With rain falling within the Bronx earlier than and in the course of the Yankees’ delayed sequence finale towards the Rays, the Bombers misplaced at dwelling, 7-5, on Sunday.
The defeat marked the first-place Yankees’ second straight sequence loss to a divisional opponent, because the last-place Orioles took 2-of-3 from them in Baltimore earlier this week earlier than the fourth-place Rays did the identical. The tight loss additionally noticed bench gamers J.C. Escarra, Pablo Reyes and Oswald Peraza all within the beginning lineup.
Peraza, manning shortstop instead of the unavailable Anthony Volpe (shoulder), made an error previous to the Rays’ first run, which got here on a Chandler Simpson drive out within the second inning. Then the third inning noticed Jonathan Aranda take Will Warren deep for a solo dwelling run.
A two-run single from Brandon Lowe padded the Rays’ lead within the fourth. Lowe’s knock got here after a catcher interference name towards Escarra loaded the bases.
The Rays then scored on a Yandy Díaz infield single. Peraza made a diving cease up the center, however the sometimes dependable defender bobbled the ball because the speedy Simpson made it to 3rd. A heads-up Simpson then raced dwelling. Peraza tried to gun him down, however an off-balance throw took an impeding bounce off the pitcher’s mound.
Warren logged 4.2 innings, permitting three earned runs and 5 complete. Whereas he set season-highs with eight strikeouts and 102 pitches, he additionally totaled seven hits, 10 hard-hit balls and three walks as his ERA elevated to five.65.
In the meantime, the Yankees’ spring training-esque lineup had a troublesome time towards Rays starter Taj Bradley. Solely Cody Bellinger obtained to the right-hander over 5.1 innings, as he pulled a two-run shot to proper within the sixth inning.
It was the 2 hundredth homer of Bellinger’s profession.
Paul Goldschmidt added an RBI single within the eighth inning. Jorbit Vivas, who pinch-hit for Reyes within the seventh, adopted up with a two-run single for his first MLB hit.
That wasn’t sufficient for a comeback, although, and Aaron Boone’s determination to not pitch-hit for Escarra with the bases loaded and no person out previous to the Vivas at-bat got here into query. Escarra tapped right into a 1-2-3 double play, and Ben Rice pinch-hit for Oswaldo Cabrera later within the inning. In the meantime, Austin Wells changed Escarra, who moved to 3rd, behind the plate within the ninth.
With a disappointing stretch of American League East play behind them, the Yankees will now flip their consideration to a second-place Padres workforce on Monday.
Carlos Rodón will tackle Nick Pivetta within the opener, whereas former teammates Clarke Schmidt and Michael King are set to duel on Tuesday. Max Fried and Dylan Stop are lined up for the sequence finale.
Carlos Carrasco was initially scheduled to begin for the Yankees on Tuesday, however that slot went to Schmidt after some proper aspect discomfort prevented him from making a scheduled begin on Saturday.
Carrasco surrendered two earned runs out of the bullpen on Sunday. The struggling veteran now has a 5.91 ERA this season.
