The Tampa Bay Rays faced the the New York Yankees yesterday at New Yankee Stadium with the Rays winning 10 to 6. You don’t often see such high scoring games, and anyone with Yankees tickets sure got their money’s worth. This high-scoring game saw the teams combine for a whopping 16 runs! Talk about excitement! In fact all sports are a great time so check out what sports tickets are out there.
Rays pitcher Wade Davis (3.35 ERA) got the win, while A.J. Burnett (3.86 ERA) took the loss for the Yankees. Wade Davis went 5.2 innings for the Rays, allowed 7 hits, one home run and 2 earned runs with 3 walks and 7 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Rays was Lance Cormier (3.18), and Andy Sonnanstine (4.24). The Yankees’s starter A.J. Burnett went 6.2 innings, allowed 9 hits, one home run and 6 earned runs with 4 walks and 4 strikeouts. Boone Logan (5.59), and Mark Melancon (9.00) also pitched for the Yankees. With the win, Davis’s record goes to 4-3, while Burnett falls to 4-2. Joaquin Benoit earned the save for the Rays, bringing his saves up to 1.
In addition to the 10 runs, the Rays managed 15 hits and committed 2 errors. John Jaso and Evan Longoria tied for most hits for the Rays with 3 hits, followed by B.J. Upton with 2 hits. Carlos Pena had a tough day at the plate, leaving 6 runners on base. Robinson Cano had the most hits for the Yankees (4), followed by Alex Rodriguez (2), and Brett Gardner (2). Juan Miranda could not get much going at the plate as he left 6 runners on base. The Yankees managed 6 runs, 12 hits and one error.
Umpiring duties were performed by Jeff Nelson, Larry Vanover, Mark Carlson and Angel Campos. There were 43,283 Yankees ticket holders in attendance at New Yankee Stadium.
The win puts the Rays at a record of -, ( games behind first place in the division), while the loss brings the Yankees to -, ( games behind the division leader). Next up for the Rays are the (-) at the Yankees’s New Yankee Stadium. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for tickets because that game should be a good one. The Yankees will next take on the (-) at New Yankee Stadium in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your tickets today and be there for first pitch.