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Tampa Bay Rays @ New York Yankees

2018-08-15 · Night game · Yankee Stadium II · Att: 42716 · 88°F, cloudy · Wind 7 mph to CF · 3:17

Tampa Bay Rays defeated New York Yankees 6–1. Tampa Bay Rays opened the scoring in the 2nd — Brandon Lowe singles on a line drive to left fielder Brett Gardner. Kevin Kiermaier scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Jake Bauers walks — worth 18% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TBA	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	6	11
NYA	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5

W: Ryan Yarbrough L: Luis Cessa SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jordan Baker · 1B: Jerry Layne · 2B: Greg Gibson · 3B: Nic Lentz · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mallex Smith	5	2	3	2	0	0
Matt Duffy	3	1	1	0	2	2
Jake Bauers	4	0	0	0	1	2
Joey Wendle	5	0	0	0	0	2
Ji-Man Choi	5	1	2	1	0	0
Kevin Kiermaier	5	1	2	1	0	0
Willy Adames	2	0	0	0	2	2
Brandon Lowe	4	0	2	2	0	1
Michael Perez	4	1	1	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brett Gardner	4	0	1	0	1	1
Giancarlo Stanton	5	0	1	0	0	3
Aaron Hicks	4	0	1	0	0	0
Didi Gregorius	2	0	0	0	1	0
Miguel Andujar	4	1	2	1	0	0
Greg Bird	3	0	0	0	1	1
Neil Walker	2	0	0	0	1	0
Austin Romine	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ronald Torreyes	4	0	0	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jake Faria	3.1	3	2	2
Chaz Roe	0.2	0	0	1
Ryan Yarbrough	4.0	2	0	3
Diego Castillo	1.0	0	2	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Luis Cessa	3.1	7	2	4
Jonathan Holder	0.2	0	0	2
Sonny Gray	3.1	4	3	2
Chad Green	1.2	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mallex Smith: 9/L89D+
Matt Duffy: W
Jake Bauers: 7/F7D+
Joey Wendle: 8/F8RXD+

Bot 1

Brett Gardner: 63/G4M
Giancarlo Stanton: K
Aaron Hicks: S5/G6
Didi Gregorius: 9/L89S-

Top 2

Ji-Man Choi: 63/G6MD+
Kevin Kiermaier: D7/L56D
Willy Adames: K
Brandon Lowe: S7/L5D-.2-H
Michael Perez: 9/F89D+

Bot 2

Miguel Andujar: HR/F78D+
Greg Bird: 63/G4-
Neil Walker: 23/G2L-
Austin Romine: 4/F4MD-

Top 3

Mallex Smith: S9/L89S+
Matt Duffy: S8/G4M+.1-2
Jake Bauers: WP.2-3;1-2
Jake Bauers: W
Joey Wendle: K
Ji-Man Choi: 64(1)/FO/G6+.3-H;2-3
Kevin Kiermaier: S8/G6M+.3-H;1-2
Willy Adames: K

Bot 3

Ronald Torreyes: 3/F3-
Brett Gardner: S7/L7S
Giancarlo Stanton: K
Aaron Hicks: 3/G3S

Top 4

Brandon Lowe: K
Michael Perez: S9/L34D+
Mallex Smith: HR/F9D+.1-H
Matt Duffy: K
Jake Bauers: K

Bot 4

Didi Gregorius: W
Miguel Andujar: 8/F8LXD+
Greg Bird: W.1-2
Neil Walker: HP.2-3;1-2
Austin Romine: K
Ronald Torreyes: 53/G56S-

Top 5

Joey Wendle: 13/G
Ji-Man Choi: D9/L3D-
Kevin Kiermaier: 8/F8LXD+
Willy Adames: W
Brandon Lowe: S9/G34+.2-H;1-3
Michael Perez: 5/L56+

Bot 5

Brett Gardner: 43/G4
Giancarlo Stanton: D8/L78XD+
Aaron Hicks: 9/F9D.2-3
Didi Gregorius: 8/F8LXD+

Top 6

Mallex Smith: 43/G4
Matt Duffy: K
Jake Bauers: 63/G4+

Bot 6

Miguel Andujar: D9/L34D
Greg Bird: K
Neil Walker: 9/F9M
Austin Romine: 53/G56

Top 7

Joey Wendle: K23
Ji-Man Choi: S14/G13
Kevin Kiermaier: 13/G13-.1-2
Willy Adames: W
Brandon Lowe: 53/G56S-

Bot 7

Ronald Torreyes: 3/F34D-
Brett Gardner: K
Giancarlo Stanton: K

Top 8

Michael Perez: 63/G6
Mallex Smith: D8/L78S+
Matt Duffy: W
Jake Bauers: CS3(25).1-2
Jake Bauers: K

Bot 8

Aaron Hicks: 31/G4S
Didi Gregorius: HP
Miguel Andujar: 54(1)/FO/G5L
Greg Bird: 7/F7D

Top 9

Joey Wendle: 3/G3
Ji-Man Choi: 9/L89M
Kevin Kiermaier: 43/G4+

Bot 9

Neil Walker: W
Austin Romine: 13/G13S-.1-2
Ronald Torreyes: 13/G13S-
Brett Gardner: W
Giancarlo Stanton: WP.2-3;1-2
Giancarlo Stanton: 9/F89XD+

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Yankees challenged call that Hicks was out at first; call was overturned - single
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Rays challenged call that Torres was sage at first; call was overturne - ground out
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Yankees challenged call that Smith was safe at second; call was overturned - out on caught stealing
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