Rays aim to go up 10 games on last-place Yankees

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this tampa bay rays Had their quietest three nights against the Baltimore Orioles earlier this week

this Rays Shrugged, went on to score big on the plate in the series opener new york yankees. They will now try to enjoy another successful batting display on Friday night as American League East opponents continue their four-game series.

Division-leading Tampa Bay went 1 for 20 in scoring position while losing two-thirds to the Orioles, only Rays‘The third series loss of the season. After being eliminated in the first four innings on Thursday, Rays beat their opponents by a score of 8-2, which is their yankees This year

“It’s just part of the game, it happens,” Tampa Bay right fielder Josh Lowe said. “We’ve got a hot Baltimore pitcher there who’s doing their job, but we know the guys we’ve got in this club and the others, and we go out there and have nights like (Thursday).”

this Rays They allowed eight of their 11 hits against the New York Relievers, highlighted by a big night for Lowe.He scored his first run of the game on a Yandy Diaz double in the fifth, then hit a clearing double in the sixth and two runs in the eighth Home run, career-best five RBIs

“Whether it is yankees Or anyone else in the AL East, it doesn’t matter,” Lowe said of leading the team in nine games. yankees“We’re trying to win as many ball games as possible to differentiate ourselves from everyone else. So we’re going to go out there and win as many ball games as we can.

this Rays May be forced to pursue their next win without star shortstop Wander Franco, who is working every day with a tight neck.Franco had two hits Thursday before exiting in the fifth

Gleyber Torres hit a two-run double in the ninth, but the last yankees The 14th was limited to two rounds or fewer.Tough night came after they scored 28 points in three games in a sweep of the Oakland Athletics

yankees Slugger Aaron Judge strikes out in Game 3 Thursday with right hip strain

“We’ve got to come up with a better game plan in the box and execute it,” Judge said.

this yankees Hope they get better at home runs in support of right-hander Gerrit Cole, who has had his worst performance of the season

Kerr (5-0, 2.09 ERA) climbed from a 1.35 ERA on Sunday when he had a season-high six runs, five homers and eight hits in five innings against Tampa Bay .

Kerr also hit his first two home runs of the season, when Jose Ciri hit a home run in the fifth and Christian Besancourt hit a run in the sixth. Trifecta — hits helped Rays Ultimately won 8-7 on a single over No. 10 Isaac Paredes

“That sucks,” Kerr said Sunday. “I’ve got to find a way to do better, get us out of there, get us a little bit deeper and prevent runs.

Kerr is 2-7 with a 3.80 ERA in 16 career starts Rayswho hit 12 homers in 97 innings against him, against a .218 batting average and a .645 OPS when they met him.

Tampa Bay will use the opener, with right-hander Trevor Kelley (0-1, 9.00 ERA) expected to start.Plenty of pitchers could be Josh Fleming (0-0, 4.55 ERA), who allowed six runs in five innings yankees on Sunday

–Field-level media

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