Tampa Bay RaysvsNew York Yankees
TB 4/NYY 2
Things to say
Rays beat the Yankees 4-2 at Yankee Stadium.
01
opener
Rays took it 4-2 in the Bronx. Tampa's just been a problem all year — they're 34-15 now. Yankees bats went quiet again.
02
key player
Tampa's starter got into his stuff early, kept the heart of the order off balance the whole night.
03
hot take
Yankees aren't a real contender until they figure out how to hit lefties in their own park.
04
deep cut
Rays are running away with the AL East and nobody outside Tampa is talking about it.
05
exit
Anyway — should be a fun series the rest of the way, Yankees need a bounce-back tomorrow.
The recap
Rays grabbed a 4-2 win in the Bronx, and honestly the AL East gap keeps widening — Tampa's at 34-15 while the Yankees are spinning their wheels at 30-22. Without a scoring summary it's hard to pinpoint the dagger, but two runs at home usually means the bats went quiet against whoever Tampa ran out there.
The Rays bullpen has been nails all year, so if they handed it off with a lead late, that was the ballgame. Yankees needed this one and didn't get it — Tampa's pulling away in the division.