The New York Yankees were defeated by
the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday by the score of 5-1. The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the
Bronx, New York. Jhonny Brito started
for the Yankees and he wasn’t good.
Domingo German came in out of the bullpen and was very good. The Yankees offense only managed three
hits.
Brito pitched four innings giving
up six hits and five runs with four strikeouts.
Brito took his fifth loss of the season.
German pitched five innings giving up two hits and no runs with two
walks and four strikeouts.
Tyler Glasnow started for the Rays
and he pitched seven innings giving up three hits and a run with two walks and
eight strikeouts. Glasnow won his fifth
game of the season. Robert Stephenson
pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and Pete Fairbanks pitched an inning
with a walk and he struck out two.
Aaron Judge drew three walks,
Anthony Rizzo had a hit and Jake Bauers had a hit and an RBI. Anthony Volpe had a hit, Bauers hit a homerun
and the Yankees were 0-2 with runners in scoring position and left four men on
base.
Yandy Diaz had two hits, Wander
Franco had a hit and an RBI and Brandon Lowe had a hit and two RBI. Luke Raley had a hit and drew a walk, Isaac
Paredes had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Josh Lowe had a hit and an
RBI. Paredes and Raley each hit a double
and Lowe, Franco, Paredes and J. Lowe each hit a homerun. The Rays were 0-5 with runners in scoring
position and left three men on base. Raley
had a stolen base and Siri was caught stealing.
In the first B. Lowe hit a two-run
homerun giving the Rays a 2-0 lead. In
the bottom of the second Bauers hti a solo homerun cutting the lead to
2-1. In the third Franco hit a solo
homerun pushing the lead to 3-1. In the
fourth Paredes hit a solo homerun making it 4-1 and J. Lowe hit a solo homerun
extending the lead to 5-1 which was the final score. The two teams will play game two of three on
Tuesday night.
