NY Yankees 9, Tampa Bay 4
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, May 24, 2013
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
John Hirschbeck, 1B -
John Tumpane, 2B -
Jim Reynolds, 3B -
James Hoye
Attendance:
17825
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Yankees 9, Rays 4: Lyle Overbay and Jayson Nix each recorded a pair of hits and two RBIs as visiting New York took an eight-run lead and held on to claim the series opener.
Brett Gardner belted a two-run homer and Chris Stewart registered two hits and an RBI, but the Yankees suffered the loss of outfielder Curtis Granderson with a fractured knuckle on his left pinky finger. New York starter David Phelps (3-2) gave up four runs and six hits over 7 2/3 innings before being hit on the right arm with a Ben Zobrist line drive.
Kelly Johnson collected two hits and Matt Joyce doubled home a run for Tampa Bay, which has dropped three of its last four. Rays starter Roberto Hernandez (2-5) struggled for his second straight start, yielding five runs on six hits and three walks over four innings.
Overbay doubled to the right-field wall to knock in a pair of runs in the second and Nix singled him home for a 3-0 lead. Stewart singled with two outs before Gardner lined the first pitch he saw from Hernandez into the right-field seats for a 5-0 lead in the fourth.
The Yankees were hit by two pitches, had a walk and three hits – including Stewart’s RBI single – in the fifth to score three more times for an 8-0 advantage. Phelps retired the first 13 batters before James Loney doubled into the right-field corner.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Granderson was hit on the hand by a Cesar Ramos pitch in the top of the fifth and is expected to miss a minimum of four weeks. Ichiro Suzuki replaced him in right field. … Tampa Bay 3B Evan Longoria was 0-for-4, ending his 16-game hitting streak. … The Yankees activated RHP Ivan Nova from the disabled list and sent RHP Dellin Betances to Triple-A Scranton. Nova will begin in the bullpen, with Vidal Nuno scheduled to get the start Saturday.
Top Game Performances
Hitting
| NY Yankees |
|
Tampa Bay |
|
Jayson Nix | Player |
Kelly Johnson
|
|
2 |
Hits |
2 |
|
2 |
RBI |
0 |
|
0 |
HR |
0 |
|
4 |
TB |
4 |
|
.500 |
Avg |
.500 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| NY Yankees
|
11 |
1 |
18 |
.297 |
14 |
6 |
8 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
| Tampa Bay
|
7 |
0 |
11 |
.219 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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