The New York Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Rays behind Didi Gregorius monster day

The New York Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday afternoon.  The game was scheduled for Monday but was snowed out.  The game was played at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 11-4.  Jordan Montgomery started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  Jonathan Holder didn’t pitch well but the rest of the bullpen did.  Didi Gregorius led the offense with four hits and eight RBI. 

Montgomery pitched five innings giving up two hits and a run with four walks and four strikeouts.  Holder pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up four hits and three runs with a strikeout, Tommy Khanle picked up his first win of the season pitching 1 2/3 innings and he gave up a hit and struck out four.  David Robertson pitched a perfect inning and Chasen Shreve pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts. 

Chris Archer pitched five innings giving up six hits and four runs with three walks and eight strikeouts.  Austin Pruitt took the loss pitching 2 1/3 innings and giving up three hits and six runs with five of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out four and Sergio Romo pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and two strikeouts. 

Brett Gardner had two hits, Aaron Judge had two hits, an RBI and drew two walks and Gregorius had four hits and eight RBI.  Neil Walker had a hit and drew a walk, Tyler Wade had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Tyler Austin had a hit and drew a walk.  Gregorius and Austin each hit a double.  Gregorius hit two homeruns and the Yankees were 6-14 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Drury committed an error and Gardner had an outfield assist. 

Matt Duffy had an RBI, Carlos Gomez drew a walk and C.J. Cron had a hit.  Wilson Ramos had a hit, Adeiny Hechavarria had two hits and an RBI and Jesus Sucre had two hits.  Daniel Robertson drew two walks, Rob Refsnyder drew a walk and Denard Span had a hit and two RBI.  Cron and Span each hit a double and the Rays were 4-12 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Duffy committed an error. 

In the second Wade hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the third Duffy reached on an error and a run scored to tie the game at 1.  In the bottom of the third Gregorius hit a three-run homerun giving the Yankees a 4-1 lead.  In the sixth Hechavarria hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 4-2 and Span hit a two-run double to tie the game at 4.  In the seventh Gardner hit a sac bunt and a throwing error made it 5-4 Yankees.  Gregorius then hit another three-run homerun to make it 8-4 Yankees.  In the eighth Judge drew an RBI walk and Gregorius hit a two-run single making it 11-4 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of two on Wednesday afternoon.  Didi Gregorius had eight RBI in the game for the most by any Yankee player since Alex Rodriguez had ten in 2005. 

New York Yankees lose to the Rays as Masahiro Tanaka just doesn't have it

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida and the final score was 7-3.  Masahiro Tanaka started for the Yankees and he wasn’t good at all.  The Yankees bullpen was really good and Chase Headley and Starlin Castro led the offense with three hits each. 

Tanaka pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up eight hits and seven runs with two walks and three strikeouts.  Tanaka took the loss.  Tommy Layne pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two, Adam Warren pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up no hits or runs and he struck out two and Jonathan Holder pitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out two.  Chasen Shreve pitched an inning giving up two hits and a walk and he struck out one. 

Chris Archer started for the Rays and he pitched seven innings giving up seven hits and two runs with a walk and five strikeouts.  Archer picked up the win.  Danny Farquhar pitched a perfect inning with a  couple of strikeouts, Austin Pruitt pitched giving up two hits and a run without recording an out and Alex Colome pitched an inning striking out one and picking up the save. 

Brett Gardner had a hit, Chris Carter had an RBI and Greg Bird drew a walk.  Castro had three hits, Headley had three hits and Aaron Judge had a hit and an RBI.  Ronald Torreyes had an RBI and Aaron Hicks had a hit.  Judge hit a double and the Yankees were 3-10 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Sanchez committed an error. 

Corey Dickerson had a hit, Kevin Kiermaier had two hits and drew two walks and Evan Longoria had two hits and three RBI.  Brad Miller had two hits, Steven Souza Jr. drew a walk and Logan Morrison had three hits and three RBI.  Tim Beckham had a hit, Mallex Smith had a hit and Derek Norris had a hit.  Kiermaier and Beckham each hit a double and Longoria and Morrison each hit a homerun.  The Rays were 4-11 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Kermaier had a stolen base, Longoria committed an error. 

