Yankees Struggle Continues, Lose Series to Rays 5-4
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00:00Yesterday, the rubber match at the trough between the struggling New York Yankees and
00:07the Tampa Bay Rays.
00:08The Yanks, who won the second game on Wednesday evening, they had dropped 16 of their last
00:1521.
00:16Entering, we're looking to win a series, finally, in Tampa.
00:21Unable to do that, eight consecutive winless sets for the Pinstripes as the Rays hold on
00:27for a 5-4 win in a series victory.
00:30The Yanks were a slight road favorite.
00:32They did not win.
00:33Shane Boz making his second start of the year for Tampa.
00:37Pretty solid.
00:38The Yankees had a shot in the R.S. in the top of the ninth.
00:42Ben Rice, the rookie, filling in for Anthony Rizzo, an RBI single.
00:47Runners on the corners for Glaber Torres, up at the dish, he flies out to end the game.
00:53So the Rays win 5-4.
00:55They take this midweek set against the Yankees.
00:58No surprise yesterday, the way this game turned out, and also getting that 5-4, which is interesting.
01:02You probably thought this game would have stayed more towards an under than an over
01:05because it's in the trough.
01:06But Nestor Cortez coming into this game, if you're looking just at ERA, okay, he was having
01:10a decent season, but some of those numbers got a little bit fallible.
01:13They're talking about those XFIP and XFIP minus numbers were a little bit high.
01:17Four and a third innings pitch, seven hits, five earned runs giving up, including a home
01:21run here.
01:22You do have to score more runs, I get it.
01:25But if you're going to get four in the trough, typically that's good enough to win baseball
01:29games.
01:30It wasn't yesterday.
01:31Now the Yankees themselves, getting a little bit lucky.
01:33Why?
01:34Because the Baltimore Orioles in a series, they should have handled their business, did
01:36not do that.
01:37So the Yankees are fine setting up a huge series this weekend against their division
01:41rival in the Baltimore Orioles.
01:43But just getting back to yesterday, having a couple RBI looks, I went with a Rosarania
01:46and Paredes.
01:47I came away with a Rosarania, two RBI night, which was fine with me.
01:51I thought Tampa Bay would win.
01:52They did that also.
01:54It was a nice win for them.
01:5546-47, just hanging around, I guess you could say, that wildcard race for Tampa Bay.
02:00We'll see what they have in the second half.
02:01But for the Yankees, this next series means a ton.
02:03It would have been nice for them to beat Tampa Bay in that final game of the series.
02:06They weren't able to do so, but they're going to go toe-to-toe with the O's next.
02:10The Rays were swept over this past weekend by the reigning World Series champs, the Rangers.
02:15But they entered the weekend winning 10 of their previous 14.
02:20They win this set, two of three.
02:21Now just a game below .500 as Tampa is trying to make the American League East the only
02:26division in baseball with at least four teams at a .500 record or better.