Will Warren, Yankees sluggish once more in ugly loss to Rays
Each time trash day is available in The Bronx, the Yankees can toss most of Sunday’s sport out to the curb.
It was an all-around ugly day wherein they struggled to pitch, catch or, till late, hit the ball.
And even after they did, some questionable choices prompted an eighth-inning rally and comeback try to fizzle simply quick.
Will Warren turned in one other slog of a begin, however he didn’t get a lot assist behind him or from his lineup till it was too late because the Yankees dropped a second straight sequence with a 7-5 loss to the Rays on a dreary day on the Stadium.
The Yankees (19-15) have misplaced 4 of their previous six in opposition to the Orioles and Rays (16-18), with their rotation exterior of Max Fried and Carlos Rodón proving ineffective too typically.
That was the case once more on Sunday with Warren, who bought tagged for 5 runs (three earned) on seven hits and three walks throughout 4 ²/₃ innings.
He struck out a career-high eight, however that served as little comfort on a day when his ERA grew to five.65 and he failed to finish 5 innings for the fourth time in seven begins.
Yankees bats, in the meantime, had been held in test early by right-hander Taj Bradley.
Cody Bellinger broke up the shutout within the sixth inning with a two-run shot, his two hundredth profession residence run, to make it a 5-2 sport.
Then within the eighth, trailing 7-2, the Yankees mounted a rally with their first 4 batters reaching in opposition to the Rays bullpen.
It was 7-3 with the bases loaded and no outs when J.C. Escarra hit for himself — with Austin Wells and Ben Rice on the bench — and grounded right into a 1-2-3 double play.
Jorbit Vivas got here up subsequent and recorded the primary hit of his large league profession, a two-run single that lower the deficit to 7-5.
Rice then pinch hit for Oswaldo Cabrera and labored a four-pitch stroll, however Oswald Peraza grounded out to finish the menace.
Aaron Boone couldn’t pinch hit Wells for Peraza as a result of then he would have had no one to play shortstop on a day when Anthony Volpe (shoulder) was clearly not accessible.
Because it was, Escarra needed to transfer from catcher to 3rd base for the highest of the ninth, although that would have been prevented if Wells or Rice had simply pinch hit for Escarra and Cabrera hit for himself.
Carlos Carrasco bought the decision for mop-up obligation out of the bullpen 4 days after he threw 66 pitches in a brief begin in opposition to the Orioles.
He had been on flip to begin Tuesday in opposition to the Padres, however when Clarke Schmidt bought scratched from his begin on Saturday with facet soreness and bumped to Tuesday, that bounced Carrasco from the Padres sequence and made him accessible out of the bullpen.
The veteran right-hander threw the ultimate three innings and gave up two runs.
The Rays jumped forward 1-0 on Warren within the prime of the second.
After he gave up a one-out single and walked No. 8 hitter Ben Rortvedt, Taylor Partitions hit a floor ball to shortstop that Peraza bobbled on the backhand, loading the bases.
Chandler Simpson then beat out a possible double play to attain the run from third.
After Jonathan Aranda took Warren deep for a solo shot within the third inning, the Rays piled on in an extended fourth inning because the rain picked again up.
Two singles and a catcher’s interference by Escarra loaded the bases with one out for Brandon Lowe, who shot a single by means of the left facet for the 4-0 lead.
Yandy Díaz adopted with an infield single up the center that Peraza made a diving cease on, however Simpson (who began on second) saved working for residence and scored as Peraza’s throw residence spiked off the mound.
