New York Yankees defeat the Tampa Bay Rays

The New York Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 6-1.  Jordan Montgomery started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  Starlin Castro led the offense with three hits. 

Montgomery pitched six innings giving up six hits and a run.  He walked one and struck out five and won his ninth game of the season.  Tommy Khanle pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts, David Robertson pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one and Dellin Betances pitched a perfect inning. 

Blake Snell pitched an inning giving up four hits and four runs with four walks and a strikeout.  Snell lost his seventh game of the season.  Chaz Roe pitched two innings giving up a walk and he struck out two, Andrew Kittredge pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout and Brad Boxberger pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one.  Sergio Romo pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one, Dan Jennings pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Austin Pruitt pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with two walks. 

Aaron Hicks had an RBI and drew three walks, Aaron Judge had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks and Gary Sanchez had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Matt Holliday had a hit and an RBI, Castro had three hits and an RBI and drew a walk and Todd Frazier had a hit.  Clint Frazier had a hit, Ronald Torreyes had two hits and drew a walk and Judge and Torreyes each hit a double.  Castro hit a homerun and the Yankees were 3-15 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Hicks and Judge each had a stolen base. 

Kevin Kiermaier had two hits, Steven Souza Jr. had three hits and drew a walk and Evan Longoria drew a walk.  Wilson Ramos had a hit and an RBI, and the Rays were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

In the first Ramos hit a sac fly to give the Rays a 1-0 lead.  In the second Castro hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  Hicks drew an RBI walk, Judge drew an RBI walk and a wild pitch made it 4-1 in the second.  In the eighth Sanchez hit an RBI single to increase the lead to 5-1.  Holliday hit an RBI single to push the lead to 6-1 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of three on Wednesday night.