The New York Yankees were defeated by the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday afternoon. The game took
place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida and the final score was 4-3. James Paxton started for
the Yankees and he pitched great until it fell apart in the last inning. DJ LeMahieu led the offense with
two hits.
Paxton pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with a walk and 11 strikeouts. Jonathan
Holder pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a walk and Zack Britton took his first loss of the
season. He pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk.
Charlie Morton pitched two innings giving up three hits and a run with two walks and a strikeout.
Trevor Richards pitched four innings giving up four hits and wo unearned runs with two walks and Joh
four strikeouts. John Curtiss pitched two perfect innings with four strikeouts and Ryan Thompson
pitched a perfect inning.
LeMahieu had two hits and drew a walk, Aaron Hicks had a hit and drew a walk and Luke Voit
had a hit and drew a walk. Gleyber Torres had a hit and drew a walk, Mike Ford had an RBI and
Gary Sanchez had a hit. Brett Gardner had a hit, Hicks, Gardner and Torres each hit a double. The
Yankees were 0-8 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.
Yandy Diaz had a hit, Austin Meadows had a hit and Jose Martinez had a hit and drew a walk.
Mike Brosseau had two hits and two RBI, Brandon Lowe had a hit and an RBI and Manuel Margot
drew a walk. Mike Zunino drew a walk, Ji-Man Choi had a hit and Michahael Perez had a hit and an
RBI. Martinez, Meadows and Brosseau hit a double. Brosseau and Lowe each hit a homerun.
The Rays were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Margot committed an
error.
In the first Ford got hit by a pitch to drive in a run and give them a 1-0 lead. In the fifth Urshela reached
on a fielding error and two runs scored to push the lead to 3-0. In the seventh Brosseau hit a two-run
homerun followed by a solo homerun by Lowe to tie the game at three. In the ninth Perez hit an RBI
single to win the game 4-3 for the Rays. The Rays took three out of four and the Yankees will now
have off on Monday before beginning a short two-game series with the Braves at home on Tuesday
night.
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