The Yankees’ patchwork lineup had some success in opposition to the Twins this week, however its first crack on the Rays was a lot more durable sledding.
Rolling out one other lineup that has been stripped of virtually all of its key items due to accidents, the Yankees struggled to supply a lot offense in a 4-2 loss to the Rays on Friday evening in The Bronx.
Proper-hander Drew Rasmussen blanked the Yankees throughout six robust innings, scattering six singles and no walks whereas hanging out 10. The Yankees reached second base 3 times within the first six innings, however couldn't get any additional till after Rasmussen was out of the sport.
“Threw a number of hits on the market, we had some probabilities,” supervisor Aaron Boone stated of Rasmussen. “Clearly didn’t do a number of harm in opposition to him. I assumed he threw the ball very well. His cutter was terrific tonight to righties and lefties. His stuff was good. I assumed we had been aggressive in opposition to him, made him work, however simply couldn’t do sufficient in opposition to them. However I assumed he threw the ball very well.”
Boone jumbled his lineup once more to have Aaron Choose bat leadoff, adopted by Gleyber Torres, Aaron Hicks and Isiah Kiner-Falefa. The Rays nonetheless didn’t draw back from pitching to Choose, who went 2-for-4 with a stroll and an RBI.
The Yankees had their finest probabilities in opposition to Rasmussen within the third and sixth innings, each occasions placing runners on first and second with one out. However within the third, Torres and Hicks struck out, every drawing boos from the group. And within the sixth, Rasmussen struck out Miguel Andujar and received pinch-hitter Giancarlo Stanton to floor out to finish the body.
The Yankees went 1-for-7 with runners in scoring place and left 9 males on base.
Choose drove within the Yankees’ first run within the seventh inning on a single in opposition to reliever Jalen Beeks, however Torres grounded out after him to finish the momentum.
Kyle Higashioka — beginning behind the plate after Jose Trevino was positioned on the paternity record earlier within the day — was the opposite shiny spot, handing over a three-hit evening that included a solo dwelling run within the ninth inning.
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