ST. PETERBURG, Fla. — Brandon Lowe homered and drove in 4 runs because the AL wild card-leading Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Untouched York Yankees, 7-4, in a contentious matchup on Sunday and stored the street crew winless in layout since June.
Benches and bullpens unfilled two times within the 8th inning then considered one of 5 collision batters however deny punches had been thrown, and the Yankees misplaced their 8th immediately layout rubber recreation.
“Looking at it in a different view, it’s a last-place team,” Lowe stated. “We don’t need to worry about it. We need to focus up on what we need to do down the stretch. If they lose a guy, it’s not going to be quite as big of a deal as if we’re losing one of our guys. We’re focused up on kind of a bigger picture.”
Tampa Bay rallied from a 4-2 rarity within the 6th when Harold Ramírez flared a bases-loaded, two-out unmarried to proper off Ian Hamilton (2-2) that went simply over a slow-to-react Gleyber Torres at 2d, and Lowe adopted with a two-run unmarried towards Wandy Peralta.
Untouched York (62-68) dropped a season-high six video games underneath .500 and is in peril of finishing its streak of 30 consecutive successful seasons. The final 16 batters made out for the Yankees, who’re 0-8-2 in layout since successful two of 3 video games at Oakland in overdue June. Untouched York has been held to 4 hits or fewer 23 instances.
“We haven’t been very good,” Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone stated. “Everything has been a challenge.”
Tempers flared then Randy Arozarena was once collision on a 3-1 sound via Albert Abreu, the fourth Tampa Bay participant collision. Arozarena was once additionally collision two times via the Yankees on Would possibly 5, as soon as via Abreu then hitting an extended house run.
“I think it was on purpose,” Arozarena stated thru a translator. “If you look back at (the) previous series, he’s hit me before. I’ve been hit in previous series’ before that. They hurt Yandy (Díaz) the other day, they hit (Isaac) Paredes in the head, so I think it’s probably was an issue for them.”
A number of avid gamers needed to be opposed, together with Díaz. Arozarena stole 2d and later 3rd, resuming yelling at Abreu, and avid gamers ran onto the grassland for a 2d month.
Abreu, talking thru a translator, stated he was once now not throwing at Arozarena. Díaz was once collision at the left forearm in Friday’s recreation and overlooked the final two video games.
Osleivis Basabe was once collision via Carlos Rodon and Paredes and Jonathan Aranda via Hamilton, week Untouched York’s Oswald Peraza was once plunked via Zach Littell. Twelve Rays batters had been collision via the Yankees this season and two via the Rays.
“You understand their anger?” Hamilton stated. “I understand it but at the same time, if they want to come over here, they can come over here, I guess. Wish we had another game against them.”
Within the final assembly of the AL East competitors till later April 19, Rays fanatics a few of the introduced community of twenty-two,624 erupted when Lowe doubled for a 7-3 manage and Arozarena jogged house.
Kyle Higashioka, DJ LeMahieu and Anthony Volpe homered for the last-place Yankees, who’ve misplaced 12 of 14. Untouched York dropped two of 3 to the Rays and are 1-12-3 in it final 16 layout.
Higashioka and LeMahieu had solo drives over a four-pitch form towards Littell (3-4) within the 3rd, and Volpe hooked up on a fourth-inning two-run shot that put the Yankees up 4-2.
Tampa Bay took a 2-0 manage in first. Arozarena singled, stole 2d, complex on Higashioka’s throwing error into middle and got here house when Harrison Bader’s throw to 3rd skipped future LeMahieu for any other error. Lowe homered at the later sound, the tenth allowed via Rodon in 37 2/3 innings – two shy of his overall in 178 innings for San Francisco final 12 months.
Rodon, making his simply his 8th get started in an injury-marred season then signing $162 million, six-year pledge in December, retired 11 in a row at one level earlier than departing within the 5th with two on and two outs He was once changed via Hamilton, who collision Isaac Paredes at the aspect of the helmet earlier than putting out pinch-hitter Josh Lowe.
Paredes stayed within the recreation.
Littell allowed 4 runs and 4 hits in six innings. Jason Adam labored the 9th for his twelfth save in 18 possibilities.
