The New York Yankees defeated the Tampa
Bay Rays on Friday night. The game took
place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida and the final score was
2-0. Clarke Schmidt started for the Yankees,
and he pitched well, and the bullpen also pitched well. Giancarlo Stanton, Anthony Rizzo, Jose
Trevino and Jon Berti each had two hits to lead the offense.
Schmidt started and pitched 6 2/3
innings giving up five hits and no runs.
He walked two and struck out six and earned his fourth win of the
season. Nick Burdi faced one batter and
retired him; Luke Weaver pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts
and Clay Holmes earned his 12th save of the season pitching an
inning and giving up a hit and two walks but struck out the side.
Taj Bradley started for the Rays,
and he pitched six innings giving up four hits and a run with two walks and
seven strikeouts. Bradley took his first
loss of the season. Kevin Kelly pitched
2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and he struck out one, Garrett Cleavinger
pitched to one batter and struck him out and Jason Adam pitched a perfect
inning. Shawn Armstrong pitched an
inning giving up three hits and a run.
Anthony Volpe had a hit, Aaron
Judge drew two walks and Stanton had two hits.
Rizzo had two hits and two RBI, Trevino had two hits and Berti had two
hits. Rizzo hit a homerun and the
Yankees were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on
base. Berti had a stolen base and
Schmidt had a pickoff.
Yandy Diaz had two hits and drew a walk;
Josh Lowe had a hit and drew a walk and Isaac Paredes drew a walk. Austin Shenton had a pinch hit, Richie
Palacios had a hit and Jose Caballero had a hit and drew a walk. The Rays were 1-5 with runners in scoring position
and left six men on base. Caballero and
Palacios each had a stolen base.
Caballero and Paredes were caught stealing. Arozarena was picked off and Lowe committed
an error.
In the fourth Rizzo hit an RBI
single giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead. In
the ninth Rizzo hit a solo homerun extending the lead to 2-0 and that was the
final score. The two teams will meet on
Saturday afternoon in game two of three.
