Yankees series in Tampa Bay gets even as they lose

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 7-2.  CC Sabathia started for the Yankees and he was ok, the bullpen wasn’t great.  The Yankees offense didn’t produce much. 

Sabathia pitched five innings giving up three hits and two runs with four walks and two strikeouts.  Jonathan Holder pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout and he lost his first game of the year and Nestor Cortes Jr. pitched two innings giving up four hits and three runs with three strikeouts.   

Ryne Stanek served as the Rays opener in this game and he pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out one.  Yonny Chirinos pitched four innings giving up four hits and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  Chirinos won his fifth game of the season.  Diego Castillo pitched two perfect innings with a strikeout and Jose Alvarado pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts. 

DJ LeMahieu had a hit and an RBI, Torres had two hits and Clint Frazier had a hit and an RBI.  Gio Urshela had a hit, Mike Tauchman drew a walk and Frazier and Torres each hit a double.  LeMahieu hit a homerun and the Yankees were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Sanchez committed an error. 

Yandy Diaz had two hits and four RBI, Tommy Pham drew a walk and Daniel Robertson had a hit and drew a walk.  Avisail Garcia had two hits and an RBI, Travis d’Arnaud drew a walk and Austin Meadows had a hit.  Guillermo Heredia had a hit and drew a walk, Willy Adames had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Ji-Man Choi had two hits and an RBI.  Heredia hti a double and Diaz and Garcia each hit a homerun.  The Rays were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Garcia had a stolen base. 

In the second Garcia hit a solo homerun to give the Rays a 1-0 lead.  In the third Diaz hit a solo homerun giving the Rays a 2-0 lead.  In the fifth Frazier hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the sixth LeMahieu hit a solo homerun to tie the game at two.  In the bottom of the sixth Adames hit an RBI single to give the Rays a 3-2 lead and Choi hit an RBI single to push the lead to 4-2.  In the eighth Diaz hit a three-run homerun and it was 7-2 Rays which would be the final score. 

The two teams will play the rubber game of the three-game series on Sunday afterno