It’s the most homer by a Rays’ player in the teams first 18 games since Carlos Pena (8) and Evan Longoria (5) in 2009. It’s only the second time in the past three seasons that he has recorded double-digit strikeouts. He struck out 10, with Justin Upton fanning in all three of his at-bats against the 2014 American League Cy Young Award victor. Not much good came out of this game for the Yankees.Andrew Miller (1-0) worked a scoreless inning for the win. After the two home runs in the first, Steve Pearce homered in the third and Souza hit another dinger in the fifth, making that seven runs.
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“It just seemed right”. Right-hander Taylor Guerrieri and outfielder Mikie Mahtook were unexpectedly available when the Rays’ made their first two picks, and both could prove to be contributors at Tropicana Field in the not-too-distant future.
Next up was Rays rightfielder Steven Souza, who hit a booming, no-doubt shot into the seats in left-center for a 5-0 lead.
In the fourth, Rodriguez snapped a 0-for-14 skid with a two-out RBI double off the top of the wall in left that was a foot from going out for a home run.
The Yankees (7-10) now hit the road for a nine-game stretch, beginning with tonight’s opener of a three-game series against the Rangers in Texas.
The most noteworthy part about Tanaka’s day is that he went seven innings, something Yankees starters have rarely done this season.
Selected in the first compensation round of the 2011 draft, Snell was originally slated to pitch for Triple-A Durham on Friday before being summoned to NY.
Matz struck out eight, one shy of his career high, and did not walk a batter. A thrown strike from Moore would have ended the inning and taken the bat out of Brett Gardner’s hands.
The Mets had 15 hits, including back-to-back homers from Neil Walker, his seventh, and Asdrubal Cabrera, his first, in the ninth inning.
Ellsbury became the first Yankees player to pull off a straight steal of home since Derek Jeter since 2001. Pineda finished with a line that included nine strikeouts, 10 hits and four home runs allowed. He struck out two and walked none. Ellsbury slid safely into home to tie the game 3-3.
Forsythe’s bases-loaded double in the second gave Tampa Bay a 2-0 lead. After pitching 26.1 innings in his first taste of pro ball in the Gulf Coast League, he remained at the Rookie-Ball level in 2012 and responded by going 5-1 with a 2.09 ERA in 11 starts while being named the Appalachian League Pitcher of the Year.
De La Rosa gave up one run and three hits in six innings in his first quality start of the season. “I’m sure Casali’s frustrated by it, but Jake waits a long time with two strikes and protects”.
Franco had snapped out of a 3-for-29 funk Friday night with a three-hit effort that included a pair of home runs. Last season, he gave up 21 home runs in 160 2/3 innings, or 1.2 every nine innings.
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ANAHEIM – Felix Hernandez shook off flu-like symptoms that postponed his start for a day and took the mound against the Los Angeles Angels Saturday night.
