walk.  Allen Craig had a hit, Yadier Molina had three hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Shane Robinson had a hit.  John Jay had a hit, Molina hit two doubles and Carpenter and Daniel Descalso each hit a double.  The Cardinals were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Peralta committed an error. 

Molina hit an RBI double in the first to give the Cardinals a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Tejada had an RBI walk and Nieuwenhuis had an RBI walk to give the Mets a 2-1 lead.  In the sixth Duda hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 3-1 lead.  The Cardinals would score a run in the ninth but the game would end 3-2 Mets.  Descalso hit an RBI double.   The two teams will play the rubber game of their three game series on Thursday afternoon. 

The New York Yankees lose but the story is Michael Pineda and pine tar

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts and the final score was 5-1.  Michael Pineda started but was ejected in the second inning after pine tar was discovered on his neck.  The Yankees bullpen pitched well but their defense was sloppy and the offense didn't do much off of John Lackey. 

Pineda pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs.  He didn't walk or strikeout a batter and he took the loss which was his second of the season.  It was such a short start because of the immediate ejection upon the finding of the pine tar.  It is expected he will be suspended as well for at least one start and maybe two.  David Phelps pitched two innings giving up three hits and two runs which were unearned.  He walked three and struck out four.  Matt Thornton pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and striking out one, Preston Claiborne pitched two innings giving up three hits and a run with a strikeout and Adam Warren pitched a perfect inning. 

John Lackey picked up his third win of the season.  He pitched eight innings giving up one run on seven hits with 11 strikeouts.  Koji Uehara pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out the side. 

Carlos Beltran had two hits, Brian McCann had a hit and Alfonso Soriano had a hit and an RBI.  Brett Gardner had a hit, Brian Roberts had two hits and Kelly Johnson had a hit.  Johnson and Beltran each hit a double and the Yankees were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Johnson had a stolen base and Jeter, Johnson and Warren each committed an error. 

Grady Sizemore had a hit, Dustin Pedroia had two hits and an RBI and David Ortiz had a hit and drew a walk.  Mike Napoli had three hits and an RBI, A.J. Pierzynski had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Xander Bogaerts had a hit.  Brock Holt had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks.  Napoli hit a double and Sizemore hit a triple.  The Red Sox were 4-12 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Napoli was caught stealing. 

In the first Pedroia hit an RBI single and Pierzynski hit an RBI single to give the Red Sox a 2-0 lead.  In the fourth Napoli hit an RBI double and a wild pitch scored another run to make it 4-0.  The Yankees got on the board in the sixth on a Soriano sacrifice fly.  The Red Sox would lead 4-1 and add another run in the eighth to extend the lead to 5-1 and that would be the final score.  The series is tied at one game each with the rubber game on Thursday night.   

The New York Mets are shutout by Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals

The New York Mets were defeated by the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 3-0 Cardinals.  Dillon Gee started for the Mets and pitched well.  The Mets only managed four hits. 

Gee pitched six innings giving up six hits and two runs with two walks and four strikeouts.  Gee lost his first game of the season.  Gonzalez Germen pitched two innings giving up three hits and a walk with a strikeout and Jose Valverde pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and two strikeouts. 

Wainwright pitched seven innings giving up four hits and no runs.  He struck out three and didn't walk a batter.  Siegrist pitched a perfect inning and Trevor Rosenthal pitched an inning walking two batters and striking out one.  Rosenthal earned his sixth save of the season. 

Eric Young Jr. had a hit and drew a walk, Curtis Granderson drew a walk and Daniel Murphy had a hit.  Chris Young had a hit, Lucas Duda had a hit and the Mets were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Young was caught stealing, Quintanilla committed an error and Young Jr. and Granderson each had an outfield assist. 

Matt Carpenter had a hit, Matt Holliday had three hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Mike Adams had two hits.  Yadier Molina had a hit, John Jay had two hits and two RBI and Jhonny Peralta drew two walks.  Wainwright had a hit, Descalso drew a walk and the Cardinals were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. 

In the fourth Jay hit a two run single giving the Cardinals the lead.  In the ninth they would add another run on a Holliday RBI single.  The final score was 3-0 Cardinals.  The two teams will play game two of their three game series on Wednesday night and then complete the series on Thursday afternoon. 

Masahiro Tanaka and the New York Yankees take down the Boston Red Sox

The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts and the final score was 9-3 in favor of the Yankees.  Masahiro Tanaka started and was impressive once again for the Yankees.  Carlos Beltran had a homerun, Jacoby Ellsbury in his return to Boston had a very good game. 

Tanaka pitched 7 1/3 innings giving up two runs on seven hits.  He didn't walk a batter and struck out seven.  Dellin Betances gave up a couple of hits in 1 2/3 innings.  He gave up his first run of the season and struck out two. 

Jon Lester pitched  4 2/3 innings giving up 11 hits and eight runs with three of them being earned.  He walked four and struck out seven and took his third loss of the season.  Chris Capuano pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up two hits and striking out one, Edward Mujica pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout and Junichi Tazawa pitched an inning giving up a hit. 

