Yankees' Jay Bruce Retires Following Sunday's Loss
Bruce was hitting .118 with one homer and three RBIs in 39 plate appearances this season. The 34-year-old is a three-time All-Star outfielder who also played for the Mets.
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Bruce was hitting .118 with one homer and three RBIs in 39 plate appearances this season. The 34-year-old is a three-time All-Star outfielder who also played for the Mets.
The Yankees dropped to an AL-worst 5-9, the latest into a season New York has been at the bottom of the league since a 9-17 start in 1991, per Elias Sports.
The Yankees walked seven Rays, had just three hits, struck out 14 times and made three errors that led to three unearned runs.
Aaron Judge hit two home runs for the Yankees, who went 2-4 on a road trip. New York also lost two of three at Tampa Bay.
Giancarlo Stanton, mired in an 0-for-16 skid, got the Yankees within 6-3 on a two-run single off Jordan Romero in the eighth.
Kyle Higashioka homered twice to support Gerrit Cole, and the Yankees beat Toronto 3-1 on Monday night at the Blue Jays temporary home in Florida.
Odor was 0 for 4 before singling to center on a 3-2 pitch to break a 4-4 tie.
Tampa Bay also eliminated the Yankees from last year's playoffs in a five-game series that went the distance.
New York has dropped nine of 11 regular season meetings against Tampa Bay.
Yankees slugger Aaron Judge was held out of New York's lineup with soreness in his left side a night after he had a homer, three hits and four RBIs against Baltimore. The Yankees are off on Thursday, giving the right fielder two days to rest.
New York has won 12 straight home games against the Orioles since May 2019, tying the Yankees' mark vs. the old St. Louis Browns in 1926-27 and outscoring Baltimore 76-30.
Stanton's eighth career grand slam carried the New York Yankees over Baltimore 7-0 Monday night and handed the Orioles their first loss this season.
Domingo Germán gave up two early homers in the right-hander's return from a domestic violence ban, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 3-1 Sunday to win the teams' season-opening series.
Cory Kluber kept hitters mostly to humdrum contact off the bat — fitting for the monotone man they call "Klubot."
Fans returned to Yankee Stadium for the first time since 2019. Capacity was limited to 20% because of coronavirus protocols, and the attendance was announced as 10,850.
