The New York Yankees defeated the
Tampa Bay Rays on Monday afternoon. The
game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score
was 8-1. Michael Pineda started for the
Yankees and retired the first 20 batters that he faced. Matt Holliday, Chase Headley and Aaron Judge
each had two hits to lead the offense.
Pineda pitched 7 2/3 innings giving
up two hits and a run with no walks and 11 strikeouts. Pineda won his first game of the season and
first since August of 2016. Tyler
Clippard pitched to one batter and retired him and Chasen Shreve pitched a perfect
inning with a strikeout.
Alex Cobb pitched 7 1/3 innings
giving up six hits and five runs with four of them being earned. He walked one and struck out seven. Cobb lost his first game of the season and
Austin Pruitt pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up four hits and three runs with
two of them being earned.
Brett Gardner had a hit, Jacoby
Ellsbury had a hit and an RBI and Holliday had two hits and an RBI. Chris Carter had a hit and an RBI, Starlin
Castro had a hit and two RBI and Headley had two hits, one RBI and drew a
walk. Judge had two hits and an RBI,
Ronald Torreyes hit an RBI and Ellsbury and Holliday each hit a double. Carter hit a triple and Judge, Headley and
Castro each hit a homerun. The Yankees
were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Gardner had two stolen bases.
Evan Longoria had a hit, Logan
Morrison had a hit and an RBI and Longoria hit a double. Morrison hit a homerun and the Rays were 0-1
with runners in scoring position and left one man on base. Miller and Pruitt each committed an
error.
In the third Ellsbury hit an RBI
double to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.
In the fourth Judge hit a solo homerun to extend the lead to 2-0. In the seventh Headley hit a solo homerun to
push the lead to 3-0. In the eighth
Morrison hit a solo homerun to make it a 3-1 game. In the bottom of the eighth Holliday hit an
RBI double and Carter hit an RBI triple to make it 5-1. Castro hit a two-run homerun and Torreyes hit
an RBI ground out still in the eighth to make it 8-1 which was the final
score.
The Yankees and Rays will be off on
Tuesday and then continue their series on Wednesday afternoon.
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