The New York Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Rays behind Didi Gregorius monster day

The New York Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday afternoon.  The game was scheduled for Monday but was snowed out.  The game was played at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 11-4.  Jordan Montgomery started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  Jonathan Holder didn’t pitch well but the rest of the bullpen did.  Didi Gregorius led the offense with four hits and eight RBI. 

Montgomery pitched five innings giving up two hits and a run with four walks and four strikeouts.  Holder pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up four hits and three runs with a strikeout, Tommy Khanle picked up his first win of the season pitching 1 2/3 innings and he gave up a hit and struck out four.  David Robertson pitched a perfect inning and Chasen Shreve pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts. 

Chris Archer pitched five innings giving up six hits and four runs with three walks and eight strikeouts.  Austin Pruitt took the loss pitching 2 1/3 innings and giving up three hits and six runs with five of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out four and Sergio Romo pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and two strikeouts. 

Brett Gardner had two hits, Aaron Judge had two hits, an RBI and drew two walks and Gregorius had four hits and eight RBI.  Neil Walker had a hit and drew a walk, Tyler Wade had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Tyler Austin had a hit and drew a walk.  Gregorius and Austin each hit a double.  Gregorius hit two homeruns and the Yankees were 6-14 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Drury committed an error and Gardner had an outfield assist. 

Matt Duffy had an RBI, Carlos Gomez drew a walk and C.J. Cron had a hit.  Wilson Ramos had a hit, Adeiny Hechavarria had two hits and an RBI and Jesus Sucre had two hits.  Daniel Robertson drew two walks, Rob Refsnyder drew a walk and Denard Span had a hit and two RBI.  Cron and Span each hit a double and the Rays were 4-12 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Duffy committed an error. 

In the second Wade hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the third Duffy reached on an error and a run scored to tie the game at 1.  In the bottom of the third Gregorius hit a three-run homerun giving the Yankees a 4-1 lead.  In the sixth Hechavarria hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 4-2 and Span hit a two-run double to tie the game at 4.  In the seventh Gardner hit a sac bunt and a throwing error made it 5-4 Yankees.  Gregorius then hit another three-run homerun to make it 8-4 Yankees.  In the eighth Judge drew an RBI walk and Gregorius hit a two-run single making it 11-4 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of two on Wednesday afternoon.  Didi Gregorius had eight RBI in the game for the most by any Yankee player since Alex Rodriguez had ten in 2005.