Yankees' Awful Offense Doesn't Put Up Fight In Loss To Rays
The Tampa Bay Rays won for the 16th time in 17 games by keeping up their domination of the reeling Yankees with a 3-1 victory Monday.
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The Tampa Bay Rays won for the 16th time in 17 games by keeping up their domination of the reeling Yankees with a 3-1 victory Monday.
Rookie Tarik Skubal pitched six shutout innings, and the Detroit Tigers beat New York 6-2 Sunday for their first home series sweep of the Yankees in 21 years.
New York has dropped the first two games of a weekend series at last-place Detroit after winning seven of eight.
Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman returned from a non-coronavirus illness and pitched a scoreless ninth, but manager Aaron Boone opted against using the left-hander for a second inning.
Aaron Judge swung so hard in missing a 3-1 fastball that he fell, then was way behind in striking out on a 97.3 mph full-count pitch, Alek Manoah's fastest of the game.
The weather has turned, COVID-19 restrictions are dropping, and New York sports teams are giving fans a reason to celebrate.
Steven Matz returned to New York with his finest outing in two years, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his major league-leading 16th home run and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 6-2 on Tuesday.
Aaron Judge smiled and chuckled. "A legitimate walk off," he said. "We'll take it. I'm not complaining one bit."
Cole extended the scoreless streak by Yankees starters to 30 innings.
New York (26-19) has won 15 of 20 and moved a season-high seven games over .500.
A big weekend for New York City's sports teams started Friday as several stadiums and arenas expand capacity for fully vaccinated fans.
New York won its sixth straight series and at 25-19 moved a season-high six games over .500.
The pair of New York aces lead the way in MLB.com's expert poll of potential Cy Young Award winners a little over a quarter of the way into the season.
It was the 12th no-hitter in Yankees history, the first since David Cone's perfect game against Montreal on July 18, 1999.
LeMahieu went the opposite way for his double down the right-field line to cap a five-run fourth that put the Yankees up 5-3.
