New York Yankees get blown out by the Tampa Bay Rays as Luis Severino struggles

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 12-3.  Luis Severino started for the Yankees and he got knocked around.  Aaron Judge hit another homerun and Gary Sanchez also hit a homerun. 

Severino pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up eight hits and seven runs with a walk and seven strikeouts.  He lost his eighth game of the season.  Luis Cessa pitched three innings giving up five hits and five runs with a walk and two strikeouts, Blake Parker pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out two and Chasen Shreve pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Jake Odorizzi won his seventh game of the season pitching six innings and giving up five hits and three runs with a walk and six strikeouts.  Dylan Floro pitched an inning giving up a hit, Ryan Garton pitched an inning giving up a hit and Alex Colome pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out a batter. 

Aaron Hicks had a hit, Didi Gregorius had a hit and Starlin Castro had a hit.  Brian McCann had a hit and drew a walk, Sanchez had a hit and two RBI and Tyler Austin had a hit.  Judge had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Judge and Sanchez each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Torreyes committed an error. 

Logan Forsythe had two hits and an RBI, Kevin Kiermaier had a hit and drew a walk and Evan Longoria had three hits and four RBI.  Brad Miller had a hit, Matt Duffy had two hits and an RBI and Nick Franklin had three hits and three RBI.  Corey Dickerson had a hit, three RBI and drew a walk,  Steven Souza Jr. had a hit and Bobby Wilson had a hit.  Forsythe, Franklin and Kiermaier each hit a double and Longoria hit two doubles.  Forsythe, Dickerson and Franklin each hit a homerun and the Rays were 5-14 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

In the first Longoria hit an RBI double to give the Rays a 1-0 lead.  In the third Forsythe hit a solo homerun and the Rays had a 2-0 lead.  Judge hit a solo  homerun in the third to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the fourth Dickerson hit a three run homerun and the Rays lead was now four runs.  Longoria hit a three run double and the lead ballooned to 8-1.  In the fourth Sanchez hit a two run homerun and it was 8-3 Rays.  In the seventh Duffy hit an RBI single and Franklin hit a three run homerun to make it a 12-3 game which would be the final score. 

The Yankees won two out of three for the third straight series.  They will remain at home to take on the Toronto Blue Jays in a three game set beginning on Monday night.