New York Yankees’ Mark Teixeira drops his bat after hitting a grand slam as Tampa Bay Rays catch …
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Gary Sanchez may have been on his knees, but it’s the Tampa Bay Rays who were likely begging for mercy.
In the final weeks of a 14-year big league career, Teixeira broke open the game with a fourth-inning grand slam, and the surprising New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-5 on a soggy Friday night to extend their winning streak to six.
UP NEXT: Game two of the three-game set vs. Tampa Bay continues in the Bronx. The team had losing seasons from 1998-07 followed by consecutive winning records from 2008-13. “Nobody cashes in a year”, said Steven Souza Jr., who hit his third homer in two games. We care about ourselves. We project him to hit three more taters and post a.732 OPS over the remaining course of the season.
There were stoppages of 21 minutes in the fourth inning and 22 minutes in the sixth caused by brief light rain. As a downpour began in the ninth, umpires stopped play with a 2-2 count on Brad Miller after singles by Kevin Kiermaier and Evan Longoria off Dellin Betances put runners at the corners. But Shreve struck out Brad Miller to end the inning.
“I remember my first one, ” he said, “and this may be the last”. “But the way we stayed in it was pretty impressive”.
“Trying to be too fine”.
Justin Marks made his Rays’ debut and his first appearance in the big leagues since April 20, 2014 as a member of the Kansas City Royals. He pitched three hitless innings with five walks and two strikeouts.
“I don’t think I was going to come out”, Betances said.
Rays manager Kevin Cash termed it a “very unusual outing”. The win, coupled with Baltimore’s loss to Detroit, moved the Yankees to within one game of the American League’s second Wild Card spot. Jacoby Ellsbury is batting a blistering.581 in 31 career at-bats against Archer, however, the hurler has kept Brian McCann (3-for-26) and Chase Headley (3-for-19) under wraps.Tanaka improved to 5-0 with a 2.08 ERA in his last six starts on Monday after allowing two runs in 6 1/3 innings of a 5-3 victory over Toronto.
Tanaka will be pitching after Sanchez hit his 12th home run and Mark Teixeira belted a grand slam in Friday’s 7-4 victory that was slowed by three rain delays totaling 94 minutes. Both Logan Morrison and Steven Souza were able to hit home runs in the game. They teamed up to drive in the third run in the sixth on a Morrison double and a Souza single.
“I thought since Jeter retired, it may go away, but I guess it’ll never go away, ” Mottola said. Blake Snell (5-8, 3.62 ERA) is tagged for the loss for the Rays.
“I’m a little surprised, ” Pineda said.
Mottola was taken by Cincinnati with the fifth overall pick in the 1992 amateur draft, one spot before the Yankees selected Derek Jeter.
Pineda threw just 77 pitches while striking out seven and walking two but Girardi said he was anxious about the matchup between the left-handed hitting Brad Miller and the right-handed Pineda. “It was part of my speech yesterday to remind these guys of how this game has humbled me and I’m constantly reminded, so I understand the failures that it brings”. The walk was the 11th for the Rays’ pitching staff on the night.
“The landscape has changed a little bit”. Morrison sent a 1-1 fastball into a suite above the second deck in right and Souza followed by lining a first-pitch breaking ball down the left field line.
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“I’m emptying the tank, ” he said.