In the first Longoria hit a sac fly to give the Rays a 1-0 lead.  Morrison hit a two-run single and the lead was pushed to 3-0 still in the first.  In the second Judge hit an RBI double and Torreyes hit an RBI ground out to cut the lead to 3-2.  In the bottom of the second Longoria hit a two-run homerun to increase the Rays lead to 5-2.  In the third Morrison hit a solo homerun and Smith hit an RBI single and the lead was 7-2 Rays.  In the ninth Carter hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 7-3 but that would be the final score. 

The Yankees had plenty of chances especially late but they couldn’t capitalize.  The bottom line in this game though was that Tanaka just didn’t have anything.  His stuff was off but so was his command.  It is one game and you have to just shake it off and move on.  If you are going to worry about Tanaka that is crazy and if he is bad this year the Yankees have no shot.  The two teams will be off on Monday and then resume the opening three game series on Tuesday night.  It will be CC Sabathia matching up against Jake Odorizzi. 

The New York Mets lose a close one to the Tampa Bay Rays

The New York Mets were defeated by the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida and the final score was 4-3 Rays.  Bartolo Colon pitched ok and the bullpen was good.  Daniel Murphy and Yoenis Cespedes each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Colon pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up nine hits and four runs with no walks or strikeouts.   Eric O'Flaherty pitched to one batter and retired him and Bobby Parnell pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out one. 

Chris Archer pitched six innings giving up four hits and three runs with four walks and ten strikeouts.  Xavier Cedeno pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out one and won his second game.  Steve Geltz pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Jake McGee saved his sixth game of the season pitching an inning with a strikeout. 

Curtis Granderson had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Murphy had two hits and two RBI and Cespedes had two hits.  Juan Uribe drew a walk, Wilmer Flores had a hit and drew a walk and Kevin Plawecki drew a walk.  Murphy hit a double and the Mets were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

John Jaso had two hits and three RBI, Evan Longoria had a hit and Logan Forsythe had two hits.  Richie Shaffer had three hits and an RBI, Brandon Guyer had a hit and Rene Rivera had a hit.  Rivera and Jaso each hit a double and Shaffer hit a homerun.  The Rays were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

In the second Granderson drew an RBI walk adn Murphy hit a two run single to make it 3-0 Mets.  In the third Jaso hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 3-1 Mets.  Jaso hit a two run double in the fifth to tie the game at three and in the seventh Shaffer hit a solo homerun to give the Rays a 4-3 lead and that would be the final score.  The Mets will return home to play the Colorado Rockies on Monday night.  It is the beginning of a four game series. 

The New York Yankees are shutout by Chris Archer and the Tampa Bay Rays

The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the New York Yankees on Saturday afternoon. The final score was 1-0 and the game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. Ivan Nova started for the Yankees and was excellent but the Yankees offense couldn’t get anything going. The Yankees managed two hits.

Nova pitched seven innings giving up one run on six hits with three walks and eight strikeouts. David Robertson pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two and Shawn Kelley pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two.

Brett Gardner and Lyle Overbay each had a hit. Gardner hit a double and the Yankees were 0-1 with runners in scoring position and left two men on base.

Chris Archer won his sixth game pitching a complete game two hit shutout. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out six.

Desmond Jennings had a hit, Evan Longoria had a hit and Will Myers had a hit. James Loney had two hits and drew a walk, Ben Zobrist had a hit and Matt Joyce drew a walk. Kelley Johnson had a hit and an RBI, Jose Molina drew a walk and Yunel Escobar had a hit. Myers and Escobar each hit a double and the Rays were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base. Zobrist had a stolen base and Longoria committed an error.

The only run of the game was scored in the sixth inning. Johnson hit an RBI single. The Yankees didn’t even come close to scoring and the Rays did a little more but not that much off of Yankees pitching either.

The Yankees have now lost two in a row and will try to avoid the sweep on Sunday afternoon. The Yankees record fell to 54-40 and the Rays record improved to 62-42.