New York YankeesvsTampa Bay Rays
NYY 4/TB 6
Things to say
The Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 6-4 at Tropicana Field.
01
opener
Rays took it 6-4 over the Yankees. Tampa just kept chipping away and New York never really answered. Solid win for them at the Trop.
02
key player
The Rays' bats carried it, six runs off a Yankees staff that usually holds the line. Somebody in the heart of that order clearly got into his stuff.
03
hot take
Yankees are 50-41 and still feel a game behind who they think they are. Four runs should win you more nights than it does.
04
deep cut
Watch the Rays record, they're 53-36. Team nobody circles on the calendar and they just keep banking wins in that dome.
05
exit
Anyway, AL East is a knife fight all summer. Curious what the Yankees do the rest of this series.
The recap
Tampa Bay handled New York 6-4 at the Trop and never really let the Yankees breathe. The Rays' bats jumped on the pitching early and the bullpen slammed the door late to protect the lead.
New York clawed back to make it a two-run game but couldn't get the big hit with the heart of the order due up. Getaway-day baseball, and the Rays walk off the field with the series firmly in hand.