ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Three days after calling the Yankees a “very beatable” crew, Taylor Partitions took them down virtually single-handedly.
Whereas the Rays infielder insisted his preliminary feedback acquired blown out of proportion, he backed up his phrases on Sunday afternoon with a monster recreation to safe a sequence break up.
Partitions crushed a go-ahead dwelling run off Luis Severino, then made a pair of excellent defensive performs to seize a 4-2 win over the Yankees at Tropicana Subject.
“Anytime you may scrap one out and win like that, particularly towards a crew like them, you gotta cherish it,” Partitions stated.
After the Rays misplaced the sequence opener on Thursday, together with a key error from Partitions at shortstop and an 0-for-3 displaying on the plate, he remained assured within the Rays’ possibilities towards the Yankees.
“That crew’s very beatable, and we all know we will beat them,’’ Partitions stated Thursday night time. “We’re right here. We’re going to be right here all 12 months. There’s [18] extra video games [against them]. We’re going to be right here.’’
Partitions stated Sunday he felt just like the Rays proved one thing by profitable the ultimate two video games of the sequence, however tried to place his earlier feedback in context.
“There was no shade thrown at them once I stated that,” Partitions stated. “I feel that remark acquired blew approach out of proportion. All I imply is that the Tampa Bay Rays can play and beat any crew on this league. I don’t simply converse for this crew, however I feel anyone across the league is aware of that as effectively. That’s baseball. Any time you present as much as the ballpark, any day of the week, any crew may be beat. However that’s all I meant by that remark. It's what it's.”
Partitions, who got here into Sunday mired in a 3-for-58 hunch over his final 19 video games, put the Rays up 2-1 within the fifth inning with a solo shot.
Then within the prime of the sixth, taking part in third base, he ranged to his left to start out a 5-4-3 double play to get starter Shane McClanahan out of a jam.
After Partitions drew a stroll within the seventh inning to increase a Rays rally, he made his greatest defensive play of the day within the prime of the eighth at second base.
With a runner on third base and two outs, Aaron Hicks drilled a tough floor ball up the center. It skipped off the mound, however Partitions slid onto the shortstop aspect of second base to backhand it, then spun round and fired to first to nail Hicks to finish the body.
“Any time we play any division crew, particularly the Yankees, there’s at all times somewhat rigidity there,” Partitions stated. “There’s at all times somewhat extra nerves as a result of it's a rivalry. The previous couple years, we’ve sort of had their quantity. This 12 months, particularly the best way they’ve been taking part in, they’re coming in with one thing to show. So it was good to bounce again after the 2 robust video games we began the sequence with and get two wins. It’s gonna be a protracted 12 months. It’s gonna be a troublesome one. It’s gonna be a enjoyable [15] video games left we now have to play towards them.”
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