Jacoby Ellsbury had two hits and two RBI, Derek Jeter had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Carlos Beltran had two hits and two RBI.  Alfonso Soriano had a hit, Mark Teixeira had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Brian McCann had three hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Ichiro Suzuki had two hits and drew a walk and Brian Roberts had two hits.  Soriano, Teixeira, McCann, Ellsbury and Suzuki each hit a double and Ellsbury hit a triple.  Beltran hit a homerun and the Yankees were 7-18 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. 

Dustin Pedroia had a hit, David Ortiz had a hit and an RBI and Mike Napoli had two hits and an RBI.  Jonny Gomes had a hit, A.J. Pierzynski had a hit and Xander Bogaerts had a hit and an RBI.  Brock Holt had a hit, Jackie Bradley Jr. had a hit and Pedroia, Pierzynski, Napoli, Gomes and Bogaerts each hit a double.  Ortiz and Napoli each hit a homerun and the Red Sox were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Pierzynski and Napoli each committed an error and Pierzynski had a passed ball. 

In the first Jeter had an RBI single and Beltran had an RBI single to make it 2-0.  In the third Teixeira and McCann each hit an RBI double to push their lead to 4-0.  In the fourth Ortiz and Napoli hit back-to-back homeruns to cut the lead to 4-2.  In the fifth Roberts reached on an error and a run scored, Ellsbury had a two run double and Jeter had an RBI single.  The Yankees had a 8-2 lead and added another run in the eighth on a solo homerun by Beltran.  Bogaerts hit an RBI double in the ninth to complete the scoring at 9-3.  The Yankees won the first of three and the two teams will play game two on Wednesday night. 

The New York Mets blank the St. Louis Cardinals

The New York Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 2-0 Mets.  Jenrry Mejia started for the Mets and pitched well and the bullpen was good.  Travis d'Arnaud had a couple hits to pace the Mets offensive attack. 

Mejia pitched  6 2/3 innings giving up four hits and no runs with three walks and seven strikeouts.  Mejia picked up his third win of the season, Scott Rice pitched 2/3 of an inning striking out one and Carlos Torres pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and striking out two.  Kyle Farnsworth earned his first save of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit. 

Tyler Lyons lost his first game of the season pitching six innings and giving up six hits and two runs.  He walked four and struck out seven.  Pat Neshek pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one and Eric Fornataro pitched a perfect inning. 

Eric Young Jr. had a hit, David Wright had a hit and an RBI and Chris Young had a hit.  Daniel Murphy had a hit and drew a walk, Josh Satin drew two walks and d'Arnaud had two hits and an RBI.  Ruben Tejada hda a hit and drew a walk, d'Arnaud hit a double and the Mets were 3-7 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Murphy had a stolen base. 

Matt Carpenter had two hits, Allen Craig had two hits and Yadier Molina had two hits.  Jhonny Peralta drew a walk, Jon Jay drew a walk and Mark Ellis drew a walk.  Craig hit a double and the Cardinals were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Lyons committed an error. 

In the third Wright hit an RBI single and in the sixth d'Arnaud hit an RBI single to make it 2-0 and that was the final score.  The Mets will play the Cardinals on Tuesday night in game two of their three game series. 

The New York Yankees win a wild one in extras 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 5-1.  Vidal Nuno started for the Yankees and pitched well, the bullpen was great for the Yankees.  Carlos Beltran, Alfonso Soriano, Mark Teixeira and Brett Gardner each had a couple of hits to lead the offense. 

Nuno pitched five scoreless innings giving up three hits.  He walked two and struck out six.  David Phelps pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings with a strikeout, Matt Thornton gave up a hit and an unearned run and Adam Warren pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and striking out one.  Shawn Kelley pitched two innings giving up two walks and striking out four and Preston Claiborne picked up his first win pitching two scoreless innings giving up a hit.  He walked one and struck out two. 

Cesar Ramos pitched five innings giving up four hits and a run with a walk and three strikeouts.  Brandon Gomes pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits, Jake McGee pitched 1 1/3 innings striking out three and Jonny Peralta pitched 1 1/3 innings striking out one.  Grant Balfour pitched two innings striking out one, Heath Bell took the loss his first of the season.  Bell pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two walks and two strikeouts, C.J. Riefenhauser  pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and three runs with two walks and Josh Lueke pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits. 

Jacoby Ellsbury drew a walk, Derek Jeter had a hit to extend his hit streak to ten games and drew a walk.  Dean Anna drew a walk and had an RBI, Beltran had two hits and two RBI and Soriano had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Teixeira had two hits, Yangervis Solarte drew a walk and Gardner had two hits and an RBI.  Brian McCann had a hit, Soriano and Gardner each hit a double.  The Yankees were 3-10 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Suzuki was caught stealing, Roberts, Teixeira and Anna each committed an error. 

Jose Molina drew a walk, Ben Zobrist had a hit and drew a walk and Logan Forsythe had a hit.  James Loney had two hits and drew a walk, Brandon Guyer drew a walk and Yunel Escobar had two hits.  Matt Joyce had an RBI and drew a walk, Forsythe and Escobar each hit a double and the Rays were 1-12 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Myers was caught stealing. 

