New York Yankees offense sputters as they fall to the Tampa Bay Rays

 

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 3-1.  Jameson Taillon started for the Yankees and he pitched ok.  The bullpen pitched well and Miguel Andujar led the offense with two hits. 

Taillon pitched five innings giving up five hits and three runs with three walks and five strikeouts.  He took his fourth loss of the season.  Lucas Luetge pitched two perfect innings with three strikeouts, Wandy Peralta pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Luis Cessa pitched a perfect inning. 

Rich Hill started for the Rays and he pitched five innings giving up three hits and no runs.  He walked two and struck out two and earned his fourth win of the season.  Michael Wacha pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a run, Pete Fairbanks pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one and Ryan Thompson pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts.  J.P. Feyereisen pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Aaron Judge had a hit, Roughned Odor had a hit and drew a walk and Andujar had two hits and an RBI.  Kyle Higashioka had a hit, Gary Sanchez drew a walk and Brett Gardner drew a walk.  Odor hit a double and Andujar hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 0-2 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Torres committed an error. 

Randy Arozarena had a hit and an error, Ji-Man Choi drew a walk and Austin Meadows had two hits and an RBI.  Yandy Diaz drew a walk, Taylor Walls drew a walk and Kevin Kiermaier had two hits.  Manuel Margot had a hit and an RBI including a double and Kiermaier hit a double.  Meadows hit a homerun and the Rays were 1-10 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Arozarena had a stolen base. 

In the third Margot hit an RBI double to give the Rays a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Meadows hit a solo homerun pushing the lead to 2-0.  In the fifth Arozarena hit an RBI single to make it a 3-0 lead.  In the seventh Andujar hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 3-1 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of four on Tuesday night.