The New York Yankees were defeated
by the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday. The
game took place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida and the final
score was 3-1. Gerrit Cole started for
the Yankees and he pitched well, the bullpen wasn’t great. The offense only managed four hits.
Cole pitched six innings giving up
two hits and a run with three walks and ten strikeouts. Lucas Luetge pitched 1/3 of an inning giving
up two hits and a run and took his second loss of the season and Michael King pitched
1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and a run.
Corey Kluber started for the Rays
and he pitched six innings giving up three hits and a run with five
strikeouts. J.P. Feyereisen won his
fourth game of the season pitching a perfect inning with two strikeouts, Jason Adam
pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two and Colin Poche pitched
a perfect inning and picked up his second save of the season.
DJ LeMahieu had a hit, Aaron Judge
had a hit and Anthony Rizzo had an RBI.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa had a hit, Joey Gallo had a hit and LeMahieu hit a
double. The Yankees were 1-1 with
runners in scoring position and left one man on base.
Yandy Diaz had a hit, an RBI and
drew a walk, Ji-Man Choi drew a walk and Wander Franco had a hit and drew a
walk. Randy Arozarena had a hit and an
RBI, Manuel Margot had a hit and an RBI and Kevin Kiermaier had a hit. Francisco Mejia had two hits including a
double and Franco hit a triple. The Rays
were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Phillips had an outfield assist.
In the first Rizzo hit a sac fly to
give the Yankees a 1-0 lead. In the bottom
of the sixth Arozarena hit an RBI single tying the score at one. In the bottom of the seventh Diaz hit an RBI
single giving the Rays a 2-1 lead. In
the bottom of the eighth Margot hit an RBI single extending the Rays lead to
3-1 and that would be the final score.
The two teams will play the fourth
and final game, the rubber game on Sunday.
The Yankees have won two of the first three.
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