Gardner had an RBI double in the fourth after an overturned replay challenge.  The Yankees had a 1-0 lead until the seventh when Joyce hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game at one.  In the 12th Anna drew an RBI walk, Beltran hit a two run single and Soriano had an RBI single.  It was 5-1 Yankees and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees will have an off day on Monday and then head to Boston for a three game series before returning home on Friday to face the Anaheim Angels. 

The New York Mets win on a walk-off sacrifice fly

The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 4-3 Mets.  Zach Wheeler started for the Mets and was pretty good, their bullpen was good.  David Wright led the offense with four hits and Lucas Duda had a couple. 

Wheeler pitched six innings giving up three runs on six hits.  He walked three and struck out six.  Gonzalez Germen pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits, Scott Rice pitched 2/3 of an inning and retired both batters and Carlos Torres pitched two innings giving up a walk and striking out two.  Kyle Farnsworth pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one, Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched three innings giving up a walk and striking out five and Jose Valverde picked up the win pitching an inning and giving up a hit. 

David Hale pitched six innings giving up six hits and three runs with two of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out five.   Ian Thomas pitched an inning giving up a hit, David Carpenter pitched an inning striking out two and Luis Avilan pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one.  Varvaro pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two and Schlosser pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up a run and two walks with a strikeout and picked up the loss. 

Eric Young Jr. drew a walk, Curtis Granderson had an RBI and Wright had four hits and an RBI.  Daniel Murphy had a hit, Duda had two hits and an RBI and Anthony Recker had a hit.  Omar Quintanilla drew two walks, Kirk Nieuwenhuis drew a walk and Wheeler had an RBI.  The Mets were 0-10 with runners in scoring position and they left 11 men on base.  Duda had a stolen base and Granderson committed an error. 

Jason Heyward had three hits, B.J. Upton had a hit and an RBI and Freddie Freeman had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Justin Upton had a hit, Chris Johnson had a hit and Dan Uggla had a hit and drew a walk.  Brandon Laird drew three walks, Schlosser had a hit and Jordan Schafer had a hit.  Heyward, B.J. Upton and Freeman each hit a double.  Justin Upton hit a triple and the Braves were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Heyward was caught stealing and Justin Upton committed an error.  Uggla committed two errors. 

Wright had an RBI groundout in the first giving the Mets a 1-0 lead.  Wheeler reached on an error in the second and a run scored.  In the fifth Heyward hit an RBI double and B.J. Upton hit an RBI double and then Freeman hit an RBI double giving the Braves a 3-2 lead.  In the sixth Duda reached on a fielding error and a run scored to tie the game at three.  In the bottom of the 14th Granderson hit a sacrifice fly to give the Mets a 4-3 win. 

The Mets lost two out of three in the series, they were able to salvage the final game of the series.  The Mets will remain home to take on the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night.  It will be the beginning of a three game series. 

The New York Yankees lose big in Tampa then lose Ivan Nova to injury

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday night.  The game took place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida and the final score was 16-1.  Ivan Nova started and pitched very poorly and then left with an injury.  Matt Daley who was just called up from AAA made his season debut and pitched poorly also.  It got so bad for the Yankees that backup shortstop Dean Anna had to pitch.  Kelly Johnson drove in the only run of the game for the Yankees. 

Nova pitched four innings giving up eight hits and eight runs.  He walked one and struck out four and suffered his second loss of the season.  The bigger loss is that he is hurt now and the Yankees wait word on how bad and how long he will be out for.  Daley pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up five hits and six runs with four of them being earned.  He walked two guys, Dellin Betances pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up no hits and no runs with two walks and three strikeouts and Anna pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs.  It was the first time Anna ever pitched in a game. 

Chris Archer won his second game of the season pitching 6 2/3 innings giving up three hits and one run with four strikeouts.  Riefenhauser pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings and Lueke pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts. 

Jacoby Ellsbury, Alfonso Soriano and Kelly Johnson had the only hits for the Yankees.  Johnson had the only RBI and the Yankees were 0-1 with runners in scoring position and left one man on base.  Ellsbury was caught stealing and Yangervis Solarte committed an error. 

Ben Zobrist had three hits, Matt Joyce had two hits and drew a walk and Evan Longoria had two hits and four RBI.  James Loney had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Wil Myers had three hits, four RBI and drew a walk and Yunel Escobar had a hit and drew a walk.  Ryan Hanigan had three hits, six RBI and drew a walk.  Joyce, Zobrist, Loney and Myers each hit a double and Myers also hit a homerun.  Longoria hit a homerun and Hanigan hit two homeruns.  The Rays were 5-11 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. 

The Rays scored runs in the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth.  The Yankees only run came in the fifth inning.  This one quickly got out of hand for the Yankees.  The two teams will play their fourth and final game of the series on Sunday afternoon.  The Yankees will look to split the series and the Rays to take three out of four.