Yanks bats go quiet as they drop series finale to Rays 3-1
On
a warm, sunny Father’s Day in the Bronx, the Yankees bats were nonexistent as they
lost the finale of a four-game series to the Rays, 3-1. Despite the loss,
the Yankees still managed the take three out of four in the weekend series and are
currently a half-game ahead of the Red Sox.
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This
was a rather uneventful game besides the top of the second inning. Tampa opened
the inning with two seeing-eye singles off CC Sabathia before Carlos Gomez
smashed an RBI double down the left field line to give the Rays a 1-0 lead.
After inducing a pop out and picking up a strikeout, Sabathia looked like he’d
be able to escape the inning with minimal damage. However, Matt Duffy served an
0-2 cutter into right field which scored two more and gave the Rays all the
offense they’d need in this one. Aside from that inning, credit Sabathia who
was able to bear down and hold Tampa to three, while also lasting 7.2 innings (his longest outing of the season). It really felt like a vintage CC Sabathia
outing from the early 2010s.
Offensively,
this was an ugly one for the Bombers. The Yankees lone run came in the fifth inning
when Aaron Hicks hit his eighth home run of the season to right-center off Rays
“opener” Wilmer Font. New York was threatening to add on later in the inning
after two-out walks to Aaron Judge and Didi Gregorius put runners on first and
second for Giancarlo Stanton. Stanton did not come through for the Yankees,
however, as he struck out to end the frame. For the day, the Yankees were 0-7
with runner in scoring position. It was a rough game for the Yankees, but those
are bound to happen and the important thing is that they took the series.
HOME RUN! Aaron Hicks gets the Yankees on the board. New York trails 3-1 in the 5th. #YANKSonYES live stream: https://t.co/a0csB1nPaU pic.twitter.com/k6qPaWg2Ns— YES Network (@YESNetwork) June 17, 2018
What’s Next?
The
Yankees head down to our Nation’s capital tomorrow to complete the suspended
game against the Nationals from May 15th, which is currently tied 3-3 in the
sixth inning. That game is set to be resumed at 5:05pm on YES. After the
conclusion of that one, the Yankees will play a full game against Washington with
Sonny Gray (4-4, 4.89 ERA) taking on Eric Fedde (0-1, 5.91 ERA) in a rematch of
last week’s matchup between the two at Yankee Stadium. That game can also be
seen on YES.
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by: Jake Graziano
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