New York Yankees get shutout in Tampa

 

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night.  The game took place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida and the final score was 9-0.  Domingo German started for the Yankees and he pitched well, the bullpen did not.  The Yankees offense only managed five hits. 

German pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up six hits and three runs with two of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out one and took his third loss of the season.  Greg Weissert pitched an inning giving up three hits and three runs with two strikeouts, Anthony Banda pitched giving up two hits and three runs with three walks and Marwin Gonzalez pitched to one batter getting him out. 

Jeffrey Springs started for the Rays and he pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up four h its and no runs with three walks and seven strikeouts.  Springs won his seventh game of the season.  JT Chargois pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout, Colin Poche pitched to one batter and struck him out and Jason Adam pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts.  Calvin Faucher pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two. 

DJ LeMahieu drew a walk, Aaron Judge drew a walk and Andrew Benintendi had a hit.  Giancarlo Stanton drew a walk, Jose Trevino had a hit and Gleyber Torres had a hit.  Aaron Hicks had a hit and drew a walk, Isiah Kiner-Falefa had a hit, Benintendi and Kiner-Falefa each hit a double and the Yankees were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  Donaldson committed two errors and Weissert committed an error.  Cabrera had an outfield assist. 

Yandy Diaz had an RBI and drew two walks, Manuel Margot had three hits and two RBI and Harold Ramirez had two hits.  Randy Arozarena had a hit.  David Peralta had a hit and an RBI, Yu Chang had a hit and an RBI and Isaac Paredes drew a walk.  Jose Siri drew a walk, Christian Bethancourt had two hits and two RBI and Tyler Walls had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Ramirez hit a double and Bethancourt hit a homerun.  The Rays were 4-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Bethancourt committed an error. 

In the fourth Peralta hit an RBI single to give the Rays a 1-0 lead.  In the seventh Bethancourt hit a two-run homerun to extend the lead to 3-0.  In the eighth Chang hit a two-run single, Walls drew an RBI walk, Diaz drew an RBI walk and Margot hit a two-run single to make it 9-0 Rays and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of three on Saturday night.