Game 33: Rays (14-18) vs Yankees (19-13)

Philip Cashier
May 3
1 min read

After a slow start Goldschmidt has more HRs in May than the rest of the team combined.

Rice and Goldy switch positions.

Grisham benched for 0 fer day.

Yarbrough the Opener? Wasn't that his Tampa Bay specialty?

Bellinger, semi-automatic out, leads off!

Over / Under: Vivas hits, 0.5

RAYS

Diaz, DH -- .248

Morel, LF -- .227

Lowe, 2B -- .209

Caminero, 3B -- .248

Mead, 1B -- .150

Caballero, RF -- .231

Misner, CF -- .305

Jansen, C -- .154

Walls, SS -- .155

Littell, P -- 1-5, 5.03

YANKS

Bellinger, CF -- .196 (73)

Judge, RF -- .430 (266)

Rice, 1B -- .265 (170)

Goldschmidt, DH -- .361 (161)

Wells, C -- .206 (96)

Volpe, SS -- .239 (126)

Dominquez, LF -- .228 (100)

Cabrera, 3B -- .280 (105)

Vivas, 2B -- .000 (210)

Yarbrough, P -- 0-0, 4.11

Game on YES and MLBN (oom) and free on mlb.tv at 1 pm

NEXT UP: Sunday, May 4th, at 1:35 pm vs Tampa Bay

41 Comments

Philip Cashier

May 03

Chat at y'all tomorrow afternoon.

Robert Malchman

May 03

Now 3-7 in one-run games. They have to stop finding ways to lose close games.

fantasyfb3313

May 03

Replying to

of those 10, how many have we scored 4 runs or less? i bet we have scored 4 in at least 2 of the wins, and 4 or less in at least 5 of the losses

the pitchers, and for some of us Leiter specifically, are gonna take the blame. Phil already proclaimed Leiter the heavy. this game is on the offense!! Littel came in to today with 5 losses and a 5+ ERA

not exactly a daunting matchup!

I do give the Rays some credit too. they made some plays on defense

is Rice starting to cool? last 6 games including today (he had one 3 hit game) 4 hits, only 1 BB, 9 Ks

so that is one…

Robert Malchman

May 03

The walks are what are killing the Yankees this game. Six walks are unacceptable. Two of them turned into runs.

fuster

May 04

Replying to

six is too many

but some walks are necessitated by the situation

while others are a product of having to employ second-tier pitchers

some guys, Carrasco comes to mind, must resort to throwing outside the zone

fantasyfb3313

May 03

i would call that a mistake on Judges part. he SHOULD force the pitcher to get a strike before offering at something at the bottom edge of the zone

Alan B.

May 03

What? they're not giving Judge the IBB and letting Cleavinger go after Rice? A head scratching move

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